im abit fed up tbh
one of the main reasons i sold my old VTS was because i were fed up of the constant police attention/bother/ first name terms with traffic cops.
i drive sensible pretty much all the time because if i lose my license i lose my job, house, etc etc. but i am honestly fed up of getting pulled etc because im in a modified car.
it w\s the same with my old saxo so i got rid and bought something sensible (GTTDI GOLF) and driving about in the golf with it being a diesel i never had any bother with the law at all.
the same i my work van too, i never get any bother at all.
now as some of you knoe we also have an immaculate mk1 VTR thats 13 years old with subtle mods, nothing silly that the MRS uses now and again. i mean this car gets driven 2 or 3 times a month.
for some reason on the rare occasions that i drive it (its the MRS car but im insured on it, its taxed MOT'd etc fully legit) i get pulled over!!!!!
it got that bad at one point in my old car that i were getting pulled over 4 or 5 times a week so i took action against west yorkshire police and after that they were no longer allowed to pull me over without a valid reason like speeding or bald tires.
that was about 2 years ago, now i took the mrs car out the other week because it had been sat in the cold weather for ages and not been run. i took it to the garage to put some fuel in it, only to get pulled by the law blabbing on about speeding. the funny thing were i was doing 15 to 20 mile an hour in a 30 zone because of built up traffic so it was aload of rubbish, they were either just bored or heard the loud exhaust and thought they would waste my time.
the next time the car moved was about 3 weeks later when tonight i took it to pick amy up from tescos after she had finished work. i scraped all the ice off it and tootled down the road to pick her up (she had a crate with her and some cat food) we loaded the car up and set off.
i drove down the road and round the 1 way system and back up to our house and pulled up in our parking spot outside our house.
i was met by a copper on quad bike who again gave me attitude and started accusing me of speeding. i laughed and said "are you winding me up?"
he replied with "you were speeding round that one way system, on the duel carriage way section you were doing about 40 / 50 mph"
my response "i were doing 40 officer yes, its a 40 mph road"
his response "take this as a warning"
my resonse "a warning for doing the speed limit?"
his response "you were speeding now take this as a warning "
my response "happy christmas officer"
the funny thing if i had drove in the van and done the exact same thing i know that he wouldnt even thought about pulling me over.
things like this make me think twice about getting another car to modify, it brings back all the memories and hassle i used to have before and i really dont want it again.
i really want another car but is all the hassle really worth it anymore with coppers increasing to clamp down on modified cars?
one of the main reasons i sold my old VTS was because i were fed up of the constant police attention/bother/ first name terms with traffic cops.
i drive sensible pretty much all the time because if i lose my license i lose my job, house, etc etc. but i am honestly fed up of getting pulled etc because im in a modified car.
it w\s the same with my old saxo so i got rid and bought something sensible (GTTDI GOLF) and driving about in the golf with it being a diesel i never had any bother with the law at all.
the same i my work van too, i never get any bother at all.
now as some of you knoe we also have an immaculate mk1 VTR thats 13 years old with subtle mods, nothing silly that the MRS uses now and again. i mean this car gets driven 2 or 3 times a month.
for some reason on the rare occasions that i drive it (its the MRS car but im insured on it, its taxed MOT'd etc fully legit) i get pulled over!!!!!
it got that bad at one point in my old car that i were getting pulled over 4 or 5 times a week so i took action against west yorkshire police and after that they were no longer allowed to pull me over without a valid reason like speeding or bald tires.
that was about 2 years ago, now i took the mrs car out the other week because it had been sat in the cold weather for ages and not been run. i took it to the garage to put some fuel in it, only to get pulled by the law blabbing on about speeding. the funny thing were i was doing 15 to 20 mile an hour in a 30 zone because of built up traffic so it was aload of rubbish, they were either just bored or heard the loud exhaust and thought they would waste my time.
the next time the car moved was about 3 weeks later when tonight i took it to pick amy up from tescos after she had finished work. i scraped all the ice off it and tootled down the road to pick her up (she had a crate with her and some cat food) we loaded the car up and set off.
i drove down the road and round the 1 way system and back up to our house and pulled up in our parking spot outside our house.
i was met by a copper on quad bike who again gave me attitude and started accusing me of speeding. i laughed and said "are you winding me up?"
he replied with "you were speeding round that one way system, on the duel carriage way section you were doing about 40 / 50 mph"
my response "i were doing 40 officer yes, its a 40 mph road"
his response "take this as a warning"
my resonse "a warning for doing the speed limit?"
his response "you were speeding now take this as a warning "
my response "happy christmas officer"
the funny thing if i had drove in the van and done the exact same thing i know that he wouldnt even thought about pulling me over.
things like this make me think twice about getting another car to modify, it brings back all the memories and hassle i used to have before and i really dont want it again.
i really want another car but is all the hassle really worth it anymore with coppers increasing to clamp down on modified cars?
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