Alright, I think its time for me to just drive my car like a normal family car. Previous to the TL I had an integra with every bolt-on and one day I got caught for street racing and got lucky cause all i had to do was pay $350 court fine and take a 12 hour driving course.It could of been a lot worse. So what did I do? I bought an automatic 4-door 99 TL (family car). Later did I know I got an intake for it, headers, gutted out my cat, took out my resonator and pre-muffler, lightened it up a little, now I have a car faster than my previous one, so my foot got heavy again. Last night it was 35 degrees out, my car felt like an animal. So on the way home from my girlfriends house an 04 mustang gt got behind me at a light and started reving it. When the light turned green I floored it and he immediately got over to the lane next to me thinking that he was going to pass me, but he couldnt catch up. So then we caught the next light. Im in the right lane, he's in the middle, and there was another car next to him that I couldnt see what it was. So as Im slightly giving it gas holding it steady at about 1800 rpms so I could launch out Im also looking out for cops at the same time, but not a single car out. When the light turned green my car lit up the tires making the loudest screech all the way through first and some through second, but the mustang just sat there and stupid did I know the car beside him in the left lane was a COP CAR. How freakin blind could I be? So of course the cop gets over in my lane immedietely and flips his lights on. Im shittin myself at this point. He walked up to me and asked me for my license and im apologizing left and right. As im holding tight for about 2 minutes he then comes back as he hands me my license back and says," Next time try not to screech your tires, but I think you could've taken him " as he's laughing he then walks back to his car. So I think you know how I felt after that, reliefed and like a jackass. Uhhhh, my stomach is still bothering me.

 

hahaha thts awesome next time be more careful

 

see why track day schools on a real racetrack with a pro driver coaching you are such a bargain at 250$
And some of the instructors are LE officers,!
best feeling of the day was getting waved past by one- he was going 80 down the straight and me at something over 100....all I see is a finger pointing out the window-
pass me on that side~

If only they would do that on the freeway

 

Note to Ca drivers:
If you were in a similar situation as the OP, prior street racing conviction- new laws in several cities prone to street racing-
if convicted once before or now, and even SEEN and secretly videotaped by police at any street race now- or participate!!!- ohh thats bad---
the have a special SEIZURE law and your car goes bye-bye at 5 am sunday morning over your protest of- but I wasnt racing last night!!!
$1000 minimum to get it back. They are doing it because some/many of the cars in the fastandfurious type mods- those have stolen parts!!! can you believe it!!!

Because a special 4 million dollar grant came thru last year- all LE in Ca are trained to spot exterior racer mods- under hood mods- illegal things like too low, no way this passes smog, and other items.
Did you know the headlight has to be min 22 inches from the road surface, and they carry tape measures now too!
Big Brother is Watching YOU

 

Damn, 22 inches is a lot. No can do sorry.

 

LMAO, must of been a nice guy. Keep it on the track man.

 

Have any of you guys used excuses when a cop pulled you over like i had to go to the washroom real bad?

 

yeah- then they make you wait there to pee yourself just to prove it. There are gas stations and places to stop on the trip is what teh Officer will say.

Better luck being a volunteer fireman with ID badge and getting professional courtesy than same old excuse they have heard before. If you are original- you never know!!

A guy I knew- had a pee bag attached to his leg after surgery and when stopped said- man its overfull and getting ready to explode- I have to empty it in a bathroom or it gets all infected- here let me show you!!!
he was let go ....and nearly peed himself laughing about it, because the bag was really only half full

Only 2 more years and I can join the sherriff seniors patrol- hehehehehe

 

Check the distance road to headlight bulb
FEDERAL standard 22 inches minimum and another reason for them to look extra at your car

 

"Next time try not to screech your tires, but I think you could've taken him"

I like this part the most

 

Yeah like 5 years ago... I was flyin' down Harrison st in S.F (doin 50+ in a 25mph) and get pulled over... I didn't know what to do so I hop out of my car(stupid me) and tell him I have to go real bad.. I then went behind two parked cars ( I really had to go) and emptied the bladder... The cop laughed and left.. Lucky me

 

^ LOL? does that really work. maybe i should give that a try. lol

 

I wouldn't try it but you how sf cops are pretty cool......

