Bonafide_Spd3
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I'll just have a high speed chase. I'll be the first with a ms3 to get chased at 140+
Mods people in Cali are doing?
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we have ferrari chases up here...so seeing a ms3 would be like whatever...
I almost got hit by 2 chases down here in LA. One was a toyota camry and the other was a nissan maxima. Those are fun to watch tho haha, like 20 cops is nuts driving down the shoulder of freeways n s***.
LA cops are very strict, you're lucky to be up north where it appears to be less strict. I BELIEVE smogging is 4 years for the newer cars like ours, but if you get pulled over for mods or exhaust, they make you go to a state approved referee and pay for a stupid smog check/decibel metered test for whatever you get canned for.
And even if your car passes smog emissions... if it doesnt have the stupid CARB decals they will fail you on visual. I failed because I had a high flow cat back in 2005, and my stock one had given out so I wasn't about to spend $600 on a dealership cat when a high flow was like $250.
Nismothecat
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no more state referee!!! that program got cancelled due to lack of funds.
HOLD UP..... what do they do now? I got a muffler ticket for loud exhaust in my 350z back in April and I never got anything in the mail and its not showing up even still on lasuperiorcourt.org for me to find out the price or go to the ref. Even the cop told me I would get a referee notice in the mail. Maybe its because there are no more referees out there.
SO whats up with this info, any links to this out there? I had no idea it was cancelled. HOPEFULLY they don't just start charging people fines instead of giving them the option of going to the referee.
Bonafide_Spd3
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Seems like a pita. I think I'm gonna get a high flow cat anyways. Its retarded that you can't do exhaust mods. When I was out in cali back in 2005 my buddy did a motor swap on his civic. He got some acura moter I think it was. But anways he got pulled over because of his exhaust was loud and the cop made him pop the hood and saw it was a different motor and he had to take that junk out. I think that is BS. I don't know the whole story but he put his stock motor back in
Nismothecat
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SNAP! My ticket was from April 10 on my 350z, guess I won't have to go. It doesn't say where people will be going now if they already had a ticket prior to that date...... hopefully they dont just slap fines in your face. Honestly the referee wasn't that bad, I passed even though my Cavalier was loud as s***, so if that could pass I am sure my MS3 or Z could pass the db test.
Hey Nismo, you wouldnt happen to own a Z also? Your screenname looks familiar like I seen it on the my350z.com forum in socal section before.
ThreeEdgedSword
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I've gotten nailed once for no front plate - cop was doing a great Farva impersonation.(pissed)
I never had a problem up there. Ive been up to see my friends at UCI, not to mention i was pulled over, and the cop didnt even ask about my exhaust system.
CaliFORNIA ("Cali" is a city in Columbia) noise law summary:
http://www.cent-21.com/laws/exhaust-us.htm
California window tint laws:
http://www.tintcenter.com/laws/CA/
Emissions laws:
http://www.racingbeat.com/emissions.htm
http://www.cent-21.com/laws/exhaust-us.htm
California window tint laws:
http://www.tintcenter.com/laws/CA/
Emissions laws:
http://www.racingbeat.com/emissions.htm
i had a LOUD exhaust on my cavalier, and got a noise ticket from a bike cop. But went to the referee and they did the db test and it passed and that s*** was LOUD. So tyhe shole noise thing really is stupid. It can be loud and onboxious, but if it passes the referee they will take a picture of your exhaust, give you a PASSED slip and tell you to keep it in the glove box in case you ever get hassled again... worked for me
Nismothecat
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i used to have a 98 240sx, but never been on my350z.com
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its all about where you live...imo
true that... all my family lives in burlingame and i got pulled over for bass lol. The officer let me go with a warning since i lived in sonoma lol. that was about 4 years ago though =/
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i could see that happening...with the music...
the community here now has become pretty huge with cars. for the past three years they've done "cars in the park" which was a crazy turnout...at washington park...
the community here now has become pretty huge with cars. for the past three years they've done "cars in the park" which was a crazy turnout...at washington park...
Bonafide_Spd3
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Dang... Ohwell hopefully I live in a pretty chill area
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there is some local guys to you though that are huge in the NorCal mazda family...over at the MOCC forums...
