^^ Probably not the 1st time they pull you over, bc it's a big hassle to verify out of state tags/licenses. But if they see you again, they're gonna ream you for not registering your car in CA or having a valid CA license.

 

if i say i m visiting my friend or something like that. damn my car is bone stock except MS wheels. i was thinking getting MS wing now i m not getting anything. if they pullover me and can they say something bc my car is from japan and it has 10 digits vin number ? any1 here in socal driving rhd fd or rhd anycar? how they can prove that they pullover ed me before ?

 

Taken from: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures...r9.htm#feesdue

So you can literally just say you are visiting a friend for a couple months sure... but yes they can log your car's info onto the system and if they see you around 10 times in a 10 month period they will probably just assume you are living here now and give you a ticket for not registering your car.

 

And dont forget the CALI DMV Snitch hotline. Reward or not, cali residents will turn you in as the economy suck.


and Oh yeah, thanks to this thread as the price on a smog exempt old school RX just went up by 500%. however, most youngster wont know what to do since "bolt-on" items are not available these cars

 

Nope, but Plenty of Old "Tools" around mouthing off....

 

no one cares about your half-breed rotary opinion

 

ugh... I received a ref. ticket last week and a warning ticket for my exhaust being too low two days ago. CA, how you **** me off sometimes.

 

^Too low or too loud?

What basic mods do you have one your car?

 

driving in cali is scary.

 

If the Sheriff/Cop says you can get this written off, lmk I will glady do it for you.

 

Is an exhaust really probable cause? Hell most of these cars are 20 years old and stock exhausts would be rusted through by now.

 

"loud" is the key word.

 

Anything that doesn't look stock is probable cause. My buddy got pulled over for switching to a single pipe on his FC. Cop said he could tell it wasn't stock because on FCs the bumper is molded for 2 mufflers.

 

Carbon Fiber and having an exhaust system....or TINT is probably cause. Update coming friday

 

Oh you Take that HALF Breed **** back !!!! I have a very nice custom built sports car, that I enjoy immensely, and have been able to do so for quite some time now...

I have a non rotary afflicted vehicle... not a half breed....

 

FD with LSX is half-breed Oxymoron as John would say lolllll

 

I hate CA! those damn cops have nothing better to do!

got pulled twice, for "loud exhaust" is a fix it ticket, but i aint gonna go back to stock TBE too much hassle. well, maybe, i am. smog is coming lol

 

when you go to court request trial by declaration. you can beat the ticket, but you have to pay the fine up front to fight it after. all you have to do is prove that you have stock parts in your car and thats an easy thing to do. then with pictures and a typed letter, it also helps if you have carb legal parts if any. cuz you can go to the dmv site and print the executive orders from there and submit that with you package. in a few months they will drop the case and you will get your money back. also you will get a nice court letter that you can keep in your glove box to ward off cops when they pull you over. cops get paid overtime to go to court. they dont get paid to fight off your evidence package. and usually a court clerk ends up seeing it and dismisses it.

 

The cop took pictures of my exhaust, gauges, and under the hood. So im sure he will also respond for trail by declaration. He also mentioned he "looked forward" to seeing me in court if it goes that far. I've hit up a few other forums that I'm on to see whats going on locally, many members in the 240, subaru, and evo community have been this spring as well. Latest report I've read was from a 240 member that went to court and paid the full fine...the judge said even though he paid the full fine, he will still have to fix all emissions related equipment. That is just scary.

Kind of sweating bullets until I take care of this.

 

I got pulled over in Escondido a few years ago in my 91 n/a. My only mods were apex-i n1 catback and tinted windows, but the cop swore it was illegal exhaust. It was actually perfectly legal, and considering my stock exhaust had a huge leak, it polluted less and made it easier to pass smog. He didn't give me a ticket, but he threatened to if I didn't fix it.

After getting harassed enough I got the Nolo Press fight your ticket and win California addition. There are some really great things you can do to draw out the process and make it an expensive pain in the *** for them to prosecute you. I fight every ticket I get because it almost always makes the process a net loss for them. Usually you have nothing to lose except your time and everything to gain.

I got a license plate bulb out and driving without proof of insurance dismissed before I even had to go to trial by arguing that my right to a speedy trial was violated. You can do things like transfer to the county seat, peremptory challenge the first judge you get, etc. The great thing is you always cost them money to pursue your legal options, and at worst you usually end up with a reduced sentence. I say stick it to them, if we all do it we won't be easy prey anymore. Even if you end up paying your fine in full as long as it costs them more than they earn, you win either way!

Also I believe the law changes when you step out of your vehicle and lock it. If you do that in certain circumstances it can require them to get a warrant to search your vehicle because it becomes a locked container.

 

As anyone tried the transfer the car to a friend method and then transferring it back?

 

Stepping out of your car and locking it doesn't require a warrant as they already had probable cause to stop you.

Also everyone saying to fight the ticket with time, realize that during that time period until the ticket is dismissed it's a misdemeanor to drive the vehicle on the street and will be impounded if caught driving it...

 

Good to see my Oxymoronmobile observation is still alive and well.

To be honest, I've seen the underhood of DCrosby's FD and it was very very well done. It would be very hard for the average person to tell that it didn't come stock that way.

That doesn't change the fact that it's still an Oxymoronmobile.

 

They probably would have impounded it if you had refused, however they may not have been able to easily gather evidence against you. Might have been cheaper to pull it from impound. You might be able to make a case that you were profiled, but that can be hard to prove.

 

cali laws suck, but i cant think of any other place id rather be when it comes to car culture.