Got pulled over for a modified exhaust

[stillmatic]

Well, I had a long crazy day yesterday so I'm gonna cut some parts out a bit..

7:30 pm Picked up some 240 parts at silvia180sx's place. Thanks for the free swaybar dood :ylsuper!

8:20 pm Chilled at an In-N-Out parking lot for a lil bit, while waiting for a friend's call to see where the party is at. We then proceeded to a theatre parking lot just to kill some more time.

8:30 pm My friend was craving for some weed so he went up to a bunch of folks asking for some trees. Took about 40 mins till he finally got some from his brother's friend.

~Fun part~

9:15 pm You guys know how it's really loud inside a parking lot building. Hehe. Well, on our way out the parking lot the car in front of me happened to be an S13 white Coupe (whoever you are, that was some funny sh*t).

We were in the middle of a parking lot traffic jam so he got bored and started revving at me. His car went VROOOOOOOM with a very deep exhaust tone and aggressive intake sound. I also have the same setup but mine was a bit louder. I revved backed at him (VROOOOOOOM) and people's alarms started going off. We were both laffin. He started revving at me again VROOOOOOOM and I revved right back. I then revved three times VROOOOOM VROOOM VROOOOOOOOOM and he did the same sh*t. Both of our friends started cracking up and everyone at the parking lot was staring at us. The chick behind me was like wtf then smiled. LOL.

Anyway, we stopped revving for a while and that’s when I busted out my police sirens sound effects. Most of the people wondered where the cop was at before realizing it was just us. I think the guy (S13 Coupe) in front of me thought he got in trouble. Well, the traffic started moving again so both of us did a little burn out before I got cut off by an SUV.

9:25 pm We decided to go back to In-N-Out and a kid driving a Honda with his youngbuck friends came up from behind and tried to race us.. I’m not sure but he yelled something at us. The kid looked like he just got his license too.. So I pulled up to him side by side and my friend said something back. He started gunning for it and I let him go for like 2 secs then I went for it and burned him by a train length. It was a twisty lane too.

10:00 pm Back at In-N-Out. We never got a call back from our friend so my boy asked his cousin if we could roll with him. He met us up at In N Out with his 2002 V8 Mustang (Auto). We also spotted some guy with a 500hp supercharged 5.0 stang, who drifted his way out the lot. That was pretty stupid seeing that the parking lot is always hot.

10:30 pm I tailed my friend’s cousins Mustang to get to the party and raced him on the freeway. Man, his sh*t was slow. There were like 3 of us tailing him and I was the last car behind. I started speeding up and pulled up to him. He didn’t even see me coming. My friend then told his cousin to go for it and I got left behind because the car in front of me was driving slow.

BTW, he was also a victim of my police sirens because there were like 3 cars blocking the street while waiting for some of his friends to follow him.

10:40 pm Got to the party and chilled there for a while.

12:30 am My friend’s cousin was drunk and wanted to grab some JIBbies (Jack in the box). Everyone at the house was either too drunk or too high to drive except for me because I got a job interview coming, so I drove with 3 passengers in my car.

12:45 am Got pulled over by a bored cop on our way back to the party. I mean he pulled me over for MODIFIED EXHAUST! I know my exhaust is loud but I was shifting at 3,000 rpm. He couldn’t even hear it. Oh, and I've never heard of modified exhaust violation. Anyway, he asked me for my license but I only have a permit. Though, all of my passenger’s have a driver’s license. The cop then started asking me stupid a*s questions. Here's how our conversation went from what I remember:

Cop: You know why I pulled you over, right?Me: NoCop: Hold on. Can I see you driver’s license and registration.Me: Umm, I don’t have a license but I do have a permit.Friend1: I have a license though.Cop: Are any of you guys 25 years old?Friend1: No, you only need an 18 year old passenger with a license in the front if the driver is 18 or older.Cop: Who told you that?Me: It says right there on my permit…Cop: Ahh…Me: Dumb a*s (LOL)Cop: Well, how come you don’t have your license?Me: Well, I missed 2 of my appointments, Sept and Oct.Cop: Oh, how come there’s no picture on your permit?Me: It’s in the back.Cop: But I can barely see it.Me: Well that permit is like 5 months old.Cop: Where’s the plastic?Me: Plastic? I think that’s only when you get your license, officer.Friend2: We all got licenses. You wanna see my license?Friend3: Here’s mine too.Cop: Okay, stay right there. I’ll be right back.

