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Old 11-24-2007, 05:57 PM
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Judge orders street racer's car to be crushed!

Car crushed on judge's order

LONG BEACH - The souped-up car of an 18-year-old Lakewood street racer met the end of the road Wednesday, weeks after its owner was arrested in Long Beach for having a vehicle with an illegal engine.

Wednesday's crushing of Clifford Sung's 1995 Honda Civic hatchback - which contained a B18 CRI engine from Japan - was the first in Long Beach's history, said City Prosecutor Tom Reeves.

A number of deaths in and around Long Beach in the past few years have been attributed to street racing and the city is aggressively pursuing racers who flout the law, Reeves said.

"We have enough mayhem on our streets without illegal street racing," he said.

Sung was arrested by Long Beach Police Department officers on Oct. 15 after they noticed his Honda's illegally modified exhaust system.

Once Sung was stopped, they saw other signs of illegal street racing, including a fiberglass hood and a sway bar on the back of the car, said Officer Brian Nystedt. A peek under the hood revealed the vehicle identification number had been chipped off the transmission, which is a sure sign of a stolen part, Nystedt added.

Sung was arrested on suspicion of multiple vehicle code violations, which could have been filed as a misdemeanor or felony, depending on a defendant's prior criminal history, said Auto Theft Detective Johnny Miyasaki.

Miyasaki took over the investigation after Sung's arrest and worked with the city prosecutor's office to secure a no contest plea from Sung - who had no prior convictions - to a misdemeanor charge two weeks ago.

In exchange for the plea, Sung was sentenced to probation and the judge ordered the illegally modified car to be destroyed.

Despite the loss of his car - which experts estimated to be worth $10,000 to $12,000 in purchased and stolen auto parts - Sung has been arrested a second time.

His latest arrest for felony auto theft occurred on Nov. 8, just one week after he settled the street-racing case in court, Miyasaki said.

"The attorney called and asked me if we could work out a deal," Miyasaki said, laughing. "I said `No, I don't think so."'

Former street racer Matt Lee - who talks about the dangers of the illegal sport in honor of a friend who was killed in 1998 - estimated the cost of Sung's soon-to-be squashed engine and other car parts at about $8,000 to $10,000, while the car itself was worth just $2,000.

The lightweight Hondas are very popular because they can accelerate quickly on short runs. Most racers don't go much faster than 100 to 120 miles per hour, Lee explained.

"It's not about how fast you can go ... it's about how fast you can go before the next stop light," he said, standing in a Gardena tow yard surrounded by reporters and camera crews there to capture the image of the car's destruction.

The pressure exerted by the "pancake" on the little blue and black hatchback caused all the car's windows to shatter and the glass to rain down onto the hot blacktop. The loud buzz of the hydraulic crusher almost drowned out the metallic grunts and squeals that emanated from the Civic's frame and engine block as they were crumpled into a nearly unrecognizable mass.

Normally, when a car is crushed, the engine and other parts are stripped out, Miyasaki said. Because this car was ordered by the court to be destroyed, nothing could be salvaged, he said.

The only items Sung could have had returned to him were the flashy rims - which he had paid for - but his attorney declined the offer, Miyasaki said.

"When I saw him in jail last week I asked him why he didn't want his rims," Miyasaki said. "He told me that he wanted them, but his dad wouldn't let him."
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I dont get it.

Wasnt his car crushed because they thought his parts were stolen? What does that have to do with street racing.

California is
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I dont see how this will help, more so it will motivate convicts such as the above to go out and do it all over again
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What a stupid ass reason.
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it says that the signs that say were cuz he had a CF hood sways and other stuff so that they figured he street races and they arrested his ass. CALI is FUCKED UP

btw i got sways and CF hood and no resonaters with hks exhaust so does this mean that if i go to cali i will be arrrested??
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wtf, there was no evidence of him street racing at all
Old 11-24-2007, 07:25 PM
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I think its fine if they are curbing the use of stolen parts, but overall, they should concentrate more on DUI/DWI driving if they are concerned about vehicle related deaths.
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Why can't we just agree that the world is better off with another Civic Hatch off the road?
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at least it looked clean
Old 11-24-2007, 09:57 PM
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Funny, I don't see any attribution for the "news" story ... until someone corroborates this, I'd treat it as rumor ... or hoax.
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So wait, it's illegal to modify your car, period? I didn't know having sways and a CF hood automatically meant you were street racing ..
Stupid question of the day ..

