My car was on the verge of being impounded today
 

I just got outta work, and needed to go down Rt 206 in Netcong/Mt Olive for something when a cop pulls me over. It happened to be right in front of the State Trooper barracks, but luckily it was a township cop that pulled me over, and you'll find out why. So the cop walks up to my driver door, but stops for like a quick second before reaching the window and asks me for my license, registration and insurance etc etc. Before he walks back to his car, he asks "So, does this car have catalyst or do I have to get my knees dirty?" And I was outright honest and said "No Sir, I just had this pipe put on, and was recently told about the fine I can get if I'm caught without them" , just cuz I didnt wanna get on his bad side. He nodded, and walked back to my car... Im saying "****" and "****" while Im waiting. 5 minutes passed by and he is JUST about to hand me a ticket (I dunno what for), he was also about to say something when he looked at my workshirt and said "You work for Roxbury Township?" I said "Yes'r" ... and he put the ticket in his pocket and said "Word of advice, if I see this car driving around without catalysts again, I'm calling for a tow". I had such a HUGE sigh of relief and I promised to do something about it. He then gave me a verbal warning for loud exhaust.

PHEW. So I guess my search for new rims has come to a sudden halt momentarily, I guess Im gonna be looking into a catted y from TSP. Im guessing the reason he stopped before he asked me for my paperwork was to sniff the car out... cuz my car is running VERY lean.

Moral of this story: Good thing I work for the town. Ive gotten outta lots of points and buttload of tickets. I now keep a folded up workshirt with the embroidery facing up in my backseat.

Just get a pair of the Pypes compact 3" cats and have them welded into your current y-pipe. HaHa, and you guys wouldn't listen to me. You guys just have to make your car louder and remove the emission's stuff. Cops are looking for a reason to pull a young person over in a sports car. Don't give them a reason. At least it only cost you a new pair of underwear! :laugh:

semi-onwage...

hope you dont plan on camming that beast :(

Now if only "scared straight" worked on kids on drugs.... ;)

LS2 might suffice ;-)

Wow, your ass was on the line! Good job having the right shirt on!

screw that. get yourself a few cat shells and put bulet mufflers in them. it will quite the car down enough so that you are less likely to be harrassed and if they do decide to look there will be the perfect appearance of cats there. :)

These kids today... :)

Bullet cats will cost you cheap through the right people ;-) Also cat-shells are also available lol

i have 2 cats roxy and lucy, but they are scared to death of my 74

That sucks man, your car doesn't even seem that loud? Do you mean it's RICH is why it stinks? Mine isn't so bad after the tune... I've sat in front a few cops before, I know my day will come sometime when I need to rethink my exhaust, until then... :D At least you got out of it.

-J

Its quiet at idle, but hella loud when on the gas, thats what I love about the hooker. I slapped it on just a cpl days before we met up to go to Wyckoff, so it was still a pretty quiet car :-P But the cop got me at the traffic metering signal at the netcong circle, I was in the right lane next to Coyote's and I went gas-happy to pass someone to get on southbound 206. The cop was there somewhere, which is when I noticed him on my tail.

Rich, lean, same thing to me... the car smeellllllllllls. lmao

Rich, noobert :nod:

maybe you shoudl stop dragging your ass about the tune

Maybe you should lick my balls, g00n. :lol:

tha bad part about appearance mods... they pull EVERYONE'S eyes to your car

you should weld on 2 gutted out cats so if the cops check they see 2 cats

YIKES! Close call...I'd just cat it up and have piece o' mind.

IMO don't even do the cat shells, you're just inviting massive disaster in a worst case scenario... If you can't find anyone local, Mufflex did a catted y for my friend's LT1 for a very reasonable price.

-J

What would good cats cost you in HP, 10?

Some studies actually stated that single hi-flow cat setups gained @1HP over a non-catted setup. I read that somewhere.

you read that from treehugger jeff's damn propoganda!!! :lol:

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:rofl: :finger:

like i said in the other thread, cats do more harm then they help.