What's the worse that can happen?

ggiwin

What's the worse that can happen if I were to get pulled over and the cop decides to check under my car and sees test pipes..? Being from california, most cops I have encountered have been pretty cool about things. I was on the 405N yesterday and a sheriff pulls up next to me and shines his light on me for awhile and ends up taking the ramp to the 55S. I don't really downshift driving in city streets as I don't want to attract attention but ever since I put on test pipes I feel paranoid driving my car around now fearing that a cop will pull me over.

kenchan

why would he shine the light on you for no reason? was he sniffing your car behind you?

NewlyIMPORTed

Its funny seeing how things are in other states. In GA I would never think that a cop would pull me over for that. Do they tend to look under cars a lot in California?

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kenchan

CA is pretty tight on theirs smog checks, thats for sure...

Red__Zed

Anywhere in the US you risk a $10-25k fine from the EPA. In the more strict states though, that's less likely.

kenchan

doh!

onzedge

In California, if you do ANYTHING to your car that is even remotely emissions related, and it is not CARB approved, you risk impound of your vehicle (and a fine). It happens regularly.

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jpritche

we don't have emissions where I am from

Red__Zed

The EPA fine applies throughout the USA. I got my fine living somewhere with no emissions testing.

jpritche

oh...

UNKNOWN_370

COMMUNISM! Does the EPA fine those huge 18 wheelers blowing black smoke out the exhausts? Corporate trucks let off 100x more carbon than our civilian cars, yet EPA standards are lax on corporate vehicles. For every hour we drive. Trucks drive 11. And across america, we are sharing the road with a plethora of class A and B licensed trucks that I don't see getting penalized. Corporate america gets to do what they want while the everyday joe gets harrassed for a test pipe. Go figure.
Where is the legacy of Thomas Jefferson when you need it?. These stupid laws are an outrage. If they applied these laws in every level of transport, I wouldn't be so angry. But to only attack the tax payers for emissions violations while corporate trucks spread sut across america is an example of our most hypocritical and insulting uses of our justice system.

onzedge

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ggiwin

When someone threw bricks through my rear hatch and driver side window the cop was asking me if I had anything illegal. I told him I had aftermarket exhaust and intake. I asked him what the chance was that a cop would ticket me for that. He said as long as you don't drive like a **** then we don't care.

onzedge

You have it right here when you state that cops generally don't mess with you as long as you are not being a douche -- generally.

There was an open house in San Jose, not long ago, at a tuning shop that caters more to the Honda/Acura crowd. The police learned about it, hung out down the street, and wrote copious fix-it tickets (and impounded a few) to attendees.

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DJ-of-E

This pretty much applies everywhere.

However, in certain places, like South Orange County, as long as you keep it from sounding "LOUD," they wouldn't pull you over to give a fix it ticket (or get it db tested).

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