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I have heard from other people and I just recently read the EYE newspaper(free from HMV) that this year will be a little more difficult to race on the streets in the weekends at night as the COPS will be out on full force and that they have contacts in L.A. California. Last year we had an undercover driving an Integra Type R and this year I don't know what it could be but we should start looking for new places to race on and be a bit more organized like text messaging instead of phone talk(they might be able to pick up your phone conversations) or have certain tow trucks giving us a heads up. So beware when you put your foot on the gas and have cash. 😱
there is only one problem with a german car...a very complex engine. the worst one ever is the passat, its a beautiful car, but...ya know, hard to fix.
other then a ferrari...the best car ever is CL 600!
i absolutely hate domestic cars...i got this thing for imports.😛
around the gta, last year, cops started giving tickets if u droppped ur car (no less than 2.5" off the ground or somethin like that???), a friend of mine that has a integra gsr got $400 ticket!😡
The only Japanese cars worth anything out there are the Impreza WRX (especially the STi), the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO, the Supra TT, the RX-7 TT and the 300zx TT. The rest of the imports blow (especially Honda), why? cause they've got no torque!!!! I hate cars w/no low end, doesn't give you any sort of rush when launching, just no fun. It's fun to have the rears drift on you, especially in a nice domestic V8, like a 02 Z06 or a 69 Judge... drool!
There are "ways" to detract the local police from showing up in your rear-view mirror:
The most common mistake race folks like to do is travel in packs of more than 3 at time, Hmmmm Mr.Police officer sees 3-7 multi-colored vehicles drivin by (trust me speed isn't a factor here) and assumes that the drivers are off to a local "hot-spot" for an evening of gear-grinding and asphalt rippin.
Travel in dueces or in fact have a "pre-determined" meeting place before you head out on the open road.
Vixen the actual drop of the car is 21' inches from the bottom of the headlight to the street. Take a read on the side of the box which contained an after-market part which you may have bought for your vehicle, most manufacturers to get away from any legal entitlement or any legal trouble will print in small letters on the side of the box "FOR SHOW OR OFF-ROAD USE ONLY" so most racers cannot use the excuse that they bought it legally from a Pep Boys or Canadian Tire.
El Duce, text messaging or even any form of Electronic communication may/may not be picked up from the local enforcement. Cheapest way to find out if there is any activity in the neighborouhood is to simply go to your local Radio Shack and pick up an inexpensive police scanner, not a detector, cause the police have the legal authority to "remove" detectors from your vehicle depending on what statutes or laws are in place in certain states/provinces. Simply take a cruise in a car thats not considered on a cops hot list i.e 20 million decals and coffee can exhaust, take a spin through a neighboroughood which seems like a good "drag-way" and just listen or tune in to hear the idle chatter from the local authorities. Remember cops have to report in (to the station)their position periodically, and when they do, VOILA!!! you know where they are.
Becoming co-dependant on tow truck drivers isn't necesarily the best or safest thing around, unless you know him or he's a buddy of yours!!. Most tow-truckers are now contracted through local police agencies, so in turn its the "I'll scratch your back, you scratch mine" theory.
Best bet when you feel like cruisin at night kiddies is:
Stay smart, keep a lo-profile, drag in small packs, and ALways watch your back!!!!!!!😎
Im not saying older is wiser, but I have been around and seen/heard/experienced a lot of things that todays racer is just starting to come across or if you like to call them "Rookie mistakes".
I use to drag A LOT years ago, before York Region had a helicopter, before Imports were the rage, and when top-rated V8 motors topped out at 300 horsepower (whoa how long ago was it???🙄 ).
But as the title of this post says "Fact of the matter is"... that alot of the "Mid-nite" racers take for granted that they are being 'watched' from afar using todays techonological advancements.
Plus the fact they some people don't think about there actions before they put Pedal to Metal!!!
* Don't be cool and squeal your tires in the parking lot of the local Burger King (i.e Woodbine & Hwy.7) the cop hears you, won't give you a ticket for speeding, but a ticket for noise pollution will fetch you a hefty $100 to $150 dollar ticket!!!
