This is bullshit

by **67rce** » April 21st, 2008, 7:33 am

My XR8 got impounded on Friday night, and now in complete bullshit, i cant pick it up until a "mechanical" has been done by the cops, so im gunna get my car back after 5-6 days on a 48hr impound covered with defects, what should i do?

by **Malakai** » April 21st, 2008, 7:37 am

You need some legal advise my friend, don't cheap out. It's already going to cost you for the impound fees.

Your car is largely stock isn't it? I mean nothing that is illegally modified and such? What's the worst they could have a go at you about? A busted bush or something...

by **smokin ef** » April 21st, 2008, 7:38 am

pray that they dont **** you 2 hard...
let us know how ya go mate

by **67rce** » April 21st, 2008, 7:43 am

89AIT wrote:You need some legal advise my friend, don't cheap out. It's already going to cost you for the impound fees.

Your car is largely stock isn't it? I mean nothing that is illegally modified and such? What's the worst they could have a go at you about? A busted bush or something...

Some dickhead put an exposed pod on it, but that and the 3" zorst are the only non standard things IMO, i just dont know what im gunna do about getting 2 work and shit

by **Commando** » April 21st, 2008, 7:53 am

Taxi + keep receipts? If you win in court, get the cops to cover all your costs

I've never heard of a "mechanical" checkup... Seems like they want to make an example out of you for no good reason. Got a copy of the QLD road rules with regards to what this "mechanical" checkup is?

by **93edxr6** » April 21st, 2008, 7:57 am

mate my car got inpounded and at the time had no door trims on it. was to low. to loud. stockies on rear (rims where on a mates car i swear) pod filter.. soooo u mite get out of it easery then u think

by **Commando** » April 21st, 2008, 7:58 am

^^^ not following your logic there sunshine

by **67rce** » April 21st, 2008, 8:08 am

its gunna be like this ()(=)() (==== (if ya dont get it, its a wide open asshole)

by **93edxr6** » April 21st, 2008, 8:26 am

my car was inpound right............... at the time all them things where wrong with it got it back with out any fines ect just had to pay to get it out that was it...

by **Eb Barbie** » April 21st, 2008, 8:32 am

Spewin, as Dave said you should check the laws/road rules, they might be twisting your arm a bit there.

by **slo_sprint** » April 21st, 2008, 12:18 pm

That farken sucks man, some cops need to pull their head out of their ass. They may be just trying to make you sweat a little and as been said make a bit of an example out of you.

As has been said the car is nearly stock anyway so you shouldn't have alot to worry about but if you need an airbox to replace the pod to pass or whatever let me know and i'll hook ya up with one.

by **Dansedgli** » April 21st, 2008, 12:21 pm

picsofskids?

by **67rce** » April 21st, 2008, 1:01 pm

there was no skid, thats what im pissed off about, if i skidded it then fair enough, it was just a stab in 1st gear to 30k's

by **oneredED** » April 21st, 2008, 1:08 pm

67rce wrote:there was no skid, thats what im pissed off about, if i skidded it then fair enough, it was just a stab in 1st gear to 30k's

Oh that's fuckin' horseshit then. *shakes head in disbelief* :shock:

Good luck with it all

by **67rce** » April 21st, 2008, 9:00 pm

slo_sprint wrote:That farken sucks man, some cops need to pull their head out of their ass. They may be just trying to make you sweat a little and as been said make a bit of an example out of you.

As has been said the car is nearly stock anyway so you shouldn't have alot to worry about but if you need an airbox to replace the pod to pass or whatever let me know and i'll hook ya up with one.

Sweet, Cheers man

Eb Barbie wrote:Spewin, as Dave said you should check the laws/road rules, they might be twisting your arm a bit there.

Yea, got someone doin that now, although my car may be impounded for like 2-3 weeks.... cnuts

so much for 48 motherfvckin hours

by **G3R3N** » April 21st, 2008, 9:09 pm

Bad news mate, sorry to hear that.
I hope all turns out well for ya

by **Commando** » April 21st, 2008, 9:15 pm

I fkn hope you don't have to cover the 14-21 days of impound fees! :shock:

by **67rce** » April 21st, 2008, 9:21 pm

Commando wrote:I fkn hope you don't have to cover the 14-21 days of impound fees!

$33 a day AFTER the pigs release it, so i'll be there 5 mins after that

by **Commando** » April 21st, 2008, 9:25 pm

ahh, well there's one less reason to touch your toes without bending your knees then

by **Rollin** » April 21st, 2008, 9:27 pm

Ring a fecking lawyer FFS! Clearly this shit just got serious, so instead of asking people on teh innernetz what they think, go ask someone that knows the bloody law!

Look in the yellow pages, there are a lot of lawyers that specialise in this type of thing. I think a consultation is only like $80 and you will at least get an idea of how hard you are going to get fisted, or if you can stick it to the man big time.

by **67rce** » April 21st, 2008, 9:29 pm

Rollin wrote:Ring a fecking lawyer FFS! Clearly this shit just got serious, so instead of asking people on teh innernetz what they think, go ask someone that knows the bloody law!

