Well, I must say that here in So-Cal I get nothin but thumbs up from most cops. Mind you, my car is still primered (all black with a clear coat) and it sounds like a Trans Am series race car (literally). I will also say that when I was 18 (1987) I got caught street racing. Towards the end of the race I saw a red light appear in a parked car at the end of the road. I was probably doing close to 130 (68 Dodge Charger highly modified 440, Art Carr 727, 4.56 rear gears). I shut it down, got out, and put my hands on my fenders. The guy I was racing pulled a smoky 180 and tried to run, but the cops had the other exit blocked too. The cop (Los Angeles county Sheriff) was 6'9" muscular (very) black guy. . He says "Nice race, this is your 3rd win in as many weeks". I thought I was dead. He asked if I had any alcohol, drugs, or weapons in the car. I said no. He asked if he could search. I said yes. He ran my license and said "As soon as we arrest your competition we'll send you home with this warning. The gave everyone (a few hundred) that didn't have a warrant, drugs/alcohol, or a weapon a warning. I though that was pretty cool. They could have written thousands of fix it tickets, illegal parking, impounded cars, etc.. Hell, they could have fried my *** for life! I thought they showed A LOT OF RESPECT. Cops deal with the worst of society all day long, so of course they are going to be tentaive (attitude) until they figure out what is going on. Try not having the attitude that they are "all pigs" it might help.
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347 (Coast High short block), 279/284 .493/.510, TFS TW, Stealth, 750, Flowtech hdrs, Dr. Gas X, 2 Chmbr Flowmaster, MSD 6AL-Dist.& SS coil, March serpentine pulley system, Art Carr C-4, Currie 9" w/3.55, alum Drv Shft, susp mods, Total Control subframes & tower braces, Trans Am Racing power dual master, 4 wheel disc
In a 66 coupe
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