Guest 56Mainline Guests Posted 11/11/03 08:27 PM Share Posted 11/11/03 08:27 PM Picture this:XR6T pulled over by h/way patrol, officer looks over vehicle, points out the non-standard upgraded front brakes, and asks "You got an engineers certificate for those? And I don't see them mentioned on your rego papers?"XR6T driver walks around to front of BA Falcon police car, squats in front of the wheels & points to the brakes, "I see that you're runing on DBA slotted rotors, mmm, nice. You got an engineers certificate for them?"Silence......more silence & glaring stares....30 minutes later....XR6T drives away from curve complete with yellow defect sticker on winscreen, defects for brake system, no centre muffler, vehicle lowered/clearance to less than 100mm, etc, etc....Bugger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwnaXR6T Member 1,519 Member For: 22y 2m 17d Location: Sydney Australia Posted 24/11/03 04:01 AM Author Share Posted 24/11/03 04:01 AM I hope that a cop in a XR police car would be a ford lover and be lenient on us Ford drivers and let us off for mods that are sensible such as upgraded brakes.Or on the other hand this cop in the xr could be a full Expensive Daewoo lover and being pissed off with the fact that he is driving a XR and loving it wants to punish all ford owners by throwing the book at them.Im hoping for the 1st one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geea Site protagonist Lifetime Members 4,320 Member For: 21y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: At the lights, waiting for you. Posted 24/11/03 06:08 AM Share Posted 24/11/03 06:08 AM XR6T drives away from curve complete with yellow defect sticker on winscreen, defects for brake system, no centre muffler, vehicle lowered/clearance to less than 100mm, etc, etc....Bugger! :banghead: that's just bad. A little common sense on behalf of the police would have been nice. It's bloody stupid penalizing someone for upgrading their brakes. The rest of the mods (exhaust and lowering), fair enough, but upgraded brakes should be rewarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumpen Poison Fish. Poison Fish. TASTY FISH!!! Donating Members 5,181 Member For: 21y 11m Gender: Male Location: The Bogan Shire Posted 24/11/03 07:33 AM Share Posted 24/11/03 07:33 AM Oh you made your car safer?So it can stop better?Like say when you see a Revenue Camera stuck on the side of a steep hill, which means you can hit the picks, slow down under the limit and not get booked?BAD MAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 22y 15d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 24/11/03 09:12 PM Share Posted 24/11/03 09:12 PM I am currently in the middle of getting ALL the mods on my T (including the brakes) engineered. Not a cheap exercise, costing me $550, and a fair bit of time on the dragstrip performing braking tests. But I am sure it will be all worth it in the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwnaXR6T Member 1,519 Member For: 22y 2m 17d Location: Sydney Australia Posted 25/11/03 04:19 AM Author Share Posted 25/11/03 04:19 AM hey geea, I think 56mainline was using his story as a hyperthetical. but I agree brake upgrades should be rewarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geea Site protagonist Lifetime Members 4,320 Member For: 21y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: At the lights, waiting for you. Posted 25/11/03 04:28 PM Share Posted 25/11/03 04:28 PM hey geea, I think 56mainline was using his story as a hyperthetical. but I agree brake upgrades should be rewarded. I better get of my high horse and relax then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwnaXR6T Member 1,519 Member For: 22y 2m 17d Location: Sydney Australia Posted 25/11/03 11:00 PM Author Share Posted 25/11/03 11:00 PM I am currently in the middle of getting ALL the mods on my T (including the brakes) engineered. Not a cheap exercise, costing me $550, and a fair bit of time on the dragstrip performing braking tests. But I am sure it will be all worth it in the end! who are you insured by? have they jacked your insurance up at all for the mods you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 22y 15d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 25/11/03 11:15 PM Share Posted 25/11/03 11:15 PM I am currently in the middle of getting ALL the mods on my T (including the brakes) engineered. Not a cheap exercise, costing me $550, and a fair bit of time on the dragstrip performing braking tests. But I am sure it will be all worth it in the end!who are you insured by? have they jacked your insurance up at all for the mods you have? Funny you should ask! I got my renewal yesterday from NRMA ( :o ), my insurance has gone up by $110, but the agreed value has increased, more than what I had it insured for originally! When I first got the car, the agreed was $52600, now it is $53444! I would have thought the agreed value decreases each year. When I notified NRMA about my mods, they said the wheels and brakes are fine, as long as they are legal and fully engineered. that's what they said...... good thing I recorded the phone call! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwnaXR6T Member 1,519 Member For: 22y 2m 17d Location: Sydney Australia Posted 26/11/03 02:03 AM Author Share Posted 26/11/03 02:03 AM ha weird, why sell it when you need to, just leave it in redfern somewhere. a week later hey what do ya know $53444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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