Got A Ticket Today
06-30-2003, 11:37 PM
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Schofield Barracks, HI
Posts: 2,259
i got a ticket for "improper devices" for a "smelly exhaust"
convo went something like this :
hello officer what is the problem
"youre exhaust seems to be very loud and smells pretty bad, i can smell the fumes"
its stock, except for the muffler
"well i could probably smell that thing from a mile away kid, you smell that?"
yes
"thats carbon monoxide"
no, thats fuel and oil
"why is there such a bad smell coming from your car. it must not be legal"
sir, its stock
"well then you have a problem there, i suggest you bring it to a gas station and get it tested"
sir, its completely fine i know more about my car than you do or most gas stations do, my engine runs naturally rich and i just did an oil change so its burning a little of the excess oil
"do you have a receipt for your oil change"
i did it myself - do you want to see the old filter and empty oil quarts at my house
"dont get wise with me son"
dont harass me because im a kid, my car is legal and theres no reason i should be having this discussion with you right now
"wait here a minute kid"
comes back 5 mins later with ticket:
"here, pay this and be happy i didnt give you other tickets"
other tickets for what? i dont deserve a ticket as it is
"i have to go now - dont complain about the ticket and just pay it"
then he leaves
so i will go to court on 8/6 like the ticket says and will bring my FSM and Haynes Manuals to show them, along with that i will bring 4 empty quarts of castrol and an old smelly oil filter
in conclusion ---- police officers should suck my ****
convo went something like this :
hello officer what is the problem
"youre exhaust seems to be very loud and smells pretty bad, i can smell the fumes"
its stock, except for the muffler
"well i could probably smell that thing from a mile away kid, you smell that?"
yes
"thats carbon monoxide"
no, thats fuel and oil
"why is there such a bad smell coming from your car. it must not be legal"
sir, its stock
"well then you have a problem there, i suggest you bring it to a gas station and get it tested"
sir, its completely fine i know more about my car than you do or most gas stations do, my engine runs naturally rich and i just did an oil change so its burning a little of the excess oil
"do you have a receipt for your oil change"
i did it myself - do you want to see the old filter and empty oil quarts at my house
"dont get wise with me son"
dont harass me because im a kid, my car is legal and theres no reason i should be having this discussion with you right now
"wait here a minute kid"
comes back 5 mins later with ticket:
"here, pay this and be happy i didnt give you other tickets"
other tickets for what? i dont deserve a ticket as it is
"i have to go now - dont complain about the ticket and just pay it"
then he leaves
so i will go to court on 8/6 like the ticket says and will bring my FSM and Haynes Manuals to show them, along with that i will bring 4 empty quarts of castrol and an old smelly oil filter
in conclusion ---- police officers should suck my ****
07-01-2003, 06:27 AM
#8
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 278
I was amazed we didnt get pulled over on the way to Rotorfest. Before the motor blew, some schmuck in a Maxima was trying to race us and we were doing about 130 to get away from the dude...he was tailgating us at like 95mph. I remember one of the last times I got pulled over, I was driving the Rustang GT I used to have, out in AZ or CO and I wasn't paying attention to the speedometer (out in the desert) and suddenly I'm trying to explain why I was going 150mph. Trooper let me off with a verbal warning, and he was a nice guy, too.
I def. think that "smelly exhaust" is not enough probablr cause to get pulled over though...that's bullSHITE! Let 'em know who's boss, eh?!
I def. think that "smelly exhaust" is not enough probablr cause to get pulled over though...that's bullSHITE! Let 'em know who's boss, eh?!
07-01-2003, 08:11 AM
#9
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Posts: 5,425
I've always said that you should pay tickets for laws you broke. But that's some serious BS. That guy had no idea what he was talking about. I don't know how it is in states with emissions testing, but I haven't heard of any crap like that happening here.
