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Old Apr 20, 2007, 07:41 PM
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too much attention = car4sale?

just curious if anyone here has sold their car due to TOO MUCH attention? 90% of the cops love to find an excuse to pull me over and i cant leave the house without some ******* wanting to start something. or the countless stares from everyone else.

its getting rediculous...
Old Apr 20, 2007, 08:42 PM
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where are you exactly?
i'm in Valley Village.....5 min form Burbank.

i get stares from cops.....and there are plenty of riced out civics in the valley that rev on me.
but u know, lately kids in 350z's and g35's are trying to mess with me.
cops do give me dirty stares, but NOTHING like in hollywood (i moved out of there 6 months ago). i got pulled over in hollywood every 2 weeks.
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send your ride my way...
Old Apr 20, 2007, 10:25 PM
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Perhaps it's because you can't drive 55?

We've got an influx of underaged kids in overpowered cars around here so I get a lot of kids ****ing with me on the streets.
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I have been pulled over 2 times in 2 years in LA in my Evo. Both times I was speeding, both times they gave me a warning. I have never had a problem and it always strikes me as odd when people do. Oh, and I have no front plate either.
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I've never been pulled over in my Evo (knock on wood), but I do get people revving at me in cars of all sorts (most random was an old school rabbit). It's annoying, but if you don't do anything wrong, you'll be fine.
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Just don't give them a reason to even pull you over. People always try to race me, but I never do because it isn't worth it in California. They actually sell your car or impound it for 30 days. I believe its $200 per day in the impound.
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Welcome to the Evo world
Old Apr 21, 2007, 09:06 AM
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mines worse, i get pulled over everytime i leave the city because they think i stole it. asian guy in an evo
Old Apr 21, 2007, 09:14 AM
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I have only gotten pulled over once and I was speeding and I knew it. Besides that I got no attention until I put my Volks on and now everytime I come out the house some one is trying to race me or rev on me.

I don't drive it that much, but in GA most cops don't even look at me when I do. I have actually been seeing a lot more older people in Mustangs and such getting pulled over more. I am only 22, but don't look it, but again I don't give reasons to be pulled over.

Bottomline, I wouldn't sell my car because of it.
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Annoying getting revved at, staired at, and people you dont know coming up to you all the time. Cops have yet to bother me, knock on wood.

I agree with you totally. Just bought a stock hood, came with a CF one. Planning to get the rexpeed wing and looking into getting my intercooler painted black. Hope it will help.
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Forgot to add in my earlier post, this is the reason I now have a low wing. I hated the negative attention associated with the stock one. I feel like it has def. helped a lot.
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SOlutions:

1) De-wing
2) Shave all badges/emblems
3) spray IC black
4) paint car flat black
5) black wheels
6) put resonators/muffler back on the car
7) baby seat
8) baby on board sticker
9) friend of police sticker
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Originally Posted by 4-BNGR
SOlutions:

1) De-wing
2) Shave all badges/emblems
3) spray IC black
4) paint car flat black
5) black wheels
6) put resonators/muffler back on the car
7) baby seat
8) baby on board sticker
9) friend of police sticker
I'd rather sell the car.

I got alot of attention in my MR including tickets for having a modified exhaust (100% stock), but it came with the territory of owning such a raw car so I didn't mind that much.

SUCK IT UP
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I actually heve to say that contrary to popular belief i really haven't gotten messed with by the cops since i got the evo. I think because it's white. I had a yellow 02 oz lancer before the evo and in the time i owned it probably had close to 40 tickect for everyting u can imagine. I do have to say i am a bit more mature now (24 comrape to 20 back then) as far as the stares i love em, specialy from girls. "Keep wishing u were me" das what i really want to say to people that stare


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