Our Experience With Cops

[RubyRS4]

If thats your theory, then why wait? Why not nick us all (up to 25 cars) straightaway?

Me thinks you guys just don't want to accept there are good cops out there

[rhys5169]

If thats your theory, then why wait? Why not nick us all (up to 25 cars) straightaway?

Me thinks you guys just don't want to accept there are good cops out there

its not theory ruby, its tried and true. i know of atleast 5-6 examples of it, as im sure others do too

[tryandcatchme]

That sucks Damo. I know you got that car and went about righting a few wrongs with it. I'm not saying all cops are saints, but they aren't all bad either. I've encountered a bad cop myself once. Bike got defected, I knew it was defectable, didn't argue that point, but it was the way he went about it. Still, I've had far more good experiences than not, yesterday was a good example.

Did you get the missus's car sorted?

Yeah 2000 dollars later,can sort my car out now,and yeah not saying cops are out to get most of us,its the age old argument most of the time "attrack attention and you get attention".

[Tangles]

and yeah not saying cops are out to get most of us,its the age old argument most of the time "attrack attention and you get attention".

+100

attest to that.

I feel there may have been a different outcome if it were a skyline cruise too as the stags are fairly inconspicuous as most of their owners will attest... or has this now changed too??

in a weeks time my Rb25 RS4 will be probably* the most mod'd S1 RS4 stag here in SA. everything bar bottom end will have been upgraded. keep it looking stock and drive like you are 100% switched on, and you have no issues. this I guarantee, fk not even a breatho in near a decade!!!!!!!!!!

if you're in a meeting point with 30 other cars, and the law is there thru invite or just good ol police work initiation (lol good stuff lads in blu; just keep the phsyco's off the footpath right? ta.), any shit can go down, depending on how others handle it and how they present themselves. that goes for one exuberant corner taken far too fast, or a defect blitz in a carpark.

[Cubes]

So were they notified of the cruise yesterday or they read the forums and simply turned up?

Curious as Kellie's new cruise thread states she will be working with Neil and he will be at all future cruises. So obviously Kellie will be notifying Neil of future events.

[PREISS]

lol this is going on abit .

I know there are some great cops out there.

but one single question comes to mind. 'why pop the bonnets' ? if they arent defecting people ?

[Nene260RS]

Cubes.. a marked cop car drove by and he called it in to the other cop , that's when he came down. they were not notified of the cruise happening yesterday.

[PREISS]

Ill share something quickly.

last time I had to go to the cop shop I was checked of. however the officer brang out a few more cops to show them what I had modded, showed them where to look etc.

has anyone thought they are just looking for present vehicles to do alittle research on. get some tips, gain some knowledge.

[Damo_R34]

Cubes.. a marked cop car drove by and he called it in to the other cop , that's when he came down. they were not notified of the cruise happening yesterday.

So was he then invited to this weeks cruise?

[Nene260RS]

he doesn't know about this cruise yet... i'm not sure if or when kell will talk to him. you'll have to ask her about that one.

[madbung]

Kellie, myself and Nene have advised the police they will continue to be notified of cruises so we can maintain that good report card. We have Neil's business card and any trouble will be reported immediately. They have asked for our cooperation and in return we will be treated fairly. The police have asked us of who we think are the trouble makers and a certain breed has been named already, so it won't be repeated here (mostly unwelcomed tag-alongs). We have explained to the police that meet points are not disclosed due to unwanted tag-alongs such as the commonwhore club, but we will disclose cruises to police in future. Also, misbehaving and hoon driving will see you reported to the police ... we do that to protect the others attending the cruises. There is no point ruining it for everyone. How would you feel if the police picked on you due to another drivers hoon behaviour? Do we have 30+ cars checked over by police, or do we report that 1 driver who's causing the problems? We are not commonwhore drivers or ns.com

Make no mistakes. The WRX fatality has the police lifting their game on hoons. Sure, we can argue we are not hoons etc, but its difficult to differentiate thru all the different community of drivers/clubs on the road, so they are casting their net far and wide and filtering out bad behaviours and attitudes first. Be polite and be honest ... and you may just be surprised. We certainly were yesterday.

[end brown nosing]

Mods feel free to lock this thread if it gets out of hand ... but I'm hoping it will have a positive effect on SAU attitude here.

WTF!

Lol, pre-arranged pre-cruise police scrutineering...how special will that be.

Lmao S.A

[SLED]

he doesn't know about this cruise yet... i'm not sure if or when kell will talk to him. you'll have to ask her about that one.

I think he already does Nene

[Nene260RS]

oh ok didnt know that

[RubyRS4]

its not theory ruby, its tried and true. i know of atleast 5-6 examples of it, as im sure others do too

... and I know 5-6 examples personally where the cops didn't nick me for mods.

[RubyRS4]

but one single question comes to mind. 'why pop the bonnets' ? if they arent defecting people ?

I would have thought the answer was obvious: to show some cooperation to avoid being defected.

[Cubes]

My question is has SAU/SA been backed in to a corner where future 'regular' cruises have no option other to notify the police or fear if the police do find out the meet spot every one is pretty much a goner?

[rhys5169]

... and I know 5-6 examples personally where the cops didn't nick me for mods.

the volvo wagon factor plays a massive part in this

anyways mate im not going to argue the toss, i have my opinions on the matter and i'll stick to them. best of luck with getting into bed with the police

[SLED]

My question is has SAU/SA been backed in to a corner where future 'regular' cruises have no option other to notify the police or fear if the police do find out the meet spot every one is pretty much a goner?

the answer to your question lies in post #83 & #84 of this thread

police notification

[Nene260RS]

the cops said " we're not dumb, we know that stageas are basically a skyline with a different body"

[CRoNic...]

My mate drove around for over a year with a old school 1984 Cressida with a 4.5" straight through exhaust with no mufflers, no cat, no nothing. Sounded like a beast but backfired constantly due to a hole in the manifold.

Got pulled over many, many times. Pulled into defect stations, etc. Never got defected. Why? Because it looks like a grandpa car. It had blinds on the rear window. Cops had no idea what it was, so they left it alone.