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Title: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 11, 2011, 08:44:23 PM
Now when I flip off liberals they will know I'm a capitalist pig!   :tongue: :bird:
(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j358/texascop1/175834_1608057646261_1380806687_31494471_4267938_o.jpg)

(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j358/texascop1/172111_1608058046271_1380806687_31494472_1914448_o.jpg)

My first bimmer!   :yahoo:

Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: IassaFTots on February 11, 2011, 08:52:39 PM
Now when I flip off liberals they will know I'm a capitalist pig!   :tongue: :bird:
(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j358/texascop1/175834_1608057646261_1380806687_31494471_4267938_o.jpg)

(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j358/texascop1/172111_1608058046271_1380806687_31494472_1914448_o.jpg)

My first bimmer!   :yahoo:



Oh hell TC, please please PLEASE take this in the jovial manner it is given!  Please remember I am a fellow Russ listener, and as such cannot contain myself.  Although I TRIED!

Capitalist PIG?   :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Ok.  I am over it.  And congrats!   :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: DixieBelle on February 11, 2011, 09:03:45 PM
Is Russ still on the air? I listened to him way back when he was on mornings and ran nekkid down the tollway.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Gina on February 11, 2011, 09:04:21 PM
Very nice but I don't know if it screams capitalist pig :whistling:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Ballygrl on February 11, 2011, 09:06:30 PM
Very nice!
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: IassaFTots on February 11, 2011, 09:06:42 PM
Is Russ still on the air? I listened to him way back when he was on mornings and ran nekkid down the tollway.

Yes he is Dixie!  He was on afternoons on 105.3, when it was talk, and then there was a FRACAS.  CBS paid him to keep him off the air, and now he is back at KEGL, in the am.  I only hear about 45 minutes of his show, when I am on the way home, and sometimes I wish my commute was longer, just to keep the laughs up.  
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: DixieBelle on February 11, 2011, 09:08:08 PM
Yeah I caught some of his show online after I moved away. He was already on the talk station by then. His show was one of the things I missed about moving away!

I read online about his arrest. OMG.

Sorry for the threadjack!
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Thor on February 11, 2011, 09:09:28 PM
Kind of screams uppity Liberal to me........  :fuelfire:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Gina on February 11, 2011, 09:12:17 PM
Kind of screams uppity Liberal to me........  :fuelfire:

 :lmao:  I didn't want to say it :fuelfire:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: IassaFTots on February 11, 2011, 09:13:58 PM
Yeah I caught some of his show online after I moved away. He was already on the talk station by then. His show was one of the things I missed about moving away!

I read online about his arrest. OMG.

Sorry for the threadjack!

I don't think TC would mind.  He is a fan too.   :-)
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Thor on February 11, 2011, 09:14:35 PM
Throw an Obama sticker on it..... would speak VOLUMES

FB isn't too far away from here & I DO have a doctor's appointment in Plano coming up... :stirpot:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: DixieBelle on February 11, 2011, 09:19:27 PM
Yeah it needs an Obama sticker. :-)
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: IassaFTots on February 11, 2011, 09:21:32 PM
Throw an Obama sticker on it..... would speak VOLUMES

FB isn't too far away from here & I DO have a doctor's appointment in Plano coming up... :stirpot:

Bad man. 
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Duke Nukum on February 11, 2011, 10:23:16 PM
When I first saw the subject, I thought Bobo had given you a ride home in her Buick.

Congrats!   :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Gina on February 12, 2011, 12:11:22 AM
Where did he go? :whistling:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: catsmtrods on February 12, 2011, 12:13:31 AM
Might as well be a Subaru!
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: RightCoast on February 12, 2011, 12:20:36 AM
Nice ride TC, of course after driving it for a few months you will start to disdainfully tell your friends that it is not, in fact, a "bimmer," but is a "BMW."
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Thor on February 12, 2011, 07:30:49 AM
Might as well be a Subaru!

