OT: The new "tuner" law, Anyone know any details on this? Cops.. |
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OT: The new "tuner" law, Anyone know any details on this? Cops.. |
Andyrew |
Feb 16 2006, 02:30 AM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
My dad and i are leary of this new law that allows the cops to pull over any car that is "modified".
Does anyone know any details? or can someone post the actual law? My dad thinks they can impound my car and crush it and i'll never get it back... This is on the basis that they pull me over for no apparent reason. ALSO, knowing that I will never street race, what if they catch me get on it a little, or throw some tire smoke.. Anyways, Im 19, and here are some obvious facts about my car (and soon to be car) It will have subtle flares, but it will have 18x10's on the back with a lot of rubber. Brakes look stock, fronts are painted red. Fiberglass front and rear bumpers w/ (soon to be) lexan rear spoiler Lights are stock Front trunk has louvers, not entirely noticable, in body paint color. Body is factory phoenix red (orange) Mirrors un decided, but will have left and right. License plate on both front and rear bumper. Engine lid stock, can see chrome air filter cover (will paint) obvious sbc Exhaust is dual, side exit w/ 2 mufflers, should be relatively quiet under normal driving. Racing seats Racing harness's momo wheel, factory guages Small tubes no higher than stomach (while sitting down) for long to door pillar bracing (follows seat lines) Black carpet Thats about all they can see.. Car is a 73, does not need smog... What can they do to me? Andrew |
reedhmb |
Feb 17 2006, 03:22 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 11-January 04 From: Half Moon Bay, Ca Member No.: 1,545 |
To bring this a little back on topic, Andrew you don’t have anything to worry about. There is no law as described. Just drive responsibly. You know what your car will do, no need to show off. The line I use when I get someone, doing a burn out is, “There is a time and a place or everything.” The street isn’t the place to do serious racing. And the parking lot of Taco Bell during a busy night isn’t the place to do burn outs (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
When I was your age my daily driver was a V8 Vega, 350, solid lifter cam, 12 bolt rear end, 4.56 gears, tunnel ram and nitrous. Had nice paint, I always drove conservatively in public, and while all the others were getting stopped on cruise night the cops left me alone. There were a number of times when some guy would pull up along side of me with his beater Camaro and try to get me to race. Nearly all of these guys wound up getting stopped, I just idled by as the hooker headers made the ground shake. Wide tires or not, as long as your conversion is clean, and you always drive conservatively, especially in your own neighborhood, you shouldn’t have any troubles. Nice cars don’t draw the attention of the police nearly as much as a beater. Mark |
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