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I was pulled over on the way home from the Ford show yesterday driving the Audi. I was not speeding despite what the asshole cop said. I was in the center lane going 65. I see the cop from probably a mile away so I was even checking my speed. People are blowing by me in the left lane going at least 10 over. Some dumbass asian girl didn't see the cop until she was right on the cop and then slammed on her brakes so I was sure she was going to get tagged. We drive by and the cop pulls me over. I start arguing with him because I know he's full of •••• about me speeding. He said he got me with the laser way back there and won't tell me how fast I was going because if he did that he would write it down on a ticket. He said he got me with his laser like it was some special high tech device. Anyway I know he pulled me over because of the tint so he checks the windows (19%) and comes back with a warning for speeding and a $130 ticket for tint. God I hate MN cops. I hope that dbag was hit by a bus on the way home. I'm sure his family would be much better off.
 
Redlineracer12 said:
That sucks. I have been through similar crap before. How was the show?
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Same as usual. About 99% mustangs and a few other randoms. I was thinking about putting the Cougar in there but I need to get a new idle sensor and I really didn't want to stay at the show very long. The car was stalled on me a few times Friday so I didn't want to worry about it driving out there. One black 3L SVT (Fat_Guy_Performance) was out there as well but I didn't really get a chance to talk to him.
 
Going to call an eye doctor to get a prescription for my window tint. MN law states that you can have a prescription for window tint. I do have a history of light sensitivity / headaches noted at the eye doctor. Then I'll go to court and see how they like that. $130 ticket is BS.
 
Blackcoog said:
Going to call an eye doctor to get a prescription for my window tint. MN law states that you can have a prescription for window tint. I do have a history of light sensitivity / headaches noted at the eye doctor. Then I'll go to court and see how they like that. $130 ticket is BS.
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I need to do that. My eyes are pretty sensitive to light, headlights at night are pretty rough for me.
 
i've had:

4 window tint tickets (two after removing front window tints)
1 exhaust ticket
1 unnecessary accelleration ticket (car spun hard in the rain, woops 1st gear)
1 no insurance ticket (this one was dropped. i had proof, cop "couldnt read it")
1 illegal pass ticket (5 feet before it turned into a passing zone, guy was going 15 in a 30, cop agreed he was being a prick)
1 following too close ticket (yeah, i do that.)
1 Warning: loud exhaust, window tint (26%)
15: speeding tickets

oh and in wisconsin i got a ticket for my license being expired on the weekend of my 25th bday. like the DMV was open for me to renew it.

so are you still whining blackcoog? lol!
 
I've had:

-3 tint tickets (for 1 a cop pulled me over in the carpool lane to give me a tint ticket while 5-10 non-carpoolers were zipping by and I was carpooling..., another I had legal tint but reading came in at 43% so the cop wanted to be a dick, and my recent S4 ticket)
-1 no front plate ticket (mother••••er ticketed me at school while I was parked)
-1 reckless driving ticket (off duty cop in a redneck truck tailgated me because he thought the car was stolen and started following me so I freaked out and tried to get away, ticket was dismissed in court)
-2 or 3 minor speeding tickets (5-10 over like everybody drives...)
-1 ticket for a license plate cover

You're screwed too but I'm still whining. :p
 
I've gotten 2 tint tickets on the Contour - pulled over for speeding both times, always leave with a tint ticket... lol - I'll roll with that :p

Other then that, I've gotten 2 speeding tickets, neither are on my record anymore.

Installed my new clutch and high flow cat this weekend - so nice to be driving my car again... I was down for damn near a month! I happened to borrow my girlfriends new car Saturday and of course hit a deer in it, my first time - figured it was raining. Little to no damage, but I think a new bumper is going to be needed.

I'm going to finally get one of my spare fronts painted and possibly the entire car sprayed if the price is right. I also installed some hiem joint sway links as both had to be cut off when I was removing the transmission...
 
I'd be pissed at a $170 tint ticket, but then I'd take it off or get a prescription. You gotta know it's illegal, right? I mean seriously, I'm not trying to be a dick, but I had 30% on mine, got pulled over. $70 ticket from a state trooper who pulled me over in a line of cars going 55 down a highway!! Got pulled over in my town by a cop because she said she couldn't make out my face or how many people were in the car as I was picking my wife up from school (teacher). That was within a week.
Next day, tint was off. Illegal, and not worth the hassle. Don't get me wrong, I'm pursuing some avenues to see if I can get it back, but illegal is illegal, right? :)
Now if Iowa would get rid of the front plate and let you have at least 30% tint, I'd be a happy camper.
Erick --
 
i had 5% on the rear 3 windows of my sable (bought it that way). loved the look but got pulled over got a warning and this was not long after one of my rear windows was busted out so i was rolling with cling tint on the side windows. i pulled the cling stuff of that day and went to work on the rear window (which is huge btw) took me like a week to get all the tint and glue off i hate taking tint off. but now that it is running again i am thinking of putting some new tint on (legal though :( )
 
I bought the car tinted that way from AZ late last year. I even had a gift certificate to get it removed in the car when I was pulled over. Cop was a dick though so he didn't care. I actually had the tint taken off yesterday. I never put tint on that is illegal I always end up getting a car out of state that has it on it. If I pay to have tint installed it's always been 50%.
 
I think the rears came up around 19% as well before I removed it. Getting all that glue off....what a pain! LOL I just don't get why, SUV's and Trucks can have tint as dark as they want...but cars are screwed over like that.
 
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