OUCH!!
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Tucker on February 12, 2011, 09:09:48 AM
Kind of screams uppity Liberal to me........  :fuelfire:

Yup!

I drive a Chevrolet 3/4 4X4 pick-up truck. I get 10 MPG. It's in 4 wheel in the winter or has the A/C on in the summer. I supposed I could get better gas millage if I suffered for the rest of mankind, and went green, turning the air and 4 wheel off. NOT!!!

I can survive knowing that liberals think I'm a selfish, greedy repub.

 
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Evil_Conservative on February 12, 2011, 10:34:03 AM
Haters!

Very nice car.

White isn't usually a color I'd chose on any car, but it looks nice on your BMW.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 12, 2011, 10:54:15 AM
LOL, WTF?  How does this scream liberalism???
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Chris_ on February 12, 2011, 10:55:02 AM
Stick or auto? :whistling:

Nice car.  Not a color I would have chosen, but let us know how it handles.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 12, 2011, 10:56:04 AM
If it helps, the wife drives a 2008 F-250 crewcab twin turbo diesel 4X4.  Am I back in the Conservativecave.com graces?   :tongue:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Chris_ on February 12, 2011, 10:56:12 AM
LOL, WTF?  How does this scream liberalism???
They're just jealous. :popcorn:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 12, 2011, 10:57:11 AM
Stick or auto? :whistling:

Nice car.  Not a color I would have chosen, but let us know how it handles.

It's auto.  I've driven a stick for the past 6 years.   Sucks in the city!
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 12, 2011, 10:59:27 AM
They're just jealous. :popcorn:
:cheersmate:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Chris_ on February 12, 2011, 11:02:29 AM
It's auto.  I've driven a stick for the past 6 years.   Sucks in the city!

Eh.  I learned to spend a lot of time coasting along in neutral with the occasional bump on the clutch to keep moving.  My brother was bitching about his truck's heavy clutch in traffic yesterday... glad mine is pretty light.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: RightCoast on February 12, 2011, 11:05:17 AM
Yup!

I drive a Chevrolet 3/4 4X4 pick-up truck. I get 10 MPG. It's in 4 wheel in the winter or has the A/C on in the summer. I supposed I could get better gas millage if I suffered for the rest of mankind, and went green, turning the air and 4 wheel off. NOT!!!

I can survive knowing that liberals think I'm a selfish, greedy repub.

 

Test drove this yesterday with a buddy looking for a new truck, awesome! Only complaint was they made it too truckish, I know that was the idea but with the 6.4 liter gas engine and custom exhaust all we could hear is wind noise on the highway, had to talk very loud just to hear each other. If he was 15 years younger and single he would have bought it. That thing was fast though, and handled like a sports car.

(http://i56.tinypic.com/2eba4c3.jpg)
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 12, 2011, 11:13:35 AM
Eh.  I learned to spend a lot of time coasting along in neutral with the occasional bump on the clutch to keep moving.  My brother was bitching about his truck's heavy clutch in traffic yesterday... glad mine is pretty light.

Mine was a 2005 Ford Focus. Very light clutch.  But still, getting stuck on the tollway in afternoon rush traffic with a stick SUUUUUUUUCKS.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Tucker on February 12, 2011, 11:24:57 AM

Mine was a 2005 Ford Focus. Very light clutch.  But still, getting stuck on the tollway in afternoon rush traffic with a stick SUUUUUUUUCKS.

Not as bad as getting stuck in same traffic while on a bike.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Gina on February 12, 2011, 12:09:56 PM
It's auto.  I've driven a stick for the past 6 years.   Sucks in the city!

You said stick and sucks in the same post (http://209.85.62.26/6026/144/emo/giggle1.gif)
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: zeitgeist on February 12, 2011, 12:59:25 PM
A little work done south of the border down Mexico way it could be looking like this yo.

(http://www.hemmy.net/images/automobiles/bmwpimp07.jpg)

You could probably enlist these three capitalist pigs to give a hand on the detail details.

