Matt : The policeman didn't pull you over. It might be coincidence that he was behind you. Perhaps you should spend the money for a new muffler and not be stressed. When driving in the USA I have the caps off my dumps. I've been stopped for speeding twice and headlight covers once. They never charged me and said have a good day , I like your truck was their comment.
Jim, 91 Dak 318 LA
> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:00:54 -0700
> From: mailinglists@moparhowto.com
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: Unplanned Exhaust Modification
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> They don't have to see it... they just have to think it's too loud to be
> stock, or think it's too "shiny" to be stock, and if you can't prove
> it's "factory exhaust" they'll hold you to it. Even a "factory
> replacement" exhaust is illegal.
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> So, in WA, any old lady coming out of a muffler shop after having her
> rusted out muffler replaced on her Buick with anything but a muffler
> with the same part number from the dealership as was OEM, is technically
> illegal and can be fined. The fine doubles for every successive ticket.
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> Yes, it's ridiculous, and it amounts to giving the police a license to
> write blank checks, and I don't see how the state's muffler shops
> operate under it... but that's how it is.
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> Of course, vehicles over 25 years old are specifically excluded... so
> someone driving through town in a 1969 Mustang with open headers will
> technically be legal.
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> MattB
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> On 07/24/2010 06:18 PM, David Gersic wrote:
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>> On Saturday 24 July 2010 13:05:30 you wrote:
>>> It is now technically illegal in WA to have ANY modifications to your
>>> exhaust. A police officer in a bad mood can technically pull you over
>>> because your exhaust looks shiny and aftermarket and is therefore
>>> illegal in WA, and give you a $75 ticket for an "illegal muffler
>>> modification".
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>> If a cop can see the muffler on your truck, you've got *way* too big a lift
>> kit installed.
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