Worst day of my life

divine_afg · 18-05-2006, 02:14 PM

hey guys and gals
well ........... finally the day i was waiting for ...... and praying that it actually
never happens ............
on my way to work today something very unexpected .... never i had seen
scene like this .... well the biggest road blitz ......... cops blocking both ways
on princess hwy ... booz bus, epa , irrigation, roadworthies you name every gov department was there to raise revenue and in some cases just for the good ... and unfortunatly i was a victim or lets just say on the right way to work at the wrong time .................. Got defect for lowered car, fog lights not hooked, center brake light not working, viper and washer , exaust = 78DB idle........... 111 DB deacceleration,,, 3000-3500 rpm !!! EPA
couldnt find anything else well... damn car is stock !!! exaust was getting change anyways... but like i said just bad luck .... clearing them is like a piece of cake for me ..... which i will be doin by the books .....
the worst of all ........... i lost my licence , well at least for time being im not allowed to drive , long story and i wont talk about it.... just to clear my statment i didnt do anything stupid or argued with the officer .......
thought i would share this with you guys cause i know... you's can understand how i'm feeling right now ..................
and for does of you planing travel via princess hwy dont even think about it.
it between koyoong rd and station street... malvern ...... princess hwy melb

I6corp · 18-05-2006, 02:18 PM

Ouch mate, thats up!

Lost for good?

I lost mine for 3mnths and that killed... ... ... So what going to happen now?

EA2BA · 18-05-2006, 02:23 PM

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fog lights not hooked, wiper and washer

What was the problem in more detail please :0

and bad luck i guess.

divine_afg · 18-05-2006, 02:23 PM

well i dont know for how long yet but have to wait and see .... for me its like for GOOD
i cant live without it ................ cant even imagine my life without it

StevenAu2 · 18-05-2006, 02:24 PM

What was the decibels for your exhaust? What have you done to exhaust? I thought the legal limit was 85 decibels??? I got done few years ago in a VL v8 that i didnt think was very loud.

divine_afg · 18-05-2006, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by EA2BA

What was the problem in more detail please :0

and bad luck i guess.

fog lights need to be working cant have em for show only ... they not for show... one of them work one doesnt need to extend the wire ......
washer werent connected and had the blue led .... althought the led is not
connected for legal reasons !!! i got em cause of the chrome well well

18-05-2006, 02:26 PM

I know you said you won't talk about it. But how do you lose your licence for good?

dansedgli · 18-05-2006, 02:26 PM

Too bad on the defect. I assume the loss of licence is your own fault?

divine_afg · 18-05-2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by StevenAu2

What was the decibels for your exhaust? What have you done to exhaust? I thought the legal limit was 85 decibels??? I got done few years ago in a VL v8 that i didnt think was very loud.

have another read mate its there.....
legal limit for my car is 90DB

4.9 EF Futura · 18-05-2006, 02:28 PM

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well ........... finally the day i was waiting for ...... and praying that it actually
never happens ...........

Been there and done that recently. I figure, enjoy the time i had with a highly modified vehicle and be thankful that the police 'played it by the books' and werent particularly unfair to me. Rules are rules and they even looked the other way on a couple of things.

It is a nasty feeling when you get pulled over tho... thinking "well, the game's finally up"...

Lost your licence "for good" ?? Sounds serious.

Lol - not to sound harsh but i'd pull your car over in a heartbeat. Must mean it looks awesome

Which it does

divine_afg · 18-05-2006, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackLS

I know you said you won't talk about it. But how do you lose your licence for good?

well i changed my statment ......

divine_afg · 18-05-2006, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 4.9 EF Futura

Been there and done that recently. I figure, enjoy the time i had with a highly modified vehicle and be thankful that the police 'played it by the books' and werent particularly unfair to me. Rules are rules and they even looked the other way on a couple of things.

It is a nasty feeling when you get pulled over tho... thinking "well, the game's finally up"...

Lost your licence "for good" ?? Sounds serious.

Lol - not to sound harsh but i'd pull your car over in a heartbeat. Must mean it looks awesome

Which it does

well to be honest nearly every one of them came down to have a look special when the exaust was being revved * all eyes on me ***had questions abt the marble effects and so on ............... i did get away with few things aswell
nice officer he was ..... told my mate that if there werent others around i would have got away with few more things hehehehehehehe
bad luck

EA2BA · 18-05-2006, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by divine_afg

fog lights need to be working cant have em for show only ... they not for show... one of them work one doesnt need to extend the wire ......
washer werent connected and had the blue led .... althought the led is not
connected for legal reasons !!! i got em cause of the chrome well well

They HAVE to work, thats really just plain stupid, especially if they are not factory.

StevenAu2 · 18-05-2006, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by divine_afg

have another read mate its there.....
legal limit for my car is 90DB

Your 111db???

divine_afg · 18-05-2006, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by StevenAu2

Your 111db???

well on idle it was 78 db
i cant remember the exact figure wen it was revving at 3000-3500 RPM
when the epa guy deaccelrated ....um got is foot of .... it did 111 db !!!

18-05-2006, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by divine_afg

nice officer he was ..... told my mate that if there werent others around i would have got away with few more things hehehehehehehe
bad luck

That can be grounds of appeal in court. My brother got done for smoking on a train platform at 5am in the morning and got a $220 fine. One of the officers that booked him said to my brothers mate "I would have let him off with a warning". He appealed the fine in court and it was reduced to $50.

BJMXR · 18-05-2006, 04:13 PM

Damn! But really, i need to know... how'd you lose the licence? Surely it cant be related to a defective vehicle? Or was it a seperate occasion?

Either way, your car is pretty awesome! Damn the rules!

**Polyal** · 18-05-2006, 04:21 PM

That does suck mate. And that fog light issue is BS..what if you where driving to a sparky to hook them up?

Ive got fairlane corering lights that are not hooked up but in my front bar, could I get done for that? If so i would hark up! Im usually a calm person but that is just stupid.

Smoked · 18-05-2006, 04:54 PM

Sorry to hear mate, but the law is the law. We just have to live by it or suffer the consequences.

BJMXR · 18-05-2006, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Smoked

Sorry to hear mate, but the law is the law. We just have to live by it or suffer the consequences.

Very true... but it still is always a shame for someone who clearly loves a car getting done, and some box Datsun that is probably completely unroadworthy on a dangerous, rather than cosmetic level, gets by scott free...

XR6-VCT-2000 · 18-05-2006, 06:54 PM

Bummer mate , sorry to hear . I had my licence suspended for a year when i was on red p plates goin back about 12 years ago - that sucked bad , allthough it gave me plenty of time to get the car how i wanted it ..lol

Hopefully they don't start hitting Princess hwy around the Dandenong area !

AWD Chaser · 18-05-2006, 09:07 PM

I thought that they have to rev it to 50% operating speed, in which the I6 would be 2500rpm? That would be grounds for appeal.... or do you have the V8?

FOr the foggies, I woulda just claimed blown globes....

Seems like you got away with a few things... but if you gotta take it over the pits to proove you got them fixed, they may pick up some other stuff...

My mate got defected in his VN for too low... the car was fine, but the extractors bent down too far.... just a few mm below legal limit...

Sounds like they just picked up on the things you can get done over the weekend, (except lowered and zorst)...

Shame aboot your licence dude - just claim for a Workers Provissional...

GK · 18-05-2006, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by divine_afg

well i dont know for how long yet but have to wait and see .... for me its like for GOOD
i cant live without it ................ cant even imagine my life without it

C'mon man, driving is awesome, but life is far more awesome. Try to put it all into perspective, there are always ways to get around, people to help, other options to take.

Surely it can't be for good, people get off after a few years for killing someone with the car, man you were just driving to work....

GK

FPV8U · 18-05-2006, 10:26 PM

Man thats not good news at all, feel for you losing your licence.

divine_afg · 18-05-2006, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by au3 chaser

I thought that they have to rev it to 50% operating speed, in which the I6 would be 2500rpm? That would be grounds for appeal.... or do you have the V8?

FOr the foggies, I woulda just claimed blown globes....

Seems like you got away with a few things... but if you gotta take it over the pits to proove you got them fixed, they may pick up some other stuff...

My mate got defected in his VN for too low... the car was fine, but the extractors bent down too far.... just a few mm below legal limit...

Sounds like they just picked up on the things you can get done over the weekend, (except lowered and zorst)...

Shame aboot your licence dude - just claim for a Workers Provissional...

i wish it was a V8 mate .............. but again would've got done for that aswell ...... driving high powered vehicle while on probation ........... lol
as for my defects i dont care like i mentioned its a piece of cake for me to fix em and i wouldnt care less or more if i had Roadworthy !!! either
the main thing is i'll be off my licence ............. and in few months i'll be on trip overseas ......... leaves me no choice but to sell my car .......... which
i would realy hate to do ......... i nearly sold it once but couldnt... i just couldnt ......... its still for sale at carsales.com which i was gona pull out of ...
but im having second thoughts now ......... i love it........... it realy is my pride
and joy................. "Workers Provissional " can you please put some more light on this .............. im thinking abt it i new something like having your licence for work purposes exists but not sure of it all ............... your help and sound advice would be much appreciated .................
cheers harris

divine_afg · 18-05-2006, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by GK

C'mon man, driving is awesome, but life is far more awesome. Try to put it all into perspective, there are always ways to get around, people to help, other options to take.

Surely it can't be for good, people get off after a few years for killing someone with the car, man you were just driving to work....

GK

my licence to me is ........... what a ticket to ride's is for a kid !!!

**Stav** · 18-05-2006, 10:45 PM

That really sux mate.They always hit the little guys. Its a big shame they dont stop multibillion dollar companies dumping toxic chemicals in the waterways. We cant even eat the fish down here when we go fishing.No one has been held accountable.Dont you have a rich uncle somewhere at least?

divine_afg · 18-05-2006, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by useless

That really sux mate.They always hit the little guys. Its a big shame they dont stop multibillion dollar companies dumping toxic chemicals in the waterways. We cant even eat the fish down here when we go fishing.No one has been held accountable.Dont you have a rich uncle somewhere at least?

i know exactly what you mean mate there are far more worse
things for the Police and the likes to worry about and immediate actions taken
yet its just us pure enthusiast coping it on the chin ..............
wish i had a rich uncle ..... in the police department or vic roads............ lol
perhaps the only places i dont have an uncle ......................

plext · 18-05-2006, 11:20 PM

What this really underlines is the fact that if we're going to modify cars away from the basic design that has been tested and approved, we need to play within the rules.

Before I embark upon any mods to my vehicles, I always make a call to the RTA technical line to find out where I stand legally, if it needs a certificate from an engineer, then that is what I do. If I'm told that the proposed modification is outside the rules, then I don't do it. It's simple.

While it can be frustrating to find that a certain scheme cannot be implemented, the fact is, I want my vehicle to be safe and I want my insurance to cover me if something ever goes badly wrong.

As an aside, I have never had any problems with the RTA guys, they are happy to let you modify within the current rules and are keen to see people doing it properly.

The vast array of poorly designed, built and unengineered major modifications on the roads scares me frankly. Sure you can strap astronomical power into a chassis designed for family hack use, the question is: should it be done without due consideration of the stresses involved? I have no idea what the doubling of output from my engine would do to my chassis, so if I planned to do it, I'd make sure I talked to somebody who did beforehand. Not Frank up the road either, who has stuffed a 454 in a mini and reckons 'it's grouse mate', but somebody who has trained to understand the stresses involved and can do the sums to prove safety or not.

Bottom line is, most rules regarding modification of vehicles are there for a sound reason, even the ones that on the surface look ludicrous. Not all, but most. It's up to us as modifiers to to keep our game up and play by the rules, or inevitably, public perception of modified cars will get even worse than it currently is. This will cause more and more media frenzy about our passion, and ultimately see us legislated out of existance.

I understand that I'm preaching to the mainly converted here, but the incidence of what would appear to be wing and a prayer engineering displayed, is a little too much at times.

divine_afg · 18-05-2006, 11:43 PM

100 % agree to that mate " plext "
thats why my car is insured and still under used car warranty !!!
yet life is hard out there .................................................. ..

My car is too low disagree the fact it only just touchs this thing which i couldnt figure
out at the time .............. its on King SL all round
exaust too loud seriously was think about going to G&D .......... !!! hmmmmmmm ?
going back to stock .......... :(
washer's not working............ forgot to hook em .... aaaaaaaaaaargh
fog lights hooked but one of them not working
eye level brake light not working ...... instead i have after market neon brake light doesnt matter ...........
Losing my licence well ....................