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Originally Posted by Nlkko
Read the thread. A lot of stock cars are being VI'ed randomly.
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I've read the whole thing, and posted several comments. Maybe you should read it again.
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Originally Posted by Nlkko
Nothing funny about it.
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I never said I found it funny. But if someone tries to bring this to the media, when non-car people (who think all modified cars are the straightpiped idiot doing pulls past residential areas at 2am) see it they're just going to laugh. Especially if it's the people whiterocket mentioned bringing it up.
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Originally Posted by Manic!
I am more worried about the high school kid who bought a modified Civic with all his money and now has to deal with a VI.
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I'd feel a bit bad for the kid too, though really if you're broke af stick to stock shit. But anyone outside of the modified car scene won't give two fucks about them.
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Originally Posted by white rocket
Pretty sure underscore has read this thread. He is offering some optics and the general public views in such cases based on what I posted, hence him quoting items I said. Kind of an unwarranted fail given the message he was trying to convey.
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I'm glad somebody gets the points I'm trying to make. If someone wants to bring this beyond the car community they better be thinking about how they're going to be perceived by non-car people, and I don't think many are.
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Originally Posted by white rocket
People that have received a VI due to a side mounted front plate or similar false infraction need to make their situation known to the police. What we don't want is a bunch of stance kids clearly driving illegally modified vehicles making waves crying injustice. That would do more harm then good.
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Even out of the cars that were VI'd but are MVA compliant, I think there are very few scenarios where the general public or small claims would side with you. Because of how the VI system works anything visibly modified the officer can just say they suspected you had other illegal modifications (valid reason for a VI), and anything more than a few years old they can just say they suspected may have had hidden mechanical faults (valid reason for a VI) and then you're stuck in a he-said-she-said (especially if you've only gotten one) which you're not likely to win. Regardless of whether you both know that's not the reason you got a VI, unless you can somehow prove it I don't think you'll get very far since they can just say one of those two things and it's GG.