http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/blogs/boostfrenzy/ DSM tech forums for performance enthusiasts. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:09:55 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/blogs/boostfrenzy/ http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/blogs/boostfrenzy/647-california-state-referee-survival-guide-pull-over.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:30:08 GMT Well I am creating this as a guide for those of you that live in California (That beautiful, poor, Nazi bastard state :p). Now I am only giving this to those of you that don't stupidly go flying through the streets and attracting attention that our type of cars don't need any more of. If you DO retarded things such as this, close this browser tab NOW! This isn't a cheat book for your stupidity, it's a rule/guidebook for those that have been picked upon by the local authorities. Now on with the show:

Lets start out with those flashing lights behind you. This is your plan of action:
-Reduce speed.
-Signal that you are attempting to pull off to the curb/median.
-Once the car is at the shoulder, roll down your windows (if not already), turn off the ignition (even the turbo timer) and then replace your hands at the steering wheel.
-Greet the officer NICELY no matter how shitty of a day you are having.
-He will ask for your license and registration and proof of insurance. You BETTER have them on you or you are just asking "Murphy" to kick you in the nads. You will tell the officer what you are going to do. For me, my wallet was in the center console and my registration and proof of insurance was in the glove box. So you would tell them that you are now going to reach into your center console for your wallet and then to the glove box to retrieve the others. Do so slowly and with out sudden movements.
-Now, they are going to run everything to make sure nothing is already in the system.
-Depending on what they find, determines how the next step goes. But I will continue on as if this is your first pull over.
-Now comes the pop the hood part. This is where you will have to either show them your CARB (California Air Resources Board) stickers and get off with an "over the decibel limit" ticket or have them point at all the random shiny stuff and tell them what it does. If you are highly modified, you're screwed and you should just go ahead and jump to the next blog post.
-Now they are going to explain to you what they are writing on the ticket, and if they have half a brain, they will know what they are doing and where to call to setup an appointment in the local area for you. They will assign a court and date for you.
-Now, by the time that date comes due, your ticket SHOULD be in the court system and ready to go for an extension. I personally had to keep tabs on when the ticket entered the system. They have up to one year to enter it. You can pray all you want, but it will be processed.

That is all for the pull over. A lot of things can very on what is said and asked. Just be as nice as you can be for the moment and don't act like you know the car inside and out. Knowing the car like that means you've been through it all already.

Flip to: "California State Referee Survival Guide: Off to see the Ref" for further instructions. ]]> BoostFrenzy http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/blogs/boostfrenzy/647-california-state-referee-survival-guide-pull-over.html http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/blogs/boostfrenzy/394-playing-waiting-game.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:41:11 GMT Well, like the title says, I am waiting. On what you ask? A turbo. Simple right? Apparently not. For you see, I purchased a turbo from a very well known vendor and I was told that it might take a little bit. So I said, "You know what, that's fine. I have to straighten up a few things anyway before that comes into play so a little wait will be fine. Now the reasoning behind the wait, was that PTE was out of the CHRA for the turbo I ordered. So that means they had both the comp housing and the exhaust housing, just not the center section. Cool, shouldn't take too long. Yeah...still waiting. Possibly because I ordered something that wasn't advertised for specs. I wanted the T04SP cover instead of the regular T04E cover. But even still, it shouldn't take this long to make one from a well know, mass production facility.

To give you a better idea, I ordered this unit on 08/28. At about the 3 week mark, I emailed the sales department of the vendor asking for an update. Like as if they had heard from PTE about the situation on the CHRA's for the turbos. I have yet to receive an email back.

I'm a little miffed about the whole situation because I am ready to bolt this sucker in and hook it all up and start tuning it and I have been for some time. And, because their web page says that the units can be shipped in 4-7 days. AND because I paid them about $1,500 for all the stuff I ordered and I got billed for it some time ago just nothing has been sent.

Since I ordered it, my battery has drained because I expected it to come "any day now" almost everyday after I buttoned everything else up. Coolant has leaked out from the return line on my current turbo (original problem with the unit) turning my parking space a nice shade of green. The back of my car has become a storage bin for my spare and needed parts and tools. And my car has gotten a new dust coat for the winter that I don't find the least bit fashionable.

So I wait for either an email telling me something I need to know, or for a nice big heavy box to show up one day. What day? Who the **** knows :mad:. ]]> BoostFrenzy http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/blogs/boostfrenzy/394-playing-waiting-game.html