(http://www.hemmy.net/images/automobiles/bmwpimp04.jpg)

A little find a TJ shop for some chop and drop, jumping hydraulics, roll and tuck, a kick ass stereo, mega bass in thetrunk, and heavy smoke on the windows.  That would be a beamer screaming capitalist pig. :rotf:

Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 07:57:36 AM
Not as bad as getting stuck in same traffic while on a bike.

No such thing, my man!  Center stripes and shoulders!   :naughty:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 07:58:04 AM
You said stick and sucks in the same post (http://209.85.62.26/6026/144/emo/giggle1.gif)

Dirty girl!   :naughty:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: vesta111 on February 13, 2011, 09:38:50 AM

Dirty girl!   :naughty:

 :bawl: :bawl: :bawl:

I desperately need an automatic something  as I can no longer drive stick with my left leg all messed up.  What to do, I have a 2000 KIA with 35,000 miles on it and can get around $500.00 in trade in for it.

BTW, I have Low Jack on this car, when I sell or trade it in, can I remove this divice and transfer it to another car or truck??

Then what is with the doors on these things.      I had  64 Stingray convertable with the same problems.   When it gets cold the doors will not lock, had to put seat belt through the hole in the arm rest to keep the doors closed.    Now years later my KIA has the same problems with no way to tie the door closed until it heats up.   A summer car that one.

I never lock the doors on my car or Jeep, if anyone wants to get in, no broken windows or slashed canvas on the jeep.  Radios are cheap to replace they can take the damn things, I only get Am radio on them.   
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 09:45:42 AM
No, the LoJack will stay with the vehicle.  The problem is that LoJack has roughly 30 places in your car to hide their device.  No record is ever made of exactly WHERE.  This is to protect your investment.  A company rep would literally have to tear your car apart to find the unit.  I won't go too far into what the device looks like (size, shape, etc.), but suffice it to say that it would be extremely difficult to find.
 
Summary:  The next owner of your car benefits from your LoJack investment.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Gina on February 13, 2011, 09:49:24 AM
:bawl: :bawl: :bawl:

I desperately need an automatic something  as I can no longer drive stick with my left leg all messed up.  What to do, I have a 2000 KIA with 35,000 miles on it and can get around $500.00 in trade in for it.

BTW, I have Low Jack on this car, when I sell or trade it in, can I remove this divice and transfer it to another car or truck??

Then what is with the doors on these things.      I had  64 Stingray convertable with the same problems.   When it gets cold the doors will not lock, had to put seat belt through the hole in the arm rest to keep the doors closed.    Now years later my KIA has the same problems with no way to tie the door closed until it heats up.   A summer car that one.

I never lock the doors on my car or Jeep, if anyone wants to get in, no broken windows or slashed canvas on the jeep.  Radios are cheap to replace they can take the damn things, I only get Am radio on them.   

you have lo jack on a Kia?
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 09:51:40 AM
Gina, I was wondering the same thing.  Kias are very rarely (if ever) stolen because they're too cheap to bother with.  It was either a damn good salesman and she got suckered or it was a damn good deal because they cost $600-$800 installed.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: namvet on February 13, 2011, 10:03:23 AM
the ultimate pimp job.... hoes extra

(http://img6.uploadhouse.com/fileuploads/2996/2996066a2cc476add81a2e63d558e4f489d2d80.jpg)
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Thor on February 13, 2011, 10:11:48 AM
:bawl: :bawl: :bawl:

I desperately need an automatic something  as I can no longer drive stick with my left leg all messed up.  What to do, I have a 2000 KIA with 35,000 miles on it and can get around $500.00 in trade in for it.

BTW, I have Low Jack on this car, when I sell or trade it in, can I remove this divice and transfer it to another car or truck??

Then what is with the doors on these things.      I had  64 Stingray convertable with the same problems.   When it gets cold the doors will not lock, had to put seat belt through the hole in the arm rest to keep the doors closed.    Now years later my KIA has the same problems with no way to tie the door closed until it heats up.   A summer car that one.

