NOVA: Zs & Coffee - Starbucks every Saturday @ 10AM

Red__Zed · 03-16-2011, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

FWIW I read somewhere that the Red Key was actually emissions legal, so that's not a worry.

It likely is, but it's not tested, so you'd be due for a new inspection if you changed it. Plus most cops are just going to assume it's illegal. It's just something easy and new to write a ticket for.

m4a1mustang · 03-16-2011, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

It likely is, but it's not tested, so you'd be due for a new inspection if you changed it. Plus most cops are just going to assume it's illegal. It's just something easy and new to write a ticket for.

Well, you won't have an issue if you carry both keys.

Red__Zed · 03-16-2011, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Well, you won't have an issue if you carry both keys.

Probably not. You never know man.

I've had officers not care about my s2000 (which was pretty much illegal in every way it could be, except it wouldn't serve alcohol to minors), and was ticketed more than once for "suspension modification" when I had LCA's and Koni yellows on my mostly stock Civic. If word of the "red key" gets around, there will be certain officers that will harass people for it.

GM_Traitor3.5 · 03-16-2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Probably not. You never know man.

I've had officers not care about my s2000 (which was pretty much illegal in every way it could be, except it wouldn't serve alcohol to minors), and was ticketed more than once for "suspension modification" when I had LCA's and Koni yellows on my mostly stock Civic. If word of the "red key" gets around, there will be certain officers that will harass people for it.

Red Key means one thing for officers and the state of VA. It's the color Green.

Red__Zed · 03-16-2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

You'd have to run into an officer that knows of it's existence though.

Word gets around. There's been so much media hype about the "red key" that people will have heard of it. And the media has portrayed it as a "race key".

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Originally Posted by GM_Traitor3.5

Red Key means one thing for officers and the state of VA. It's the color Green.

Bingo. Same thing when they ticketed for "cut springs" whenever you lower a car....

2theextreme · 03-16-2011, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Probably not. You never know man.

I've had officers not care about my s2000 (which was pretty much illegal in every way it could be, except it wouldn't serve alcohol to minors), and was ticketed more than once for "suspension modification" when I had LCA's and Koni yellows on my mostly stock Civic. If word of the "red key" gets around, there will be certain officers that will harass people for it.

I've had officers harrass me just because my car is blue.

(or so it feels, at least)

Red__Zed · 03-16-2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by 2theextreme

I've had officers harrass me just because my car is blue.

(or so it feels, at least)

Might it have been because the lights on your car were blue

2theextreme · 03-16-2011, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Might it have been because the lights on your car were blue

That happened twice. I sorta pissed off the 2nd officer since I already knew the cost of the ticket and I told him to hurry up since it's just a $93 fine. He told me he was going to write the ticket this time so I HAD to go to court......he didn't. And I made sure to turn my landing strips and Angel Eyes on and asked him to look at those and tell me if they were illegal, too. He looked....came back and told me to take the damn things off. Then he laid rubber as he left.

Red__Zed · 03-16-2011, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by 2theextreme

That happened twice. I sorta pissed off the 2nd officer since I already knew the cost of the ticket and I told him to hurry up since it's just a $93 fine. He told me he was going to write the ticket this time so I HAD to go to court......he didn't. And I made sure to turn my landing strips and Angel Eyes on and asked him to look at those and tell me if they were illegal, too. He looked....came back and told me to take the damn things off. Then he laid rubber as he left.

Gotta love it.

I would probably pull your car over too, but mostly just to check it out.

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