Waited over 20 mins

Cop: You know why I pulled you over right?Me: Nah… I was gonna say was I going to fast but decided to keep my mouth shut.Cop: You can’t modify your exhaust at all… What did you do to it?Me: Well, the one I had before was really messed up so I had a muffler shop install a new one.Friend3: Why is it that imports get pulled over all the time and I never get pulled over with my mustang?Cop: ………Cop: Okay, I’m not gonna give you a ticket.Me: Thanks officer. I'll try to have my exhaust fixed when I save some money.

What's so stupid about it is that we got pulled over a block away from the party and I think I know why. My exhaust seemed to be a bit too shiny and that’s prolly how he spotted us. He didn’t really try to pull us over until I made a turn. I guess that bored cop was trying to figure out what he can pull me over for. Stupid ******.

So today, I spray painted my exhaust dirty black so it won’t be blingin anymore. Hopefully I won't get pulled over again for a modified exhaust violation...

End of story. There's more to it but I'm really tired.

[kevy8up]

I think the cop was bettin on one of u bein drunk or having alcohol in the car. then when he didnt find anything...he went with the muffler BS!!! feck the POLICE!!!!!!!!

[sachmo12345]

thats sucks i had a run in with the popo a few days ago my stories up on here too

[4felix20]

what kind of exhaust do you have?

[stillmatic]

Here's a pic before I painted it black

[89240sx]

I'm surprised the nazi mods havent closed this thread due to you guys bashing the LE :rolleyes

[deftdrummer]

stillmatic you spray painted your exhaust black even though you didn't get a ticket for the noise?? dude your one strange kid, how about just not causing so much attention out on the weekends for yourself?? its only gonna get you into trouble eventually. Shoot you havne't even got your lisence officially yet and your already getting pulled over. Good luck....

[stillmatic]

Uh, I think you're missing the point of painting it black. I didn't get pulled over for the noise but he spotted my shiny exhaust (even at night) and decided to pull me over. The cop came from 2 lanes from the right and tailed me all the way to the left. He didn't turn his lights on until the traffic light went green then he started flashing me with his disco lights. As for your advice on not getting so much attention to myself on the weekends, well I was only having fun in the parking lot. I'm 18 and I gots to have some fun just like every other young folks out there. Thanks for the advice, though. But I know when it's safe to fool around and when it's not. The place that I went to is just full of bored cops. Me and my friends even saw 2 cops racing right next to Jack in the box.

Thanks for giving me some good luck, but just so you know I've been driving around town with no l's for about 3 months now. Cops in my area got better things to do rather than pull people over for a modified exhaust.

[prigo]

Don't diss mr Law, one day you'll need him

[prigo]

Oh, and in California, technically you cannot modify your exuaust.

[stretch240sx]

ha i got you beat.... im on the way home from a friends party at the harbor beach as i pull out of the parking spot (of the empty parkin lot) i put the clutch in and rev my car a little to try and warm my car up, ended up revin to like 4,500. and as i pull out of the lot i flip my lights on, the lot was lit just fine so i didnt even notice i didnt have my lights on till i was at the edge. right when i flip my lights on, harbor patrol flips his on and follows, and pulls me over.

