Eastern Members - Is altered exhaust a surcharge in Mass?

Need to know if I should just pay the fine or if I need to get it taken care of. I dont care about the $50 but dont need a surcharge!!:engarde:

dude, what happened?????

had a cop behind me and he wanted to be a dink! I wasnt even going fast. It wasnt like I was racing the engine or anything! GRRR...

it is. you get surcharged for pretty much any offense they can write on a ticket. ive gotten tickets for tinted tail light shades in my old car, as well as no front plate. and of course an altered exhaust. all of them were surchargable offenses

i could of sworn if it isnt a moving violation there isnt a surcharge

I believe it is a surcharge...I didn't know that expired stickers were either but they are.

Was this in Peabody? Guess I need to avoid that. Was it late at night or anything or during the day?

Ive been through peabody, its reletivly quiet but who knows.

But a LM even be it a ver. 2 with no cats. I wouldnt expect anything less. What saves my ass in the Corsa is that I put high flow cats on it. From a stop its MAYBE 2-3 Db louder then stock and I can short shift to keep it there :D

Ive been through peabody, its reletivly quiet but who knows.

But a LM even be it a ver. 2 with no cats. I wouldnt expect anything less. What saves my ass in the Corsa is that I put high flow cats on it. From a stop its MAYBE 2-3 Db louder then stock and I can short shift to keep it there :D

yup my car is very loud without cats. Sometimes I wish I could short shift when i drove it that way :)

Anything except parking tickets seems to be a surcharge here! I got a surcharge for an expired inspection sticker one year! :bang:

Appeal it and ask for the DB readings from the officer, he wont be able to provide it!!!

i could of sworn if it isnt a moving violation there isnt a surcharge

thats what i used to think too, i found out i was wrong the hard way, lol.

like tracer said, pretty much everything except a parking ticket will be surcharged

damn. No it didnt happen in peabody! It was in Malden about 6 blocks from my house. I know a couple cops from here so I can get it taken care of, but dont like to ask if its not surchargable you know. I could always fight it, and most likely win, but you never know. I just beat a speeding ticket 2 weeks ago. Cop lost his copy of my citation so I won that one. Oh well lifes a bitch!!!

exhaust is not a surchargable event, neither is tint.....inspection stickers are because it is a "safety" issue, i have dealt with all three of these and am positive that it is not...like someone said though, appeal it and ask for a db reading which im sure he didnt take and bring proof that the exhaust is 50 state legal, i think slp provides that with the purchase

So according to Mass. motor vehicle laws, "altered exhaust" is just another way of saying "exhaust that is too loud"?? Or are you worse than "the land of fruits and nuts" :jest: (Cali) and a cop can ticket you for ANY aftermarket, otherwise 50 state legal, catback system, no matter HOW quiet?? (Think SLP dual/dual here) :confused:

Yup been there man. A altered exhaust is a surchargeable offense. Like they said ask for the DB readings.

Ma. sucks. Digital I am coming to see you soon.

yea i got pulled over the other day in danvers for "excessive noise" i have the loudmouth with bullets at the end...good thing he didnt check out the nitrous bottle in the back seat that i just so happen to cover with my sweatshirt... only got a warning he mustve just been bored

Wait, is no front plate a surchargeable offense? WTF???

well ok I got a couple that are sure its not a surcharge, and a couple that are sure it is a surcharge......hmmmmmmmm!

is it a ticket for mod. exhaust.....
or "operating a vehicle" with mod. exhaust.... kinda a grey area there LOL:confused: