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I literally feel like such a piece of shit right now I want to sell my car and start taking the bus. I'm honestly considering moving to uptown and doing that, except i've put so many fucking miles on it i'll probably take a loss.

Window tint is more expensive then speeding in a work zone apparently. (a work zone that ISN'T actually a fucking work zone an hasn't been worked on for months and that I literally could have walked and touched the fucking END WORK ZONE sign and came back in the time it took the officer to get to my car)

Fuck life... I really didn't need this right now.

I might still go on the cruise but i'm literally going to be putting it on the charge card cause I'm gonna be flat broke after this.

Just venting... sorry.

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"fuck life" because you got a window tint violation? geez ok. ive gotten one. i was pissed, but it was my own damn fault for knowingly having 35% put on. *shrug*

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No, because the cop doubled my fine because I was literally 50 feet until the end of a work zone, and I was just keeping up with traffic.

Also, don't be a trollfag when people are being emo, it's jerk-ish. ;)

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then dont be emo :)

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Just go to court and contest the tickets. I bet you'll be able to get the tint ticket thrown out and the speeding ticket reduced to regular rather than workzone. Cops are dickheads, but the prosecutors in court know this and are reasonable people. Here is what a prosecutor told me last Friday when I was in fighting a speeding ticket, "I am sick of these piddly tickets being handed out by Minnetonka cops wasting my time." He cut my fine in half w/o me even having to ask and I have a full driving record :)

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Sorry to hear that. That's why I've been thinking the tint over and over again - 50% front windows and 35% rear and back.

I've been stopped a few times driving the eclipse and the cops have been very nice. No tickets but warnings. A couple for speeding and another seems like just for the heck of it - they asked how fast I've driven the car and just wanted to check it out.

I hear ya about losing money with the mileage if you want to get rid of the car. I've already put on 15K on mine within 5-6 months and that's with me slowing down on the driving around. ack!

Hope it ends well.

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true, your better off talking to a hearing officer or a prosecutor.

i got a ticket for speeding, no seat belt, didnt change to my current address within 30 days (on my driver license), and no proof of insurance.

I was driving my turbo mr2 coming from my friends house and going home. it was about 9am. how could i speed when theres a mini van about 3 cars in front of me? that cop just wanted to get me because i was in a better looking car then his. when he stop me he also ask "where am i going" i reply "home" thats when my address on my license didnt match up, so he tricked me into answering that question! long story short.... i went to talk to a hearing officer and he knock out everthing except for the speeding, which only cost me about $80, $90, or even less. i forgot.

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lol Take it easy there. You knew the risk of putting tint on, so dont cry cry.

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It's not at all the tint i'm pissed about, it's the ghost "work zone" I was pulled over in, because it doubles the fines. Didn't I already say that? lol

Anyway, how much are EVOs going for (used 8/9 with 30k-ish)? I just KBB'd my car and am considering getting something else.

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i just picked my evo VIII up for around 20.. it has 24xxx miles and its a 2005. Although it came with 20% tint since its from vegas :( hopefully i dont get messed with.

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Then you will get pulled over for the stock wing on the Evo.

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Yeah i'm being stupid... haha.. :(

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wingless FTW!

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Don't buy an Evo b/c you got pulled over...that won't solve anything! I've been pulled over more in the past few months since I've had the Evo that I did my entire 3 years owning the S2000.

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I picked up my Evo with 37k for $20400 in 10/06. Wasn't perfect, but it was only 5 hours away.

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just fight it sense it is your fist ticket they will toss it out and get the speeding way down

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Exactly. Be glad you made it so long w/o a ticket. I got my first when I was 16 and haven't gone more than a few months w/o one since.

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Haha same here, except my first was when i was 15, farmers license :D

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i dont even wanna know your insurance kracka..... hahaha

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Its actually not too bad considering I drive one of the most expensive cars to insure, ~$140/month for full-coverage with a $500 deductible.

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I've only gotten one speeding ticket, paid it because I knew it was my fault. Since then I haven't gotten any flak from cops in well over a year. Except one time when me and twack were cruisin... :P

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were you driving a tractor? i wanna hear this story LOL

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Still haven't been pulled over yet, ever. :)

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Helps when your car isn't fast enough to break the speed limits in the first place. :loser:

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^ lucky bastard, and no radar detector even

BTW, they will throw out the tint ticket completely if you tell them you'll take it off. I've never paid for one.

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I'm going to take it off and re-do it with 50 I guess... i'm a little upset about it I guess, cause I thought I got 35 or 30 and it was bobbling between 23-24 on his meter.

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30 - 6 (factory tint) = 24%

Don't take it off, just go and tell them you'll get it removed. You're getting too bent out of shape over a dumb ticket.

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I've never seen you drive fast. :)

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Have you ever driven with me, or even seen me drive anywhere? Nope dont think so.

Matt, wanna race. ;)

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Haha, this thread ftw.

I thought the tint number you order usually accounts for the factory tint. I got 20, and it reads 20 or 21 every single time with their measurer, and it did on my Bravada when I had that one too. I guess maybe it depends on the tint company whether or not they include factory tint in their numbering.

BTW, what was the speeding ticket for and in what MPH zone?

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There's an open invitation to autocrosses and other track events. Leave the straight line highway dick wagging to the ricers and people who think they are good drivers.

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rofl!


Sig worthy.

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I can get away with that? Aren't they going to want me to prove to them that I took it off? Me just saying i'll do it is enough?

Also, how the heck do I find out how much i'm supposed to pay? The ticket has no info about that on it??

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Since you have a clean record I don't think they'll give you any hassle about it. But, do you have any old pics of your car before the tint? Or, just find a picture of a blue 4G online :) I've done both of these tricks before.

There should be a website and/or phone # on the ticket, it sometimes will take up to a week for the citation to get into their system though so be patient.

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I got pulled over about a year ago basically because I drive a tuner car. It was like 2am and I made sure I wasn't speeding, but just because I drive a louder than average car the cop assumed I was flying! haha it was also dark out so my tint looked even darker. I think mine is like 35ish, but im not sure. I just played super super dumb and acted really concerned about it and how I will make sure to take it off right away lol. I was askin him where to get it off and how to do it and just playing super dumb and he ate it all up. He did end up getting me with a tabs ticket which was easily dropped when i talked to a hearing officer. I wish the hearing officers were cops because they'd be much better lol

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was someone talkin about me in here? i swear my ears were burning... *shrug*

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Haha, I did the same thing. The only previous pictures I had were with Iowa plates so I had to get a picture of another online, I kept it for future use as well. I even have like 3 warnings for tint, they still let me off.

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A race is a race. You watch nascar dont you? They hold the steering wheel in one position the entire time, much like drag racing.

Im glad you are good at dodging cones. :)

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he learned by watching girls furiously dodge him as he walked down the street :D

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^ hahaha nice...