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driving normally down torrens road coming home from work this arvo saw a cop do a u turn followed me towards arndale then pulled me over, popped the bonnet 2 look at engine he told me everything looks stock (even thought i have a highmount turbo), went through the cabin looking every where 4 a boost controller found my gauges that were on my steering column that i threw on the floor, asked what they were and why they on the floor, found a cable hanging out the glove box, he opened it and found my pfc, he thought it was a boost controller but i said it was for my stereo, he found out that i was lying so i said its just a display for engine readings, checked my tyre placard and he said it was for 16" wheels (1st defect) i have 19's, then he did a exhaust db test, i recorded 96db which should be 90db (2nd defect),i pleaded for just a cop shop check but said no so he slapped the sticker on my car

but the strange thing is that he wanted to fine me $209 for those 2 defects and said that seeing each wheel is too big wanted to fine $209 per wheel..........

can he do that??

luckily i was calm and he pointed that out 2 me and said he'll be nice and not fine me

whats the fee of the inspections these days??

i heard its $270???????

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Your first mistake was lying to him.

Sorry to hear, but you might have been let off with a warning if you were just upfront with him. Once you lie, that opens the door for him to go thru a fine check on your car, instead of a quick once over. As for the fine for each rim, he was playing you for a reaction. See if you were a smart mouth or still hiding anything.

Cops are currently looking for in cabin plug in and play stuff, so be careful people.

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Your first mistake was lying to him.

Sorry to hear, but you might have been let off with a warning if you were just upfront with him. Once you lie, that opens the door for him to go thru a fine check on your car, instead of a quick once over. As for the fine for each rim, he was playing you for a reaction. See if you were a smart mouth or still hiding anything.

Cops are currently looking for in cabin plug in and play stuff, so be careful people.

nah he wouldnt of let me off with a warning because he was the cop that defected my last runabout car and told me he has defected 35 skylines in the last 3 weeks

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nah he wouldnt of let me off with a warning because he was the cop that defected my last runabout car and told me he has defected 35 skylines in the last 3 weeks

Thats obvious bullshit to me. One cop, 35 skylines in 3 weeks!?! ... for one cop. So the police force must be defecting 100s of skylines each week!?! BS

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if your rego doesnt go through, you CAN still register your car under defect, trust me. I done it, kye done it and a few other friends have done it too.,

You have to go to the regency office to do it though, take your defect notice with you, and make sure u have a regency date set, they will want to know that one.

Pay the rego as usual and htey will give you a temporary rego sticker to put on the car - valid upto the day of your appointment. Pay the usual 3 month rego etc though. Once you are cleared, take your clearance form, and your temp sticker and they will print you a normal one.

Dont let them say it cant be done, it can, ive done it twice myself.. but some of the girls behind the counter there are bit slow and might not know they can do it..

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thanks flick ill try that if it doesnt clear

cant believe this has happpened just ater i had it dyno tuned satdee, luckily ive kept most of my original engine parts

ive cut a hole through the drivers side for the intercooler piping n hav a cut reo bar for the intercooler, will they pick on this??

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my rego is due in a months time so i quickly paid it over the net coz i dont think ill have my car sorted by then, do u think it'll go through in time before the cop enters the info into the computer??????

Ive done this before with my 31...it will go through and be registered. THe internet goes through straight away.

i was in suprised when you told me today dan, sucks arse big time...dont worry we'll sort it out for ya...:rolleyes:

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cara is right, a cop cannot open anything that is concealed(locked) without a warrent, eg glove box boot or even under the hood. i have heard bout this also from a few people. if anyone can prove otherwise i would have argued that fact about opening the glovebox, but i have never been defected as i was nice to them bout stuff and dont know how the adelaide cops react.

cheers... michael

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