When Does Midway Start?

Do you have a CEL also, Noah? Although I have CELs, a scan tool is still just a want. My car is driving nicely, but I'm tired of always having to look at those d*mn CELs! }

 

Yes I do it's my coolant temperature sensor. I need to get a new one. Also my ABS has been acting up. The light is always on and the ABS doesn't work. I'm glad it came at the END of winter. But until I get that thermostat fixed I think mine will keep going on. Does your CEL come on and about a week later or so go back off? Mine does.

 

If I'm not mistaken I think it's on (if you are looking towards the front of the car) the lower right of the radiator. I understand that I have to drain all of the coolant in order to take it out and change it. I was going to get a flush and fill anyways. That brings me to my next two questions.

1. I found a C.T.S. on Teagues Auto/Boxer4racing.com that opens at 160 degrees versus 175 like normal ones. Would that be a good investment if it's about the same price as a regular C.T.S?

2. If I drain the fluid out of the radiator and change the C.T.S. then can I drive the car one block to the gas station to get the flush and fill with out damaging the engine?

Thanks,

Noah

I'll be at the lot tonight at 9-9:30.
Who else?

 

Noah, Cya @ 9 then.

 

Hey Vic thanks for the ride! Man I couldn't stop smiling when I was in the car. That is one sweeeet machine!

 

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Hey Vic thanks for the ride! Man I couldn't stop smiling when I was in the car. That is one sweeeet machine!
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Noah, NP and thanks... hope you enjoyed it. There were too much traffic so I couldn't enjoy it as much as you hehehe.

 

Vic, you and Noah were there at 9pm? I got there at 8pm Friday night and met Joel, Matt, Steve, and Steve's buddy, but we all left before it hit 9pm. I, too, gave out a test ride. We could have both given test rides at the same time, and I would have proven to you how much slower your car is... heh heh heh

 

Fong, don't worry about me beating you... I'm sure your car's faster then mine. I'm just a humble person whose learning the line.

 

dammit, its not even April and you guys are at midway already.

no fair!

oh, right i am in hawaii, i cant complain, but to tell you the truth now i would rather be playing with scoobies

i havent seen mine in 3 months.

have fun, be safe. hopefully when i come up i will have a few new items for the ride, hehe.

Ben

 

Vic, Dania says you should get a custom license plate that says
EVO SUX.

 

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Vic, Dania says you should get a custom license plate that says
EVO SUX.
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LOL, I'll take that into consideration since I am in the market for a custom license plate.

 

Since I'm not getting an Audi, I suppose I can divulge MY idea for a custom Audi license plate... I would get AUDIOS.

In case someone doesn't know, Adios means <u>goodbye</u> in Spanish.

 

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Since I'm not getting an Audi, I suppose I can divulge MY idea for a custom Audi license plate... I would get AUDIOS.

In case someone doesn't know, Adios means <u>goodbye</u> in Spanish.




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NO WAY DUDE!!! I thought you meant AUDIOS as in:

n. pl. au·di·os
The part of television or movie equipment that has to do with sound.
The broadcasting, reception, or reproduction of sound.
Audible sound.
A sound signal.

J/K I'm sure we all know what you meant

 

Ok, back on topic here... I'll be out of state this Friday and won't be back until Monday. I'll catch you guys the following week if all is well.

Later,

Vic

 

Oh I didn't even think of that! Ha! LOL! Have fun Vic.

 

Vic, you're gonna miss out on the Rock Falls event this Sunday!

 

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Vic, you're gonna miss out on the Rock Falls event this Sunday!
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Fong, there's always a next time... besides, I'll be in Sunny Cali for a couple of days. See you guys when I get back.

 

Just so you guys know, Vic invited all the MNAudi guys to stop by the Firestone lot and say hello if they're hanging around the area. So if Audis show up, be nice to them :-D

-Jordan

 

Audi or no Audi... They're all welcome in my book... just don't do any reckless driving while on the lot. We hate getting shower with debris. Yeah, the Audi crowd is always welcome... if they show up next friday. I know I won't be there since I'll be out of town but, giv'em a warm welcome. I'll see you all when I get back (4/2).

