Uncatted Car Ticket
05-02-2006, 07:47 PM
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A friend of mine has an off road H on his stang and got pulled over several times for speeding or peeling out and the cop asked him if the exhaust system was legal and he said no. the cop didn't do anything about it.
05-02-2006, 07:54 PM
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most of the time you will be just fine, but i'm just telling you my experiences. I have been pulled over many many times and almost every time i was not hassled.
But i did have on instince where the cop pulled out the mirrior and checked the underside of my car looking for cats.
But i did have on instince where the cop pulled out the mirrior and checked the underside of my car looking for cats.
05-02-2006, 08:03 PM
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I had a cop get under my car when i was running my exhaust dumped at the rear axle with no mufflers or cats.
He came up to my window and said "I don't understand why yer' cars' so loud sir, you seem to be legal with your cats and mufflers.."
I was shocked to say the least. I drove off thinking "what a dumbass"
He came up to my window and said "I don't understand why yer' cars' so loud sir, you seem to be legal with your cats and mufflers.."
I was shocked to say the least. I drove off thinking "what a dumbass"
05-02-2006, 08:46 PM
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i love florida. i have never heard of anyone getting a ticket for not having cats, a couple people have gotten tickets for loud exhausts, but i have cats with a chopped off I pipe and the car is pretty damn loud. and i never get harassed, i think its an import thing.
05-02-2006, 08:57 PM
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You guys have it easy. CA is up to $15000 a cat! My buddy got a ticket for no cats for $11000. Still havent heard the end of it yet though. Like to see it reduced otherwise thats hella money.
05-02-2006, 08:58 PM
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Cats? what is that? are those those things in my storage shed? if i go to Commiefornia on vacation again, i might put the shell of the stock cats around my duals somehow, but i doubt it. The cops around here don't give tickets to cars that smoke so much u can't see behind them sometimes, nevermind a catless T/A with dumped duals and F13
05-02-2006, 09:08 PM
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thats why i love florida....i know a couple peeps that run strait pipes and have never had a problem... i guess florida has to many rednecks for them to inforce it...ha
05-02-2006, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Ell Ess Won
When a cop pulled me over for loud exhaust he went to the back of my car and was rusling around with my pipes. Scared the **** out of me. He issued me a fix-it-ticket but only because I had the car for less than 10 days and I just capped the cutout lol.
No cats, no "real" mufflers and dumped exhaust.... ow
05-02-2006, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Robinator
You guys have it easy. CA is up to $15000 a cat! My buddy got a ticket for no cats for $11000. Still havent heard the end of it yet though. Like to see it reduced otherwise thats hella money.
Holy crap! Are you sure about that? I heard it was $1,500 a cat, but $15,000!
So how did your friend ONLY have to pay $11,000 instead of $30,000? $30,000 is highway robbery!
05-02-2006, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ThirdGenLS1
most of the time you will be just fine, but i'm just telling you my experiences. I have been pulled over many many times and almost every time i was not hassled.
But i did have on instince where the cop pulled out the mirrior and checked the underside of my car looking for cats.
But i did have on instince where the cop pulled out the mirrior and checked the underside of my car looking for cats.
05-02-2006, 09:59 PM
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dayum, thats a lot for these tickets. I know the county that i'm in is one of the worst in the nation for strict cops. That is a fact. It's Williamsom county in TX. I was pulled over for no front plate...got a warning and the cop said that my car sounding great and to get on it pulling away! 
I have stock manifolds and cats with a cat back and an electric cutout that was open at the time. I tried to close it, but the gears were aligned right to close it.
I have stock manifolds and cats with a cat back and an electric cutout that was open at the time. I tried to close it, but the gears were aligned right to close it.
05-02-2006, 10:16 PM
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You know what pisses me off,,,, you can drive downtown and see and these buildings pumping out black smoke everywhere,,, but yet you need CaTs on your car,,,,, BULLPOOPY!!!! LOL...
05-02-2006, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1 Sounds
No cats = federal offense. They can fine you out the *** in any state! Refer to the Federal Clean Air Act.
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/air/pubs/catcv-fs.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/oar/caa/contents.html
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/air/pubs/catcv-fs.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/oar/caa/contents.html
05-02-2006, 11:09 PM
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Here's a post I had going a while back about the same thing, https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iii-external-engine/407120-what-happens-if-caught-no-cats.html.
