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H8R_LOL
03-25-2010, 10:06 AM
I'm looking for stories of law enforcement targeting you for driving an import car.

What did they pull you over for originally? Did they make you pop your hood? Did they threaten you with impounding your vehicle?

Since I'm into modding the Evo and keeping it stealth, I'm trying to gather as much information as I can to keep it low profile.

Sales@m4
03-25-2010, 10:18 AM
I have been pulled over for exhaust on a stock evo. But mostly it has been front plate or exhaust too loud, which it has been so nothing against the law enforcement on that one.

CT9LUV
03-25-2010, 10:36 AM
Imports have been an issue since they first figured it out that they can go fast.

SavageEvo8
03-25-2010, 10:40 AM
i can say onely 1 time do i feel i was profiled. i was in the back of a row of cars and the radar was pointed at me(for what i feel was having a big wing). i got pulled over and ticketed for speeding, when i was the one behind the group of cars going the same speed.

other than that, i deserved getting pulled over every other time cuz i enjoy WOT way too much. never had my hood popped though, and never got any fixits other than tint, licence plate, and exhaust. easy fixes(when u know an officer thatll sign off without having to touch my car ;) )

H8R_LOL
03-25-2010, 10:48 AM
Imports have been an issue since they first figured it out that they can go fast.

I always find it interesting that I've been tagged for no front plate MANY times in both cars (Evo, Integra Type-R) and my friend with the yellow Ferrari 360? Not once.

Shane@m4
03-25-2010, 10:57 AM
I dont drive an Evo, but for every car that I have owned, I have been pulled over many times for exhaust. Even on my Galant I get pulled over for noise violation.

superfurby
03-25-2010, 11:05 AM
Lol cops try and pull me over all the time I only stop when I know they can't cite me for anything any other time its hit the gas and find a hinding spot lol but I don't reamend doing that last one lol just be nice and act like this is your first nice car or u just bought it like that they mite go easy on u lol

aaevol9
03-25-2010, 11:26 AM
Ive been pulled for exhaust twice each leading to a ref ticket...cops are annoyed by rice which is the reason they dont hesitate to pull you over. However you can be a cammed, straight piped vette cruisen down the road and the cops will give you a thumbs up...go figure.

Positron
03-25-2010, 11:37 AM
Most cops are domestic hot rodders themselves. That is my opinion and everyone is entitled to it!

Riced out civics, integras, accords, older lexus and toyotas are annoying to look it. So if I was a cop, I wouldnt hesitate to pull them over and see if they have improper vehicle regulations and etc.

batosai
03-25-2010, 05:03 PM
Ive been pulled for exhaust twice each leading to a ref ticket...cops are annoyed by rice which is the reason they dont hesitate to pull you over. However you can be a cammed, straight piped vette cruisen down the road and the cops will give you a thumbs up...go figure.

much like a harley's booming hella loud exhaust....popo's give the thumbs up for that sh*t too...but if u try to the same thing with like...say, a 'busa...game over...:icon_cry:

Ben
03-25-2010, 08:24 PM
I've never been profiled for my car but I sure as hell have been profiled for having darker skin (during the summer) and driving around late at night in rich white towns. Gee sorry for disturbing the peace for being a minority, officer. Just trying to make my way to the next canyon road.

aaevol9
03-25-2010, 09:21 PM
much like a harley's booming hella loud exhaust....popo's give the thumbs up for that sh*t too...but if u try to the same thing with like...say, a 'busa...game over...:icon_cry:
Yup same exact thing, american muscle hog, jap crotch rocket...All the profiling is a bunch of :bsflag:

MienAce
03-29-2010, 10:28 PM
Imports have been an issue since they first figured it out that they can go fast.

+100000000000000

troy
03-29-2010, 11:48 PM
Got stopped last week. Cop says "I know other cars are going faster but I had to pick someone".

H8R_LOL
04-16-2010, 11:35 AM
From EvoM:

http://forums.officer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73003

I found it pretty interesting read to say the least.

e-die209
10-18-2010, 01:13 PM
i just got pulled over last weekend... we jes got back frum the Canibeat car/drift show event dat wus goin down at Stockton Speedway on Wilson way... and i had a buddy of mine to follow me cuz i had to drop off my evo 8 to my wife working at walmart... and this cop followed us for awhile right off from morada and holman.. dis cop finally cut thru my buddy to arrest me and we were doin 35 on a 40... he pulled me over and sayd i had a modified exhaust and my car was way too low... i told him that my exhaust was of 50-state legal and was claimed to be under of 95db... he got cocky with me and told me to pop my hood... so i told him he couldn't search my vehicle for i didnt do nothing wrong... so he threaten me to impound my car and arrest me if he found any illegal mods under my hood... he then shows me that he was in a drag-unit illegal street racing program looking for modified cars so he threaten me dat he can call in to his supervisor and get a search warrant... i told him that i had a cone-filter and an aftermarket BOV and the exhaust... so i then popped my hood and he seen taht i had a chrome heat shield and chrome radiator shroud and told me it was illegal... i was like WTF.. dats only for looks it has nothing to do with performance... he also measured my height of car and boy was i surprised that my car was actually 22inches from the headlights to the ground... so he then decided NOT to give me a fix-it ticket but to put me under his illegal street racing profile...so he took quite bit of pix of my car n sayd he'll give me a chance to fix those but if he were to pull me over again and if i didnt correct my mods he would impound my car and arrest me... wutt a fucken dicKK!! at least i got away without a ticket... im surprised he didnt say anything bout my injen intercooler pipings/intake(stealth black) and ebay 3.5" chrome intercooler... but just be on the look out in da north stockton area guys... dis cop is out to arrest anybody fo anything modified and will put u in his racing profile..!!!