Jordan, when are you coming out to hang with us? Don't tell me you're still grounded by the BOSS MAN?

 

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Jordan, when are you coming out to hang with us? Don't tell me you're still grounded by the BOSS MAN?
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:-( *sniff*

I have a court date tomorrow to fight a ticket.. if I loose, I won't have a license for 30 days.. so I probably won't be out any time soon :-o :-( (unless I get a ride with someone else)

-Jordan

 

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:-( *sniff*

I have a court date tomorrow to fight a ticket.. if I loose, I won't have a license for 30 days.. so I probably won't be out any time soon :-o :-( (unless I get a ride with someone else)

-Jordan
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Awww, what have you been doing to get in such trouble? Good luck in court! Give them your sob story if you planned one.

I've also been acting up and got a ticket... ****. They gave me a "no front plate" ticket while my car was parked and all alone in Saint Paul. ****, they'll get what they deserve! They are now cursed... I hope court denies my ticket when I go fight it. :I

 

G'Z,

I just took care of mine, is no fun when they make everything $130.00, I was clocked going 2mph over and vaild Insurance. The cop ended giving me a "unlawful excelleration" which is not suppose to against my record since I have not had one for 10yrs. So I go to see the hearing Officer and she tells me she cannot lower the amount since its not going on my record, but if it was a citation she could and if I paid that day, and keep my record clean for a year it would go off my record. *I was thinking what kinda BS is this, right there you know they do anything to get your money. Craps I said the officer should have given me a citation cuz theres no way I'll pay $130 for going 2mph over. I want a court date. Went and spoke with the County Prosecutor, B@tch, I was the last one called though I was there on time, it does not pay to have your last name start with a "Y". I basically told her I cannot afford to pay $130, and regardless if they give me time to pay, 2yrs or 5yrs, its still $130, and that I just wanted to clear it up today, she offered me half, and I say "I'll take it!". All this after consulting with my Lawyer.

Whats funny is that while I was in the Court room, there was people scheduling Court dates for some really petty fines like $36.00. And them County Prosecutors really suck, I was kinda glad I was the last one, I kinda got a good feel for how they were going to handle my case.

Well good luck.

Chong

 

No front plate...haha. That is one of the most preventable tickets I can think of. Just put it on, it's not worth the hassle.

 

Jordan, sorry to hear about your run in with the law... I'm assuming this was from your speeding ticket in EDINA? No doubt, my cars getting me into a lot of trouble... I've been stopped 3 times but was given warnning, which I'm very thankful for. Then again, I'll stop blaming my car, it's actually me.

Fong, I've been ticketed for no front license plate... I'd fight the ticket if I were you... My claim, Officer... my nuts was rusted and fell of somewhere while driving. This caused my license plate to hang unsafely... so I took it off and was going to get a new nuts at a car shop this weekend to fix it. End of story.

Chong, I hear ya man... my last name started with a V and I too ended up being called last. Then again, I have proof of insurance and present my case. The charge was dropped.

Drive safely and watch out for them PoP.

 

I didn't have time to prevent my ticket. :roll: Nah, I got the front plate up. Now it looks kinda like it's hidden. I'll never learn. I plan to go fight my ticket at the end of the second week (or is this just for speeding?). "I bought the car with no front bracket for the front plate, and I've just got my new plates in the mail a week ago, but I've no experience with drilling." I think that'll fly. }

 

Here is something I have Collected:

The Basics
It pays to avoid a ticket -- or fight one

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The best advice is simply not to speed, at least not brazenly. But if you get nailed, fight it -- because a $50 ticket can cost you thousands once your insurer gets wind of it.

By Chris Solomon

Now is a very bad time to have a lead foot.

States facing yawning budget gaps are finding new money by pinching speeders more frequently -- and pinching them harder, too. Texas lawmakers recently added $30 to fines for speeding tickets. California has added a surcharge of between $7 and $20, depending on the severity of the violation. And the Illinois Legislature is set to tag an additional $4 to the cost of a minor speeding ticket.

