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Sam Atash
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WA
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 12:15 pm, by:  Sam Atash (Persian_pride25) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Got a yellow sticker last night
cops stopped me on manning rd, did breath test, checked car completely, couldnt fault a thing!

then the older cop gets under the car, sees that one of the brackets on my exhaust is missing and is Tied with Commercial Wire. You cant even see it

anyway he yellow stickered it for that so pissed off!

then to piss me off even more, they both comment on what a nice car ive got :-(
David Shaw
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Western Australia
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 12:21 pm, by:  David Shaw (Shawy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

OMMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is so ******* BS Sam! I live just off Manning Road and last night it was ridiculous, I was coming from my girlfriends house in Lesmurdie and passed 6 cop cars from Leach Highway through to Welwyn Ave. up near the Mt. Henry end of Manning Road. I got pulled over for apparently 'running a red light' which was stupid because I went through the light when it was amber. Anyways, it appears that the cops seem to be wasting their time with petty things on unfortunate people like us when they could actually be out doing some good in the community.

This subject makes me soooooo mad! Enthusiasts such as ourselves who take pride in the cars we drive get stuck with being picked on for having nice cars when they could be out catching the real bogans and scum that are killing people by doing 50km/h over the limit....grrr....
David Shaw
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Western Australia
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 12:23 pm, by:  David Shaw (Shawy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Oh and I forgot to ask what was their reason for initially pulling you over?
Karen Farmer
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WA
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 12:40 pm, by:  Karen Farmer (Angel_wings) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Is your car lowered?
Is it totally stock? Most young people with cars like ours dont keep them stock. Cops know this.
They may not of been able to pull a fault with the car, but i bet they know that the pits will.
Yes its BS but being a young person with a soarer it comes with the territory.
One word of advice! Go to WELSHPOOL pits. They look at whatever the cops have written on your form, fix that and they dont go through the car as long as it doesnt scrape going over the pit.
They didnt even take mine for a drive.
goodluck :-)
Sam Atash
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WA
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 01:28 pm, by:  Sam Atash (Persian_pride25) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My car is compeletely stock and they commented on how they were suprised it was stock!

ive got the hight controller, but its on standard, only lowers when i reach set speed of 90 km/h

Reason for stopping me was random check!

ITS BULLSHIT
David Shaw
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Western Australia
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 01:37 pm, by:  David Shaw (Shawy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah, good luck with getting the sticker removed mate. I was yellow stickered on my Celica GT4 a year or so ago for apparently 'bald' tyres, took it 2 a tyre shop and the blokes there told me the cops must have been w**kers as the tyres were fine. Straight over the pits and sticker was removed first go. I understand your frustration though don't worry ;-) The cops were telling me that my car wasn't stock coz it had a turbo, I was like no...this is the GT4 model, it has a turbo and 4WD - that's standard. Everything in that engine bay is completely stock officer, still didn't believe me though. Jackasses.
Sam Atash
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WA
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 01:40 pm, by:  Sam Atash (Persian_pride25) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

yea i cant see any issues with my car, so should be all good. Only issue is I got NSW plates and they will make me change to WA plates =[

aw well....
Adam Peterson
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Western Australia
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 09:17 pm, by:  Adam Peterson (President) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Its wanker cops like this that clog up the system at the pits. No wonder they hate traffic cops.

David, i live just behind the Mt Henry :-)
David Shaw
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 10:12 pm, by:  David Shaw (Shawy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Oh serious Adam? I live just off Welwyn Ave :-) It's a pity you can't make it to the Christmas cruise Adam! Always good to meet Soarer drivers from my area!
Adam Peterson
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Western Australia
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 12:57 am, by:  Adam Peterson (President) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

LOL, Im just off Cloister Ave.
I wont be back till mid Jan.
Sam Atash
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WA
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 01:08 am, by:  Sam Atash (Persian_pride25) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Lol im off cloister ave 2
dam we should have a manning/salterpoint get together hahah

Btw i think im the only person to ever get my yellow sticker on my rear side window

I kinda feel special!
Adam Peterson
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Western Australia
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 01:13 am, by:  Adam Peterson (President) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hrmmm.

Perhaps near the end of Jan we should do a meet up for a shoot. 2 charged V8s + your V8 Sam. :-)

The problem for me is that mine is coming unregistered from Brisbane so i will have to do some running around, emissions tests and rego first.
David Shaw
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 08:08 am, by:  David Shaw (Shawy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

WTF? Rear side window? The cop that put that on your car fails at life! Hahaha. Yeah I would be up for a photo shoot :-) Will look great, make sure we give em a good polish up aswell!
Adam Peterson
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 08:37 am, by:  Adam Peterson (President) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

haha i remember taking my first Soarer over the pits with VERY dark tint on the rears. The pit dude said they were too dark, so i said "prove it". He couldnt so i left them on :-)
Ruwan Perera
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Victoria
Soarer TT

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 08:53 am, by:  Ruwan Perera (Ryanperera) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

man i was in WA before my family is still there (parents) lol. cops in WA are mad they really want to give you a Yellow stiker if they pull you over.

