Well, last night was a real bitch for me. I got pulled over by a county cop. The first time I've been pulled over in my beloved cb7. The cop asked me if I knew why he pulled me over, and I'm thinking yeah, I work for miss Cleo, I can read your mind... I had an idea though. I was a bit heavy footed, plus I'm telling my wife "I'm a little import with dark tint and an exhaust." I was right. After telling the cop I had no idea why he stopped me, he tells me "I clocked you at 70 mph, and that muffeler has got to go." I told him I knew I had a big exhaust leak, and he quickly replied "Buddy, that's no exhaust leak. It's a muffeler that's been gutted to be loud." The limmit was 55 mph. I explained that I honestly had no real idea how fast I was going, due to the fact that this car came out with 14" rims and now has 16" rims. I also told him about the time I had asked the local officer to clock me so I'd know how badly my speedo was off, and that the local guy said he would when he had time. The county mounty quickly came back at me with "Well, you don't need an officer to tell you how fast your going, you can do that yourself. Does your watch have a second hand?" I'm thinking "No. Sure don't. Here's your sign..." So I reply that yes, it dose. He says "Get on the parkway and go 55 mph. Look at your watch when you pass a mile marker. It should take you 65 seconds to get to the next mile marker if you are going 55 mph." I told him I had never thought of that. He then went on to tell me how earlier that night, he was sitting at a local pizza joint when I passed by, and he was talking to some people, but had to stop talking 'till I got on down the road my muffeler was so loud. Then he went on to say "I know it's Christmass time, and I don't know about your house, but money's tight at my house right now." I quickly replyed with "Well, I have a five month old and I'm the only one working, so money's tight around my house all the time." Then came the big shocker... He asked me if I lived around here. I'm thinking "You just looked at my license, buddy...", but replied with a yes and my address. The came the biggie... He had the nerve to ask me if I went to church! I'm thinking "Dosen't that violate the whole seperation of church and state thing?!" When I responded that I really didn't have time to go, he told me "The pastor of this church right up the road is a real good friend of mine, and a good man. I would encourage you to take your family to church." I'm totaly offended!!! He said "I'll tell you what, since it's Christmass time, I'm only gonna give you a verbal warning, and cut you some slack on the speeding and the muffeler. You have exactly one month to cut that thing off and replace it with a stock muffeler, or I'm gonna stop you again. And believe me, I'll remember your car. Have a merry Christmass, and get you and your family in church."
I'm thinking "Damn! Is this dude for real?" So I go on home and go to bed, get up this morning, and go by the muffeler shop where they installed my system and talk with the main man. I ask him if there is any way to quieten down my system without having to sacrifice my performance muffeler. I said "Maybe reinstalling a cat. converter?" He replyed "That, or you could just install a turbo." I'm thinking a turbo? How will that quieten down the exhaust? So I tell the man I can't afford a turbo, and he said "A turbo is cheaper than a cat. converter..." By this time I'm thinking this dude must have smoked some really good shit for breakfast. So I proceed to ask him what a turbo was. He said "It's just a round, baffeled muffeler." OH! I thought he ment a turbo to force induction on my engine! When in actuality he ment a type of muffeler! He told me he had installed alot of those in place of cat. converters, and they usually quietened things down a whole bunch without sacrificing any performance. I ask him how much $$$ this would run me, and he said if one turbo was enough to fix things, $30. But he said I may need two turbos, and then it would run me $60. He said so $30 at the least, $60 at the most. He told me to bring my car by at 8:00 Friday morning and he would take care of me.
Thanks for taking the time to read this shit! I just felt the need to bitch and rant for a bit to people I felt like may have had a run in with 5 O like mine, and would be understanding. But don't you think even though the cop cut me some slack, he should have never said anything about church? Just wondering. Have a good one 'yall, catch ya later.
I'm thinking "Damn! Is this dude for real?" So I go on home and go to bed, get up this morning, and go by the muffeler shop where they installed my system and talk with the main man. I ask him if there is any way to quieten down my system without having to sacrifice my performance muffeler. I said "Maybe reinstalling a cat. converter?" He replyed "That, or you could just install a turbo." I'm thinking a turbo? How will that quieten down the exhaust? So I tell the man I can't afford a turbo, and he said "A turbo is cheaper than a cat. converter..." By this time I'm thinking this dude must have smoked some really good shit for breakfast. So I proceed to ask him what a turbo was. He said "It's just a round, baffeled muffeler." OH! I thought he ment a turbo to force induction on my engine! When in actuality he ment a type of muffeler! He told me he had installed alot of those in place of cat. converters, and they usually quietened things down a whole bunch without sacrificing any performance. I ask him how much $$$ this would run me, and he said if one turbo was enough to fix things, $30. But he said I may need two turbos, and then it would run me $60. He said so $30 at the least, $60 at the most. He told me to bring my car by at 8:00 Friday morning and he would take care of me.
Thanks for taking the time to read this shit! I just felt the need to bitch and rant for a bit to people I felt like may have had a run in with 5 O like mine, and would be understanding. But don't you think even though the cop cut me some slack, he should have never said anything about church? Just wondering. Have a good one 'yall, catch ya later.
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The Rs*R is by far the quietest exhaust available for our cars.
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