Got A Ticket Today
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 ****
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?!
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.