I never lock the doors on my car or Jeep, if anyone wants to get in, no broken windows or slashed canvas on the jeep.  Radios are cheap to replace they can take the damn things, I only get Am radio on them.   

I could use an economical vehicle because of my frequent trips to Dallas for the various Doctors I need to see. $500 would be in my affordability range. Now, how to get the vehicle from where you are to Texas.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Thor on February 13, 2011, 10:16:32 AM
No such thing, my man!  Center stripes and shoulders!   :naughty:

Not all states allow lane splitting or driving on the shoulder. I had a motorcycle for my commute when I was stationed in San Diego. Splitting lanes across the Coronado Bay Bridge was awesome, but one STILL had to be careful of the cagers. They liked to open their doors or crowd the centerline when they saw a motorcycle coming up in their mirrors.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 10:49:02 AM
Not all states allow lane splitting or driving on the shoulder. I had a motorcycle for my commute when I was stationed in San Diego. Splitting lanes across the Coronado Bay Bridge was awesome, but one STILL had to be careful of the cagers. They liked to open their doors or crowd the centerline when they saw a motorcycle coming up in their mirrors.

Who said it had to be legal?
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Chris_ on February 13, 2011, 11:13:17 AM
Needs a bath...
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/bmw_modified3.jpg)
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: debk on February 13, 2011, 11:25:32 AM
Pretty, pretty car, TC!!

Congrats!


(capitalist PIG?   :lmao:  )
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: namvet on February 13, 2011, 11:34:58 AM
im in the market for this type and style. maybe a bit larger. with AWD and good fuel economy

(http://automobiles.honda.com/images/2011/cr-v/exterior/exterior-header.jpg)
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 11:37:39 AM
Pretty, pretty car, TC!!

Congrats!


(capitalist PIG?   :lmao:  )

Congrats, you caught the double entendre!
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: IassaFTots on February 13, 2011, 12:17:14 PM

Congrats, you caught the double entendre!

I did too!!!!  DAYS ago!!!!!   :-)  Check the first page. 
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: zeitgeist on February 13, 2011, 01:14:18 PM
Needs a bath...
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/bmw_modified3.jpg)

Whoa, this the new Vee-hicle Chris?  Not bad.  Probably doen't have that new car smell of TC 's but then it doesn't usually outlast the payments anyway. :-)

Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 01:37:02 PM
I did too!!!!  DAYS ago!!!!!   :-)  Check the first page. 

DOH!  My bad!   :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 01:39:50 PM
Whoa, this the new Vee-hicle Chris?  Not bad.  Probably doen't have that new car smell of TC 's but then it doesn't usually outlast the payments anyway. :-)



The weird thing about BMWs is that they always maintain the leather smell.  When I was a teen, my dad was a GM at a BMW dealership and I was a lot monkey.  It didn't matter if the BMW was 10 years old or brand new, they all had that pungent leather odor BMWs are known for.  It's one of the reasons I wanted one now that I'm 40.  :)
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Gina on February 13, 2011, 02:29:38 PM
my dream is a Ford Excursion :naughty:
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 02:36:57 PM
my dream is a Ford Excursion :naughty:

It really pisses me off that they quit making those.  We have a 33' bumper pull travel trailer and really wanted an Excursion since we're a family of 5.  We had to settle for an F-250 instead.  I'd rather have that 3rd row seat than a pickup bed.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Gina on February 13, 2011, 02:42:06 PM

It really pisses me off that they quit making those.  We have a 33' bumper pull travel trailer and really wanted an Excursion since we're a family of 5.  We had to settle for an F-250 instead.  I'd rather have that 3rd row seat than a pickup bed.

I would like also I think it's called a GMC Savanna Express van
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Texacon on February 13, 2011, 03:02:53 PM
Not all states allow lane splitting or driving on the shoulder. I had a motorcycle for my commute when I was stationed in San Diego. Splitting lanes across the Coronado Bay Bridge was awesome, but one STILL had to be careful of the cagers. They liked to open their doors or crowd the centerline when they saw a motorcycle coming up in their mirrors.

