RE: scirocco-L-digest V1 #1954

["Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>]

I've lived in Indiana all my life - over the last several years we have had
quite a few Camaros in use by the ISP.  I've seen plenty of people pulled
over by them; never had a problem myself.  Before that, they had a bunch of
unmarked Mustangs running around.  I actually saw a black Grand Prix with
someone pulled over in Terrible Haute in '95.

I understand that when BMW built their plant in NC, they gave the state
police there five M5s.  You won't get away from them.

Aaron
'87 528e
'82 Scirocco
'70 Beetle
'82 GPz550


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Brian Dettling
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 6:16 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Cc: Ted rdrdr4
> Subject: Re: scirocco-L-digest V1 #1954
>
>
> RE:  Entrapment/Stupid Cop Tricks
>
> The big problem is that once you have been stopped/issued a
> citation is
> kinda a moot point about legality, unless you've got lots of
> time/money/quixotic bent.  Indiana has unmarked police cars; brother
> found out the hard way driving my silver 87 16V on turnpike.
> Was going
> about 5-10 over limit in left lane, trying it pass a family sedan in
> right lane.  F body (camaro/trans am) comes up fast and
> hugged his bumper.
> Brother speeds up to complete pass, cop pulls us over and issue big
> ticket and gleefully describes how he knew we had radar
> detector.  Unless
> I had AAA card, we would have been SOL and had to go to local/joke
> courthouse.  As it was, had business appt. that I had to drive
> aggressively through Chicago rush hour to make.  Unmarked car=bad IMO.
>
> Only good thing about Ohio highway laws is that completely
> unmarked are
> illegal for traffic stops without some kind of flashing
> light.  But some
> municipalities that gather disproportionate share of their
> revenue from
> traffic tickets (NOT ensuring safety-if you are resident-you
> may get off
> with warning) skirt that with Mustang with small interior
> blue lights.
> AND, P. Bureau note on your Texas odyssey that contrary to
> Duane yeagley's
> Columbus area, Ohio cops do NOT have to have lights on after dark,
> although it would seem common sense SAFETY requirement.
>
> While on govt rant, if you can keep multiple autos without
> hassle count
> yourself lucky.  Ohio requires insurance or big hassle
> paperwork on all
> autos, even RVs that never move.  They enforce partly through
> nice big
> brother move of private contractor who sends out letters to 20% of
> vehicles/year to prove insurance.
>
> RE:  Quaiffe/Group Buy
>
> Not to discourage group buy, but AutoTech has 20% off now through
> December something.  Might be wash on price.
>
> RE:  Will these springs be OK thread?
>
> I'm too lazy to do this, but maybe an anology to the VW
> transmission spec
> page might be warranted here.  If you can accurately measure the wire
> diameter, you can calculate spring rate change (it diam**4).  Given #
> coils, and coil diameter, you can estimate spring rate.
> Then given the autos weight distribution and spring mount position,
> determine if the spring is what you seek.
> The formula is readily available, I can at least post this.
> Then, after
> consulting this reference, you may not need to query list?
>
>  -- Brian D./OH
> How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere
> at all...
> Firesign Theatre
>
> q
>
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