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mehh... talk about a string of bad luck, first my rims got stolen and TONIGHT. Got pulled over by TMU on king st. Luckily the copper was ONE of the nicest i had to deal with. Went through my car, told me my tyres were wearing thing on the inside and he told me it was actually not roadworthy. Didnt say much, saw the bleed valve, intercooler and filter, didnt say much too.

Let me off after 5 mins. No warning and no CANARY..... now i am afraid that there will be a letter from the EPA soon. What do u guys think? TMU and no fine? no canary? Am I that lucky? Usually how long does it take to receive the letter from EPA if there is one.

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ive been pulled over a few times and it wasnt for car related stuff eg random breath test etc.

and they didnt even look at my car.

As they say though - "We aren't in Kansas anymore" - Melbourne is an entirely different kettle of fish to Perth in terms of vehicular "law enforcement"

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he means u arent in a state that uses import drivers as a source of revenue... u see we have a seperate tax here in which import drivers are told to pay every now and then and sometimes repeatedly throught out each year.

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That happens to me all the time.

Pulled over, basic licence and rego check, they tell me I should attention some things (usually AVCR) - then they let me go. No problem.

Again showing being polite and courteous doesn't hurt, and that it's a few overzealous officers that give the Police a bad image. The majority use this positively human trait called 'judgement'.

That said - I'm quite pleased not to have driven Golgo to Coles on Saturday night.

Being polite doesn't garner much leeway in a blitz.

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That happens to me all the time.

Pulled over, basic licence and rego check, they tell me I should attention some things (usually AVCR)  - then they let me go. No problem.

This is true too - I've had some very good cops pull me up.

There have been some bad ones too but unfortunately the bad ones tarnish people's perceptions rather more than good ones

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Yeah this cop was quite cool, obviously he knows everything abt skylines;

Nice cop: "This is a RB25DET yeah"

me: yup

Nice cop: "ooo.. bleed valve, stock turbo, original bov, shiny intercooler, your tyres are a bit worn on the inside"

me: "oh really"

NC: "yeah, they are ACTUALLY not road worthy u know"

me: "really? so am i in trouble"

NC: "No-no not now, not really... back tyres seems ok, but u got no points for cleaniness" (my car was dirty)

me: "hahaha... yeah havent got around to wash it yet"

NC: "ok... well off you go"

and Nark, my exhaust wasnt that loud, has it tested awhile back ago and was 88db.

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Yeah this cop was quite cool, obviously he knows everything abt skylines;

Nice cop: "This is a RB25DET yeah"

me: yup

Nice cop: "ooo.. bleed valve, stock turbo, original bov, shiny intercooler, your tyres are a bit worn on the inside"

me: "oh really"

NC: "yeah, they are ACTUALLY not road worthy u know"

me: "really? so am i in trouble"

NC: "No-no not now, not really... back tyres seems ok, but u got no points for cleaniness" (my car was dirty)

me: "hahaha... yeah havent got around to wash it yet"

NC: "ok... well off you go"

and Nark, my exhaust wasnt that loud, has it tested awhile back ago and was 88db.

he was a good cop and usually cops dont know shit about cars at all

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