Got ticketed.... AGAIN.!
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Got ticketed.... AGAIN.!
In the state of Massachusetts it is illegal to modify any factory exhaust system. I currently have a helix downpipe, testpipe and a HKS hi-power catback. I was stopped by state police about a year ago and recieved a fifty dollar fine for "altered exhaust". Being only a fifty dollar fine i paid it. Then i talk with my insurance agent and i was surcharged. Two points on my license and my insurance went up $280 dollars a year for the next six years! So whatever i forgot about it. Then about a month ago i get stopped again for "altered exhaust" im like WTF! seeing as i knew the outcome I sent in for a appeal. Well this past Wednesday i went to court and explained to the clerk that my car passes state inspection and i dont understand why im being ticketed.. he said most inspection stations dont look to see if the car has a modified exhaust. He gave me a month to put a factory exhaust system on my car and told me to either bring the car to court with the factory exhaust on or take a pic of it on with a reciept from a mechanic and he would drop the 2nd ticket. I have since bought a factory catback but dont want to put it on! anyone else been bothered like this?
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Lmao! yea dude i need to move! right after getting my ticket i was driving on the freeway next to an old F-150 with the stacks coming thru the bed.. i tell my friend, im like dude thats not altered exhaust?! are you kidding me!
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I don't understand why you cannot modify your exhaust if it passes emissions. Not state inspection EMISSIONS! If the state does not care enough to check the exhaust system then chances are it doesn't matter. They absolutely positively cannot use the excuse of noise, because I am tired of hearing Harley's with their nasty v-twins flooring it on the highway. Those things are loud, and not a good loud either.
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In the state of Massachusetts it is illegal to modify any factory exhaust system. I currently have a helix downpipe, testpipe and a HKS hi-power catback. I was stopped by state police about a year ago and recieved a fifty dollar fine for "altered exhaust". Being only a fifty dollar fine i paid it. Then i talk with my insurance agent and i was surcharged. Two points on my license and my insurance went up $280 dollars a year for the next six years! So whatever i forgot about it. Then about a month ago i get stopped again for "altered exhaust" im like WTF! seeing as i knew the outcome I sent in for a appeal. Well this past Wednesday i went to court and explained to the clerk that my car passes state inspection and i dont understand why im being ticketed.. he said most inspection stations dont look to see if the car has a modified exhaust. He gave me a month to put a factory exhaust system on my car and told me to either bring the car to court with the factory exhaust on or take a pic of it on with a reciept from a mechanic and he would drop the 2nd ticket. I have since bought a factory catback but dont want to put it on! anyone else been bothered like this?
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Seriously, how can you be WTF? You live, as suck as it is, in a state where a modified exhaust is ILLEGAL. You decided to take your chances and installed a very loud setup. And seriously....a testpipe??? You're were just asking for it. Try living in California for a while and you'll learn not to be so blatant about it. A little stealth goes a long way.