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My cars one the far side of illegal in the eyes of the law but in no way is it unsafe. Im sure if tested it would surpass a standard ED in all aspects. its impossible to actually modify a car in victoria and have it legal so why even try.
Im 25 havent had a speeding fine since 18, zero defects and zero infrigements and zero hassles from the police. I spend most of my freetime in the shed with like minded mates modifying and building cars. If it keeps going the way its going im going to give up cars, go out glassing people at clubs and start my way into a nice little heroin addiction.
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Your previous posts appear to contradict this statement, I'm confused
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I'm not saying the same for Boss owners. These are both cars, as sold by dealers, some people will drive them hard, some people will never see past 3000rpm in them. But I don't know if there would be many people out there who would claim that after fitting a $12k centri kit, they are not interested in driving it on the track and always drive like a grandpa on the street. I still call BS, I'm not saying you don't generally drive sensable, but for someone to spend that much money on a blower for a car that doesn't see the track, claiming you NEVER break the rules, I'm not buying it. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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The fun bit is explaining to the constable that the big wheels , the stripes and the big bonnet bulge and huge rear spoiler are all factory fitted........
You get pulled up because the Knobs at FPV basically built a hoon car..... Of course many of these cars are highly modified....so the fact that they stand out to begin with then makes for an easy catch on the list of mods that you've made that aren't exactly to Mr Plod's liking.... You play You pay.......what do you do ?
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Can we not make this another Hulk & the Centri thread?
In retro spec if someone buys an FPV and spends sooo much more money over a standard falcon does that automatically warrant that because he spent so much money on a car, that he wents to get from A-B as fast as possible? I would like to think that the mere fact of someone wanting to drive something unique and special on our roads should be enough for a car forum such as this without the need to look at that persons every mod and proceed to flame. Drop the "i call bullsh-t" and relate to thread or start a new topic. (yes yes you can argue how calling him out relates to it in your mind but your really just pushing the envelope for the sake of it) A legitimate argument was brought to light that could actually help this forum in terms of mods and cops that dose not need to end up another Centri v PD debate. /end rant and lets continue on with the discussion
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Discussion should be, is your car rwc or not, if not, do not whinge about copping a unroadworthy certificate
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Ratter, while I do agree with you, I have to disagree to a degree. There is a difference between an unsafe vehicle and an unroadworthy vehicle.
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I also agree with you, I have a ZC that is unroadworthy, is it unsafe no, but at the end of the day there is a set of rules which determine whether a car is roadworthy or not, these rules are available for anyone to view, if you mod your car within these rules you are legit, if your car is out of the rules then your not.
Many people have a different opinion to what is safe and what is not, that normally varies according to whether it applies to their own car, and because so many have pushed to rules too far is one reason why the rules get tougher all the time
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Drive a stardard car with bald tyres, you will not get pulled over. Drive a car that's 95mm off the ground and defected. I think we (the car modifier) are being attacked due to being easy targets. Pure and simple. ACA wouldn't do an artile on over 60's driving dangerously in their standard cars with bald tyres, warn out brakes and leaking shockers. But who are we to complain, no one will fight ACA or the police. Don't tell me "The police are doing their job", becasue targeting a minority is not their job!
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Hoons + Modified cars seem to go hand in hand, according to just about everyone, you don't get one without the other.
so target the modified car, and you're saving 100's of children from a horribly firey death.
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The police in vic have random rwc inspections from time to time which will pull over any car and take action as required, the drama is normally groups of unroadworthy normal type cars do not congregate and burn outs happen etc. which happens quite often with modded cars and draws attention to them.
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ALL vehicles had to go through a RBT, it was only those that attracted the attention that were sent out the back for thurther investigation. It is no different to any RBT that is carried out around Aus, all vehicles are pulled over randomly and looked at. The police are only enforcing the rules already in place. |
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Older people don't have the reflex's that they once had, I am sure you will experience this one day if you are lucky enough to get to their age. I am not saying that it is right that they do these but it is not the end of the world and in reality it doesn't hurt you. All of the above that you mentioned is just plain stupid and if it bother's you so much then you should not be on the road as that is so pedantic. The ones that seem to feel that they are being victimised need to stop and think about this for a min. You are doing the very same thing by sterotyping that all police are out to target you, yes there are some hero police out there but there are also a lot of decent ones, show some respect when being pulled over and you might actually get some in return and find it to be not as disturbing as you might think, in other word's get that damn chip of your shoulder. |
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There'd be many cops who own modified cars, some possibly illegally. Good for them.
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Whoa lads, enough bickering.....
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hang on...was my hearing aid acting up??
is it about old drivers now? my goodness...better get the nurse in here to straighten my blanket zzzzzz...nods off
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Bet you get a heap of enjoyment from the 5% modified ride you operate Does that makes you sleep well at night davway? |
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Read the thread and you might understand why reference was made about older drivers... Now you can go back to sleep!
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no you didn't interest me enough zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Countdown begins .....Give me a 10 ...
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Well it wouldn't be locked if people just talked civilly. Maybe you should all, for once, play nice in here rather than pushing and prodding other members until the thread gets locked? I for one think this topic is quite interesting and I'd hate to see it get locked.
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Catch 22 iggy we all love a bonnet scoop or a carbie poking through the bonnet or fat *** tyres on a Coupe it establishes cred.
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I agree with you, my comment was about how other users have been treating each other; my opinion on the thread topic will wait until I have my laptop to type it all properly
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