Regardless, it's another potential innocent-life killer off the streets ..
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but you have to remember that this dude worked hard to buy those parts. Won't you be pissed if the city destroyed your house because it was constructed 10 years ago with a piece of stolen wood? I sure would be, and murder and attempted murder would be on my record pretty quickly.
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Lots of holes in that story.
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That construction chick is hot...
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Normally, when a car is crushed, the engine and other parts are stripped out, Miyasaki said. Because this car was ordered by the court to be destroyed, nothing could be salvaged, he said.
Sounds like the Judicial and Law Enforcement are on a power trip.

And because both have made the harrassment of teen drivers their number one priority (second, if you count donut runs), this is another reason why 9-11 will happen again.*

*I have witnessed firsthand the cops harrassing my son and his friends for some fairly dumb crap, like air freshener trees hanging from the rear view mirror.


Originally Posted by cmschmie
Why can't we just agree that the world is better off with another Civic Hatch off the road?
Not really the point but .
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That construction chick is hot...
didnt notice that so i had to scroll back up...but you are right my friend!
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That construction chick is hot...
I'd hit it.
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the part about the sway bar etc is ridiculous... felt like a scene from F&F..

oh and.. CCOILF...

(car crusher operator)
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LOL

Former street racer Matt Lee - who talks about the dangers of the illegal sport in honor of a friend who was killed in 1998 - estimated the cost of Sung's soon-to-be squashed engine and other car parts at about $8,000 to $10,000, while the car itself was worth just $2,000.

The lightweight Hondas are very popular because they can accelerate quickly on short runs. Most racers don't go much faster than 100 to 120 miles per hour, Lee explained.
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I honestly dont feel that for the kid. I mean I do relieze CA has a law if you are actually caught street racing they crush your car and that this guy was caught but I mean he still broke the law. Granted the judge went harsh on him but he still did something illegal to his car so they simply got rid of the car. I mean they talk about him not being able to part out the car but apparently the parts where illegal anyway.
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First of all, WTF is a B18CRI

The chick with the hard hat is hot. Makes me wanna go to a scrap yard so she can salvage me...

Unfortunately there's not much we or the police can do to curb auto theft, besides of course not buying JDM engines and putting them into our cars. Who the hell would wanna steal a stock Civic's engine?

Maybe if the police crushed all ricers cars, thieves would have nothing left to steal, so they might possibly become useful members of society? Far-fetched idea... like it would ever happen. But if it did, it would probably curb theft rate incredibly. Either that or thieves would just be stealing from each other.






....yeah right.
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Maybe if the police crushed all ricers cars, thieves would have nothing left to steal, so they might possibly become useful members of society? Far-fetched idea... like it would ever happen. But if it did, it would probably curb theft rate incredibly. Either that or thieves would just be stealing from each other.






....yeah right.
....just like death penalty executions have done little to curb murders in states that exercise capital punishment regularly.

From what I have seen soccer moms battling with their kids in the back seat while talking on cell phones and driving 4,000lb+ SUVs are just as much a danger as a lot of these street racers from what I have seen. But then again, it is not too PC to go after soccer moms who cause a danger on the road as they have a bit more political clout than speeding teens. (Sidenote: My wife tends to manifest some of these soccer mom characteristics. )
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Let's just ban women from the road
(making that red was a hard choice for me, by the way)
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Isn't california supposed to be enviormentely friendly??? They should have recycled his car, melt down the block and body for example
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Think of the bright side its one less speed demon off the street, which makes things safer
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Originally Posted by Whiskers
That construction chick is hot...
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poor jdm hat.


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i don't know how true this is.
I had a buddy in college he was from Michigan. he had a built F body like 98 or 99 SS. anyhow he said up here
first time you get busted street racing you get a hell of a fine (like 1000 dollars) 6 points and some other crap.
2nd time in 3 years they crush your car.
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on the construction chick.
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WTF is wrong with Cali? If they caught the guy racing, it's one thing. But the guy had an exhaust and gets pulled over, so they get him with illegal parts? Come on. WTF. This is the reason why kids hate cops. When those cops were young, they probably had illegally modded camaros, or fox body stangs, why are they breaking balls if they didnt see the kid racing. For all we know, he could have blown his motor and figured he'd get a nice one from japan. The suspension components could have been for his auto x days. I mean c'mon.
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this is interestings, because i'm pretty sure I saw this car get crushed back in October..and the driver WAS busted street racing.
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Damn is that on bags? And a chopped top too!
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Why would they do that?! It had DOHC. Not anymore.
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