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rumatt 05-06-2016 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Terry Kennedy (Post 477613)
a rotund NYC cop showed up and tried to give me a hard time, but I weirded him out by going "No, thank you" every time he said "License, insurance, and registration". He finally told me to take off

No f*cking way. :lol:

John V 05-06-2016 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by clyde (Post 477607)
I still can't believe I never had an issue in three years of no front tag on the RX-8, even spending two years all stickered up, little borla muffler and most of it with a yellow front bumper that basically screamed, "Hey, Johnny Law, lookie here! No front tag! Whatchagonnado?"

I'm pretty sure the instant I drive into Virginia I'm going to get pulled over for it. :lol:

clyde 05-06-2016 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Terry Kennedy (Post 477613)
Once was outside LA, because it had an Oregon temp tag on it (it was on my first trip), and apparently there (is/was) no interstate lookup for temp tags.

If that was the claim, the cop was lying to you.

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Originally Posted by John V (Post 477617)
I'm pretty sure the instant I drive into Virginia I'm going to get pulled over for it. :lol:

It would be funny it it wasn't true.

Sharp11 05-06-2016 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by clyde (Post 477620)
If that was the claim, the cop was lying to you.



Cops can lie legally, I never knew that until recently.

equ 05-06-2016 12:48 PM

I must have been lucky. I crossed Virginia twice when I swapped my 997.2 for the 987.2S. While I was not flying flying, definitely some porsche speeds and 25 over were attained. I had no idea about the reckless/prison scare stories at the time. What do I know about Virginia?

Terri Kennedy 05-06-2016 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by clyde (Post 477620)
If that was the claim, the cop was lying to you.

This was nearly 10 years ago, and the Oregon DMV office pulled out what looked like a very worn phone book, flipped to a page, and hand-wrote numbers on a blank temp tag with a marker. And then threw it out because they copied the number wrong. They then made a second one and then crossed something out in their phone book. Before they started, they asked me if I was an Oregon resident or would be taking it out-of-state. They asked for (and got) a brief look at my driver's license and the temp insurance card matching the Atom's VIN to make sure they were valid.

These days, with laser-printed temp tags, I can believe things are more organized.

clyde 05-06-2016 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Terry Kennedy (Post 477691)
This was nearly 10 years ago, and the Oregon DMV office pulled out what looked like a very worn phone book, flipped to a page, and hand-wrote numbers on a blank temp tag with a marker. And then threw it out because they copied the number wrong. They then made a second one and then crossed something out in their phone book. Before they started, they asked me if I was an Oregon resident or would be taking it out-of-state. They asked for (and got) a brief look at my driver's license and the temp insurance card matching the Atom's VIN to make sure they were valid.

These days, with laser-printed temp tags, I can believe things are more organized.

I had a vehicle based discussion with California law enforcement in 1989 while driving a car with temporary MD tags.

As you said, the cop may have just wanted to check out the car. :dunno:

equ 10-14-2016 10:32 AM

I can move the silver wheel crests. My car's wheels are gray/dark gray, price dropped to $80.

I'm keeping the spare for now.

ZBB 10-14-2016 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ZBB (Post 477508)
FWIW, I have a set of black floor mats and clear side marker lights available if anyone wants them -- both are OEM should fit any 987 or 997.

The black mats were what I used (my car had a special order interior with matching tan mats that I was scared of ruining -- but I put the originals back in when I sold…)

Just quoting my earlier post -- if anyone wants these, let me know...

John V 10-14-2016 01:27 PM

I'll take them. Let me know what you want for them.


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