True, four more bucks won’t change your life, but the fine is usually the least of your worries. Even one speeding ticket can begin to turn your name to mud in your insurer’s eyes. More than one can cost you thousands of dollars in higher premiums.

Insurance companies say punishing speeders is well warranted: In one study, California drivers with one speeding citation in a three-year period had a crash rate 50% higher, on average, than those with no infractions -- and the crash rate more than doubled for those who had two or more tickets, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute, industry-sponsored research groups.

A ticket from Johnny Law does seem to slow people down, at least for a bit. A study of Ontario traffic statistics, published in the British medical journal the Lancet, found that a conviction for a moving violation cut the risk of a fatal crash in the following month by 35%. The benefit evaporated by four months after the conviction. Assigning penalty points to a driver’s license -- especially for speeding tickets -- reduced the risk of fatal crashes more than convictions without penalty points. Get Online Insurance Quotes
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Keeping your nose clean
Still, as long as running late is an American pastime, people will speed. And there are ways to protect yourself and your premiums. First, reduce your likelihood of getting snagged by the speed gun in these ways:


Know thyself. Spend $5 to request your driving record from your state’s Department of Motor Vehicles. Is it accurate? Could you face a suspension hearing if you get convicted for one more violation? Then call your insurer. Find out what a slip-up would mean to your rates.


Penny-wise = pound foolish. Police will frequently key on an auto that has problems such as broken headlights, taped-over taillights or a missing front license plate. Spend $3 to replace a burned-out license plate bulb and you may save hundreds of dollars later, says Matisyahu Wolfberg, a policeman-turned-traffic defense attorney in New York.


Stay incognito, Part I. Driving an arrest-me red sports car doesn’t guarantee you’ll get pulled over, but it doesn’t help avoid police, say defense attorneys. Ditto -- albeit to a lesser degree -- any expensive car. Consider a Camry over a Corvette and you may save money in more than the showroom.


Stay incognito, Part II. Ignore the general pace of traffic at your own peril. “You’re a pack animal; don’t stick out of the pack,” says Casey Raskob, a Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., attorney who focuses on traffic-related cases. Passing police cars is verboten. Stay in the right lane when possible.


Keep your eyes peeled. Scan your rear-view mirror often while driving. Look for possible spots far ahead where a patrol car could hide. Also, watch how professional truckers drive, and slow down when they do; they’ve got far more experience detecting Smokey.


Don’t be sticker shocked. Pasting a Police Benevolent Association sticker to the rear window isn’t a license to speed. That jig is long up, says Raskob. Wisecracking bumper stickers -- “Bad Cop; No Donut” -- won’t endear you to The Man, either.

The traffic stop and its aftermath
You get pulled over anyway. Now what do you do?


Be polite. “Most of the time, the motorist has very little chance. The officer has already has made up his mind,” says Wolfberg, the former cop. “The only real chance the driver has is to be nice.” Act peeved and a trooper may give you the full fine. Some will also flag the citation with a notation, like “ND” -- a note to a prosecutor or to himself (in some states, law-enforcement officers act as prosecutors in traffic court) to give a loudmouth “no deal” in court.


Don’t admit guilt. “The absolutely fatal question is, ‘Do you know why I stopped you?’” says attorney Mark Sutherland, co-author of the book “Traffic Ticket Defense.” Authorities can use any admission of guilt against you when you contest the ticket (see below). For other things to consider during a traffic stop, see hints on the Web site of the National Motorists Association, a drivers’ rights group (see the link at left under Related Sites).


Once home, don’t immediately pay the ticket. Simply paying the fine, an admission of guilt, could cost you dearly in insurance rates. Doubt it? Let’s say you’re an experienced driver in California with a single-car policy and a good driving record, who is paying the average rates statewide for liability, collision and comprehensive coverage, $765 annually. If you were a Prudential Financial customer you’d get a 25% good-driver discount and pay only $574. One speeding ticket would mean a roughly 27% increase from the base premium, says Prudential’s Laurita Warner -- a $207 annual increase, or $621 more over three years. (Surcharges usually last for three years.)