cop: know why i pulled you over?me: no sircop: speedin in the lot and not having you lights on.me: oh sorry i didnt even notice i was doin both.cop: licence and registration

now i had this dilema with DMV becuase i gave them the worng SSN and hadnt goten my actual licence yet (still got the paper one that says no minor passangers, blah blah, provisional till age 18 ) i hand him everything. few minutes later he comes backcop: pardon me sir (passanger) do you have any ID and how old are youfriend: 18 and here is my military ID

cop looks at the birthdate and proceeds to count on his fingers to find out how old my friend is... god i wanted to bust up laughincop: sir do you know you are not supposed to be driving after 12 amme:no sir, i thought the provisional licence ended at 18.he goes back and gets the licence hands it to me and says read for your self. i say i was mistaken. but as i hand it back i subtuly (SP?) point out the part that says in big letter PROVISIONAL TILL AGE 18 he goes back does his crap and hten comes back and tells me since i had a awsome attitude that he will only right me up on not havin headlights on ( the only reason he didnt do it on the others was cause i could have contested and had the other two taken off cuase he was full of sh*t) tells me to go straight home and proceeds to follow me for the next like 4 miles (its only like 5 back to my house) is that BS or what... now i got to go to traffic school to get this crap of my record...

[s14a]

Oh, and in California, technically you cannot modify your exuaust.

uh, ya u can

[driftaholic]

i got pulled over by chp for modified exhaust, speeding, front plate in the window, and no seatbelt and he let me go lol

[MOTOP]

Read from Greddy site.

California law doesn't recognize cat-back systems to be emissions controll devices and therefore doesn't require CARB number for it. The only limitation is a noise factor: 95dB limit.

I think you can go to court if your ticket says "modified exhaust".

Otherwise next thing you know they start citing people for "modified" wheels, tires, pads etc. Sounds like a communism to me.

&^&$ that!!!

[jacob360]

The modified exhaust law is only used as an excuse to pull people over to check them out. The only way you would get pulled over truly for your exhaust being too loud is if some old person complained about it.

Right before I quit working for the California Smog Referee, we got the equipment and training for doing db testing. It's BS too, because the regional managers completely stock ford minivan barely passed.

[Silent Drifter]

Yea cops are morons, its sad when sometimes you know the law better than they do. One cop came into the lot where we all were askin for our license's, so we hand em all to him theres liek 30 or so haha, he comes back an asked whos 17? an few ppl raised there hands an hes like you all need to go home its almost 11. Were like no we are allowed out to 1. An hes like no its 11, Im like sir look on the back of the license. An hes like o well i didnt know that. haha. Then another time my friend got pulled over an the cop wanted to give him a ticket for havin tint to dark an my friend was like do you have a light meter? Of course the cop didnt so couldnt give him a ticket, then he said you exhaust is too loud, then my friend asked if he had a decibel meter, of course he didnt so he just had to let my friend go.

[MikeMurphy]

Grow up...

I could say all of the "street racers" are morons. If I were you, I could classify everyone who modifys their car as a "street racer". In fact, you must be the smartest of the bunch if you can accuratly classify thousands of people who share an occupation, into one catagory. I can clearly see that your comments are very well thought out. Thanks for sharing your well thought out comments.

Cops pull you over and your a victim of something? Sounds to me that they were fair in every example you have given, and gave you a chance to share your thoughts. They may not know every detail of licenses, but they know a whole lot more than most people. Their job isnt as simple as you think it is. Dont waste our time with your generally unfounded whining. There are far worse situations that you could have endured, but instead you think you have it tough with what you went through.

drive safely

[MainEvent212]

that's like saying you have a modified street car and you dont speed...

[MainEvent212]

i donno where that last post came from....nor this one...i just felt the need to post again...

[JJ240]

How do you not think they were victims Mike? 2 of them got pulled over for modifying their exhaust which S14A, and MOTOP and GReddy say isnt even illegal. Id classify that as being a victim. I think people like you who are overzealous in respecting cops are just as bad as the people who unreasonably hate cops. Youre blind to when police do something they shouldnt just because you think every one is deserving of our respect simply because he is wearing blue.

[Phax]

...So today, I spray painted my exhaust dirty black so it won’t be blingin anymore. Hopefully I won't get pulled over again for a modified exhaust violation...

What kind of paint did you use? Lemme know how it holds up. I have a shiny chrome exhaust, and I want to tone it down a bit. I was just gonna spray paint it, but I'm worried that the paint is going to bubble and peel once the metal gets too hot.

[stillmatic]

Just a regular paint that my friend had. I'll try to take a pic of it tomorrow. The paint hasn't come off so far but I'd definitely use a different color if I have to paint it again. I'm thinking maybe gunmetal gray or anything gray... Right now my exhaust looks like it was set on fire but no longer shiny at night.

[stillmatic]

Grow up...

I could say all of the "street racers" are morons. If I were you, I could classify everyone who modifys their car as a "street racer". In fact, you must be the smartest of the bunch if you can accuratly classify thousands of people who share an occupation, into one catagory. I can clearly see that your comments are very well thought out. Thanks for sharing your well thought out comments.

Cops pull you over and your a victim of something? Sounds to me that they were fair in every example you have given, and gave you a chance to share your thoughts. They may not know every detail of licenses, but they know a whole lot more than most people. Their job isnt as simple as you think it is. Dont waste our time with your generally unfounded whining. There are far worse situations that you could have endured, but instead you think you have it tough with what you went through.

drive safely

I don't know what your beef is but I never said anything about being a victim nor do I think that cops are a bunch of morons. It's just that some cops are not as smart and cool as others. This thread was meant to be funny because of all the stupid questions the officer asked me... Some people need to ease up and not take life so seriously. My friend is a cop in training and he's only 19 years old. I respect him and the cops in my town, and also in parts of San Francisco. They're cool folks compared to the city that I went to. It wasn't just a one time thing either. My brother told me to be careful next time I visit there, because apparently the place is notorious for pulling people over for no reason.

[D-UNIT]

Haha I got a story too. One time I was just rolling through an intersection at night. I see these two staggered headlights coming up on my right. it's two motorcycles. One harley and one sportbike. Me thinking that they were military guys going home , I decide to see if they want to play. So I first and second it through the intersection , exhuast and intake blaring. As they got closer I realized my fatal mistake. Harley and bmw motorcycle = cops. They proceeded to turn right and turn on their blue lights. I wasn't to worried cuz I never got over the speed limit. But the bmw cop pulled so hard up on me that I couldn't even see his headlight (wreckless). So I slowly pull over a 1/4 mile later. The bmw cop walks up to my window ( harley cop stays on his bike to the rear):

Bmw cop: do you know why I pulled you over.Me: no but I got a feint idea you're going to tell me.Bmw cop: you exhuast is modified.Me: really, oh I didn't know. I bought it like this. (borla cat back , no cat. I figure that is the only thing he could get me for. I knew they heard it. So I was ready to accept the ticket).Bmw cop: lic. reg. and no fault ins. please.Me: ( I had everything ready already. They like that!) handed it to him.Bmw cop: takes my paper work back to the harley cop. He comes back about 1 minute later and says " did you know your insurance is expired"Me: no its not. I just renewed it last month!Bmw cop : yes it is. (and he hands me my old expired copy.) we are going to have to take you in and impound you're car.

Right then a camaro cop pulls up. The bmw cop says something I couldn't hear. The camaro cop immediatly does a full 1/8 mile stint w/his dual flowmasters blaring. Looks like he hits about eighty. He is gone in like two seconds.

Me: hey what about his exhuast!! ( cop ignores me ). Bmw cop: where do you live?Me : about five miles away.Bmw cop : well you're going to have to park you're car here and walk home. cause u have no ins.Me : no way officer I have ins. (tweaking out, I proceed to rifle through my glove box , but he had the new one the whole time)

Then he takes it to the next level.Bmw cop: (looks back at his friend) I smell alcohol. Have u been drinking?Me: ( what!?! ) no sir , not one drop.Bmw cop : (handing me back my paper work) Well I smell alcohol! (starts looking around in my car --) hmmm nothing , you're lucky. Me : ( getting real nervous ) "well I know I wasn't drinking officer."

