In For a Roady After Majorly Canaried

Grechie · 17-01-2007, 05:37 PM

Aiii guys, 2 weeks ago i was driving along derrimut road in hoppers crossing, after picking up girl friend from work, as i was cruising up to 70kms/h gently(speed limit) a cop siren was heard from the distance, and this Citric Acid BFXR6T flew up from around 200metres away and pulled me over, not bashing cops, but he could of been a bit more polite to me as he was swearing his nuts off thinking i must be a typical a current affair hoon you see on tv, either that or he is a holden supporter n didnt like the pee on h@sv sticker on it...also could be showing off at the lady trainee constable with him, but what attracted him he said, was by the bouncy rear end wen i was driving....yes im actually glad i got done coz i literally had no back shockers, they were roo-hooted bad so i must thank him some what.

Anyway...

She got a major canary on the side of the road for ride height, front seats loose ( ? ) suspension to soft (fair enuff) seat belts not retracting (had a ford socks on em) and hand brake needs adjusting (he didnt even touch let alone check it) , and front left tyre was bald from camber ..fair enuff, i got done, but anyways just letting you's no we've fixed everything and its in now for a roady and will be there overnight as he will get on it tommorow moarning, i pray nothing major comes of it, but if so, ah well, ill feel more confident onces everythings fine!. i also copped a 177 dollar fine for failing to have a road standard car...LOL

Another thing i didnt approve of, is the way he kept repeating how if i crashed at 200km/h the seat wouldnt hold my girlfriend down and shed go straight through the window.................ummm well ******* DERRRRR, regarldess of any crash, (whos doin 200 anyway?) of course your gonne go flying through the window at 200km/h. show me one incident were someone is held down in there seat when crashing at 200kms...anyway he made her cry, i didnt approve of that, it was dirty he had no right to scare her like that...

anyway thats my rant / story, hope everything goes fine none the less tommorow !

- Grechie

Casper · 17-01-2007, 05:39 PM

I've seen that car.. he hunts along Morris Road a lot too.

snortingboost · 17-01-2007, 05:53 PM

Some cops have bad attitudes and others are just normal people doing their job, sounds like you had the first mentioned. It would be good to receive respect but then again they do deal with plenty of idiots.

Grechie · 17-01-2007, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Casper

I've seen that car.. he hunts along Morris Road a lot too.

oh yea, the scary thing is, he said hes from sunshine down here for 4 years, and hes out to get all of "your kind" he reffered me as.

hes got my mates VR with same defects as me on NYE, and a friends skyline for , yes wait for it...a shiney steering wheel. couldnt get him for nothing else and didnt want to look stupid going over whole car n saying yep all good on your way.

i hope he never picks on me again after this road worthy

Christiaan · 17-01-2007, 05:55 PM

Have you ever been done in the AU Casper?

Are 5000rpm torque converters considered unroadworthy?

Bad luck Grechie, But yeah, most of those things are safety problems anyway. Bad luck you got caught, but glad you got it fixed.

Well done.

Grechie · 17-01-2007, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by snortingboost

Some cops have bad attitudes and others are just normal people doing their job, sounds like you had the first mentioned. It would be good to receive respect but then again they do deal with plenty of idiots.

your right, i have had some really nice ones before and ive loved it, so easy to communicate to, some , like this time .. they are so bent on pinning you, that they are in there own world and regardless of me making eye contact and being polite, was still rude ...

live and learn.

Grechie · 17-01-2007, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by shuresm58

Have you ever been done in the AU Casper?

Are 5000rpm torque converters considered unroadworthy?

Bad luck Grechie, But yeah, most of those things are safety problems anyway. Bad luck you got caught, but glad you got it fixed.

Well done.

thanks man, as i said, i dont hate police, infact if it wasnt for them , id be driving a unsafe car, now i sleep easy at night knowing im going to fix it

Casper · 17-01-2007, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Grechie

oh yea, the scary thing is, he said hes from sunshine down here for 4 years, and hes out to get all of "your kind" he reffered me as.

hes got my mates VR with same defects as me on NYE, and a friends skyline for , yes wait for it...a shiney steering wheel. couldnt get him for nothing else and didnt want to look stupid going over whole car n saying yep all good on your way.

i hope he never picks on me again after this road worthy

Thanks for the heads up. Hopefully I'll be able to avoid him.

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Originally Posted by shuresm58

Have you ever been done in the AU Casper?

Nope

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Originally Posted by shuresm58

Are 5000rpm torque converters considered unroadworthy?

That would be almost amusing.. if it wasn't completely lame.

