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Krishy Grand Master

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Oh cool. Next time I get done I won't bother putting my stock cat back in, ill just use an oxy torch to heat my decat up til its red hot and see what happens.

I just pictured you doing that lol

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that would have to be one of the stupidest things i have ever heard in my 21 years of being on this planet. and my ex girlfriend was a retard, and you still take the cake!

Dohmar
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Did someone say crack? -D

Nathan1066
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^^^ All of you cut this out now or I am sure a moderator will swiftly place some bans on people... This is meant to be a helpful thread that has been highjacked for personal taunts and retorts. Grow

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lol. I went through Regency on my 33 once when it was defected, not knowing the greddy plenum was illegal cuz it changes emissions he reckons, thats a nightmare of a job to replace but i had to. So considering the cat is the number one factor when it comes to emissions control, i thought they would pay it closer scrutiny...just imagine if u were pulled over and checked on the spot for it would be a huge fine/money maker

I remember once when i brought a car from John Verban, Regency made me replace the brake hoses on front and rear cuz they had Japanese writing and said there wasnt aloud to be any writing on them and mine had Japanese writing on them as youd expect lol. That would be the weirdest thing ive encountered b4. Other then that i even passed regency with a big rust hole in the lower rear quarter panel (later i got fixed) because it wasnt structural.

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I have never actually heard of anyone receiving this "massive fine" for not having a cat. Why do I have a feeling that it's no more than the car guy boogeyman?

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I have never actually heard of anyone receiving this "massive fine" for not having a cat. Why do I have a feeling that it's no more than the car guy boogeyman?

EPA law says up to $10k fine - probably not enforced rigorously due to the excessive nature of the fine. Or it could come down to whether the dude at regency got laid the night before or not..

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Surely that fine would only be for businesses though. Like a workshop that builds cars for clients knowingly avoiding doing any emission stuff but telling the customer its all fine. A similar thing happened to Jesse James in the US, the EPA came after him for like $250,000 in fines for bikes he'd built that didnt conform to California's strict emissions laws.

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http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/252383-i-got-pinned-for-not-having-an-cat-converter/

^Crap looks like what i said would happen did so exactly to a bloke from Vic, 1500$ on the spot fine for a de-cat. Thats deff made me think twice now, they could prolly fine that much for external gate/s and screamer pipe/s

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But cops can still demand u to go to Regency then and there for a mecahnical inspection or ID check cant they or not?

No. They give you a defect notice and then you have to book the car in.

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Its different in Victoria. There they'll set up an rbt station as a trap and then send cars they think are unroadworthy round the corner to workshop that they set up an inspection station at. They can hide they're unfair targeting of modified cars behind the guise of a "random" breath test.

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Scandy you've got some ignorance goin on, u said u didnt know such a fine even existed, yet found out it was a 10k fine BOOM like Kirsty said stay of the crack lol

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Scandy you've got some ignorance goin on, u said u didnt know such a fine even existed, yet found out it was a 10k fine BOOM like Kirsty said stay of the crack lol

ease up mate, weve all heard of the fine, its that here in adelaide we dont know of anyone who's ever been given it. ive heard plenty of stories of people rocking up to regency not knowing about a decat and still not recieving the fine, simply being told to swap it over and come back. If you dont want to run this risk run a proper cat

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Scandy you've got some ignorance goin on, u said u didnt know such a fine even existed, yet found out it was a 10k fine BOOM like Kirsty said stay of the crack lol

Dickhead, scroll up and read again.

I said I'd never actually heard of someone being given the fine. We've all heard of the fine itself. But do we have any evidence to support anyone ever actually receiving one? No.

I then further went on to compare to issuing of said fine to the boogeyman.

Problem?

Ps, who the Hell is Kirsty?

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