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when is it police harrassment?
ok,i will start by saying my car is loud - it is straight piped from the turbo back. no cats etc...and like most Camaros louder at first start up. but after that it idles pretty quiet and if you keep the revs below 2k isn't very loud...so here is my story..
I leave the gym a few months ago, start the car and pull away. I am still in the parking lot (doing about 15mph) and I am lit up as I am about to park on the other side of the lot to go into a store (cops often sit in the lot for some reason). he comes up with a very snotty attitude and remarks about trying to make as much noise as possible...too which I am confused and replied that I was driving slow and going to park (meanwhile 3 more cop cars show up). he enquires repeatedly if I am running race fuel ( I am not) - like 4x he asked me. asked me who built the car, where the shop was etc...finally says to keep it down and lets me go. he had a HUGE attitude the whole time...meanwhile I was hands on the wheel, yes sir, no sir etc.
last night, I am leaving same place. I am following a loud mustang out of the parking lot, he goes one way me the other. I start to drive, and I am not speeding, widows down, relaxed. I see a set of lights about 3 lengths back in the other lane keeping my pace (suv lights). I keep doing my thing, he follows me about a mile and waits for me to get to the intersection. as I pull away (my car is louder then obviously) he lights me up (still wasn't speeding)...I am like wtf!? windows down, car off, hands on the wheel..then I hear the voice "I am sick and tired of hearing this car, we are going to do something about those mufflers"...I look up and its the same f&*kin cop! I cant believe it...then I realize he seen my car and waited for me, didn't follow the mustang...nope, ME! and waited for me to accelerate even a little to light me up.
he has the same attitude too...asks me if my windows are tinted...I replied yes, he asked how dark (but they aren't very dark - I think 70 - you can see me), he looked at the (missing) front plate. started asking me about my job (teacher in his city) - all the while with this attitude. tells me my car is obnoxious. takes my info and goes back to write - what I assume is a list of tickets. comes back a min later says he doesn't have time to do all this now but if he hears my car again he is sending me to a ref....
obviously this guy has a hard on for me...I have passed countless police in my car over the years, no one has pulled me over for sound. ive been pulled for other reasons, restarted the car with them behind me - and still no mention of sound...I don't know how to deal with this guy!
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