WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR FRS TODAY?

[wtrxprs007]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Am floored by the lack of comments on the missing fender garnishes! I expected a flood of questions. They did a spectacular job.

Didn't even notice… •_•

[Reign]

Gave her a scare today. Got pulled over after being caught on the police radar going 40kph (25mph) over in a 60kph (37mph) zone. I was literally a minute away from home, and the only car on the highway at 1:30am. Police car pulled up behind me as I was waiting at a left turn light. He flashed his lights so I put on my hazards and pulled into a brightly lit parking lot. I remember reading somewhere that it's a good idea to turn on the dome light inside the car so the officers can see inside your car and be more at ease.

As he walked up, he left his finger prints right by the gas tank. He asked me if I knew why I got pulled over, and I promptly admitted to speeding. He said "it's a nice car and that's a long straight road so I can understand why you and many others tend to speed here." He asked where I was coming from, how many drinks I've had tonight (trick question), why I was in such a hurry and sniffed near my open window to see if he could smell anything dubious. He went back to his car with my license and registration and came back 5 minutes later letting me know he was going to let me off with just a warning this time, and that the fine would've been $196 and that for going 40kph over, he could have also impounded the car for 7 days.

Answering with what they want to hear with little hesitation, turning on my dome lights, keeping my hands on the wheel, my keys on the dash, and a little courtesy may have helped to contribute to a warning instead of a fine. Left the parking lot with an huge smile on my face, an elevated heart rate, the feeling of being $196 "richer" and a more cautious mindset.

[hamzam]

Fueled up after after a month

[LucidMomentum]

Originally Posted by Reign

Gave her a scare today.

Yo, you play Dota?

[Jegan_V]

I finally removed the stock horns and replaced it with ones from a Subaru Tribeca, far more presence and hopefully respectability(something I find aftermarket ones don't provide) whereas before I've had situations where I was unnoticed.

[Vroomin86]

Originally Posted by hamzam

Fueled up after after a month

wait, your car is hot lava? holy shit. all those other pics look red.

[WhiteFRS69]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Am floored by the lack of comments on the missing fender garnishes! I expected a flood of questions. They did a spectacular job.

damn, didnt even notice!

car looks great w/o them surprisingly

[TwoChicksOneSTI]

Originally Posted by Johnny.

Went to go pick her up from the shop after getting fenders fixed

That looks fierce! How did you come to the decision to remove the garnishes?

[LucidMomentum]

Originally Posted by TwoChicksOneSTI

That looks fierce! How did you come to the decision to remove the garnishes?

Every time I see a FR-S without them or with the BRZ garnish, I regret how much they stick out of the car...

[TwoChicksOneSTI]

Originally Posted by LucidMomentum

Every time I see a FR-S without them or with the BRZ garnish, I regret how much they stick out of the car...

I'm stuck on Hawaii for a few more days until I PCS, and there's a huge concentration of both out here but I've never seen any without them. This might get added to my long list of things to do haha

[hamzam]

Originally Posted by Vroomin86

wait, your car is hot lava? holy shit. all those other pics look red.

It's actually Firestorm - has an orange hue to it. Looks red in sunlight.

[bumppinKota]

[G-awesome]

Originally Posted by Reign

Gave her a scare today. Got pulled over after being caught on the police radar going 40kph (25mph) over in a 60kph (37mph) zone. I was literally a minute away from home, and the only car on the highway at 1:30am. Police car pulled up behind me as I was waiting at a left turn light. He flashed his lights so I put on my hazards and pulled into a brightly lit parking lot. I remember reading somewhere that it's a good idea to turn on the dome light inside the car so the officers can see inside your car and be more at ease.

As he walked up, he left his finger prints right by the gas tank. He asked me if I knew why I got pulled over, and I promptly admitted to speeding. He said "it's a nice car and that's a long straight road so I can understand why you and many others tend to speed here." He asked where I was coming from, how many drinks I've had tonight (trick question), why I was in such a hurry and sniffed near my open window to see if he could smell anything dubious. He went back to his car with my license and registration and came back 5 minutes later letting me know he was going to let me off with just a warning this time, and that the fine would've been $196 and that for going 40kph over, he could have also impounded the car for 7 days.

Answering with what they want to hear with little hesitation, turning on my dome lights, keeping my hands on the wheel, my keys on the dash, and a little courtesy may have helped to contribute to a warning instead of a fine. Left the parking lot with an huge smile on my face, an elevated heart rate, the feeling of being $196 "richer" and a more cautious mindset.

Maaaaan you got really lucky! I wish I had your cop when I got busted for excessive speeding once...pretty much the same scenario for me. Late at night, no one on the road, and on sw marine drive near ubc where everyone speeds. I got ticketed, towed and had to call one of my buddies to pick me up.

Expensive lesson learned. Towing fees aren't cheap! Cost $600 to get my car out for a week in the lot...plus $300ish for the ticket. It gave ICBC that one infraction to take away my license for 3 months. I paid another $100ish to attempt to write an official letter to plead my case for them to not take away my license....they said no and took away my license (nice cash grab attempt). I then paid another $100ish to get my license reinstated. Now they reviewed my annual insurance and tacked on another $300ish for a 'driver risk premium'. So all in all...one stupid excessive speeding mistake pretty much cost me over $1300 in fees and fines.

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[LordTaikun]

I wrapped my dash in Japanese comic books or Manga if you will today. Was a pain in the rear but I think its dope.