Skooby Donating Members 398 Member For: 18y 7m 18d Location: Phillip Island Posted 18/12/06 03:29 PM Share Posted 18/12/06 03:29 PM Thanks for all the replies guys, ill see how it goes in the next month or so and if im getting pulled over more than usual ill definitely consider buying a herrod grill, or spraying the intercooler black. As for KS's question its an XR6T, not a phoon, but im a little confused as my intercooler is stock but chrome? The guy that I bought it off had done nothing visually or mechanically to the car whatsoever. Ive always been a Expensive Daewoo guy so the finer details with fords are a bit blurry... BT if you see an XR6T around the Berwick or cheltenham area with the number plates PURVIE that will be meeee!←Don't spend all your money on a Herrod grille. Themeshman on eBay sells them for $65 + postage (he's also a member here apparently). I got quoted $275 from Ford just for the lower grille from a Typhoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INPURSUIT Fastest Taxi In Melbourne Donating Members 701 Member For: 18y 9m 26d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/12/06 07:07 AM Share Posted 21/12/06 07:07 AM ive got an xr6 N/A and I only got my licence in august this year. since august this year ive been pulled over at least 8 times, maybe more. almost everytime ive been pulled over it has been just a routine check, as they see the p plates and me being a male driver. everytime they pull me over, they check my rear tires for tread and they always ask for me to open the bonnet to show them whats under there. whether it be a turbo or non turbo your still going to get some attention from the cops, no matter what type of driving style you have. take it easy and dont do anything stupid behind the wheel and youll be right,I might see ya around cheltenham area sometime or on nepean. anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dans XR6 Turbo Member 204 Member For: 18y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 22/12/06 10:46 AM Share Posted 22/12/06 10:46 AM At least when you get pulled over ya pulling over in style. Lets face it...its a game....you be stupid and your silly enough to get caught then shutup and pay the penalty. If you have a license you should know the rules. It gives me the Shi$s when someone says bloody highway patrol got me speeding...well derr. If you do the crime you either pay the fine or do the time. Its not rocket science. There are times when you can be silly (when there's no chance of you killing anyone except yourself) and a time not to be silly (when someone innocent can get hurt or killed). I agree with the statement we are no more targeted than any other car. I suppose Im lucky in the sense I find myself being flashed by police cars rather than being pulled over as it is an ex highway patrol car. If you want to test your T out take it to your local track or a road miles away from inhabitants and let loose. But if your going to be silly and get caught don't go whinging you were hard done buy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley Scott www.australianflag.org.au Donating Members 6,763 Member For: 19y 5m 20d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 22/12/06 10:50 AM Share Posted 22/12/06 10:50 AM (edited) Mate if everyone thought like that, then the authorities could do as they please. Sometimes Sedition/desention can be productive. Can you honestly tell me you are satisfied with the maximum allowable speed limit on the vast majority of roads today?Scotty Edited 22/12/06 10:51 AM by Kimberley Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iconic Bionic My engine bay is Bionic Donating Members 3,726 Member For: 18y 9m 17d Gender: Male Location: Freeways Posted 22/12/06 11:02 AM Share Posted 22/12/06 11:02 AM At least when you get pulled over ya pulling over in style. Lets face it...its a game....you be stupid and your silly enough to get caught then shutup and pay the penalty. If you have a license you should know the rules. It gives me the Shi$s when someone says bloody highway patrol got me speeding...well derr. If you do the crime you either pay the fine or do the time. Its not rocket science. There are times when you can be silly (when there's no chance of you killing anyone except yourself) and a time not to be silly (when someone innocent can get hurt or killed). I agree with the statement we are no more targeted than any other car. I suppose Im lucky in the sense I find myself being flashed by police cars rather than being pulled over as it is an ex highway patrol car. If you want to test your T out take it to your local track or a road miles away from inhabitants and let loose. But if your going to be silly and get caught don't go whinging you were hard done buy. ←Why are you flashed as opposed to being pulled over because your car is an ex-highway patrol car. Your car is obviously not registered as a police car anymore and may have some older characteristics that it was a police car one day, but it is no more. I dont see how you would be flashed or treated any different.I think you are more inclined to be targeted and stopped far more often that a p-plater driving a T. Police are inherintly curious ppl and prefer to stop and talk to drivers not merely flash them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBomb3000 Donating Members 875 Member For: 19y 1m 16d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 22/12/06 11:14 AM Share Posted 22/12/06 11:14 AM At least when you get pulled over ya pulling over in style. Lets face it...its a game....you be stupid and your silly enough to get caught then shutup and pay the penalty. If you have a license you should know the rules. It gives me the Shi$s when someone says bloody highway patrol got me speeding...well derr. If you do the crime you either pay the fine or do the time. Its not rocket science. There are times when you can be silly (when there's no chance of you killing anyone except yourself) and a time not to be silly (when someone innocent can get hurt or killed). I agree with the statement we are no more targeted than any other car. I suppose Im lucky in the sense I find myself being flashed by police cars rather than being pulled over as it is an ex highway patrol car. If you want to test your T out take it to your local track or a road miles away from inhabitants and let loose. But if your going to be silly and get caught don't go whinging you were hard done buy. ←Yeah I'm sure the cops flash all the white XR6T's just in case it was that ex chaser they used to drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dans XR6 Turbo Member 204 Member For: 