i lived in east vic park , WA the place to be
David Shaw
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 09:02 am, by:  David Shaw (Shawy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah the cops in WA are ridiculously F***** ey...hey coppa, instead of pulling me over for having a nice car that I'm proud of and enjoy driving, why don't you pull over an actual hoon who is causing danger to other people. The next time I get pulled over for a stupid reason and the cop complains about my car, I'm gonna tell him to shove it! (hahaha jokes) but seriously, that's why I go to track days, so I don't drive stupidly on the streets. I think it's unfair that people such as us get pulled over and yellow stickered when there are all these commodore drivers and such out there who ACTUALLY BREAK THE LAW!!!! :-( Anyway, my rant is done :-)

Dave
Adam Peterson
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 09:59 am, by:  Adam Peterson (President) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

David, make a complaint to the State Ombudsman cc'ing the Senior Sergeant of Central Traffic. I did just that when i was harassed with my old Honda Civic. They left me alone for a good 2 years afterwards - after receiving a yellow every 4 months for nothing.
David Shaw
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 10:03 am, by:  David Shaw (Shawy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Believe me if I ever get pulled over again then I'll be doing just that! Thanks for the information to Adam. I didn't realise you could actually complain about that stuff :-) Gives me an option to stick it to them at least! (no pun intended)
Matt Sartori
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:24 am, by:  Matt Sartori (Klutch) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


David Shaw wrote on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 09:02 am:

I think it's unfair that people such as us get pulled over and yellow stickered when there are all these commodore drivers and such out there who ACTUALLY BREAK THE LAW!!!! :-( Anyway, my rant is done :-)




"People such as us"

We all own performance cars (WIth the exception of me, i guess)
And ALOT of the people here aren't granny drivers, they've all done something illegal at one point or another. And you can't say you haven't either.

And i think its unfair to put commodore drivers in the "hoon" category, Soarer drivers aren't no different from them. We modify cars, they modify them, we drive them, they drive them, we go on cruises..they go on cruises.
David Shaw
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:48 am, by:  David Shaw (Shawy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Matt Sartori wrote on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:24 am:

And i think its unfair to put commodore drivers in the "hoon" category, Soarer drivers aren't no different from them. We modify cars, they modify them, we drive them, they drive them, we go on cruises..they go on cruises.




Obviously this is a topic of conversation that has many different views and that's fine. Not gonna go off on a tangent here, but the only reason I said that commodores are placed in the 'hoon' category is due to the fact that more often than not when I hear on the radio or see on the TV a driver caught doing some ridiculous speeds, they were in a Commodore. Unfair for the people who don't do the wrong thing I know, but unfortunately that's mostly the case...don't think I've ever heard of a Soarer confiscated under 'hoon' laws (not to say that hasn't happened of course).

You are completely correct though, obviously people do what people do and it's the idiot behind the wheel that decides to do stupid speeds on the roads.
Sam Atash
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 12:25 pm, by:  Sam Atash (Persian_pride25) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You know neither of us should generalise!
BUT I try to abide by the law, and I always get some commodore driver at the light next to me, trying to challenge, Or trying to race down the freeway.

I dont get soarer drivers coming up to me at the lights and challenging, and this is when im in my BMW

but in the end everyone is entitled to their own opinion...
David Shaw
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 12:36 pm, by:  David Shaw (Shawy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah your right Sam, meh, in the end like I said before it all comes down to the driver. If you get a ****head driver try and race you at the lights. Just take one look around the beautiful leather, woodgrain dash and computer controlled EMV features and laugh your ass off at the loser with plastic knobs and crappy interior and know full well that your better off and if you know your car can blaze him off the line if you wanted to, all the better!
Chris Prak
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 03:45 pm, by:  Chris Prak (Carizma) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What hooks on the exhaust are you talking about?

Is it the rubber ones?

Just make sure when you take it, the general things are in full working order. Things like all the lights, washer/window, horn and steering. Clean all the oil marks/stains from under your car prior to going as well as the steering arms, as they do look for play/leakage. And yes, TRY to use Welshpool if you can.

Hope that helps, lets us know if you need anything to help you get over.
Sam Atash
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WA
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 03:57 pm, by:  Sam Atash (Persian_pride25) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

well looks like the previous owner got the exhaust changed. they removed the mufflers in the middle ect... and then because its straight pipe the rubber bits are too far away from the pipe. so they just left it without.

so now i have to find a exhaust shop or something to make something for it :-(
Sam Atash
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WA
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Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 12:29 pm, by:  Sam Atash (Persian_pride25) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yay after waiting for 4 hours in line at welshpool, My car passed the pitts without any issues. Got my yellow sticker removed, changed my plates over to WA. The Inspectors are really good there, He said the cop was being a d*ckhead to give me a yellow!

I got some new hangers for my exhaust, my mufflers had a small crack in them, so I changed them also. Got ripped off... $300 for 2 lukeys
but I had no choice!

so all good, now I have to wait 4 weeks for my personalised plates to be made....

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