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Hey,

I just had a look in the boot of my R33 Series 2, where the sway bar is in, there is a cordoned off area (where the rear shelf for the rear spkrs are).

I lifted some of the felt/cardboard stuff away and saw there was a 2nd battery, larger than the one in the engine bay.

Is this standard?

Cheers,

Tim

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the fun begins when you try explaining it to the cops that it was like that from the factory, i had to argue my way outta a defect for it, and the cop really wanted to book me, didnt matter there was guys across the rd doin burnouts,

i was a bit surprised when i found it out myself tho :D

hehehe... of course, but what would a cop know really? unless they fully study up on the cars they are doing over. Doesn't happen much in melbourne

Even if it wasn't - I'm not sure why it wouldn't be roadworthy? I mean plenty of 4WD have a 2nd battery rigged up in the boot for winch or whatever.

it isnt illegal in any way, and every excuse the guy was giving me i pointed out that he was wrong

things like, its not secure... so i shook the battery with both hands and the car moved around.

then i pointed out it was sitting in a catch tray and had a drain tube as well, he came up with its not in a sealed enclosure, i pointed out it was a sealed battery (no filling holes) and that both terminals had insulated covers on em, and he basicly carried on making himself look more like a child who wasnt getting his way rather than a dignified police officer.

in the end i just said look heres the rego papers, the transport auth looked the car over thismorning and said it was fine, so theres no reason for you to defect me as that was 4 hours ago.

(this happened on the night i got the car) i believe ive posted the story once before, but yeh, it just surprised me the length this guy was willing to go and argue about it, i dont even think he had any right to command me to lift my bonnet in the first place

edit :- sorry to hijack the thread ;):D

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