rice rockets @ the state surplus soon?

steve remchak · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:09 pm

i only caught the backside of the story, but apparently several fast-n-furious types had their cars confiscated recently.

i saw a civic and what appeared to be a 240sx. JDM rules yohe. :lol:

MarcusMcRae · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:08 pm

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modification of vehicles for the purpose of speeding

Hrrmmm.

http://wral.com/news/local/story/3050897/

Wes Eargle · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:47 am **Posts:** 3683

MarcusMcRae wrote:

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modification of vehicles for the purpose of speeding

Hrrmmm.

http://wral.com/news/local/story/3050897/

Heh, time to pop over to horsepowerjunkies.com and listen to them whining about the "man".

Edit -- the street racing video took about two minutes to find.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVG2nvY2htg

Edit 2 -- moar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGdSDQdvf-k

steve remchak · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:11 pm

Wes Eargle wrote:

MarcusMcRae wrote:

Quote:

modification of vehicles for the purpose of speeding

Hrrmmm.

http://wral.com/news/local/story/3050897/

Heh, time to pop over to horsepowerjunkies.com and listen to them whining about the "man".

Edit -- the street racing video took about two minutes to find.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVG2nvY2htg

Edit 2 -- moar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGdSDQdvf-k

the leaders of tomorrow on tape today. real intellectuals i'd say. :roll:

Matt McGrain · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:41 am

MarcusMcRae wrote:

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modification of vehicles for the purpose of speeding

Hrrmmm.

http://wral.com/news/local/story/3050897/

Is it me or do all those mug shots look like terrorists? :wink:

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

Wes Eargle wrote:

Edit -- the street racing video took about two minutes to find.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVG2nvY2htg

Edit 2 -- moar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGdSDQdvf-k

As the people who are as old as Art McDonald like to say when they get together to map out the future of the civilized world --- that is a special kind of stupid. Especially the part about posting the evidence on the Internet, where I'm sure the authorities never look.

However, it wasn't a total waste. I'm fascinated by the idea of a Mustang with front brakes that actually work

RodneyWright · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:35 pm

MarcusMcRae wrote:

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modification of vehicles for the purpose of speeding

Hrrmmm.

http://wral.com/news/local/story/3050897/

That caught your eye too? Hell, that makes everyone of us suspect!! :shock:

oh, wait, we just mod cars for handling, so we're ok! That's differn't than speeding

Michael Westerfield · **Posted:** Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:05 am

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Phillip Lee Arnold, Joshua Sanne, Jhohan Suriel and Javier Mercado face more than 40 charges, including careless and reckless driving, speeding, prearranged racing, modification of vehicles for the purpose of speeding and driving without an operator's license.

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The most serious charge, prearranged racing, carried a three-year license suspension and seizure of vehicle.

uhhh...

Jason Mauldin · **Posted:** Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:09 am

So how legit is "modification of vehicles for the purpose of speeding".

Looking around, I can't find a reference to this law anywhere. I found a reference to where the the car had to be returned to stock before being sold by the state/county, but no reference to it being illegal to modify a car.

RodneyWright · **Posted:** Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:58 pm

Jason Mauldin wrote:

So how legit is "modification of vehicles for the purpose of speeding".

Looking around, I can't find a reference to this law anywhere. I found a reference to where the the car had to be returned to stock before being sold by the state/county, but no reference to it being illegal to modify a car.

As far as returning a car to stock, I don't think that's correct. Having watched for years at the cars for the drug seizure sales, all are sold as is, mods and all. It would cost the state money to return to stock, so they just take and sale and let buyer beware.

George Bright · **Posted:** Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:36 pm

I cannot find the link at the moment but I remember reading that state surplus cars are not garanteed to be road legal. They are sold as is. However something you buy from a car dealer is supposed to pass state inspection. My instructor in state inspection class forced the car lot who sold him a Chebby pick up to put the emissions equipment back on the vehicle. It seems the car dealer could loose his dealer's lisence for selling vehicles that do not pass inspection. Also the dealer was the inspection station and could have his inspection liscense suspended for 90 days for passing the truck.

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