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So i received a letter in the mail with this inside (pic below)

Defect Vehicle Notice... for exhaust noise levels.

it says i dont have to removed my an authorised officer which is good.

but the thing i dont get is... The date it is issued 30/3/11 i wasnt even driving my car that day was in my garage.. and i have never been pulled over in this car.

Another thing, my exhaust isnt even loud has 2 large oval mufflers..

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i didnt no they could..

NSW i live in albury too its not even in the city or anything far from everything, exhaust is really quiet, im going to have to get it tested to get it cleared but should pass just no idea how i got it

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i want to know aswell , i was thinking someone must of dobbed me in but if they called the cops they would come not send a epa??? yeh?

not the case mate..3 complaints from ordinary citizens or one complaint from a police officer or ranger and ur gone...i argued with them at length about it when i was issued with a notice because the notice was for about 8 months before i even owned the car...not alot you can do about it mate..they just say that once its on the books only way to have it cleared is to have it tested

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What's an emissions camera??

they just record the decibel level of cars going past..know idea how they determine which vehicle the noise is coming from..i only know of 2, on on the m5 or m4(whichever one goes to chullora) and there as one on the big downhill section into wollongong, i think they were mainly for trucks though?

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if you can get the parts easily enough and ur car isnt heavily modified, changing to a standard exhuaust or somthing nice and quiet is the best option.. theres a few threads about these inspections, so should have all the info on what u can and cant get away with.. coz even if you only get done for dB level, they still do a full inspection, under the bonnet and up on the hoist.

yep, if you ring up, they have to tell you where and when you got done and whether it was by police, or some randoms or whoever dobbed you in, obviously they wont give away names but :ninja:

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i thought we voted for the solution last weekend.... :P

they want us all to drive white camrys!

sometimes i wonder why i dont :glare:

even a pod on a turbo car may make enough noise to get you into trouble too...that is their latest reason for why pod filters are illegal... from what ie been told by the technical officers at the DECCW you do not even have to be pulled over. as long as they get your rego plate and can say where and when they saw you, you have to go for an inspection anyway. ( unless you have a repco dB tester and then your in the clear :thumbsup:)

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repco db tester FTW!!!

haha the perfect gift for any import driver..imagine the look on the cops face when they say ur car is too loud and you're just like, "well, i beg to differ" and you can proceed with confidence to prove that ur car is below 90dB, before getting pepper sprayed :rolleyes:

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haha the perfect gift for any import driver..imagine the look on the cops face when they say ur car is too loud and you're just like, "well, i beg to differ" and you can proceed with confidence to prove that ur car is below 90dB, before getting pepper sprayed :rolleyes:

You could put the tester near the cop and inform him that he is dribbling shit at a loudness of about 30dB. haha

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