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Originally posted by Dan Nixon:
"I was commenting on them being illegal if the baffles were removed."

But there are no baffels to remove. The tips are an optional part of the system and the muffler is functional without them. As far as pictures, they would need to be close up - the resonator tips are subtle from the outside. I'd still fight this one. The Bassaini is not nearly as loud as alot of stuff running around (Im in Virginia too).

Originally posted by NOVA SVT:
First off, its great to have the forums back, the new site looks really good. Anyway, thanks for all the suggestions, to answer your questions, when I was pulled over, I didnt have the baffles in. I called the cop a few days later to tell him that I had fixed it (put the baffles back in) and to see if there was anyway to avoid going to court, because I'll be back at school for the sept. 12 court date. All he said he would do is look at the system now, and then tell the judge that it was fixed, and then it would be up to the judge whether or not I would have to pay the fine. So right now I either pay it or postpone the court date until I can go.


Thanks

Originally posted by Sandman333:
It can be readily apparent to an officer on the street that your vehicle is louder than OEM, even without a sound level measuring device.

Originally posted by Blk560:


Golly, that's reassuring. "Calibrated ear" as DemonSVT so cunningly noted, huh?

Which of the six senses will be calibrated at the academy next? Telepathy (for sensing when someone has made an illegal U-turn 10 miles away) or vision (with a 1/2 mph acuity)?

Yes, my exhaust is still stock...

Originally posted by 99REDSE:
LOL, when i had the bassani on my SE a cop stopped me, and said it was too loud, etc... told him it was stock and i had a SVT, he looked and said "damn they are making loud cars these days" and said, well dont hammer on it and let me go!! hahahahahahhahaha

Originally posted by Sandman333:

ah, you are trolling again, eh? just can't get enough, can you?

Like I stated, you don't need a sound measuring device (or any calibrated device, for that matter) to write a ticket for this. Sometimes, it is so blatantly obvious (kind of like your troll post here) that there is no question about it. I'll be more than happy to argue this with you, since this is what I do for a living. :p

Originally posted by Blk560:


Oooh, sounds like you've still got those panties in a wad over your physics lesson from a couple of months back, eh? Glad I could oblige...

BWAHAHAHAHA, you have not schooled anyone, little man. Give me a break, your post here was a troll, plain and simple. Thanks for the laugh.

Clue: You are not giving anyone a lesson when you act like an @$$, even though the opposition does not.

My point is that, while it's sometimes 'blatantly obvious' (speaking of, Sandman, I'd be more than happy to provide room, board, and jolly debates if you could make the short trip here to Melbourne to rid our streets of killer-bee imitating imports and J-body trash), what about the times when it's not?

Uh, did you, like, read my post, Einstein? No, you say? It figures. I was talking about situations where it was blatantly obvious. I even said that I would not normally write a ticket for this unless it was blatantly obvious, and that I would record the sound on my cruiser cam to be played back in court at a later time. That would all but assure a conviction.

There are plenty a fool cop that have no clue what an SVT Contour is

Cops are fools if they don't know what a SVT Contour is? Who is the fool? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA, you are getting funnier by the minute. I love roadside lawyers. Make me laugh every time.

and might even blue-light one because it sounds louder than a regular Contour. Where is the line drawn, how strictly are the codes enforced?

Discerning minds want to know...