.:HSTuners::

krz2fer · 05-25-2003, 11:56 PM

So I come around a bend on a highway by my house going like 63 in a 55... these 2 cars behind me are gaining and i figure speeding. there's a cop hiding around the next corner - i pass, and so do the other cars. the cop sorta sits there, then takes off. my girlfriend and i are SURE it HAS to be to get one of those cars for speeding. sure enough, the cop flies by them and pulls me over for my "illegal muffler" in Virginia. so freakin ridiculous. i got off but he said i needed to take it off and if he pulled me over again anytime soon i'd get fined. it's a damn OBX exhaust and there are a million other louder mufflers in my city. how wack is that? ugh... first time for me getting shit for my car by a cop so im sorta in new territory.

05-26-2003, 01:23 AM

That sux man......I've never understood exhaust noise laws. You've got muscle cars and harley's that are a hell of alot louder than most imports, yet you rarely hear of them getting pulled over for it.

Violent Apathy · 05-26-2003, 02:30 AM

maybe they're just against the overpowered lawnmower sound

CD5Passion · 05-26-2003, 03:25 AM

^there are a lot of Imports that dont sound like Overpowered lawnmowers with exhaust so ease up, plenty of exhaust sound great (as in a deep low rich sound)

Duckydos · 05-26-2003, 03:56 AM

I've been pulled over several times but never cited. In just about every case, however, it was late at night. So, I figure they're just profiling and looking for a reason to pull me over to make sure I'm not drunk.
The laws (in Florida at least) are very unclear about the legality of such exhaust, but the cops like to use the "If it isn't from the factory, it's illegial" approach. I don't even want to think about the costs, time, and work it would take to get a stock exhaust again

-Ducky

krz2fer · 05-26-2003, 11:24 AM

My exhaust is an OBX.. it's not a crappy tin sound or anything. In fact it's a really nice deep tone. Anyway yeah, I looked at VA laws last night online and I couldn't find anything about mufflers or even noise from vehicle laws. And like I said, 2 cars behind me were gaining fast and prob going 70, yet I am the one who was pulled over. So stupid.

05-26-2003, 11:32 AM

cops would have a field day here if they pulled over for noise regulations, ive heard of a few but not many. Since we have all those rednecks with their jack up trucks and "flows" or "straights" that they are so proud of

ebpda9 · 05-26-2003, 11:33 AM

i head that in VA any modification of a car from stock is illegal. pretty gay if u ask me but i didn't make the law

05-26-2003, 11:54 AM

thats crazy....there's no real way to tell if an exhaust is "to loud". But yeah....i hate driving around at night in a car that has an exhaust.....just for the fact it's an easy way to get pulled over for the most part

05-26-2003, 11:59 AM

I agree when you say that Harlys are a lot louder, but they dont get any crap for it. I have been pulled over once for my exhaust. It wasnt because it was too loud, it was because he wanted to buy one for his ZX3 and wanted to know what kind I had.

05-26-2003, 12:01 PM

^^^ thats kinda funny

05-26-2003, 12:07 PM

Scared the crap out of me at first!

TeriyakiBroccoli · 05-26-2003, 04:10 PM

rofl, thats hilarious.

krz2fer · 05-26-2003, 05:19 PM

haha, I wish that'd happened in my case. "hey man, beast exhaust, where'd you get it?" maybe next time

05-27-2003, 09:03 PM

i feel your pain. i got pulled over for the same bullshit. i guess he didnt like the sound of it at 4 grand when i drove by him. ****kin worthless pig

05-25-2003, 11:56 PM	#1
krz2fer 2nd Gear Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: VA Posts: 122	pulled over for exhaust So I come around a bend on a highway by my house going like 63 in a 55... these 2 cars behind me are gaining and i figure speeding. there's a cop hiding around the next corner - i pass, and so do the other cars. the cop sorta sits there, then takes off. my girlfriend and i are SURE it HAS to be to get one of those cars for speeding. sure enough, the cop flies by them and pulls me over for my "illegal muffler" in Virginia. so freakin ridiculous. i got off but he said i needed to take it off and if he pulled me over again anytime soon i'd get fined. it's a damn OBX exhaust and there are a million other louder mufflers in my city. how wack is that? ugh... first time for me getting shit for my car by a cop so im sorta in new territory. __________________ krz2fer --- "Aim for the sky, straight into the sun."

