Old school car is like an asian chicka with long-hair and firm ya know what, in mini-skirt. It gives everyone a hard-on.

 

Doesn't sound like you are talking from experience.

You are dead wrong in assuming cops don't know anything about cars. Certainly not all do as is apparent with the "cam gears" nitwit who pulled over the poor thread starter. The ***** who pulled me over rattled off and pointed out every visible mod to the tee, even took pictures of them with his cell phone. In no time there were 3 squad cars with six cops and the ***** who pulled me over (for loud exhaust) was pointing things out to them like it was some kind of seminar. They couldn't have found a better car for a lesson.
I was impressed to tell you the truth.

btw, the fine is originally $130 for VC-27156b (air pollution control device required), not $440. Mine went up to $440.25 after I plead not guilty and lost. This is in San Mateo County however.

He may actually have a case to get it dismissed even if the cop shows up. Just get the cop to state "modified cam gears" or something untrue and then show there is no such thing, especially in a rotary and that would negate his argument for writing the ticket in the first place. Worth a try at least....

 

TII's require an air-pump to pass visual inspection.

 

DUDE, i also forgot to say i got that VC a month ago and i didnt even go to the referee. the officer was gonna pull me over for no front plate but saw thru my scoot hood and saw my hks rs intake. so he told me to pop open my hood. he gave me a ticket for no front plate and messing with emissions system. i tried to see if i can get a carb# for the intake but i had no luck on actually getting the sticker so i jus went to arb.ca.gov and printed the info off there about my intake, took it to court with me, told the DA or watever u call em after i told the judge no contest and i told the DA i got the ticket for messing with emissions but my intake is LEGAL, here's the carb number, he looked at it, said usually we don't accept anything like this cause it doesnt have the actual california seal so i jus said well its legal, i jus spent a couple hundred dollars on an intake that is legal and u guys want me to pay a fine wen its legal, and they dropped it. paid the 10 bucks and left.

its worth a try. i was supposed to take my car to a referee too but i didnt. jus got the printout online and took it to court good luck

 

the cam gear note was my main point, it's obvious not all cops know about cars. i still am fairly positive the ticket can be written off, maybe yours was not a fix it ticket and his is.

and our cars need a lot more than just a smog pump to pass california smog.

 

id weld 2 brand new cats from Jegs and make a pipe to connect to the exhaust slap the air pump on it place the egr just to pass visual and you should be good oh and remove anything visible thats not legal anything beyond that they should be puzzled cuz its a "Rotary"

 

i also got a ticket for modded exhaust said the cop he said it wasnt stock therefore it was illegal he wrote the ticket i paid it $150 never had to go to a ref that was the end of that

 

**** those "*****" police for enforcing the laws. They aren't good for anything but harrassing import drivers.

 

especially ventura county sheriffs

 

His was not a fix-it-ticket. Either he is full of **** or the people in court had no idea what they were dealing with and he got very lucky. It happens.

These tickets are treated like moving violations without the points on your record, not fix-it-tickets.
If you get pulled over for speeding you can't promise to slow down after getting the ticket and then have the fine reduced to $10.

 

Fo sizzle my nizzle foo.

 

There is a way to go about your job, whatever it is, and not have to be a ***** about it.
This guy was indeed a *****, I think it was just his nature.

 

Tampering with smog crap is not a fix-it-ticket but my buddy who got popped by a LA County Sheriff just paid the $400 fine and he didnt even go to court. Thats a FB with 13-B street port, IDA and NOS.

 

Revenue Machines to the end...

 

No kidding, why don't they do something useful and catch murderers and rapists. Most of them barely passed high school.

 

haha.... are you speaking from experience hahahaha j/k

 

man i would of even paid that 150 if i were u. exhausts are illegal, but only if they are louder than 95 decibels. lol so u coulda went to a rep and have them test the noise level, and if it was under 95 u wouldnt have to pay the 150 lol

 

Wow there are alot of posts since yesterday and thank you for all the info. Now I guess I will try to fight it and hopefully he won't show and if he does I'll just pay the fine right? This really sucks.

 

So in addition to breaking federal emissions laws, you guys are making your cars loud and flashy. How can you act surprised when a cop pulls you over and busts you? You might as well paint a big bulls-eye on your hood and do burnouts in the parking lot of a donut store.


-s-

 

and why is making your car look different than when it rolled off the delivery truck something that should be illegal?

if that's the case then these ***** driving SUVs with bling bling wheels and exhaust should also be ticketed for making their trucks loud and flashy.

 

Of course it is not illegal to modify your car's exterior as long as you keep in within the limits of the law. But when you modify the sound of your exhaust and throw on those BOV's, don't come on here and whine when you are pulled over for modified smog equipment.


I've been ticketed more than anybody else on this forum but everyone of them was for something that I did to the car. I can't pass the blame to the "greedy" or "*****" cops for just doing their jobs.

 

my point was it sounds like he came off like it is our fault for wanting to modify the cars at all, a lot of people modify their cars, most do it legally, some illegally and of course the ones who do it illegally have no room to complain when they get popped for it. there is just too much stereotyping out there though.

i won't be complaining because i know the risks.

 

Sort of like racial profiling. That guy with his pants low and wearing red while blasting rap music "looks" like the type to carry a gun in his waistband so lets find any excuse to search him and see if he is.
Thats a mighty tall claim.

 

After been pulled over close to 40 times in the last 7 years, I can make claims like that. Also out of all of those times, only twice were for something other than equipment issues.


Just imagine if I was asian

 

Yea I guess we're at fault when Harley owners, 360's, 911s, M3s, G35s etc are never harassed for the stock volume of their vehicles