GRIM_R32

Count me in. Send me the details when you have them sorted!

Thats the trouble with most of the camera's over here is they usually try to hide wherever they can, most often in trees etc so that u cant see the car, which is totally bullshit in my opinion. Im sick of seeing bike cops hiding there bikes behind trees and bus shelters while peaking around the corner with there laser guns. They should atleast give you a chance as they do in NSW as shannon suggested with warning signs before the camera, the difference being of course that over here they like the revenue too much to give the public a fair go. 50km/h streets are not safer streets, there bigger revenue raising streets. Stopping from 60 and stopping from 50 is not a huge difference if your car has decent brakes, so rather than get all the old bombs of the road with shit brakes they think its a better idea to drop the speed limit, that way its "safer" in the publics eyes while still making them shit loads of money from all the poor pricks that are doing 55.

And i stand by my point that i dont have to do anything wrong to get unwanted police attention because i drive a skyline. In that case maybe you can help me out with the correct legal way to set up a harrassment case against the cops? lol

We're not whinging about being booked when we break the law, everyone here has stated they dont have a problem being booked if they have done something wrong. What we are saying is that were sick of being targeted just because we drive imported cars. Fair enuf comment that some of the modifications made might not be legal according to ADR rules, but thats not what were talking about. Were simply saying enough is enough with the "random" stops to check over cars. I used the term random very loosely, random as far as the public is concerned, but its more a case that i think cops know there going to target an import car if they see one while there driving around. Regardless of what modifications are made any import is a target, thats the point we're making. Heres a perfect example..my 55 year old father drives a stock as a rock R33. His job involves alot of driving. He has been pulled over atleast a dozen times for no reason just because its a skyline, more than one cop has admitted that they saw the car and didnt realise it was an older guy driving it so they pulled him over anyway. When they have seen that he's a business man they breath test him and let him go. THIS IS MY POINT, they targeted him because IT WAS A SKYLINE. This is not an argument about legallity on the cars we drive, its the fact that we get picked on for driving import cars. I can drive my XR8 falcon all day everyday with its loud exhaust and race body kit and not get looked at, put me in the same situation in the skyline and im toast. I simply wanted to put it across that its more than unfair that we are targets for having nice cars. I do not intend to offend anyone elses opinions, im simply stating what i feel and what i believe many others will agree with.

I have to agree with most of whats been said here, including "whatshisname" in thinking GM has something to do with the police force in some way while still driving an import car. The SA police need to back off more than a few steps. Im sick of having to think about wether or not i should be taking my car somewhere in fear of getting it defected. I had a near miss going through an RBT while on my way home from last weeks cruise, fortunaltely there was a cop there i knew, while he was still reluctant to help me out he let me go with a few warnings, but the fact is when i rolled into the RBT you could see there eyes light up with the possibility's of what they could defect me for rather than worrying about other cars that were driving past while i was the only one in the defect station with 10 coppers staring at my car! I have no problem with being booked for doing something wrong, but being pulled over because my car "looked to fast while it was standing still" (actually got told that) is freakin ridiculous. The amount of cars that are totally dangerous being rusted out bombs with no break lights that work, bald tyres and rust holes big enough to fit my head in is ridiculous, yet cops will still target a well maintained immaculately presented import over a clapt out VB commodore with no exhaust, bald tyres and more dents than a golfball! Its pathetic and the shear reason is revenue, screw this crap about removing dangerous cars from the road, thats a load of crap, its the simple fact they get more money from running cars through regency. Cops need to learn more about the cars they are defecting aswell, ive had my car called "some sort of late model commodore" when getting pulled over one day, and these are the guys that are qualified to carry a gun and dictate the law to me?? Atleast know what your looking at. One of the biggest thing they jump on is BOV's because quote "you can up your boost with that".....ah...no....u cant actually. For god sakes if your gona try and defect me for something atleast know what the hell your talking about. What annoys me the most is when they say there going to defect you for a modification and you ask them why its illegal and they cant tell you, they just say we know its not legal. Having spent an extremely large amount of money on my car to improve and maintain it, it makes me furious to think that it can be so easily sidelined for an extended period if i should receive one of those pretty yellow stickers. Cops wonder why they have such a bad name in the car scene, its because you pick on us for NO REASON AT ALL! Stop targetting us if were doing nothing wrong and we'll have much more respect for you. Apologies for the long post but it needed to be said.

Yeah ive told mattr that ill be up for a cruise, told him to let me know when and where. I know the feeling of the never ending lists for mods...hence the reason it owes me over 60k....but what can i say..i cant help myself! lol!

Count me in, just let me know when and where. Always up for a decent cruise.

Will do paully, its a never ending process, theres always something to do to it, still on the search for more power, going in this week for tuning. Next time you see me out come say hi and take a closer look at the car if you like. You shouldve seen the cops faces when the one i knew told them to let me go, all looked like 5 year olds that just dropped there ice creams, tear in the eyes and quivering bottom lips....lol.

Cheers for the comments Paully, makes all the hassles of building the damn thing more worth while when it gets some good attention. Unlike the attention i got on the way home, nearly got defected when i got pulled into an RBT, i think the cops thought all there christmas' had come at once, fortunately for me i knew one of the cops and he persuaded the rest to let me go with a few warnings! PHEW! Thought i was toast for a second!

I have to agree Cheeky, we ended up going on a massive detour aswell which was ridiculous, then to top if off some tool in a red mx5 did a donut in the middle of an intersection and sprayed the side of my car with rocks! NOT HAPPY! If anyone knows him i wouldnt mind getting his number. So much for a cams organised cruise, they must have bailed right after we left big w, whats up with that? There were some nice cars out but as usual it also attracted the usual idiots that cant help but do burnouts and get us all in trouble. All in all it was a good run for the car but definitely wasnt the best cruise organised, someone should have used the directions and driven the route b4 the cruise at which point they would have realised the directions were wrong. Oh well, better luck next time.

Hey Enrico, sorry to hear about yet another person getting ripped off in the import scene! I myself have been majorly bitten before also. Could you PM me and let me know where ur car was done? If its where i think it may be im sure we'll have a very interesting conversation over it! :sadam:

Good call on the not so knowledgable repairers cheeky, i myself have been caught in a similar situation of being forced to spend alot of $$ when u dont know if your being given the correct information. Trouble is the only solution to the problem is to do all of your own work....and depending on the job i dont have a huge problem with that...except where is gets to the part where i need to read japanese! lol! :sadam: