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xXSupa 10-17-2018 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SpeedStars (Post 8924067)
What is that? Looks like a white s15 :okay:

Yup, box 1 from what I hear (from my group chats)

gilly 10-17-2018 10:03 PM

Was driving through Terminal Ave at 8:30pm today and saw 3 cop bikes parked on the side.

White Subaru STI got pulled over and a cop checking the ride height. Caught it on my dashcam. This is seriously getting out of hand. The car didn't look slammed at all.


JSS 10-18-2018 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by gilly (Post 8924073)
Was driving through Terminal Ave at 8:30pm today and saw 3 cop bikes parked on the side.

White Subaru STI got pulled over and a cop checking the ride height. Caught it on my dashcam. This is seriously getting out of hand. The car didn't look slammed at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_etgSUx1Oo

so, as a community... what are we gonna do about it??

AzNightmare 10-18-2018 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by JSS (Post 8924089)
so, as a community... what are we gonna do about it??

bystander effect... or we really can't do shit about it...?

:pokerface:

:okay:

jackp0t 10-18-2018 01:34 AM

I heard it through the grapevine an apology letter has been written for the vpd and specifically the VI squad

ThatKoukiKid 10-18-2018 04:03 AM

I think I drove by Duke on my way to work. Not even a block from the airport there's a bunch of traffic, and I pass a black e38 7 series plowed into the back of a taxi.. I drive by and there's black tint on all the widows...possibly him? ����$♂️

ThatKoukiKid 10-18-2018 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by gilly (Post 8924073)
Was driving through Terminal Ave at 8:30pm today and saw 3 cop bikes parked on the side.

White Subaru STI got pulled over and a cop checking the ride height. Caught it on my dashcam. This is seriously getting out of hand. The car didn't look slammed at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_etgSUx1Oo

Wtf they're just hiding on the side?

Klondike 10-18-2018 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ThatKoukiKid (Post 8924095)
I think I drove by Duke on my way to work. Not even a block from the airport there's a bunch of traffic, and I pass a black e38 7 series plowed into the back of a taxi.. I drive by and there's black tint on all the widows...possibly him? ����$♂️

I hope the taxi driver's okay.

ricecookerboi 10-18-2018 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by radioman (Post 8924062)
Anyone here? Kingsway and Slocan. Glad my bone stock Porsche didn't get VI'd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYvp...ature=youtu.be



Yea buddies s15 ... box 1 and towed right away ...

Man this seriously neeeds to end.


Still no shop want to take a look at my car so now gotta sell it. In a crisis right now .....

!Aznboi128 10-18-2018 06:01 AM

Age of the sleeper?

CorneringArtist 10-18-2018 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by !Aznboi128 (Post 8924106)
Age of the sleeper?

OEM+ era. Time to start shopping for RX350 wheels for my car.

JDMDreams 10-18-2018 08:47 AM

For those that has to sell. Will any one even buy it considering it can't be insured...... But I agree there must be something we can do. This vi rule seems over powered. What if it's the person's only car and their livelihood depends on it.

CorneringArtist 10-18-2018 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by JDMDreams (Post 8924129)
For those that has to sell. Will any one even buy it considering it can't be insured...... But I agree there must be something we can do. This vi rule seems over powered. What if it's the person's only car and their livelihood depends on it.

Doesn't matter, pay to play. Remember that it's only VPD doing most of this, so far. Blame the kid that says to not believe everything you see on the internet, despite contrary evidence that shows that 20 years of effort got pissed away.

spuzzy 10-18-2018 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by AzNightmare (Post 8923877)
Any other mods that would have attracted attention? 6:30pm is getting kind of dark. I'm surprised they would have noticed a fender gap like that unless they're specifically checking every car that drives by?

No other mods, as you can see in the photo it's just lowered.... I drove through a yellow light so he said that was the reason he pulled me over and then saw my car was 'modified'....

Brian Jessel will do the inspection for $262+tax lol.

BIC_BAWS 10-18-2018 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by CorneringArtist (Post 8924124)
OEM+ era. Time to start shopping for RX350 wheels for my car.

Saw on the lower perimeter group that someone got vi'd for non OEM wheels lol.



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Bawssta 10-18-2018 09:23 AM

I got pulled over on 49th and Victoria a few days ago. Literally left the red light heading towards the school to pick up my brother and bam motorcycle cop pulls me over, issues a box 2 for loud exhaust / inadequate wheel clearance.

