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2011G6E · 27-01-2012, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by turbodewd

Id have to say the NSW police truly are going over the top. I have never heard of rear passenger window tint that is too dark causing a bingle.

Australia is over regulated.

If a young bloke is silly enough to lower his car too far, that wont cause an accident either, he will just eventually realise how dumb he is and return it to a normal ride height.

I'm afraid that too many people think that lowering your suspension too far is perfectly safe and won't cause an accident...if you know anything at al about suspension geometry and design, you'll know that there's a reason they don't let idiots fit rediculously low springs and remove bump stops...one pothole, one ripple in the road, one big bump, and it could do all sorts of unpredictable things like spear across a lane because you've just ruined all the suspension compliance for taking in big bumps and sudden changes, as well as most likely inducing bump steer.

"Over-regulated"...? Can you imagine what would be driving around on the streets if it was a free for all, or if they just said "Hey, modify it how you like, it should be pretty safe"?

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Originally Posted by Bad Bird

Sometimes I really just love the American laws on car modifying.

...except for California I assume...come to think of it...most of the rest of the states as well...everywhere has rules about what you can and can't do, otherwise it would be chaos.

Bad Bird · 27-01-2012, 03:21 PM

Of course. Excepting California, they do seem to be a lot more lax than our modifying laws.

bad moon rising · 27-01-2012, 05:43 PM

apparenty nz is the go for modifying cars, every 2nd car over there seems to have no bonnet, an engine as high as the roof and rego plates!

Nikked · 27-01-2012, 06:02 PM

ACA might be spinning crap, but some of the owners are no better, ACA/TT would have a lot less ammo with out the typical brainless comments and bogan posturing.

bad moon rising · 27-01-2012, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikked

ACA might be spinning crap, but some of the owners are no better, ACA/TT would have a lot less ammo with out the typical brainless comments and bogan posturing.

thats usually the way. most car enthusiests are law abiding but its always the ********* that are filmed and make the rest of us look bad.

XR8sam · 27-01-2012, 07:41 PM

unreal!!!!!, just watched "The Project" on channel 10, where they ran a story on that Tennis player "Bernard Tomic" as he was in trouble or something to do with the BMW he drives as he is a P plater.

So the pannel says he has special permission to drive that car!!!!

SO, if your rich or famous, you can get away with anything, I thought the law was that P platers are not able to drive high powered cars V8s/Turbo ect.

not fair is it.

and so FAR not one report about him breaking the P platers Law, special permission, what a load of ****!!

Fireblade · 27-01-2012, 08:11 PM

wah wah wah dude, this has been and dusted already, Tomic is on his P's driving a BMW M3, good on him for being able to do it. Fair has nothing to do with, finding a loop hole in the law is fair, like criminals do it all the time.

Oh and he was given the M3 as part of his sponsorship by BMW, that would help with the exemption.

Jim Goose · 27-01-2012, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by F6 FOON

wah wah wah dude, this has been and dusted already, Tomic is on his P's driving a BMW M3, good on him for being able to do it. Fair has nothing to do with, finding a loop hole in the law is fair, like criminals do it all the time.

Oh and he was given the M3 as part of his sponsorship by BMW, that would help with the exemption.

What loop hole?
There isnt one..
Its the mere fact that he applied and got a his dispensation to drive to and from tenis training in a hipo car which isnt right....

gtxb67 · 27-01-2012, 08:41 PM

is tomic the only p plater to be given an exemption from the p plate laws?

babyf6 · 27-01-2012, 08:58 PM

There have probably been other's but probably overseas

Fireblade · 27-01-2012, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by gtxb67

is tomic the only p plater to be given an exemption from the p plate laws?

Nope people are just upset a 19 yo is driving a new BMW M3, good luck to him IMO

Plenty here in Adelaide driving turbos and HSV's around too

XR8sam · 28-01-2012, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by F6 FOON

Nope people are just upset a 19 yo is driving a new BMW M3, good luck to him IMO

Plenty here in Adelaide driving turbos and HSV's around too

not upset that a 19yr old has a BMW M3, good on him.

UPSET that the Media "ACA" can Label us as HOONS.
UPSET that the Media feeds the general public with fodda, and in this case with Atomic billy-bunter!! has a missunderstanding with the cops!!.

UPSET that there are rules for the common & a "lupehole for the rich"

Im not really that upset, just dont like the fact that ACA can call us hoons and high society seem to get away with whatever/whenever.

Shame on you ACA!!, ita a ******* shame!!

how about doing a story on how most of the car clubs donate & do toy runs and try to educate the young!!!

2011G6E · 28-01-2012, 05:06 AM

It's not ACA's fault (as annoying as they are) for reporting facts...those cars they showed were all full of defects, they were either close to or outright illegal modifications. It's not the police or medias fault that some people drive cars like that around.

What would be good is to see the same type of report at a road block where that story began, and the cops pulling over modified vehicle after modified vehicle that were all completely legal and having to let them go...

xbcool · 28-01-2012, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by F6 FOON

Oh and he was given the M3 as part of his sponsorship by BMW, that would help with the exemption.

Mr tomic is a spoilt brat ,he doesn't need an exemption.
if it's a sponsored car he only has to say I can't drive that model yet can I have something else in the bmw range.

just like most sportspeople (not all of them) ,thinks he's above the law,he hits a ball for a living get a real job

ahhh I feel better ,( end of rant)

steve

gtxb67 · 28-01-2012, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by F6 FOON

Nope people are just upset a 19 yo is driving a new BMW M3, good luck to him IMO

Plenty here in Adelaide driving turbos and HSV's around too

that is what i thought

while don't all the high horse jockeys complain about everyone else. i believe there are people on here using the exemption

they complain of him getting the exemption, because he is rich and famous - when in reality they are only complaining about him, because he is rich and famous
just a slight double standard. it reeks of hipocrysy - there are a few aff members should go to channel 9 and apply for a job at aca. they would fit in very well there

Fireblade · 28-01-2012, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by xbcool

Mr tomic is a spoilt brat ,he doesn't need an exemption.
if it's a sponsored car he only has to say I can't drive that model yet can I have something else in the bmw range.

just like most sportspeople (not all of them) ,thinks he's above the law,he hits a ball for a living get a real job

ahhh I feel better ,( end of rant)

steve

Haha Jealous much?

Nikked · 28-01-2012, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by xbcool

Mr tomic is a spoilt brat

So because i traind hard and put in effort to be good at his sport he is spoilt

xbcool · 28-01-2012, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by F6 FOON

Haha Jealous much?

not jealous mate ,I work a 50 hour week for good money .

not complaining about his success just his abuse of his success.

xbcool · 28-01-2012, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Nikked

So because i traind hard and put in effort to be good at his sport he is spoilt

no not spoilt because he is good at what he does, maybe I misused the word spoilt ,full of himself may be closer to the mark, thinks he's above the law perhaps.

I'm not here for a slanging match, just sick of high profile athletes taht are on a pedastal.

what do they offer ,only enterainment ( yep I watch cause they are good).

I have more respect for the millions of people who go to work keep the world going round.

lets face it we need doctors tradesmen etc more than sportmen.

ps not all sportspeole are up themself.

ahhh I feel better now.

steve

Fireblade · 28-01-2012, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by xbcool

not jealous mate ,I work a 50 hour week for good money .

not complaining about his success just his abuse of his success.

So do I if not more

Who says he hasn't worked hard himself? he has probably worked harder in his short life than some in their long life. As far as I'm concerned I can't see how he's abusing his power, he's just having a whine like some do on here regurlarly about cops picking on them what makes him any different that he can't?

xbcool · 28-01-2012, 11:23 AM

fair point

Nikked · 28-01-2012, 11:27 AM

If i was 19 and BMW gave me a M3 to drive around, i would...but who wouldn't?

Jim Goose · 28-01-2012, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by F6 FOON

So do I if not more

Who says he hasn't worked hard himself? he has probably worked harder in his short life than some in their long life. As far as I'm concerned I can't see how he's abusing his power, he's just having a whine like some do on here regurlarly about cops picking on them what makes him any different that he can't?

Two issues which people keep missing....

One is that the average P plater applying for dispensation to drive a V8 to "WORK" probably wont get one, why is he special?

Two is that people keep saying "HE WORKED HARD"... BIG DEAL! Its sport NOT A JOB.... a lot of people bust their hump day in and day out in REAL JOBs, SAVE PEOPLES LIVES etc and what do they get in return?

He is a spoiled 19yr old with a chip on his shoulder... big deal he is a tenis player. Lets all worship him.

Nikked · 28-01-2012, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim Goose

Two issues which people keep missing....

One is that the average P plater applying for dispensation to drive a V8 to "WORK" probably wont get one, why is he special?

Two is that people keep saying "HE WORKED HARD"... BIG DEAL! Its sport NOT A JOB.... a lot of people bust their hump day in and day out in REAL JOBs, SAVE PEOPLES LIVES etc and what do they get in return?

He is a spoiled 19yr old with a chip on his shoulder... big deal he is a tenis player. Lets all worship him.

