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one of my mates from the Norwood Station knows nothing about cars but has been trained to look for obvious things like BOV's, hand controllers, turbo timers, boost gauges, boost controllers, unsecured pods and obvious things like wheels, exhaust, slammed, etc etc etc

yeah that sounds about right! i never had any real problems with cops, they ask me if i have a bov i say yes, but it's the standard plum back put onto the ic pipe, which is true btw! i have no turbo timers, guages or anything in the cabin besides the hand controller which is under a pile of stuff in the glove box! car isn't loud so they've never really wanted to waste anytime trying to find a defect on my car! generally let me go but before when my car was fully kitted up with bling all over the place under the bonnet they wasted time looking for defects!

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It all depends on which cop you get, Pete.

From experience, some know more about what to look for than others.

There's many experienced cops out there that I've encountered who are very knowledgable about what to look for, and these are the ones who will praise you or compliment on the fact that you've done a modificaion legally (eg. having your pod secured, or placing a gauge in a legal and safe place in the cabin).

no doubt :)

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as i mentioned on sat night, i got pulled over sat night on the way to my olds for dinner.

on maint nth rd, pulled over by a bike cop for an RBT

he asked if i had been drinking, i POLITELY said no, not today.

while the test was processing, he had a walk up and down the side of my car, kneeled down to my rims

and said ''nice wheels''.

i said thank-you, the price tag was nice to, he giggled, said i was clear, told me to have a good night and drive safely.

so......being polite, saved me from more than an RBT.

he could have easily defected me for multiple,many, heaps, stacks lots of shit.

but because i was polite, i kept him in a good mood :)

still scared the f**k outta me though.

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lol at people trying to get others to be honest to cops...... id rather come across as a dick head and avoid a defect than be a polite citizen and have my car go thru regency....

lol

did you know that they can issue fines as well as a defect? ask anyone that was at the SAU dyno day and overheard the cop that defected my car telling me about each fine he could have issued me.

theres things called "Breach of ADR's" fines

and if you're a smart arsed flamin mongrel the cop can issue as many fines as he likes depending on your breaches

ie wheels - 1 fine

suspension - 1 fine

exhaust - 1 fine

engine modifications - 1 fine

and from memory (i didnt get a breach of ADR's fine but he did mention he could have) they're about $300 per fine

so to emphasise what everyone else has said, dont give them lip. at the end of the day (whether they're a flamin mongrel cop that has something against modded cars, or one of the nicer cars that understands us) they're doing their job. They go to work to do a job. Unfortunately this is part of their job.

imagine someone coming into your work (or coming up to you at work) and being a rude arsehole about what you're doing or the way you're doing it. think if you would appreciate someone doing that to you and being an out and out liar

and i think you got a lil confused here

this phrase

" id rather come across as a dick head and avoid a defect than be a polite citizen and have my car go thru regency"

should read as such

" id rather come across as a polite citizen and avoid a defect than be a dick head and have my car go thru regency"

/rant

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i should have clarified my statement more, when i was saying "dick head" it was an over statement for what ruby was describing, someone who dosent own up to the modifications done to the car.....please, im not dumb enought to tell a cop to get f**ked............

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yeah thanks Ryan that'll be awesome i want 2 get it sorted asap, i found most of the spare parts today, hopefully i got them all, 1st thing i gottr do is see Michael bout the exhaust then or has anyone got a stock 1 i can borrow 4 quite a while???

Steve, yeah its FULLY SIK MATE :)

Luke, thanks 4 the offer but i need 2 be rolling on stokies until ive passed regency, so its up 2 u mate

I got a stockie exhaust you can borrow if you need :D

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I got a stockie exhaust you can borrow if you need :(

yeh that'll be great thanks Ron ill need it very soon, but ill will need it 4 a while just pm me ya number and ill pik it up and work what u want in return

2 everyone else, i new i was going 2 get defected soon or later and the cop was going to defect me no mattrer what i said so i just took on the chin and accepted it, maybe if there was only 1 noticable defect i might of got off with a warning

the cop said "we do this because we want to teach you a lesson that you are wasting your time modifying your car thats why we send you to regency" he even told me where i can get my wheels engineered and the price and what to do with the certificate when i go to regency

Matty you are right about the fines but it was $209 per defect and wanted to charge me per wheel

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regency these days are alot more tough to get thru too.

been thru 3 times. but the last time (2 months ago) was a joke. had 2 ppl going thru my whole car. kick panels were off. glove boxes open. the whole thing. I didnt pass because of tie rod ends and castor rods and piss weak things that make the car better. my 34 is the most roadworthy car ive ever been in , yet it doesnt pass.

If you dont pass the first time you cant renew the rego either, you have to have the car towed everywhere. which is why im so pissed of atm and stressed.

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as far as i was last aware, body panels (inside ones especially) werent meant to be removed if they were bolted in place, rules must have changed then......hmmm

deff changed. I had a nice guy looking thru my car. then a young guy who thought he was some sort of car f**kin champion king dick came over and ripped things off. I dont mind him doing his job at all, its what they get paid for. But surely they should realise they are normal humans. not super beings.

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yeah the guy was always smiling. asking me questions he already knew the answer too. trying to make me slip. In the end I just sat down and almost fell asleep.

I said to them 'It doesnt look to good for me does it'

they said 'nah, it doesnt ' and smiled.

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