Re: some cops just appreciate a nice-sounding truck

From: Jarod \ (jester1@linkline.com)
Date: Tue Sep 19 2000 - 02:29:07 EDT


So your saying if i drill a few holes on the top of my muffler (where no one
can see them) it improves the smog rating on yer truck???

/me thinks evil thoughts about a 360 crate in his southern california bound
truck

-Jarod
----- Original Message -----
From: <bernd@texas.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 5:30 AM
Subject: Re: DML: some cops just appreciate a nice-sounding truck

> Emissions have nothing to do with the muffler. They honestly could care
less
> what's after the cat. The only time they get concerned is is the muffler
has
> too many holes in it to get a good "Sniffer" reading. Yup, we actually
failed
> vehicles for faulty mufflers (not emissions related either) because we
couldn't
> get a good reading from all the holes in them. (BAR-90 Days)
>
>
> - Bernd
>
> > I can't believe it. I think my chances of getting a ticket have gone
down
> > since i got a nice-sounding exhaust. I got merely a verbal warning last
> > winter for going 87 in a 55 on an ice-covered highway. Think that's
> > incredible? Just a few minutes ago I flew down Main St. going 60+ in a
35
> > zone... the cool part being I kept it under 3k and wasted everyone else
from
> > the light. Well, apparently there was a County watching me the whole
time.
> > Amazingly enough, he watched me slam 2nd gear for a nice powerslide onto
the
> > sidestreet right at the corner where there is a chevy dealer (open body
shop
> > doors echo my engine routinely), then gurgling down till i make the turn
> > into the parking lot behind where i work. I didn't see him until he
pulls up
> > coming the other direction around the building. I talked to him as i was
> > walking toward the building and after letting me know how fast i should
have
> > been going, he began to ask about my truck! So, i didn't really even get
a
> > verbal warning... he let it go at the standard cop tone that says "i
wish i
> > wasn't a cop and could just b.s. for a while, but i'm gonna go now." I
feel
> > for the guys that have to watch emissions--what that cop was hearing was
my
> > dump right after the cat (no muffler).
> >
> > Stunned,
> >
> > Sean Bruckman
> >
> >
>
>
>



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