Get a second minor conviction and your premium would rise an additional 40%, and you’d also lose your good-driver discount, says Warner. Suddenly, a premium that was $574 has ballooned to $1,071. After the third conviction, expect to pay roughly 63% more than you originally did, or $1,247. Over three years you would end up paying $2,020 more than if you’d kept your nose clean, or much more than the fines themselves. Clearly, getting pinched leaves a painful scar.

The pain can be even worse if you’re a teenager or young adult. “Getting even one speeding ticket, much less two, can cause a dramatic spike in your insurance rates -- sometimes doubling and even tripling those rates -- and jeopardize your ability to get preferred insurance rates,” says Karl Newman, president of the Washington Insurance Council, a consumer education group funded by member insurance companies in Washington State. “That could require you to purchase high-risk insurance.”

Luckily, you’ve got several initial options once busted:


Ignoring the ticket isn’t one of them. “It used to be if you obtained a ticket in New York, it didn’t get back to New Jersey,” but that’s no longer true, says Raskob. Avoid a ticket and a warrant may be issued for your arrest -- a warrant that appears even on the computer system of your hometown cops.

Special state programs. Talk to your state’s DMV or local traffic court to find out about ways to erase your ticket. In Rhode Island, for example, if you haven’t had any vehicle-related violations in three years and then receive a minor one (for example, for exceeding the speed limit by less than 20 miles an hour), you can ask that the ticket be dismissed. It usually is. In some southern states, authorities will agree to defer judgment, if you don’t get any more tickets for the next six months.

Traffic school. Often your best alternative is to take a six- to eight-hour safety course for drivers. Policies vary by state, but often a minor speeding conviction can be wiped from your record and therefore go unseen by your employer or insurance company. You’ll still have to pay the fine, plus an additional $50 to $80 in tuition and other costs, and invest a Saturday. Some states such as California let drivers take the course online. Traffic school has its limits, however. In some states, it’s an option only once every 18 or 24 months. In others, those caught exceeding the speed limit by more than 15 to 20 mph may not be eligible, says David Brown, author of the book “Beat Your Ticket.”

Should you go to court?
If the above options aren’t available, go to court. Court doesn’t have to be a Perry Mason experience. Simply asking for your day in traffic court can save you money. Count the ways:


Showing up is half the battle. Only about 3% of all tickets are contested, estimates Brown, which means even a few people showing up to challenge a ticket can jam the system. “A lot of times the courts will change the ticket for you, to encourage you not to go to court” -- sometimes reducing a moving violation to a lesser charge that your insurance company won’t penalize you for, says Eric Skrum, spokesman for the National Motorists Association.


Cop no-shows. If you show up on your assigned date, defense attorneys say that in 20% to 25% of cases the ticket-writing officer won't. If the officer is required to show up (jurisdictions have different rules), no appearance usually means the ticket is thrown out. No-shows by police happen even more in summer, when even they take vacations.


Errors matter (sometimes). While courts will often excuse minor errors on a ticket -- a misspelled name, a quibble over whether your Jag is ochre or orange -- if the officer cites the wrong statute on the ticket, or grossly misidentifies the highway or your make of car, you may to get your ticket dismissed, says Skrum. It’s often best to keep mum about the gaffe until you go to court, however, and reveal the mistake after the officer has recounted the wrong information.


An 'A' for effort. If you do get all the way to a magistrate or traffic commissioner, any reasonable objection you have to the ticket is likely to at least reduce the amount of the fine, and perhaps change it to an infraction that won’t hurt your rates. “You’ve got to fight every ticket, because the only thing anyone will ever know is what you reduced it to. The accusation will be lost in the courthouse,” says Raskob.

The above, “soft” approach often works, but some people prefer to aggressively contest the ticket, which they usually do with at least some success. When Michael Pelletier, a 32-year-old computer systems engineer in the Bay Area, got a ticket a few years ago, he rented the nine-pound (!) legal defense kit from the National Motorists Association. (The rental cost of the packet, which is tailored to the requester’s state, is $50 per month, with a discount for NMA members.)

