Grand Am Off Topic Thread

['97ventureowner]

Originally Posted by Gir-_-

plate covers are legal here

they look especially nice... I like the clear and tinted covers... gives the car a 'clean' look,

Yeah, until they've been on the vehicle for a few years and the sun's UV rays has discolored them and made them opaque, and they start to crack. That's when the owners should swap them out for new ones. I think that is just one reason why many states have outlawed them in that it makes the license plate(s) unreadable.

[Vipey1337]

Originally Posted by Gir-_-

the law thinks other wise of his actions , im sure he'll learn QUICK lol

all it takes is a notice to campus police too if you have em.

Campus police drive sick cars... custom painted black Dodge Chargers with those battering rams on the front. They look mean and scary, you'd be stupid to try to run from them. Not that the GTR would have any issues getting away from them, but yeah... i think he did get pulled over once. stupid biotch

[xeroinfinity]

Originally Posted by '97ventureowner

The city cops got a couple of these devices a couple years ago by a grant to purchase them. They used them to hunt down expired registrations, stolen vehicles and such. Now practically every town in the area has at least one of these outfitted on a cop car. The news did a report on these awhile back and I was amazed at the speed these devices work. From what the report said, the cop downloads the latest updates from the DMV on plate numbers to watch for, then he goes on his rounds . As he drives down the road the camera picks up and reads all the plates in the vicinity of where he/she is. The rate at which the computer takes the scanned image of the plate and compares it to the databases from the DMV and other local/state/national police dept to determine if itis on any of them and then alert the cop is really something to marvel at. They showed the cop driving down the road and once in awhile you'd hear the thing beep alerting the cop to a vehicle in the database.
Some cops get bored and troll parking lots looking for vehicles to ticket, and our city recently started cracking down on those with large numbers of parking tickets and unpaid fines. In the city, the info on those vehicles that have a high number of parking tickets and fines is also in the system. As the cop is going down the road they are alerted to these vehicles that are in the system, and then call for this van which comes and puts a boot on the vehicle until the owner pays the outstanding fines.Within the first year they raised about 2 million dollars in parking violation fines being paid by this new system, calling it a great success.

Yeah Tom I saw something on TV one evening about those cameras that search plate numbers. I was amazed at how quick it picked them out while moving. We dont have front plates here so thats one advantange.

Though I thought the law stated they couldnt run your plate # just to see who you were, harasament issues. But they still do run them when ever they'd like. I just try not to break any laws and pay tickets asap.

Originally Posted by Vipey1337

I'm totally excited for winter. Can't wait to see how my Subaru handles it

Damn that sucks about your SE XI You seriously need to swing that thing by Purdue when it isn't being run into so I can race and lose

BTW... there's a BMW M6 and a Nissan GTR on campus. Don't go playing with the GTR, the kid (yes like an 18 year old kid... daddy's got some money) is suicidal. Drives like 60 on 30 mph roads and almost hits pedestrians multiple times a day. The automotive club HATES him because he's reckless.

you say that now, you just wait!
Probly in a couple months we'll have 2ft of snow on the roads.
Yeah if it wasnt for bad luck, Id have none at all.

Are you possitive that GTR is real a Nissan GTR and not a clone ? Dont tease me man !
Not very many in the US are legal to drive on the streets, mostly race cars(off road).

I was on the west side of Lafayett at the record store earlier this week. But I was in my Sonoma, though it'll spin the tires.

I may be down that way tuesday or wednesday next week, if not then definatly on the weekend!
My B day is the 18th, so my new GF is taking me out to dinner sometime in the next week.

Btw Vipey how's the water doing at PU ?
I heard it was a little high on lead, that's no good.

enjoy your weekend everyone !

[grfnkl]

Sorry to hear about the SE, Xi! That sucks and after all that work you just put into it and after you just fixed the front end from that minor wreck like a year or 2 ago that you had.

['97ventureowner]

Originally Posted by xeroinfinity

Though I thought the law stated they couldnt run your plate # just to see who you were, harasament issues. But they still do run them when ever they'd like. I just try not to break any laws and pay tickets asap.

I'm not aware of any laws like that here in NY.The police agencies could claim they are using this technology for public safety ( and to enhance revenues ) They use these cameras to search the plate numbers, matching them against any wants or warrants for the registered owners. They also look for scofflaws who have a lot of parking tickets and those that have suspended licenses , or registrations. The info they download everyday has the updated list of stolen plate #s as well and I'm not sure but I wonder if it can tell when a license plate does not match the vehicle it is supposed to be on, ( i.e a newly stolen plate or one not yet reported.) The speed at which it compares the numbers to the DMV data is amazing and there is a great potential at making some serious revenue here.

[xeroinfinity]

Originally Posted by grfnkl

Sorry to hear about the SE, Xi! That sucks and after all that work you just put into it and after you just fixed the front end from that minor wreck like a year or 2 ago that you had.

yeah lifes a bitch !
Its all back together now, though its probley staying in the garage the rest of the winter.

Yeah Tom , I think those devices also look for expired plates. People do the dumbist shit these days.....

[doctorhrdware]

Some places use it for finding people that are behind in there taxes also.

[Vipey1337]

http://www.milzymotorsports.com/miva...Code=MMS3400RB

OH BABY. I WANTS. Does this come with everything that would be in the stage 2 package or whatever? If so, god help me I might have to get it... provided I find a way to make the transmission SURVIVE...

OH GOD ITS PRETTY.

[xeroinfinity]

yeah that is nice, and quite custom the way it sounds. It looks like a good replacement too if you blow your engine like many do.

Glad its Friday !


ps - fuk taxes !

pss - i built an HD antanii this week for nothing and it works better then my $100 one outside.

[Vipey1337]

cricket cricket... 10 days without posting? let's go guys!!!

[doctorhrdware]

cricket is just as bad as watching golf or bowling.

[Gir-_-]

ive been around nothing to post tho really... cept some really good electro/disco I came across from 1984 hahaha

[Vipey1337]

Originally Posted by Gir-_-

ive been around nothing to post tho really... cept some really good electro/disco I came across from 1984 hahaha

You and I weren't even ALIVE in 1984 lol

So yeah XI, it is a GTR on campus... and I saw him driving like a dick again today. I want to brake check him so bad. He's going to get someone killed

Getting so close to snow... can't wait! I heard though that if you have a hydraulic steering pump you can blow it out if you do donuts too long... problem is if I don't turn of traction stability control on my Legacy it wont let me do donuts very easily lol.

I'm so tempted to get that STage 2 package for my GA... with that and headers you get almost a 100hp gain I wish I could afford it, and I wish I felt confident my transmission could hold up for more than a couple months LOL

kk meeting out at the airport, this might be the topic of my Master's directed project, so this is a big deal... wish me luck!

['97ventureowner]

Originally Posted by Gir-_-

ive been around nothing to post tho really... cept some really good electro/disco I came across from 1984 hahaha

1984?!? That's the year I graduated from high school and just attended my 25th reunion this past August : Ah the music back then What were the groups?

[Vipey1337]

Originally Posted by '97ventureowner

1984?!? That's the year I graduated from high school and just attended my 25th reunion this past August : Ah the music back then What were the groups?

Thanks for making me feel young again

I'm a graduate student and I feel old because almost everyone I see are undergrads... I just go to a store and pick up beer and everyone is like "OMG UR 21 LOLOLOL?!?!"

So yeah... back to work :/