It's legal in Texas but like you mentioned dangerous as hell.  Folks in cages don't know it's legal and they'll do stupid stuff to keep you from passing them.  Most don't realize that some of the air cooled bikes need to keep moving in Texas heat.

Hell some cops don't know the laws on bikes and will pull you over for legal stuff.  A friend of mine was riding and was issued a ticket for not having the helmet sticker on his license plate while riding without a helmet.  He had to take the time to call the court and explain that you don't have to have the sticker to ride without a helmet.  It was a pain in the butt.

KC
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 03:14:24 PM
It's legal in Texas but like you mentioned dangerous as hell.  Folks in cages don't know it's legal and they'll do stupid stuff to keep you from passing them.  Most don't realize that some of the air cooled bikes need to keep moving in Texas heat.

Hell some cops don't know the laws on bikes and will pull you over for legal stuff.  A friend of mine was riding and was issued a ticket for not having the helmet sticker on his license plate while riding without a helmet.  He had to take the time to call the court and explain that you don't have to have the sticker to ride without a helmet.  It was a pain in the butt.

KC

Helmet sticker???
 
And no, lane splitting is not legal here in Texas.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Chris_ on February 13, 2011, 03:30:52 PM
Probably doen't have that new car smell of TC 's but then it doesn't usually outlast the payments anyway. :-)
It smells like the field it was sitting in.  It's a little musty. :-)

If I needed seating for seven (or five with storage), I would be looking at a Ford Flex.  I would love to have one even if it is for a little while.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Texacon on February 13, 2011, 03:37:55 PM

Helmet sticker???
 
And no, lane splitting is not legal here in Texas.

Ooops.  My bad .... I thought SB 506 had already passed. (http://www.legis.state.tx.us/Search/DocViewer.aspx?K2DocKey=odbc%3a%2f%2fTLO%2fTLO.dbo.vwCurrBillDocs%2f81%2fR%2fS%2fB%2f00506%2f1%2fA%40TloCurrBillDocs&QueryText=SB+506&HighlightType=1)  You're correct.  It's not legal just yet .... (http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/BillStages.aspx?LegSess=81R&Bill=SB506)

And it looks like, thankfully, the helmet sticker law (http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/msb/helmet.htm) has been repealed.  What is said was;

Quote
Helmet Exemption Sticker.

The Department of Public Safety issues Helmet Exemption stickers to persons who:

apply to the department on the form provided; and own the motorcycle listed on the application; provide adequate proof of successful completion of the Basic or Advanced Motorcycle Operator Training Course, or health insurance coverage, and, pay a $5.00 non-refundable fee for each sticker applied for.

Persons operating, or riding upon, a motorcycle with a helmet exemption sticker displayed on the license plate or license plate mounting bracket are presumed to meet the training or insurance requirements for riding without a helmet.

NOTE: Helmet Exemption stickers are serialized and may not be transferred from one motorcycle to another. The sticker expires on the third anniversary of their date of issuance.


And from a question and answer session;

Quote
2. Is the helmet exemption sticker required before a motorcyclist can ride without a helmet?

No. The sticker indicates that the motorcyclist meets the requirement for riding without a helmet, and law enforcement officers will presume that they do. Without the sticker motorcyclists may be requested to show police officers their proof of course completion or insurance coverage.

It was an extortion racket.  If you wanted to ride without your helmet all you had to have was proof of health insurance or a rider safety course.  If you didn't want a cop to pull you over to check those things you could pay the state $5.00 for a sticker to put on your license plate.

Now the new law says;

Quote
The law prohibits a peace officer from stopping or detaining a person who is the operator of or a passenger on a motorcycle for the sole purpose of determining whether the person has successfully completed a motorcycle operator training and safety course or is covered by a motorcycle health insurance plan and repeals provisions relating to a DPS-issued sticker required to be displayed on a motorcycle by a motorcycle owner.