“The only thing I did was crank the legal crank,” says Pelletier. That meant asking for continuances and requesting records -- proof of when the officer’s radar gun was last calibrated and when the officer was trained in its use -- in hopes of finding a flaw in the authorities’ case, or simply wearing them down until they offered a deal.

A pre-emptive strike
Battling in court can be time-consuming and complicated. Pelletier estimates he invested nearly 50 hours in the year 2000 to fight his ticket, which he received driving his motorcycle 47 miles an hour in a 25 mph zone. He got it dismissed seven months later based on an esoteric legal definition of a “local street or road.” advertisement



In Pelletier’s eyes, the struggles are worthwhile despite the time commitment. He has also helped his wife and brother keep three citations from their records, and his insurance company recently upgraded him to a “superior” driver, which means he will pay $70 less in the next six months than he had been paying. And by keeping his driving record clean he’s ensured that his next ticket -- if it sticks -- won’t hurt him so much as it might have.

If you don’t have the time to do all of this research, consider hiring an attorney who frequently deals with speeding tickets. Such an attorney will know how to get the best deal for you and can often appear in court for you, so you don’t have to take a day off to do so. Fees can vary from $75 to $750, in part depending on whether they’re already frequently in the courthouse dealing with such matters.

The free piece of advice they give, however, is the same: Confront your speeding ticket, even if it’s your first, and do your darnedest to make it disappear. After all, they add, you never know when you’ll get your next one, with higher premiums close behind.

 

Biggest post EVAR!

I got hit by some Mexican woman and she was all calm until the cop showed up. Then she started flipping out and screaming in Spanish saying I was doing a U turn and all of this and that. The cop didn't want to deal with her and saw me in my punk rock clothes and that I was young and ended up citing me for three different offenses. I went to the courthouse to the "protest" line, got called in to the office gave her the ticket, sat down while she looked over it, she left came back and said everything's dismissed! I didn't have to say ONE word! That was cool. Too bad the woman went after my insurance and I got dropped. Then, I wrote to my insurance and said hey why'd you drop me I got the ticket dismissed, and they reinstated me with out any fees.
Pretty bill for the fender and new headlight though.

What happened was I was turning left and she went around me on my LEFT! Whamm! [xx(]

 

dang Chong, took me about 20 mins to read all that.

 

Lolz, more like 1/4 of a page

 

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I've also been acting up and got a ticket... ****. They gave me a "no front plate" ticket while my car was parked and all alone in Saint Paul. ****, they'll get what they deserve! They are now cursed... I hope court denies my ticket when I go fight it. :I
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Got back from the Traffic Violations Office in St. Paul. I went in at 8am (4 people in front of me) and asked to talk to a hearing officer. I explained my situation to her: Fairly new car from CA, no front bracket, ziptied plate onto front bumper, have an unpainted front bumper skin waiting to be installed, MN plates just came in the mail a week after the ticket. It got dissmissed. Whew! There was no fighting in the office at all... it was more of a whinning session.

 

whinning..hummm...must be a good tool to use when these kinda situation happens....

 

Last night was the best turnout at Firestone I have ever seen!!!!

 

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Last night was the best turnout at Firestone I have ever seen!!!!
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I don't know if you call it good or bad... we had some roudy kids out there.

 

Did you guys end up going to O last night?

 

it was ok but man that lot was packed.....i only stay until 10ish but yea did anyone go to opus?

 

I stopped by "O" for a quick run. No one was in site... so I put in a few lap and left. I'm very satisfied with my OEM tires (re070) compare with my former ContiXtreme.

 

ill be interested to see these new hooligans hanging out, i'll determine if they are worthy to stay or not

Ben

 

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ill be interested to see these new hooligans hanging out, i'll determine if they are worthy to stay or not

Ben
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Ben, actually they're about your age... so you'll fit right in LOL.

 

I got there late at night. It was still packed at midnight. We then headed off to a secret spot to have the cops chase us home. I made a run with (I forgot who) a white WRX. Today I found out that my turbo hose wasn't tight and would leak air at boost. Darn, that's why my car didn't feel like itself last night.

By the way, Joel (Zola), thank you for the side-hole block. It fit perfectly!

 

Ok whats "o" and where is it?


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