05-26-2003, 02:30 AM	#3
Violent Apathy Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Grafenwoehr, Germany Age: 40 Posts: 1,255	maybe they're just against the overpowered lawnmower sound __________________ Black 2007 Mustang GT California Special "There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die." - Hunter S. Thompson, 1937-2005

05-26-2003, 03:25 AM	#4
CD5Passion Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santa Barbara, California Age: 38 Posts: 5,446	^there are a lot of Imports that dont sound like Overpowered lawnmowers with exhaust so ease up, plenty of exhaust sound great (as in a deep low rich sound) __________________

05-26-2003, 03:56 AM	#5
Duckydos Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Orlando, FL Age: 40 Posts: 1,048	I've been pulled over several times but never cited. In just about every case, however, it was late at night. So, I figure they're just profiling and looking for a reason to pull me over to make sure I'm not drunk. The laws (in Florida at least) are very unclear about the legality of such exhaust, but the cops like to use the "If it isn't from the factory, it's illegial" approach. I don't even want to think about the costs, time, and work it would take to get a stock exhaust again -Ducky __________________ Had an Accord. Then I had something European. Now I have an SCCA Solo-II monster!

05-26-2003, 11:24 AM	#6
krz2fer 2nd Gear Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: VA Posts: 122	My exhaust is an OBX.. it's not a crappy tin sound or anything. In fact it's a really nice deep tone. Anyway yeah, I looked at VA laws last night online and I couldn't find anything about mufflers or even noise from vehicle laws. And like I said, 2 cars behind me were gaining fast and prob going 70, yet I am the one who was pulled over. So stupid. __________________ krz2fer --- "Aim for the sky, straight into the sun."

05-26-2003, 01:23 AM	#2
pauls-si Posts: n/a	That sux man......I've never understood exhaust noise laws. You've got muscle cars and harley's that are a hell of alot louder than most imports, yet you rarely hear of them getting pulled over for it.

05-26-2003, 11:32 AM	#7
Shot 2 Hel Posts: n/a	cops would have a field day here if they pulled over for noise regulations, ive heard of a few but not many. Since we have all those rednecks with their jack up trucks and "flows" or "straights" that they are so proud of

05-26-2003, 11:33 AM	#8
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	i head that in VA any modification of a car from stock is illegal. pretty gay if u ask me but i didn't make the law __________________

05-26-2003, 11:54 AM	#9
zm_dawg Posts: n/a	thats crazy....there's no real way to tell if an exhaust is "to loud". But yeah....i hate driving around at night in a car that has an exhaust.....just for the fact it's an easy way to get pulled over for the most part

05-26-2003, 11:59 AM	#10
Twilight02ZX3 Posts: n/a	I agree when you say that Harlys are a lot louder, but they dont get any crap for it. I have been pulled over once for my exhaust. It wasnt because it was too loud, it was because he wanted to buy one for his ZX3 and wanted to know what kind I had.

05-26-2003, 12:01 PM	#11
Shot 2 Hel Posts: n/a	^^^ thats kinda funny

05-26-2003, 12:07 PM	#12
Twilight02ZX3 Posts: n/a	Scared the crap out of me at first!

05-26-2003, 04:10 PM	#13
TeriyakiBroccoli 5th Gear Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Orange County, Southern California Age: 39 Posts: 1,490	rofl, thats hilarious. __________________ everyone loves the turbizzim.

05-26-2003, 05:19 PM	#14
krz2fer 2nd Gear Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: VA Posts: 122	haha, I wish that'd happened in my case. "hey man, beast exhaust, where'd you get it?" maybe next time __________________ krz2fer --- "Aim for the sky, straight into the sun."

05-27-2003, 09:03 PM	#15
90civiclxryder Posts: n/a	i feel your pain. i got pulled over for the same bullshit. i guess he didnt like the sound of it at 4 grand when i drove by him. ****kin worthless pig

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