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CamrySleepsOnU · 08-18-2003, 02:41 AM

tonite at around 11:30 i was on my way home with my two buddies from the Philadelphia Phillies game and got pulled over on i-95 by a state trooper doing 84 in a 55... (of course i was in my camry) and I was about 5 minutes from home he asks "where are you headed" and i say delaware. So now he thinks i'm drunk and speeding. anyway... long story short... he let me off in saying "well you need to slow the fu** down... i'm only letting you off cause i like baseball too." Talk about lucky.

Also i've heard a rumor that drug dealers are using camry's as their car of choice (kind of like the Caprice's) and cops "profile" camry's as "drug" cars. anyone feedback on that?

kgasso · 08-18-2003, 03:38 AM

Haven't heard of anything like that, but maybe that explains the undeserving search of 3 vehicles of myself and some friends last night...

Dawgz · 08-18-2003, 09:01 AM

oh man are u fckn seriouse, i have this tribal Dragon on the back of my camry, they prolly think its some fckn gang symbole, oh well...hehe:p

02RSX90camry · 08-18-2003, 09:04 AM

yeah, someone on vvti.net wass aying the police pulled him over in his 98-00 corolla (which would look like a cmary to a pig) and the cop was harassing him saying they know it's a drug car and all this shit, and they ripped his front lip off, and took him to the station, where he sat in jail for a couple hours, and they find out it's not a drug car.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was the car of choice though. i mean it looks like a family car, and has a ton of room.

kgasso · 08-18-2003, 10:00 AM

Actually, if you've ever taken apart a Gen5 for a stereo install, the thing has TONS of space behind the dash, under the center console, etc. Would probably be good for hiding things... :o

***ekpolk*** · 08-18-2003, 10:04 AM

Gee, you know, the trunk in a G-5 Camry is about 25% larger than the trunk in a new Accord. Just think about how much contraband you can stuff into a trunk that's got almost 17 cu-ft of volume. Heck the trunk in the legendary Caprice is only about 20 cu-ft, as I recall. So it's probably just a matter of good "business" practice. The Accord would have about the same stealth factor as a Camry, but it's trunk is only 14 cu-ft. More cubes=more drugs. . .

grapefury · 08-18-2003, 10:18 AM

hmm.. then maybe i shouldn't draw too much attention to my car by modding lights and stuf..

hmm..

nnaaahhh.. what do i care? im legit.. mostly..

bt6 · 08-18-2003, 02:24 PM

sounds familiar, i got pulled over for no reason out here in cali. i was driving home from work and passed a sherrif parked in a parking lot, as soon as i passed him he pulled out an followed me for about two blocks. i was making sure i didnt speed and i even rolled down all my windows, as to look even less suspicious. anyway i get pulled over and questioned for 30 munites on weather i sell drugs or if i was on any and the fact that i had 200 hundred dollars in tip money from work didnt help. after the questioning the then stripsearched my car for 45 minutes and let me go since i was clean.

but to top it all off was the fact that i had 2 cops searching my car, one was complementing me on how nice all the work i had done was, while the other was giving me a list of everyting he could write me up for.

jm_2thow · 08-18-2003, 08:20 PM

shit if u dont have ne thing and there bein asses about it then be an ass back tell them they cant search it, make them get a warrant, in my town (25,000) people, the cops are dicks so i always give them shit but the sherriffs are cool so i dont give them shit

grapefury · 08-18-2003, 09:23 PM

maybe ill scratch the neon underbody kit i was going to do..

***ekpolk*** · 08-18-2003, 09:32 PM

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Originally posted by jm_2thow
shit if u dont have ne thing and there bein asses about it then be an ass back tell them they cant search it, make them get a warrant, in my town (25,000) people, the cops are dicks so i always give them shit but the sherriffs are cool so i dont give them shit

Weeeellllllll, you're right, but you're wrong too. First ask yourself why cops are cops. It ain't to help humanity or to steer youth in the right direction (my two favorite stock answers to this question). They are generally power trippers, and will enjoy taking the trip if you invite them to do so (hell, most of them enjoy a good assertion of power more than getting laid...). So you say no, just unpolitely enough to trigger the power trip reflex. He makes you wait for the drug dog. That takes 30 minutes. The dog then (probably on secret command) ___________ [twitches, paws, whines, burps, farts, whatever]. He has now "alerted," and the cop now has (generated) probable cause to search you and your car. Now if he wants to really try to be a dick (as opposed to practicing the usual lazy type low grade dickery you usually see), he will literally disassemble your pride and joy, looking for contraband. Upon completion of the process, and having found nothing, he will smile, tell you to have a nice day, and drive away, leaving you standing amidst the nice collection of parts that used to be your ride.

As much as it irks me to say so, usually the best approach is not just to kiss their asses, but to go a step further and actaully leave hickeys. . . You end up driving away and sleeping where you choose that evening. Ultimately, you will learn how to deal with them. The only question is whether you will learn the easy way, or the other way. . .