Ultrasonic blue owners, do you get too much attention?
05-08-10, 01:20 AM
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i don't think USB attracts any more than yellow or red...
there's plenty of blue cars on the road these days. i think all the attention i get is becuz it's an ISF and not a USB. :-) cops do check out my car just like everyone else.
there's plenty of blue cars on the road these days. i think all the attention i get is becuz it's an ISF and not a USB. :-) cops do check out my car just like everyone else.
05-08-10, 05:35 AM
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USB is a beautiful color, if the is350 came in that color id have it, my last vehicle was a tacoma in speedway blue, which is alot lighter of a color. So MRM it was, just because again, to me it is a beautiful color. Now what i really want is a MRM ISF with Alpine interior
eyecatching is the way you drive, not the color you drive, ive learned that with my friends getting tickets in white, grey, black, and beige cars. but im still safe with my red one
eyecatching is the way you drive, not the color you drive, ive learned that with my friends getting tickets in white, grey, black, and beige cars. but im still safe with my red one
05-08-10, 06:41 AM
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Ditto......plus I think the car has an expensive and mature look to it. The F could be bright orange and still would not attract me in a "motor vehicle violation" kind of way.
05-08-10, 07:35 AM
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Lol looking back at what I posted, I was pulled over for the first time in my is-f yesterday. As proof of it not being a high profile car, the cop did not ask me to pop the hood. I was pulled over for speeding too.
My car had no plates yet, but the cop made me pull the dealer sticker off the front windshield so he could get the information off of it.
My car had no plates yet, but the cop made me pull the dealer sticker off the front windshield so he could get the information off of it.
05-08-10, 07:52 AM
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Lol looking back at what I posted, I was pulled over for the first time in my is-f yesterday. As proof of it not being a high profile car, the cop did not ask me to pop the hood. I was pulled over for speeding too.
My car had no plates yet, but the cop made me pull the dealer sticker off the front windshield so he could get the information off of it.
My car had no plates yet, but the cop made me pull the dealer sticker off the front windshield so he could get the information off of it.
05-08-10, 08:46 AM
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I love the color of my F I still get attention more so from the other import crowd or rice burners..lol slowing down or to get a better look and taking pictures. I think the USB is the best color on this vehicle it highlights all the curves well. The other colors just blend it with everyone else. For an OEM color its one of the best worldwide.
05-08-10, 12:38 PM
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That said, i agree with the posts. If you're not breaking the law, then you're not going to get pulled over. Ever since hitting 30, Ive sort of lost any desire to even speed. lol
has anyone noticed the ultrasonic blue's similarity to bayside blue on the R34? Is it a pretty close match?
05-08-10, 05:11 PM
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California makes you pop your hood?!?!!?!?
cop was sitting at the red light as I made a left turn on a green arrow and passed by the front of his car. He turned on the christmas lights and had to make a U-turn on a red light in order to chase me down. I could see him coming so I didn't do any stupid moves. I just went my regular speed until he caught up to me, then I pulled the car over to the side of the road. There was no reason for him to pull me over. I had not committed any moving violation so I do not know why he decided to pull me over.
Without telling me why he pulled me over, he asked me to pop the hood. Btw, the car I was driving was an evo ix. After examining my engine bay, he came back to my driver's side window and asked me if I had a sticker for my intake. I said no, my intake is oem stock. I had to swear to god that it was a stock intake before he would believe me. He then told me my exhaust was illegal. Now, the exhaust I had on my car was called a stealth exhaust, called that way because it was designed to be low key, quiet and stock looking. So I know my exhaust wasn't the reason he pulled me over but he needed an excuse and that seems to be the default answer cops use in cali to tell import owners why they are being stopped.
05-11-10, 08:09 PM
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California makes you pop your hood?!?!!?!?
That's not true. Cops can't/do not make you pop your hood for "no reason." That would be like cops randomly stopping people and making them open their trunks. In your case, there is probably more to it. If you drive an Evo, your intercooler is in view. It would be legal for him to stop you to see if you have ANY aftermarket engine and exhaust parts in your car for the following reasons: majority of cars to not come with FI, adding FI to a car is illegal in CA, most FI kits have an intercooler, the cop is not required to know which cars have OEM FI. The Evo comes with FI, so don't worry. I think there is also a sticker or plate in the engine bay of FI cars that states the car came with FI.
As for him not telling you why he stopped you, he does not have to tell you, but it is unprofessional for him not to state why.
Yup, you don't even have to commit a moving violation to be pulled over. One time I was driving my daughters to their school in the morning on my daily routine.
cop was sitting at the red light as I made a left turn on a green arrow and passed by the front of his car. He turned on the christmas lights and had to make a U-turn on a red light in order to chase me down. I could see him coming so I didn't do any stupid moves. I just went my regular speed until he caught up to me, then I pulled the car over to the side of the road. There was no reason for him to pull me over. I had not committed any moving violation so I do not know why he decided to pull me over.
Without telling me why he pulled me over, he asked me to pop the hood. Btw, the car I was driving was an evo ix. After examining my engine bay, he came back to my driver's side window and asked me if I had a sticker for my intake. I said no, my intake is oem stock. I had to swear to god that it was a stock intake before he would believe me. He then told me my exhaust was illegal. Now, the exhaust I had on my car was called a stealth exhaust, called that way because it was designed to be low key, quiet and stock looking. So I know my exhaust wasn't the reason he pulled me over but he needed an excuse and that seems to be the default answer cops use in cali to tell import owners why they are being stopped.
cop was sitting at the red light as I made a left turn on a green arrow and passed by the front of his car. He turned on the christmas lights and had to make a U-turn on a red light in order to chase me down. I could see him coming so I didn't do any stupid moves. I just went my regular speed until he caught up to me, then I pulled the car over to the side of the road. There was no reason for him to pull me over. I had not committed any moving violation so I do not know why he decided to pull me over.
Without telling me why he pulled me over, he asked me to pop the hood. Btw, the car I was driving was an evo ix. After examining my engine bay, he came back to my driver's side window and asked me if I had a sticker for my intake. I said no, my intake is oem stock. I had to swear to god that it was a stock intake before he would believe me. He then told me my exhaust was illegal. Now, the exhaust I had on my car was called a stealth exhaust, called that way because it was designed to be low key, quiet and stock looking. So I know my exhaust wasn't the reason he pulled me over but he needed an excuse and that seems to be the default answer cops use in cali to tell import owners why they are being stopped.
That's not true. Cops can't/do not make you pop your hood for "no reason." That would be like cops randomly stopping people and making them open their trunks. In your case, there is probably more to it. If you drive an Evo, your intercooler is in view. It would be legal for him to stop you to see if you have ANY aftermarket engine and exhaust parts in your car for the following reasons: majority of cars to not come with FI, adding FI to a car is illegal in CA, most FI kits have an intercooler, the cop is not required to know which cars have OEM FI. The Evo comes with FI, so don't worry. I think there is also a sticker or plate in the engine bay of FI cars that states the car came with FI.
As for him not telling you why he stopped you, he does not have to tell you, but it is unprofessional for him not to state why.