TheHolyLancer

So I was wondering, do the cops in norcal (in the bay area) like to pull over evos and try and ding me on anything?

I just got the car and was wondering if I need to drill holes (gulp) or just not bother with the front plate.

If they like to pull over people with the stock exhaust (from what I heard in other threads on here), or to look for illegal mods I would want to keep the front plates on so they don't ding me all the time...

Dave W.

Don't give them a reason to pull you over. Drive like a normal, sane person. Keep the exterior mods low key. I recently worked on a nice, clean X with carbon highlights that looked very tasteful. Anything ricey will get the wrong kind of attention.

TheHolyLancer

fair enough, i don't plan on exterior mods, or anything crazier than a basic ecu remap (get it to 320 maybe) with no new parts.

Anonymouse

Things that will get you pulled over in California:
- Have a loud car. It's okay if it's a V8 though.
- Have dark skin.
- Have a wing on your car.

yifuqiao

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Haha, yes. Speaking of V8, we used to have a big car meet in LA, and cops think we were gathering illegally( not sure what term that was, but it was like you have to ask for permission from city ). The cops came and they went to directly to our mustangs and srt Viper, said it was such nice car. Didnot even look at other imports at all.
They were friendly though, said they could give us 5 mins to take pictures and dismiss. I felt liek if we didnot have those domestic cars on the lot, they might have given us a hard time.
That said, how are you guys driving?
I never got any attentions from cops. I just drive 5 mph above the speed limit all the time, and never got pulled over during evo ownership.

kiddsm95

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I just moved to the BA a month ago and have all of those...

I better just park the Evo and drive the minivan.

Anonymouse

I drive like an old lady most of the time because I'm only ever driving in rush hour traffic. Last time I took my car over 100mph or heard any noise from my tires was at my last track day a few months ago.

Where exactly do you live? I used to live in a predominantly white area so I'd get pulled over in my own neighborhood a few times because I looked suspicious and whatever car I was driving was somehow reported stolen in the neighborhood. Once I was pulled over while heading out for some late night Jack in the Box and then got pulled over again about to pull onto my own street. Now I live in a place with a higher crime rate and a lot of the cops have the same skin tone as me so I'm safe.

kiddsm95

iTrader: (1)

Right now we are still living in corporate housing in down town SJ. Apparently the housing scene here is a competitive market.

After 2.5 months of searching we finally found a house in down in Gilroy, and are currently under contract.

You're not "safe" if the crime rate is higher...

I have always lived in white neighborhoods and prefer to keep it that way.

kiddsm95

iTrader: (1)

Bumped into a fellow Evo X on the 101 NB around Morgan Hill this morning.

Looked like a silver MR, black wheels. Anyone on here?

Funny 2 X's run into each other in traffic. We're pretty rare around here.

GRR

I am in MH; WW evo X MR, not stock...

Only seen a few evo's in town, lots of Subies

I believe the silver with blk wheels and a blk 9 that looks nice out off Dunne.

Hope to see you around.......