18y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 22/12/06 12:18 PM Share Posted 22/12/06 12:18 PM At least when you get pulled over ya pulling over in style. Lets face it...its a game....you be stupid and your silly enough to get caught then shutup and pay the penalty. If you have a license you should know the rules. It gives me the Shi$s when someone says bloody highway patrol got me speeding...well derr. If you do the crime you either pay the fine or do the time. Its not rocket science. There are times when you can be silly (when there's no chance of you killing anyone except yourself) and a time not to be silly (when someone innocent can get hurt or killed). I agree with the statement we are no more targeted than any other car. I suppose Im lucky in the sense I find myself being flashed by police cars rather than being pulled over as it is an ex highway patrol car. If you want to test your T out take it to your local track or a road miles away from inhabitants and let loose. But if your going to be silly and get caught don't go whinging you were hard done buy. ←Why are you flashed as opposed to being pulled over because your car is an ex-highway patrol car. Your car is obviously not registered as a police car anymore and may have some older characteristics that it was a police car one day, but it is no more. I dont see how you would be flashed or treated any different.I think you are more inclined to be targeted and stopped far more often that a p-plater driving a T. Police are inherintly curious ppl and prefer to stop and talk to drivers not merely flash them.← I don't need the obvious stated. I am just saying how it is. I DO NOT GET PULLED OVER, never had since I have had this car. I DO GET FLASHED, quite abit from my local 3 LAC's. Whether its because they think Im someone Im not (with 17 years security experience including Specific Anti-Terrorism training I think if I wanted to be a cop I would be one by now, if I dont want to be one why in the hell would I want to impersonate one?) or whatever other reason (with the amount of kids graduating the police academy that should not have graduated year 10 its a scary thought) I am not treated any different and that is my point. If I'm an idiot and get caught I am not going to run home crying poor me poor me, police harrassment, and all the other bullsh@@ that comes out of peoples mouths when they are caught breaking the law. I'll give credit where credit is due when it comes to P-Platers, there are SOME good drivers out there but unfortunately the MAJORITY need to be re-educated and realize they are not bullet proof, nor is the family or person they kill as a result of them being stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dans XR6 Turbo Member 204 Member For: 18y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 22/12/06 12:28 PM Share Posted 22/12/06 12:28 PM At least when you get pulled over ya pulling over in style. Lets face it...its a game....you be stupid and your silly enough to get caught then shutup and pay the penalty. If you have a license you should know the rules. It gives me the Shi$s when someone says bloody highway patrol got me speeding...well derr. If you do the crime you either pay the fine or do the time. Its not rocket science. There are times when you can be silly (when there's no chance of you killing anyone except yourself) and a time not to be silly (when someone innocent can get hurt or killed). I agree with the statement we are no more targeted than any other car. I suppose Im lucky in the sense I find myself being flashed by police cars rather than being pulled over as it is an ex highway patrol car. If you want to test your T out take it to your local track or a road miles away from inhabitants and let loose. But if your going to be silly and get caught don't go whinging you were hard done buy. ←Yeah I'm sure the cops flash all the white XR6T's just in case it was that ex chaser they used to drive ← Yeh I dont know. But they do quite often. I've even got to the stage where they flash me, I wave and they wave back. I did buy the car from a local dealer. It was an albury highway patrol car but certain things give me a sneaking suspiscion it was used up around here for a while before they handed it in. In a certain light you can still see the unit number up the passenger side door. The boys dont detail them too well when they get rid of them. Still have the police sticker on the windscreen showing what the police recommended tyre pressures should be. The main reason I bought it wasn't because it was a "Cop Car" it was that it was a country cop car so chances of being thrashed on city streets was next to zero, it was ran in on open country roads. It was a seargants car (even less chance of anything major), I knew the cops regularly serviced their vehicles. But the main decider is the price I got it for. I haven't often walked out of a car yard with a car insured for $10,000 more than what I paid for it all with 45000kms on the clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xhxrsix Member 174 Member For: 18y 1m 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 22/12/06 12:32 PM Share Posted 22/12/06 12:32 PM whats the story with insurance and an xr6t? I thourght that if it was a car you cant drive on your Ps then you wouldnt be covered by insurance in a crash? also does anyone no what the fine is for driving a high powered vehicle in vic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YPURV4 KILL,KILL,KILL,DIE,DIE,DIE, Member 2,813 Member For: 18y 8m 2d Gender: Male Posted 22/12/06 12:43 PM Share Posted 22/12/06 12:43 PM If I'm an idiot and get caught I am not going to run home crying poor me poor me, police harrassment, and all the other bullsh@@ that comes out of peoples mouths when they are caught breaking the law. I'll give credit where credit is due when it comes to P-Platers, there are SOME good drivers out there but unfortunately the MAJORITY need to be re-educated and realize they are not bullet proof, nor is the family or person they kill as a result of them being stupid.←Ok what if your just driving down the road minding your own business, then bang see the flash pull over "high officer what seems to be the problem" "just a routien check sir"'next thing you know full defect for things that arnt even true.Some. some police will pick on P platers and that's fact not all p plater's are trouble and yes some ask for it but there are also people that get done for no reason.So there can be a dergee of ''police harrassment'' with P plater's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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