So tonight me and a couple friends were cruising (Me in my car, and the other two in a truck), and we stop by 7-11 on Portmouth Blvd. in Chesapeake. The first thing I notice is a cop car in the parking lot. So, I get my gas and we decide to head out and go to K-Mart to check something out. Since the cop was in the parking lot, I made sure to accelerate slowly and shift early to keep my muffler as quiet as possible (Magnaflow exhaust system. Has a pretty deep sound and can be loud when I'm accelerating fast). I pull out of the parking lot and turn left to go to the stop light. My friend is behind me in his truck, and the cop just happens to decide he wants to leave now. The light turns green and I take off very slowly. Halfway through the turn I'm going 20-25 in 3rd gear and I see the blue lights flare up. He almost hits my friends truck trying to get to me.

So at this point I'm like, aww shit. First of all I think he was rude, and he kind of had an attitude with me, trying to intimidate me. Anyway, he asks for my license and registration. I give it to him, and he tell me that my muffler is... get this, "WAAAYYY too loud." First of all, my friends truck is one of the loudest vehicles I've ever heard. He has a Flowmaster exhaust system and it sounds like a mean-assed muscle car. My car muffler compared to his is like a bumble bee compared to a gnat. Somewhat. Keep in mind that he's right behind my friend's truck, but he hears MY muffler. So apparantly this cop has bionic hearing that only targets bright colored import cars. The point is not that he should've pulled my friend over. (That's the last thing I want since he's been pulled over for an improper muffler before also, even though most trucks are generally loud anyway.) The point is that there's no way my muffler was loud enough for him to hear it that much over my friend's muffler. My friend was right behind me and could barely hear it.

So anyway, he tries to intimidate me into just getting it fixed and paying the ticket off. Bullshit. I'd like to know what he was using to judge the sound of my muffler. I also don't like how he was talking to me, even though I treated him with respect and did everything he asked of, he still treated me like a scumbag. I think this cop was basically picking on me because of the looked like a stereotypical street racer. Bright colored import (red) with a young guy behind the wheel, shiny muffler, few decals on the back window. I basically have 2 months to get my stuff together to figure out how I can go about beating this case. My friends already volunteered to be witnessess. I know it may be difficult since nowadays you're guilty until proven innocent.

I'd like to know if anyone on this forum has ever beaten a case like this one before in VA. If you have, what process did you go through to prove that your muffler wasn't "improper."

 

take a pic of a stock exhuast and boom you will get it dropped

 

i second that!!! cause ANYTHING not oem is improper soo yea they can fuck them selves just go find a stock red hatch and take a pic of the rear bumper corner with the stock exhaust and be like i got it fixed.

 

quick answer, just get ready to pay the ticket. Why? because in VA, the statutes of motor vehicles states that anything thats is not OEM in a vehicle, meaning not put on your car from factory by the manufacturer (Honda), in your case "shiny magnaflow exahust system" is ilegal. But G/L trying to fight the ticket.

 

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp...+cod+46.2-1049

If it's not OEM or a replacement for OEM it's illegal. Yes it's a dumb law, but that's what it is.

Taking pictures of a stock exhaust may or may not work. Having receipts showing you had your exhaust changed almost always does, the closer to the time of the ticket the better.

 

So my windshield I got replaced (safelite autoglass out it in) is illegal

Also, if the cop was at that gas station and heard you roll up then heard you leave. He heard how loud your exhaust was. Your word against an city official. That taking a picture of a stock exhaust system will ony work but so many times.

With your exhaust, I am not suprised you got pulled.



How much are Chesapeakes exhaust tickets?
Just curious because I work in Chesapeake (Battlefield area) and Cops don't even look at my car. HKS HI POWER 2.5 inch piping. And I don't try to hide the my loud exhaust my shifting early, I take it up to 3,000-4,000 in first usually. And at 3,000, my exhaust is pretty loud.


EDIT.... HAHAHAHA. did you have your neon lights on too?
'The latest addition to the interior and probably the coolest.'

 

Lol. NO! Geez, I'm embarrassed I even put those things in my car. They're gone now, because I felt like a ricer for sticking them on there. Not saying neons are rice, but after a while I got tired of them. Way to bring back bad memories. Well, there's no way I'm getting a stock exhaust put on. Most likely I'll get a resonator installed, but change the tip so it's a huge assed single. I thought my small duals were kind of subtle. That picture you posted shows them a day or two after I got them installed. I mean, they're still shiny, but I haven't cleaned the pollen, or dirt of it in almost a month.

I'm removing that picture from car domain before anyone else sees it. How could you do this to me?

I forgot that anything after in the state of VA is illegal. So technically, an aftermarket cd player is illegal. I guess I'll just go and see Gary at Superior Automotive and have a resonator installed or something. It sucks that they can get away with this shit.

 

Not it is not ilegal smart guy!!!!
Besides we are talking bout muffler's not windshield.
Anyways your windshield replacement is legal, because it is an OEM approved replacement and not an aftermarket piece like an exahust system.
BTW thank you for your uneducated remarks and keep up the good work.

 

LOL, Yeah I knew that it was not illegal about the windshield.

 

Maybe if your car didn't sound like ass he wouldn't have pulled you over. The sounds like a bumble bee quote was about right.

You guys can't actually think putting those fart cans on sounds good. If your car sounds like shit, it deserves a ticket.