( he then steps back and looks at my car )Bmw cop : Is this thing lowered , ( looks back to his friend again) Yeah I think its lowered. Where is you're recon ( here you need a reconstruction permit to certify your suspension , wheel , engine , exhuast mods are safe and quiet. but the rules to get it are so strict no one ever passes. So no one cares except cops -- $45 fine)Me : I don't think it's lowered officer, I bought it like this. Bmw cop : well it looks lowered to me ( it is slightly - eibach 1.5'' drop springs!) Me : I don't know sir. (I think I'm in for it.)( he then walks back to his friend and talks for a little while. He then jumps on his bike pulls up to my window and says)Bmw cop : Well you drive home safe.

( he then proceeds to speed off. Getting the front tire off the ground in first , then raking through the rest of the gears. Looks like he hit at least 90mph. in a 45 zone! The Harley cop follows also blasting through his gears like a mad man. Exhuast blaring. Kinda like me. LOL!!) It seemed like they were laughing the whole time as they pulled away.

It's funny cuz I sat there for about 5 minutes contemplating what just happened. All I could think was "WTF"!!! I really thought I was going to get fined up the a$$ and my car was going to be gone. Then I realizied they were just messing with me the whole time. JOKERS!!! I wish I was a cop. I'd do that all the time. And I'd know what I was talking about!! HAHA!

Moral = I don't "play" around with motorcycles at night any more!! LOL!!

[JJ240]

LOL that one really reminds me of super troopers.

[MikeMurphy]

I don't know what your beef is but I never said anything about being a victim nor do I think that cops are a bunch of morons. It's just that some cops are not as smart and cool as others. This thread was meant to be funny because of all the stupid questions the officer asked me... Some people need to ease up and not take life so seriously. My friend is a cop in training and he's only 19 years old. I respect him and the cops in my town, and also in parts of San Francisco. They're cool folks compared to the city that I went to. It wasn't just a one time thing either. My brother told me to be careful next time I visit there, because apparently the place is notorious for pulling people over for no reason.

I read the tone wrong then. My bad.

[Phax]

The tale of the cop popping a wheelie as he pulled away, reminds me of a strange thing I saw not too long ago. I was out walking, and was headed down the road for a good mile and a half worth of length. While walking down the road, I saw this cop car go blasting by me up the street. A couple minutes later, another (or so I thought) cop car goes blasting up the street. By blasting, I mean easily accelerating to 50 in a 35 zone.

A few minutes later I heard the same complaining engine being pushed to it's automatic transmission limited limits, so I turned for a closer look. It was the same cop, doing the same thing. Blasting up the street, then... BOOM!! BOOM!! over two dips with the peddle to the floor like he never even felt them.

I guess he was doing a suspension test, or who knows what. In the time it took me to walk that mile or so, he bottomed out his car at least six times on some severe dips. His lights weren't even on. He wasn't chasing anyone. It's like, he just went stupid crazy or something.

[Silent Drifter]

haha this is a great thread, like a month ago a state trooper got stuck in a ditch an had the tow truck pull him out. Bout ever car drove by pointin an laughin.

[MainEvent212]

YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO!!!!

[Nismo_Freak]

Stillmatic you were just asking to get pulled over... 4 young people, late at night, etc. Not to mention the stupid stuff you pulled earlier... but we've all done stupid stuff. You still endangered others and could have wrecked your car... it's the reason we 240SX owners pay ****loads for our insurance.

On a public road the police can come up with whatever reason they like to pull you over... pure and simple.

As for getting pulled over for driving in the parking lot w/o your lights and "speeding". You should have known better... private parking lots aren't in the police's jurisdiction unless the owner specifically states he wants you pulled over. Believe me, we just went all over that subject in another forum. HOWEVER, if there is someone else present in that parking lot it then becomes free reign because of endangerment to others, or if the police have followed you due to a suspected act on the public road... ie. you pull into the parking lot after being pulled for speeding. If you got a ticket for no lights in the parking lot then fight it... they have nothing to stand on unless he says you pulled out onto the public road with them off.

Know your laws and your rights... and don't do stupid crap that gets you pulled over.