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R33GTS25

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Hey guys,

Sticker on the back it obviously says GTS25 and one cop pulled me over and didnt even check under the hood all he did was check if i tampered with the sticker and he drove off lol.

Im thinking of changing over to a stagea (stock, possibley autech version) but is it easy to tell they are turbo... would i be less likely to be pulled over in a stagea than my non-turbo skyline? Im thinking yes. What are your thoughts?

dmr Mentor

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most cops arn't the smartest cookie's with turbo cars and would most likely be put off as a stagea to being a family wagon. even if your skyline is n/a, you still have more chance as it's a "skyline", and the "skyline" is easy to mod for power.

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IMO, the chances of being pulled over in a stagea are somewhere between nill and f**k all (driving style excluded of course)

Earlier this year, we had a Ignition DVD hotspot here in Perth that got completely out of hand. It ended up in the news and started the standard cycle of "hoon" stories on ACA and TT.

I was there in my stag, and about 10pm when the burnouts started me and the missus decided to take off, just as the po po decided to close down all the entrances and do vehicle and license checks on all and sundry. I was in a cue of about 25-30 cars already trying to leave, and I was the ONLY one that got waved through without a second glance. I was kinda put out at the time, because it is my first real "performance" car, but it is all legal and i was looking forward to answering all the standard questions about mah wheelz.

Having said that, there was another WA stagea owner there, and he had to wait until about 3am before the cops took off so he could even start his up, but 600hp awkw JUN motors with bugger all mufflers will do that to you, no matter what car its in (LOL)

chuckie Mentor

chuckie

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G`day DALE i have been STOP about 10 since owning my stagea so i think it`s all about luck,yellow stickered at 9am sunday for darktint,How many stagea are in perth now 30 may be a few more that are not on forum,it`s down to beening lucky.good luck chuckie.

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alu-siv_stagea

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a highway patrol ss stoped next to me today and had a very confused look, as most people do when they see a stagea, i nodded to him and he

nodded back and kept going, it just looks all that innocent.

sleepynight Enthusiast

sleepynight

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Ive had the 260 for a few weeks and all i have been gettin from cops are thumbs up :laughing-smiley-014:

I was at a set of lights last tuesday night after work minding my own business, and an angry xr8 driver pulled up beside me and started abusing "jap cars" after looking around i decided to show him what my nice soccer mum car can do and pulled away... come over a hill at about 120 into a RBT, i was in front so i comp breaked down and was waved through, the xr8 driver was immediatly taken to the side and was asked to leave the vehicle, was a good chuckle for me while watching my rear view mirror ;)

go the family wagon!! :happy:

adam-__- Grand Master

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I don't think you'll get pulled over in a stagea unless it has a loud as "f**k off" exhaust or something obviously illegal. Only reason I would see a cop pull you over when you're in a stagea is because they 'don't know what it is'. That's what happened to my dad when he was driving the 4dr 32. They pulled him over because they didn't know what it was. :whistling:

MK2 Experienced

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I drive spiritedly but I avoid all the ypical "uleh" hang outs.

Yeah, basically in the last 7-8years of driving grey imports I have much the same story.

If you're not being a knob (excessive speeding, burnouts), hanging out in spots where the police go specifically to book people (because they know you'll be there) and have P-plates (they love you guys, assume the worst), chances are you won't get bothered.... much. Should be alright in a Stagea, having a milo tin for an exhaust and 20" rims probably wouldn't help the cause though.

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