* For those of you who have neon lights installed on your vehicle, If you spot a suspicious car down the street (aka police cruiser) turn off your neons, those of you who have red of blue neons anywhere on your car, people have been known to be pulled over by the local authorities for having a car that IMPERSONATE a police vehicle. Trust me this one be careful about even if you have Strobe lights installed as well, anything that is bright or flashes at a high rate will/may copy the same "FLASH-Rate" of a cruiser. BIG TICKET HERE FOLKS!!
*The placement of MONSTER TACHS on your dash is also grabs the attention of the 5.0. Their response to theses tachs are that they are a "Visual Impairment" meaning that they block and restrict the drivers view of the road.
*Common ways of identifying police cruisers :
(1) THEY HAVE BIG SHINY LIGHTS ON THEM DUH!!!!!! hahahaha ok kiddin aside there are actually morons that can't tell that these are cruisers!!!
(2) Undercover vehicles or "Street cruisers" are your Common:
Crown Victoria
Chevy Lumina
Chevy Impala
Chevy Tahoe (truck) (Mainly used by OPP & PEEL region)
Most of these vehicles stated above common in your basic colors of :
Black
White
Grey
Beige (mainly Toronto Narcs are issued these cars, and a few older service Chevy Caprice's in York region are still in use)
Common "clues" to being an "un-marked" car:
*Antenna on the trunk, about 3-4 inch in length
*The "I can't afford hub-caps" look is in for 2002 hahahaha but they may not be sporting hub caps but look at the center cap on these rims which are silver in color.
*Look on the back window sill for 2-3 small rectangular boxes (probably strobes)
*Most front lights(strobes) are kept behind the front grill.
*THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE-----------> Look for on the back left-hand side of car under left tail-light for a small silver badging that reads "Police Interceptor" This is embossed in silver with black writing. <--------- You see this KIDDIES get the hell away from that car A.S.A.P
El Duce I believe mentioned a couple posts back that "an undercover was driving a TYPE-R". Fact of the matter is No cop is issued a TYPE-R for "reconaissence work" he may be collecting information such as:
Your license plate
Vehicle description
Your Description
But I belive that they may/may not have arresting authority in such a vehicle. Could be that this person may have been "off-duty" but yet earning a couple more "stripes" by collecting information.
Here is a good tip if YOU SUSPECT THAT YOU ARE BEING WATCHED BY AN UNDERCOVER COP!!!!!!
If you feel that you are being watched lets say at a "drag location" and that guy across the way from you is givin off some "negative vibes" simply walk right up to him/her (Trust me I'll get back on fe-male undercovers in a sec!!!) and simply ask them "ARE YOU AN UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICER ON DUTY!" and I due stress Asking them if they are "ON DUTY" by law they cannot lie to you and say they are not!!!!! If they deny that they are and slap you with a ticket you have your civil right to protest this action!!!!!
FEMALE UNDERCOVER COPS: Lately Kiddies in York Region & Mississauga, the local authorities have been teaming up male/fe-male plain clothes officers to go out to local "race areas" and pretend they are a couple in a relationship when they in actuality are collecting info. This is more of a discreet form of information collection. Let's face it who would suspect a guy and a girl holding hands while leaning against their Camaro!!! 2 unknown older guys set off too many alarms!!!
Last point before I go (it's 2:30 in the am folks so you know....)
Most officers if they go out and pretend to be "racers" and blend into the crowd usually drive a Domestic vehicle. 9 out of 10 officers that are assigned "race duty" will drive A chevy or Ford.
Trust Me Paul Walker in FAST & FURIOUS may have driven an Eclipse but that was Hollywood people, Toronto can't afford big budgets to be throwing away money on Eclipses and Supras ( Nothing against you Eclipse and Supra folks!!!😀 )
Anyhow thats it from me. I'll be leaving some more "info" for you folks when I get a another chance too!!!
Remember kiddies: Stay smart, keep a lo-profile, drag in small packs,
and for God's sake : WATCH YOUR BACKS!!!!!!
Yes you are correct. The Type-R guy must work for the COPS as mentioned giving information.
