Well, here's a little story from the other night that speaks very well for cops ... at least the one I ran into.
Was coming home from a buddy's house where we worked on his car and changed my tranny fluid. The roads were pretty empty and the shifting was nice and smooth ... so I decided to wind the good ol' GTX out from a stoplight through 1st and part of 2nd on a 2 laned road where the speed limit is 35mph. She felt nice and strong, made a right on another road and wound her out once again. I was grinning as I could get wheelspin in 2nd and as the sweet note of the 3 inch exhaust rang out. Well ... I slowed down to make another left and I notice a set of lights fast approaching and I knew I had attracted a little too much attention. Shortly after my left turn, the blue and reds come on and I pull over.
At this point I was thinking "****, gonna get some sort of ticket and possibly a vehicle inspection." The officer comes out and first thing he asks is: "Does that thing have nitrous, because it's no ordinary Escort" I then proceed to tell him all about the turbo under the hood, GTX swap ... the whole deal and I offer to pop the hood. He agrees, and there I am showing off my engine bay to a police officer on the side of the road. He asks me how much I paid for it all, where I get my parts/info (I did mention clubprotege) and after a little chat he is off.
I asked him if the exhaust was too loud and he said it's fine but it just attracted attention. I couldn't believe it. Not only did I not get a VI for my exhaust, or even a warning; but he liked my car and said I looked responsible (which was true because I wasn't driving dangerously)
Anyways, I was impressed with the entire situation and it speaks a lot of good about that officer. Thought I'd share.
Was coming home from a buddy's house where we worked on his car and changed my tranny fluid. The roads were pretty empty and the shifting was nice and smooth ... so I decided to wind the good ol' GTX out from a stoplight through 1st and part of 2nd on a 2 laned road where the speed limit is 35mph. She felt nice and strong, made a right on another road and wound her out once again. I was grinning as I could get wheelspin in 2nd and as the sweet note of the 3 inch exhaust rang out. Well ... I slowed down to make another left and I notice a set of lights fast approaching and I knew I had attracted a little too much attention. Shortly after my left turn, the blue and reds come on and I pull over.
At this point I was thinking "****, gonna get some sort of ticket and possibly a vehicle inspection." The officer comes out and first thing he asks is: "Does that thing have nitrous, because it's no ordinary Escort" I then proceed to tell him all about the turbo under the hood, GTX swap ... the whole deal and I offer to pop the hood. He agrees, and there I am showing off my engine bay to a police officer on the side of the road. He asks me how much I paid for it all, where I get my parts/info (I did mention clubprotege) and after a little chat he is off.
I asked him if the exhaust was too loud and he said it's fine but it just attracted attention. I couldn't believe it. Not only did I not get a VI for my exhaust, or even a warning; but he liked my car and said I looked responsible (which was true because I wasn't driving dangerously)
Anyways, I was impressed with the entire situation and it speaks a lot of good about that officer. Thought I'd share.
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