Well, I got pulled over today for no front plate and "the sound" as I went by.
First question out of his mouth "what have you done to this car for racing"? I started to squirm and try to explain that it wasn't a "race car". He proceeds to point out the guages, the rollbar, the pedals. Then he say's "What, do you think I'm stupid"? (now I don't like where this is going).
He say's "get out and open the hood" So, I do. He looks under the hood and Say's "are you going to stand there and try to tell me this IS NOT a race car"? Now I hear myself saying "well, I have raced it but it's not a race car".
He starts questioning every thing under the hood, looking for C.A.R.B. numbers, fortunately I do have some that I can point out to him. It gets almost funny when he points to my catch can and say's "what about this, got numbers for this"? I explain what it does and then dive into my whole shpeel about how bad street racing is and how I only race at the track (in my car that is not a race car) and then he goes into this thing about ricers and NAWZ and how it's legal in imports but not domestics
and then he tells me he is documenting this encounter so that if anything goes down with a car fitting my discription he'll know where to look.
What a trip.
Bottom line, I get a fix-it ticket for the plate and I'm on my way feeling like I just robbed a bank and talked my way out of it.
I'm putting that damned front plate back on tonight. I don't need to have that conversation again.
Just sharing.
First question out of his mouth "what have you done to this car for racing"? I started to squirm and try to explain that it wasn't a "race car". He proceeds to point out the guages, the rollbar, the pedals. Then he say's "What, do you think I'm stupid"? (now I don't like where this is going).
He say's "get out and open the hood" So, I do. He looks under the hood and Say's "are you going to stand there and try to tell me this IS NOT a race car"? Now I hear myself saying "well, I have raced it but it's not a race car".
He starts questioning every thing under the hood, looking for C.A.R.B. numbers, fortunately I do have some that I can point out to him. It gets almost funny when he points to my catch can and say's "what about this, got numbers for this"? I explain what it does and then dive into my whole shpeel about how bad street racing is and how I only race at the track (in my car that is not a race car) and then he goes into this thing about ricers and NAWZ and how it's legal in imports but not domestics
and then he tells me he is documenting this encounter so that if anything goes down with a car fitting my discription he'll know where to look.What a trip.
Bottom line, I get a fix-it ticket for the plate and I'm on my way feeling like I just robbed a bank and talked my way out of it.
I'm putting that damned front plate back on tonight. I don't need to have that conversation again.
Just sharing.
I got pulled over for excessive noise the other night 
I had to explain that I still had a stock mid pipe and it was just a catback exhaust and it was legal.
Hey btw, what time are you gonna be down there tomorrow night?
knuckle head.