Christiaan · 17-01-2007, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Casper

That would be almost amusing.. if it wasn't completely lame.

Nah I'm serious and interested.. Would it need to be engineered? Or is it all ok changing it to a higher spec?

I'm not being amusing here..

Jason[98.EL] · 17-01-2007, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Grechie

thanks man, as i said, i dont hate police, infact if it wasnt for them , id be driving a unsafe car, now i sleep easy at night knowing im going to fix it

i know it a pain in the buttt

i think that now you have got the canary you can get all the things fixed that most of us normally overlook

jason

Casper · 17-01-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by shuresm58

Nah I'm serious and interested.. Would it need to be engineered? Or is it all ok changing it to a higher spec?

I'm not being amusing here..

Its legal. No different to changing diff gears. The transmission is still a BTR box so no engineers certificate is needed.
Of course, if it were actually a 5000rpm stall it wouldn't really matter, it would almost be undrivable anyhow.

**Sorted** · 17-01-2007, 06:28 PM

When i was on my P Plates I met all the BAD COPS then when I got off them I have been meeting all the GOOD COPS..........

They didn't get you for noise as well?

But yeah its kind of a Lucky Dip..............lol

Christiaan · 17-01-2007, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Casper

Its legal. No different to changing diff gears. The transmission is still a BTR box so no engineers certificate is needed.
Of course, if it were actually a 5000rpm stall it wouldn't really matter, it would almost be undrivable anyhow.

Ah, ok, I was thinking that maybe all that extra power off the line, like a turbo conversion, would need to be made legal..

Grechie, What did ya do to the ride height? Chucked stock springs in?

Grechie · 17-01-2007, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DRHEMI

When i was on my P Plates I met all the BAD COPS then when I got off them I have been meeting all the GOOD COPS..........

They didn't get you for noise as well?

But yeah its kind of a Lucky Dip..............lol

DR Hemi , nah didnt get me for noise coz i wasnt booting it, otherwise defently

Grechie · 17-01-2007, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by shuresm58

Ah, ok, I was thinking that maybe all that extra power off the line, like a turbo conversion, would need to be made legal..

Grechie, What did ya do to the ride height? Chucked stock springs in?

nah we put EBII fairmont ghia wheels on and it raised it, i was on XG stockie 14's all round b4 lol

T_Terror · 17-01-2007, 07:38 PM

isnt your car cammed?

Lucky he didnt notice if so.

The cop sounds like a ****er. He'll get some bad attitude too one day, good to hear u got everything sorted.

Grechie · 17-01-2007, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by T_Terror

isnt your car cammed?

Lucky he didnt notice if so.

The cop sounds like a ****er. He'll get some bad attitude too one day, good to hear u got everything sorted.

yep cars cammed, if i had booted it he would of epa'd me , ah well, he was havin a bad day, being a friday arvo (4pm)

efgiar · 17-01-2007, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by shuresm58

Ah, ok, I was thinking that maybe all that extra power off the line, like a turbo conversion, would need to be made legal..

Grechie, What did ya do to the ride height? Chucked stock springs in?

ea-el didnt come from ford with turbo's, however they did come from ford with convertors

The Goodz · 17-01-2007, 09:36 PM

Ahh a situation I know only too well... Only getting mine back on the road isn't so simple lol

Alex

fmc351 · 17-01-2007, 09:59 PM

If my job entailed flooring an XR turbo Id probably find any excuse to do it too. However that doesnt explain actually wasting time going over your car, thats time I could spend chasing another.

galapogos01 · 17-01-2007, 10:09 PM

Why do you all think the cops a ******?

the two things the cop did wrong:
- speed
- made your girlfriend cry

the things you did wrong:
- too low
- bald tyre
- no rear shocks
- seatbelt socks
- attention seeking burnout rims

You were driving an illegally low car on bald tyres... with a body kit and stockies no less. Yes, that sort of thing will get you labelled. Yes, that sort of thing attracts attention. Why are you suprised? If your seat was loose and he was making a valid point, so he should. making someone cry is over the top, but hes trying to stress a roadworthy car is important.

gngtho · 17-01-2007, 10:14 PM

reminds me of a time when they tryed to do me for ride hight, but as i quickly pointed out to one of them to tell his fellow officer to stop pushing my car down from the boot.

Yes thats right one of them had his body weight on the boot to make it look lower.

hate it when they try to pin crap on you, and the funny thing was i had just put the munrowes on it.

Any way good luck with yours, hope its ok.

efgiar · 17-01-2007, 10:44 PM

his attitude was the problem i think. there was no need for it as most of us dont have a rw car anyway, something is wrong with it and most of us dont have the time or money to do it, fair enough he is doing his job but geez you think he could be not so harsh about it.

holmsy · 17-01-2007, 11:04 PM

you guys saying you met the bad cops on ya P's and good cops after.
so far since i have been on my P's driving a bright green BA xr6 and never taking off slow. i have never been stopped i have never even had a breatho even when i drove past a booze bus.
in a way it is good the only time iv talked to a cop since my P's was at schoolies when i asked for a breatho to check if i could drive.

kyro_02 · 17-01-2007, 11:08 PM

I'm surprised no holden supporter has ripped your sticker off :P
oh well at least you'll have a roadworthy car...
I've been pulled up 3 times in the last 4 months, last 2 times had(have?) good attitudes :P

Grechie · 18-01-2007, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by galapogos01

Why do you all think the cops a ******?

the two things the cop did wrong:
- speed
- made your girlfriend cry

the things you did wrong:
- too low
- bald tyre
- no rear shocks
- seatbelt socks
- attention seeking burnout rims

You were driving an illegally low car on bald tyres... with a body kit and stockies no less. Yes, that sort of thing will get you labelled. Yes, that sort of thing attracts attention. Why are you suprised? If your seat was loose and he was making a valid point, so he should. making someone cry is over the top, but hes trying to stress a roadworthy car is important.

fair argument, but ur speaking as if to say i get pulled over regulary..i dont at all, till this blitz. bald tyres ???? illegally low car ? its not THAT low compared to the real low cars...if you read correctly i said it was bald due to camber which wasnt even that bad anyway and it was ONE TYRE (front left) wot can i expect, nowadays low is nothing smaller then a 2 L bottle of coke fitting underneither ya car aye.

The seats? well he got my mates standard vr (imac car) for the same as mine did. they move the same as all seats, but are a tiny bit worn, theres nothin you can do, they cant be fixed, you have to by new ones ... he just grabbbed em and wrenched at them ? why ? they cant be tightened either,...,

Seatbelt socks are illegal ? even though if anything they are pading on your chest.

Rear end being soft is fine though., but i HAD shocks none the less, lets get that straight.

Attention seeking burnout rims ? so my cars all wheel drive is it ? i thought the stocks on the back and rims on the front was attention seeking burnout rims ? as far as hes concerned , i cant afford rims or my rims got stolen, i didnt know it was hoonish to have standard wheels (XG's must be hoon cars?)...also i should be able to drive with a body kit all i want, i wasnt breaking the law, clubbys n gts can, why cant i ? but anyway this was a thread to say i wasnt really angry, coz im glad ill be able to sleep proply after its all fixed.

i could find other cars in my area that are 10 times worse then my car.

The officer said for himself hes out to target and stop all you your kind, straight away biased towards p platers...from his own words, thats why hes in werribee, they got him from sunshine to clean up modified cars.

all i can say is dont judge a book by its cover, unless i was doin somethin illegal, then i shouldnt be hassled.

- Grechie

DOC · 18-01-2007, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Grechie

thanks man, as i said, i dont hate police, infact if it wasnt for them , id be driving a unsafe car, now i sleep easy at night knowing im going to fix it

Are you saying that you did not know your car was unsafe before you were pulled over ?

Grechie · 18-01-2007, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by DOC

Are you saying that you did not know your car was unsafe before you were pulled over ?

i didnt know that, having ford socks, a mildly low tred on front left tyre ( i mean whos taking corners @ 50+km/h?), and soft suspension in the back was a UNSAFE car, ive driven like that for over 12 months now. but its classified as unsafe, so im labelling it as that. as for the seats, thats a joke, i bet i could go to any e series seat and use all my force n wiggle it a tiny bit and say yep its unsafe

so u can say, yes i didnt know it was "unsafe" to his standards b4 that day

DOC · 18-01-2007, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Grechie

i didnt know that, having ford socks, a mildly low tred on front left tyre ( i mean whos taking corners @ 50+km/h?), and soft suspension in the back was a UNSAFE car, ive driven like that for over 12 months now. but its classified as unsafe, so im labelling it as that. as for the seats, thats a joke, i bet i could go to any e series seat and use all my force n wiggle it a tiny bit and say yep its unsafe

so u can say, yes i didnt know it was "unsafe" to his standards b4 that day

Well it's good now champ and getting sorted, which is a good thing, so hope your back on the road soon.

Grechie · 18-01-2007, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by DOC

Well it's good now champ and getting sorted, which is a good thing, so hope your back on the road soon.

thanx man, upsetting yes, but im over it now, i just cant wait till its "safe" and on the road...