I had no clue what was going on until I found this forum. Fucking sucks that we get punished for this guys actions.

westopher 10-18-2018 09:39 AM

At this point with hundreds of cars that pass with flying colours, I don’t think a class action is out of the question. They will smarten up quick if they are on the hook for let’s say 100x$262
I don’t know the legality or being able to prove that they are being unreasonable in the cars they are Giving VIs to, but I do know the legality of the cars being sent in, and the fact you can easily identify whether a car is illegal ride height visually on the side of the road using the MVA guidelines.

mb_ 10-18-2018 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by jackp0t (Post 8924093)
I heard it through the grapevine an apology letter has been written for the vpd and specifically the VI squad

Following

JSALES 10-18-2018 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ricecookerboi (Post 8924104)
Yea buddies s15 ... box 1 and towed right away ...

Man this seriously neeeds to end.


Still no shop want to take a look at my car so now gotta sell it. In a crisis right now .....

I spotted your car yesterday at Landsdowne mall

JDMDreams 10-18-2018 10:34 AM

Yea cuz if it's gonna cost me $300+ just for a road side vi and possibly more vis again down the road. I'm willing to throw down some money to fight this. :pokerface:




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Originally Posted by westopher (Post 8924146)
At this point with hundreds of cars that pass with flying colours, I don’t think a class action is out of the question. They will smarten up quick if they are on the hook for let’s say 100x$262
I don’t know the legality or being able to prove that they are being unreasonable in the cars they are Giving VIs to, but I do know the legality of the cars being sent in, and the fact you can easily identify whether a car is illegal ride height visually on the side of the road using the MVA guidelines.


spuzzy 10-18-2018 10:34 AM

I just got off the phone with a service tech at BMW langley and he said I do not have to have my car inspected by a BMW dealer (As indicated by the officer who issued my VI), the inspection can occur at any licensed provincial inspection facility...

BIC_BAWS 10-18-2018 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by spuzzy (Post 8924160)
I just got off the phone with a service tech at BMW langley and he said I do not have to have my car inspected by a BMW dealer (As indicated by the officer who issued my VI), the inspection can occur at any licensed provincial inspection facility...


See below.


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Originally Posted by rriggi (Post 8923303)
Fernando Grossling
604 220-8636
Area Vehicle Inspector for Burnaby

https://www.cvse.ca/vehicle_inspecti...Phone_List.pdf

Spoke to him personally and he was the one who told me that by going to another shop, I'm violating the order. Feel free to give him a call and ask him, if you ask about the Porsche that can't be inspected I'm sure he will remember me.

Third party parroting info: I was told by a friend TSS called and asked about this "must be inspected by dealer", and was told the same thing by the Area Inspector.


mb_ 10-18-2018 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by spuzzy (Post 8924160)
I just got off the phone with a service tech at BMW langley and he said I do not have to have my car inspected by a BMW dealer (As indicated by the officer who issued my VI), the inspection can occur at any licensed provincial inspection facility...

See this post:

Quote:

Originally Posted by rriggi (Post 8923304)
So I got fairly excited when I first read this and saw your interpretation of this. Then when you look into the MVA further you find this....... CVSE emailed me exactly this:



So if the officer designates the dealer, and submitting it there?

Frustrating, and I thought for years you could go anywhere :(

From what I've been told by someone in law enforcement, if you're instructed to go to a dealership then you'll have to bring it there for inspection. Failure to comply with the request could get you a Box 1. They're also cracking down on shops on passing cars that shouldn't be passed. If no dealer is licensed to perform the VI, you can make other arrangements with the officer/police force.

underscore 10-18-2018 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by westopher (Post 8924146)
At this point with hundreds of cars that pass with flying colours

Based on what? And without changing a single thing? Though by their nature a VI is still completely valid even if the car passes without changes. So unless it's the same officer giving the same vehicle VIs repeatedly then you're not going to get very far.

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Originally Posted by westopher (Post 8924146)
the fact you can easily identify whether a car is illegal ride height visually on the side of the road using the MVA guidelines.

Except a VI is for anything, not just ride height. I feel like at best this would get thrown out of court, at worst it seems like a fast track to ending up with mandatory annual inspections. Remember how fun AirCare was for everyone?

Out of the people that have passed without changing a thing, how many have gotten more than 1 VI per year?

TypeRNammer 10-18-2018 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by !Aznboi128 (Post 8924106)
Age of the sleeper?

And the minivans:alonehappy:


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