Look in the yellow pages, there are a lot of lawyers that specialise in this type of thing. I think a consultation is only like $80 and you will at least get an idea of how hard you are going to get fisted, or if you can stick it to the man big time.

Lawyers have been consulted, also asking for other peoples opinions, thats already organised Dan

by **AaronEF8** » April 21st, 2008, 10:12 pm

My opinion is that the hoon laws are shit.

Will that get you out of court?

by **makvaiielles_xr6** » April 21st, 2008, 10:23 pm

hey i like the hoon laws....

seriosly if your spinnen wheels and get cought its your fault... but for what they are sticking you for is bullsh!t.. do you have a mob there called slater and gordon (they are a no win no pay policy) it might be safe to get a 2nd opinion... ohh for what its worth, good luck brother

by **Stengord** » April 21st, 2008, 10:24 pm

The mechanical sounds BS

But as said, they might be making an example
After your laywers appointment, ring today tonight!

by **EL XR8** » April 21st, 2008, 10:37 pm

Geez, and i thought QLD wasnt too bad on modified cars and crusing around.
After blocking off the BWCP and now stories like this, VIC doesn't sound bad to me now!

Good luck anyway. Hope it gets out in the next few days, and its all good!

by **Steady** » April 21st, 2008, 10:46 pm

makvaiielles_xr6 wrote:hey i like the hoon laws.... seriosly if your spinnen wheels and get cought its your fault... but for what they are sticking you for is bullsh!t.. do you have a mob there called slater and gordon (they are a no win no pay policy) it might be safe to get a 2nd opinion... ohh for what its worth, good luck brother

Slater & Gordon are a Melbourne based firm.
I'd think the average E-Series owner may just struggle to procure their services.
They'll happily work for you on a no win - no pay policy, as long as the case is high profile enough.

by **Bipolar** » April 21st, 2008, 10:47 pm

Could be part of an operation. Might have to be extra careful for a couple of months

by **EL XR8** » April 21st, 2008, 11:05 pm

Steady the MARTYR! wrote:
makvaiielles_xr6 wrote:hey i like the hoon laws.... seriosly if your spinnen wheels and get cought its your fault... but for what they are sticking you for is bullsh!t.. do you have a mob there called slater and gordon (they are a no win no pay policy) it might be safe to get a 2nd opinion... ohh for what its worth, good luck brother

Slater & Gordon are a Melbourne based firm.
I'd think the average E-Series owner may just struggle to procure their services.
They'll happily work for you on a no win - no pay policy, as long as the case is high profile enough.

...and they'll obviously only take it on if they know they'll win the case. Otherwise its out the door.

by **67rce** » April 22nd, 2008, 3:19 pm

got my car back early, Defect Count 0 thank ****

by **holmsy** » April 22nd, 2008, 4:40 pm

couple days. so much for few weeks.
how much ya pay in fines?

by **67rce** » April 22nd, 2008, 5:13 pm

holmsy wrote:couple days. so much for few weeks.
how much ya pay in fines?

I was told a few weeks, find out what the fines are on May 12

by **Malakai** » April 22nd, 2008, 5:17 pm

Good to hear Brett. What's the details of the story?

by **Commando** » April 22nd, 2008, 5:17 pm

I'll bet they're hoping you don't document/keep record of all the events that have gone down so that by May 12 you've forgotten a lot of what's happened. Then "hey presto!", you've got a heap of trumped up crap attached to your fine.

by **67rce** » April 22nd, 2008, 6:40 pm

yep i reckon your right dave, thats why i have written everything down

by **Malakai** » April 22nd, 2008, 10:23 pm

Since there were two impoundments (OED666 and 67rce) in one week and OED's thread has gone way off topic because of it I thought I would get you all to continue the discussion in this thread.

Does anyone know the details of the rumored new laws that may have come in to effect in our carefree little corner of the country? Does anyone have any inside info or some links to any info that they can share?

by **Amon** » April 22nd, 2008, 10:58 pm

Thats so shit... hope everything gets sorted out ok....

by **slo_sprint** » April 22nd, 2008, 11:08 pm

Yeah i dunno what the go is, up until OED's car got impounded i hadn't heard of anyone getting there car impounded nor did i realise that they were even able to do it.

by **huggiebear** » April 23rd, 2008, 7:49 am

if i get time today ill find the laws from the queensland DOT site...

by **OED666** » April 23rd, 2008, 8:23 am

farken shtknts.. there's probably more wrong with my car then Bretts car...

by **holmsy** » April 27th, 2008, 8:00 pm

should all move to darwin.
my brother just came home for a bit today.
he talks to the cops a bit cause he flys them around.
was saying darwin cops have 1 portable speed camera. 5 fixed cameras but only 1 operational.
no booze bus. and hardly ever do brethos

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