 

fuck nah. those cops on the motorcycle are fuckin dicks. theres too much UC cops in SF

 

I told a cop once that I just got the car recently (a somewhat lie) and wanted to feel out how it handled on these windy backroads. He was literally hidden in a small driveway behind a bush. I also had my hands on the wheel and keys on the dash when he approached. They seem to like that. The cop smiled and just gave me a $160.00 fine when I was doing a good 20+over the speed limit. He told me the biggest problem they have is with people hitting deer around there and to slow down or next time there will be points.

 

^ Tell me about it. I've smoked two only to have the first one (personal car) show his badge and yell at me with his ugly ghetto bitch in the front seat, and the second one flip on the lights and siren, then show the badge and yell at me. They can't pull you over but they can call a regular car to do it.

~Cheers~

 

I heard if you tell them you gotta go and then pee on there shoes they will let you go 95% of the time

 

you mean 5 percent of the time.. the other 95 will get your ass beat

 

Yup, in my college boy idiot days I was racing a galant in my old legend. It was roughly around 4 am on the beltway and no cars were in sight...initially lol. Clocked at 103 in a 55. I was slapped with a $520 speeding ticket LOL. I almost shit myself literally when I saw the lights. I went to court, no points, had to pay $500 though...never again. That was about 3 years ago.

 

I try to never go over 85 because of the risk. At even 85... you can pass almost any typical mom/pap car

 

That's pretty much my rule of thumb speed for the turnpike. I'm usually going about 75-80, but never over 85. I've been pulled over for 80 once when everyone else was doing the same speed, I was just the unfortunate one at the end of a line of cars going 80. The cop said the traffic flow was 74mph and the speed limit was 65.

 

Tell me about it. I was turning from Ocean to Phelan to go to CCSF when the douche in front of me first stops for the yellow, then guns it and make it through, leaving me as the first car. That's usually a good thing, but there was a motorcycle cop across from me, waiting at the light. Light turns, and he goes straight as I glance at him. I pointed him out to my friend and explained to her that if a motorcycle cop has to get off his bike, you're guaranteed a ticket. Light changes for me, and I start to drive onto Phelan. I noticed something weird in my rearview and in the corner of my eye after I turned, but I ignored it as my being too tired. I stop to let pedestrians go, and when it was clear, I started to go forward. As soon as I crossed the crosswalk, I hear the siren and see the lights behind me. I pulled over immediately and am thinking, "I just owned myself." I ask him what's going on and (in it's rare glory for me), he answered. Asked me a bunch of questions about my car, ended up with a ticket for my front plate, and my being late to class to eat. I did ask him if he could let me go so I could look for parking since I was late, but he didn't answer because as I said earlier, he had to get off his bike. Turns out he made a U on Ocean ending up driving the wrong way for a bit, driving on the sidewalk and driveway of the fire house, then the wrong way on Phelan, to come up behind me.

Cliffs: Spotted a motorcycle cop, explained to friend how they are a guaranteed ticket, he drove the wrong way on two streets to get behind me, got a $100 ticket. Late to eat.

~Cheers~

 

No. 60% of the time it works, every time.

My preferred method is to jump out of the car and madly dance around and yell: "Bees! Bees! Bees in the car! Bees Everywhere! God, they're huge! Your weapons are useless against them! Save yourselves!"

 

Nah just tell them ur a vampire and you'll die in sunlight.... But the last cop I told that to sent me to nightcourt!

 

shouldnt that be: Killer Bees ar attacking and your Earth Weapons are useless against them?!!!!

There is a new show on Tru TV- formerly Court TV
Speeders
All it shows is the excuses people give cops

 

Yo car is not meant for racing its too slow

 

Neither is yours.

~Cheers~

 

Highschool.

 

 

 

Funny story by the OP.

Seem like if you mod you're car even a little the Wannabe Racers just come looking for you.

I'm doing a little to my car as time goes (Springs, RSB) mostly NOT go fast stuff, maybe a CAI and the TB Spacer, but that's about it.

But starting off it's almost all cosmetics (interior LED's, Fog Lights), you guys know how it is.

Well as soon as I debadged the back-end, its like I hung a big neon "Looking to Race" sign on the back end. Seems like Civics and Accords especially - getting on your ass, revving, etc, etc.

Mostly I just ignore 'em - too much traffic and the price of a ticket is too high (although not as bad as the CA stuff posted above).

 

How fast is your Scion buddy?

 

someones on the wrong forum.......LOL

 

im assuming the Legend spanked you and that is why you own an Acura now???

 

okok back on topic... scionboy worshipper is gone...

 

Kam, he was IN the Legend!!

~Cheers~

 

read that backwards...