Spyboy-By any chance would you know how much a new license plate would cost? That way if it's really necessary I might change plates a couple of times. And IF my car was really fast and I were to be rich I would build a mechanical fold down license plate.
I sure miss the old days with the V8's at Martingrove & Hwy 7(Blockbuster plaza). I remember when Crazy Paki(that was the guy nickname who drove an 8 sec silver Mustang) raced a drag bike thinking that the Mustang would difinitely loose, he ended up winning at the 407 hwy. Best race I've ever seen of the many.
Damn Spyboy, you're damn knowledgable on the matter, wow! I've never gone to any street races as I usually just hit the dragstrips w/my buddies in the summer, that's where you see the real crazy cars. 😀 Probably when I get my car and tune it to 10 secs I'll hit the street drags for some fun, but not stupid fun. 😉
hahahaha El Duce fold down license plate, sounds like a James Bond Movie!!!! Regular plates cost about $80 bucks, upwards up to $200 for seven to eight digit personalized plates, and this isn't even including the sticker for the plates!!!!!
I've had a couple people leaving me messages askin if I were a cop or somethin, No I ain't its just over the years people tend to pick up key bits of info that helps them down the road.
Just to add on a couple of things that MR. Constable might not like:
(1) NOS---- commonly known as giggle gas, juice, spray, whateva.
If you are pulled over and have NOS in your ride and the cop wants to be a prick he'll either (A) ask you to disconnect the bottle (so bring your tools just in case!!! (b) get you towed for drivin a vehicle that contains explosive material and isn't in coherence of Ontario's hazardous materials act! (C) Fat ticket upwards of $500 dollars or a 24 hour summons to take the bottle off and report to a police-appointed garage to get it checked that you did actually remove the bottle from the car.
You can't get away with using the excuse that the "bottle" is empty cause they'll ask to see the guage on the NOS botle.
There have been instances where a cop will give you a verbal warning not to be criusin around with it and let you go, but thats like saying " i just found a 100.00 bill stuck to my shoe!!!😉 "
(2) Police officers might draw attention to the array of guages that someone might have installed on their 'A' pillar, (thats the part of the inner frame that runs down the front of the door and connects to the dash and windshield). Albeit they do look cool and give a "race" feel that is certainly the one the first "calling cards" that a police officer will ask you to "pop" or open your hood.
Anybody that has installed lets say an aftermarket Turbo, more or less would install a "BOOST" guage to keep an eye on thangs!! The police officer will run the VIN -vehicle identification number through to make sure what type of vehicle and equipment are really supposed to be on the car. The VIN # for those of you who don't know tells you the particular year/paint code/engine type i.e 4/6/8 cylinder and some other particulars that would take to long to describe. Anyhow for those of you that might or of thinking of doin "engine swaps" lets say to turbo from non-turbo or 4 cylinder to six cylinder you are risking a chance that a cop will actually run the VIN (and not VIN DIESEL hahaha) and come back to you with the bad news that you are fraudulently driving the vehilche under the premise of a "stcok car". Insurance doesn't like it either, so beeeeeee careful.
Finally before I go I had posted earlier about subtle hints of undercover cars to look for, recently if you had a good eye and noticed that all police vehicles around Toronto and the GTA now have 2 circular plates stuck to the back end of the roof give yourselves a GOLD STAR!!!
The police are now equiped with GPS (global positioning system) and InteLink <----thats the way its spelt I ain't drunk hahahaha. InteLink now links up ALLLLLL of Ontario's police forces through a main system so that "The Man on the Beat" has access to all sorts of info whether he is in Sudbury or down in Windsor. So wherever you go BIG brother is watching.!!!!!
Thats it for now kiddies, if ya got any questions just holla back and I'll try to keep the CF peeps informed!!!!!😎
OMG SPYBOY........
THAT'S SOME LONG ASS THREADS, LOL... SH*T!
YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT 'NOS' IT'S NO LONGER LEGAL... THEY GIVE U A TICKET THE MINUTE THEY CATCH U WITH ONE...
ALSO ON ENGINES SUCH AS TYPE R OR H22, THEY ASK FOR A PROOF OF PURCHASE...