Goose is a good namesake...

gtxb67 · 28-01-2012, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim Goose

Two issues which people keep missing....

One is that the average P plater applying for dispensation to drive a V8 to "WORK" probably wont get one, why is he special?

Two is that people keep saying "HE WORKED HARD"... BIG DEAL! Its sport NOT A JOB.... a lot of people bust their hump day in and day out in REAL JOBs, SAVE PEOPLES LIVES etc and what do they get in return?

He is a spoiled 19yr old with a chip on his shoulder... big deal he is a tenis player. Lets all worship him.

the issue you are missing is he is allowed to drive it. many people have chips on their shoulder, not just tomic. the difference might be, that he doesn't jump on a forum and complain about things that don't affect him

i would think that bmw have actually given him this car for advertising. maybe bmw would not give him another car, because then the home experts with too much time on their hands would have nothing to complain about. this way, for lending a car out, they get more media coverage than most manufacturers could dream of

if there was any injustice involved, then martin king would leave his cwa meeting and go and harrass tomic. because he hasn't, there cannot be too much wrong with the exemption - except for the poor dears who are jealous

it is so laughable. it is a thread about aca and how they have no idea on what they are talking about - and now we have people who have no idea on the situation at hand complaining . . . . looks like aca's brand of journalisim is not so bad after all. selective morals are alive and well everywhere

Fireblade · 28-01-2012, 11:36 AM

Obviously you were never any good at sport Goose, I love how people don't class it as a real job, thats actually quite amusing because it goes to show how much you know about and what it takes to get to the top level in most sports, it doesn't just happen you have to work hard real hard.

Also Goose, you missed my point when I said I see lots of P Platers in Adelaide driving Turbo's, FPV's and HSV's, that one was conveniently missed by all except 1.

Jim Goose · 28-01-2012, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gtxb67

the issue you are missing is he is allowed to drive it. many people have chips on their shoulder, not just tomic. the difference might be, that he doesn't jump on a forum and complain about things that don't affect him

He is allowed to drive TO and FROM Tennis.. he was caught driving around with his G/f twice in one day. The third time round he failed to stop for police and had police basically follow (slow speed chase) him home with lights going.

It has NOTHING to do with jealousy...

He failed to stop for police, drives home and locks the gates on police and refuses to talk to them until his lawyer arrives. Seriously your defending him?

Police are doing their job...
No chip on my shoulder...

Jim Goose · 28-01-2012, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by F6 FOON

Obviously you were never any good at sport Goose, I love how people don't class it as a real job, thats actually quite amusing because it goes to show how much you know about and what it takes to get to the top level in most sports, it doesn't just happen you have to work hard real hard.

Also Goose, you missed my point when I said I see lots of P Platers in Adelaide driving Turbo's, FPV's and HSV's, that one was conveniently missed by all except 1.

Yes how awful and unaustralian of me not to be a sports star by the time i was 19..... my 39yrs of life totally wasted on working in real world. Oh the shame... the humanity.

Yes and im sure all those P platers have RESTRICTIONS too...

ratter · 28-01-2012, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Goose

He is allowed to drive TO and FROM Tennis.. he was caught driving around with his G/f twice in one day. The third time round he failed to stop for police and had police basically follow (slow speed chase) him home with lights going.

It has NOTHING to do with jealousy...

He failed to stop for police, drives home and locks the gates on police and refuses to talk to them until his lawyer arrives. Seriously your defending him?

Police are doing their job...
...

This is what I read the other day

2011G6E · 28-01-2012, 12:22 PM

Anyway, off the topic of that plonker Tomic who thinks the laws and restrictions he'd been privelaged enough to be given shouldn't apply to him, and back onto modded cars.

In the USA, things aren't as free and easy as people would have you believe...California is very strict on mods...look in any Yank car magazine and you will usually see a little label on them saying "For off road use only" or "Not for road use in California"...they're very clean and green there by state government edict.

Then you have the problem which hasn't...yet...reared its ugly head here: clunker laws.
In many states n the USA, you can modify your car as long as it meet regs, but the fun begins when you have either a parts car at home or your street car is off the road being modded, say in your driveway or beside the shed. Some laws go as far as saying that if an unregistered vehicle can be seen from the road, it will be confiscated and crushed as a clunker. Others say if there's a complaint about the vehicle, they'll come and take it. Some say if it's "not complete" they'll come and take it. This has been a sticking point with old car clubs and the classic car movement or many years now, and it's all in the name of the environment ad the green movement.
Remind me again who holds the balance of power in parliament here...?

Just be thankful we're not like the USA...