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The police don't really, I guess you could say the RTA police mods. Thats why you get sent for an inspection at a RTA station or 'if your lucky' require a pink slip. This is why cops don't need to know what a turbo looks like. The fact that most cops don't know what turbo looks like is also the reason why your attitude may have a bearing on the outcome when you get pulled over.

Im not saying I love cops and they will probably sting me one day. But you only have to read this thread to get a taste of what they put up with.

I supose it's only a job, and someones gotta do it. If you had to put with the sh1t that they do, you'd quickly lose tolerance for stupid behavior. But that said some of them decide to defect your car before they even get up to the your window.
I got stopped at a random check point in my RX3 coupe back in '99. The women was frothing at the mouth to give me a fine for something. (the car was pretty dodgey, but it looked real mint- boy'd out to hell too) When she checked all the usual stuff, license, tyres, wof, rego, cert etc I can still recall the expression on her face change to one of utter desolation when she realised she couldn't write me a ticket for anything. one nil to me be-arch!

yep. thats exactly why they defect people. because they CHOSE to go to the academy.
not because some idiots drive unengineered and unroadworthy cars.
smart like a bag of hammers some people.

anyone can do a cops job just spend 9 months in a remote area with out going crazy, and when you become one your sent 500km away from your family n friends. So i can see why they love defecting ppl cause no one knows them there and there #OOPS#y all the time working 12 hour shifts in a area they never heard of before...

next time they pull you over have syimpathy for those guys... untill they fine u.;)

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This exact thing happened to me! Pulled over and the fella couldn't get enough of the exhaust manifold, looking at it from every angle and asking me to rev the engine while he did. Anybody who actually knew a thing about cars could tell immediately there was no turbo. Ended up for defecting me on something else instead.
It makes you wonder, if they can't recognise if its turbo or not, how can they police modifications.

I was recently got a yellow sticker on my somewhat modified patrol. At last count I have 5 additional compliance plates for various mods.

There is nothing wrong with my car, but they were on a sting, putting stickers on anything and everything.

All they could find was that they "thought" my tyres stuck out of my guards (they didnt)
and that I had a leaky exhaust. I dont know how they could pick it over the engine noise!!

And they only gave me 7 days, and since I work in remote WA, more that 7 days at a time, it cost me two inspections.

Lesson here. If they want to sticker you, they will, particulary if you are bieng a tool.

in saying that, I have got away with more than i have been busted for by simply playing to their egos, and using some simple body language, posturing and NLP techniques.

Yes Sir, No sir, three bags full sir, I wont do it again Sir. Meet them at the tail gate, with a smile and greet them first.

Cops here are much the same. I've spoken at length with a local cert engineer, and he has has untold hassles from the police. I think they don't like him cos he's an enabler. He enables people to drive cars that they hate. Most of them don't know sh1t from clay about cars. I daily a rough as guts A31 cefiro. ONe day I got stopped at a checkpoint, and the cop asked me to open the bonnet. He's pawing over it looking for an enternal watsegate with screamer. (They trained up a bunch of cops to what they should look for) BUT, it's a single cam dog. The bloody thing isn't even turbo!

Thats right, when I was younger I got a defect notice for worn tyres, I took the car over the pits with the same tyres on and passed. I think the cop had a bad day or I annoyed him somehow.

if the cop wants to defect you he will simple as that, if he can't defect whats been mod plated he will find something else especially if your acting like a hero

and lol at chris's comment

there are some cool dudes on here...