[F3XX]

Today I got a modified exhaust ticket and was wondering if this has happened to anyone else with the G8X platform?

[beachBmmr]

Originally Posted by F3XX

Today I got a modified exhaust ticket and was wondering if this has happened to anyone else with the G8X platform?

Uh..where? Were you doing something else and got this as a consolation prize?

[6speed_M2]

I've seen this happen to a few guys with the F80 & MPE

[M240iGuy]

They are really cracking down in Cali from what I heard. Wouldn't be surprised if more people start getting those.

[barryc365]

How do you get a modified exhaust ticket on a 'stock G80'?

Is the car not actually stock? I'm confused

[F3XX]

Ya a lot of cops are just looking for modified cars and giving those tickets out. They are mostly at places like the canyons we have in Los Angeles.

Car is completely stock
I just have to go to the court house.

[barryc365]

That's outrageous. Were you driving fast or how did you get their attention?

[Vic55]

Originally Posted by F3XX

Ya a lot of cops are just looking for modified cars and giving those tickets out. They are mostly at places like the canyons we have in Los Angeles.

Car is completely stock
I just have to go to the court house.

Yep, gotta go face the referee and show him its OEM- pathetic shit in CA

[F3XX]

Originally Posted by barryc365

That's outrageous. Were you driving fast or how did you get their attention?

Nope driving 40 in a 45 and in 4th gear
Cop asked me to rev I revved up to 2k rpm and he said it's too loud.

[F3XX]

Originally Posted by Vic55

Yep, gotta go face the referee and show him its OEM- pathetic shit in CA

Ya everyday seems to be getting worse, also this office had pulled over a friend last month and told him even if the exhaust is stock I will still give a ticket.
Which blows my mind

[ROBERT1183]

Just another reason why I would never even consider moving to California.

[barryc365]

Originally Posted by F3XX

Nope driving 40 in a 45 and in 4th gear
Cop asked me to rev I revved up to 2k rpm and he said it's too loud.

Did he even have a decibel meter or this was just in his opinion?

Total disgrace that you have to waste your time dealing with this nonsense!

[Vic55]

Originally Posted by F3XX

Ya everyday seems to be getting worse, also this office had pulled over a friend last month and told him even if the exhaust is stock I will still give a ticket.
Which blows my mind

Fucking Posturing at its finest.

Sounds like this exact officer (I know so many that are so good) has a hard on for exhausts.

[KevinGS]

Many of us are going to become "victims by association". Having just came from a large car event this past weekend (400+ cars), and 95% of the cars (from Hondas & Hyundais to BMWs & Supras) had loud, aftermarket exhausts or modifications, it's just annoying now. Loud farts & burbles, coupled with disturbing pops & bangs (as loud as gunshots) and more. I can't imagine living anywhere near the owners of these cars, as hearing them leaving in the morning, or coming home late at night would simply be tiring, to say the least.

I like a good exhaust sound too, but we've gone too far. We, meaning car enthusiasts. And we didn't regulate ourselves, we let it get out of hand, so now, many jurisdictions (not just Cali) are working on noise pollution laws to start to control a situation that I also believe has spiraled out of control. Many of these exhausts are just too loud, because many don't have valve controls...and the cold starts are the worst.

Thus, this was bound to happen. Many of these cars rolling through neighborhoods or in a city (where the noise bangs off buildings), it's just too much...sometimes it's deafening. And certainly it scares some young children and babies, or the elderly.

Again, I like an aggressive sound, but there's a time and a place. And there is such a thing as too loud, for neighborhoods or city streets. They are truly "disturbing the peace".

Should new stock G8Xs get exhaust tickets? Of course not. Randomly putting tickets in cars that look like they may be loud because of the size of the exhaust tips is silly too. But now that we've let the police get involved because we couldn't control ourselves, we get what we get.

[Griz]

Something stupid happened.

Look at state where it happened.

Case closed.

[mattssi]

Love Cali, don't like crap though.

[///M ARMY]

downpipes...stock exhaust....way to go now..

[Soylent]

Originally Posted by F3XX

Ya a lot of cops are just looking for modified cars and giving those tickets out. They are mostly at places like the canyons we have in Los Angeles.

Car is completely stock
I just have to go to the court house.

One of the first things they look for, especially on the Cen Cal coast, is no front license plate.

[SickGTR]

Originally Posted by ROBERT1183

Just another reason why I would never even consider moving to California.

WAY more other shit they should be worried about out there!! Instead, they are breaking balls. Typical

[2len]

Sue the police department for slander.
To compensate the gas and time spent dealing with it.
California is taking it too far.

Though those exhaustless cars are annoying AF!

[translux]

This brings up a question that I don't understand.
Why do the ridiculously loud Harleys especially the ones with that have that also have the deafening stereos-usually playing skynyrd - get a pass?

[bri1042]

I'd hope you're going to make an issue of this with the cop's supervisors while you fight the ticket. If your car is stock, it's CA-certified for sale and use as is and this is an instance of a cop overstepping his authority. If he is being this petty on something this small, there's probably other issues with this individual.