Tufte in The Forum

[MisterCMK]

harwood39 wrote:
You know. They shouldnt be able to pull us over for loud exhaust if they dont have a specific db level we cant go over. When shit like this is up to the "cops Disgression", they will hand out tickets left and right to us "speed racers" and non to the muscle cars or trucks. They really need a db limit here if they are goin to do this. Also, this is going to just get worse and they will probably be inspecting our cars for illegal items such as test pipes.

I also think that the police are not educated about the scene very well if at all. I think there needs to be some sort of a meeting with the police and some of the higher tuners(tufte, shane, caleb, and the older guys) to help educate them.

If you think the ticket is bullshit, take it to court and challenge it. Thats what the system is there for. What basis do you have for the claims that police officers are not educated about the scene? They get complaints about people driving like jackasses, and there are a lot of those people, so they have to respond.

[ichibankilla]

All this shit about exhaust, and evertime I'm in west acres and happen by abercrombie & fitch I have to hear and smell the shit coming outta there! Now that's the real crime.

[Joel]

ichibankilla wrote:
All this shit about exhaust, and evertime I'm in west acres and happen by abercrombie & fitch I have to hear and smell the shit coming outta there! Now that's the real crime.
dude, I jam out to abercrombie everytime i'm walking by it in the mall!

[Guest]

You know, one problem we have that is brought on by ourselves is this. We travel in packs. Its not that we have 1 car w/ an exhaust that drives by....we have 30-60 sometimes, I can see how this would get annoying to people

[harwood39]

I honestly dont think the Fargo PD is very informed about the import/tuner scene. To them we are just a bunch of ricers.

[tweak]

harwood39 wrote:
I honestly dont think the Fargo PD is very informed about the import/tuner scene. To them we are just a bunch of ricers.

"speed racers" get it right....damn

and yeah it sux what they're doin to you guys down there, i know up here in minot NO car with a frt can is as loud as some of those trucks, cars don't make me ears hurt when they rev on it next to my open window as im trying to fuggin drive

[Guest]

tweak wrote:
NO car with a frt can is as loud as some of those trucks, cars don't make me ears hurt when they rev on it next to my open window as im trying to fuggin drive

You've never been behind my car apparently. I'm sure Tufte or Nick Thompson will be happy to verify that statement. (my car registered a dB rating of 171.8 @ devils run last year:eek::eek:)

[PSI2HI]

Yeah, Chuck's car takes the cake by far, it's obnoxious.

[Guest]

Yet I don't get hassled except in devils lake....weird.

[integra_gsr98]

We accidentally got stuck behind chuck in the parade, and it was terrible.
Chuck has the worst sounding exhaust of all time.

[PSiedTSi]

tjamz wrote:
You've never been behind my car apparently. I'm sure Tufte or Nick Thompson will be happy to verify that statement. (my car registered a dB rating of 171.8 @ devils run last year:eek::eek:)
chuck i followed you all the way to devils lake and i could hear it over my cars exhaust that echoed in the hatch...it made my ear numb by just following you!!

[Guest]

also know this. The typical "muscle car" guy that is spoken of is not young, he is an older guy. Older guys cause less problems. There are only a few of us that are actually young. We young guys know we do stupid shit. I'd have to complain about the profiling more than anything, I just don't like it. next thing you know, they are going to be kicking people out of the mall for having purple hair and getting thrown in the fountain by their friends. wait that did happen. To me. It is profiling, we all know it. Lets do something about it. there has been a lot of good advice on 3 different threads now. Let's work together, track it, then deal with it.

[cavalier_babe]

isn't profiling supposed to be illegal too? so much for that... and I know I've seen older people drive their muscle cars sometimes hot rodding around, but they won't get in trouble I'm sure, cause they aren't younger.. it's funny how they have to pick on a certain "group" with the exaust

[97lt1]

cavalier_babe wrote:
isn't profiling supposed to be illegal too? so much for that... and I know I've seen older people drive their muscle cars sometimes hot rodding around, but they won't get in trouble I'm sure, cause they aren't younger.. it's funny how they have to pick on a certain "group" with the exaust

You are already assuming the cops are profiling because of the term "speed racer". Before anybody accuses the cops of profiling we should give it time to see who gets pulled over and the circumstances.

Hell another month and most of our cars will put away for the winter.

BTW profiling isn't illegal, the FBI does it all the time.

[darkelvis]

cavalier_babe wrote:
isn't profiling supposed to be illegal too? so much for that... and I know I've seen older people drive their muscle cars sometimes hot rodding around, but they won't get in trouble I'm sure, cause they aren't younger.. it's funny how they have to pick on a certain "group" with the exaust

God, I hate you.

[cavalier_babe]

hmm.. accounting on that you don't know me, you can't hate me....

and that is true, all the tuner's cars will be put away until spring anyway. so really, they prob won't nail too many people

[MisterCMK]

can I hate you?

[MisterCMK]

cavalier_babe wrote:
isn't profiling supposed to be illegal too? so much for that... and I know I've seen older people drive their muscle cars sometimes hot rodding around, but they won't get in trouble I'm sure, cause they aren't younger.. it's funny how they have to pick on a certain "group" with the exaust

They are targeting that group because they are causing the majority of the complaints. Not that hard to figure out.

[slowvo]

cavalier_babe wrote:
hmm.. accounting on that you don't know me, you can't hate me....

I dont know you either, but i can make a sure bet that your not a babe!

[STiSchucky]

If you read todays forum(Sept.27th..opion section, back of metro & state) Mrs. Jack Zelaski, liberal, writes his opinion on noise mufflers. Apparently, it's all about the noise to him. Well he's an idiot. Hes comparing driving down the road at 2am, to a guy taking a set of drums and goin into the middle of the street and flaring away. This guy is such a moron. Somebody should write a lettor to the editors saying "hey, we don't critisize how you spend your money, what kind of car you drive, etc. Sounds like the guy was just an outcast during his high school days, and is jealous that an import scene has grown, and the majority of the import cars are becoming more attractive, influencing then muscle.

But it's likely not an import/muscle issue. He calls a guy that was interviewed last week on a news station a dope, cause he said somethin like he's a country boy and is used to loud trucks, but can't drive a loud truck in the city.

Frankly, I think the Fool-um should just keep their stupid ass editors out of this, stop sucking up to the Police Departments, and let them worry about their jobs. I dont know what a noisy muffler can do to get somebody killed or arrested as opposed to a drug dealer or underaged drinking. This citys so fucked up, and the shitty ass newspaper isn't helping it anyways. Unfortunatley, the fool-um is our only source for a paper, unless you want to pay for a rural edition Minneapolis Star Tribune. OH and 1 last fuck you to Jack Zelaski...faggot.