A lot of cops didn't know you didn't have to have the sticker.  I used to carry a copy of the law in my billfold just in case I got stopped by someone who wanted to write me the ticket for not having a sticker.  A lot of us did.
  
KC
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Texacon on February 13, 2011, 03:38:44 PM
By the way ... congrats on the Beemer!

KC
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 03:41:01 PM
It smells like the field it was sitting in.  It's a little musty. :-)

If I needed seating for seven (or five with storage), I would be looking at a Ford Flex.  I would love to have one even if it is for a little while.

The wife wants a Flex later down the road.  They're way overpriced.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 03:42:26 PM
Texacon, that's the first I'd even heard of a helmet sticker!  That must have been back when Bush first signed the bill.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Texacon on February 13, 2011, 03:42:51 PM
The wife wants a Flex later down the road.  They're way overpriced.

My wife likes the interior of the Flex but OMGosh the exterior is ugly.  I think that's the only thing that keeps them from selling.

KC
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Texacon on February 13, 2011, 03:47:54 PM
Texacon, that's the first I'd even heard of a helmet sticker!  That must have been back when Bush first signed the bill.

It was just repealed in 2009 from my search.  The repeal went into effect 1 Sep 2009.

I don't know how long it was in effect but it was nothing more than a state run extortion racket and a lot of cops didn't know that you didn't have to have the sticker.

Usually not a big deal but some of the small town cops would pull you over just because you didn't have the sticker and they would write you a ticket.  Again, it doesn't seem like a big deal but when you have to take time off work to prove you didn't break the law it's the same as getting fined.

KC
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 04:46:28 PM
heh, I've been doing this job in the Dallas area for 17 years and never knew that.  Shows how much we actually enforced that!
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Texacon on February 13, 2011, 04:52:57 PM
heh, I've been doing this job in the Dallas area for 17 years and never knew that.  Shows how much we actually enforced that!

 :-)

I think Dallas cops have a little more to keep them occupied!  My friend was pulled over in Shenendoah.  Little bitty place right next to a pretty good sized place.  They will pull you over for some weird stuff.

I had a local constable show me a law that said an LEO could pull over a motorcyclist with no reason needed.  I can't remember the number to pull it up though.  He had it in his wallet because there had been a local M/C rally and they WERE pulling them over just to 'visit'.  When some of the M/C asked for the reason he told them straight up he didn't need a reason and would show them that law.  It blew me away.  I'll see if I can find it.

KC
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 05:11:06 PM
There's some obscure little B.S. loophole in the law that allows us to stop people to ensure that they are properly licensed to operate the particular class of vehicle they are operating.  An example would be to stop a biker to ensure that he's under a class M endorsement.
 
I've seen other officers use it, but I refuse to because if I end up getting a good bust, that chicken crap P.C. is going to lose the case for me.  I'd rather wait and stop them for something legit.  Any decent cop can get a GOOD traffic violation on someone within 100 yards.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: Texacon on February 13, 2011, 05:21:46 PM
There's some obscure little B.S. loophole in the law that allows us to stop people to ensure that they are properly licensed to operate the particular class of vehicle they are operating.  An example would be to stop a biker to ensure that he's under a class M endorsement.
 
I've seen other officers use it, but I refuse to because if I end up getting a good bust, that chicken crap P.C. is going to lose the case for me.  I'd rather wait and stop them for something legit.  Any decent cop can get a GOOD traffic violation on someone within 100 yards.

Hear, Hear!

Well, I can't find it.  It was an odd law.  It specifically said motorcycles.  He said the law was written so they could check VIN numbers and see if the parts on the bike matched.  I don't know.  I pulled it up online when he showed me the number.  It was really weird.

Keep up the good work TC.  Good cops are good guys to have around.

KC
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 13, 2011, 05:41:39 PM
Gracias, Amigo.
Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: debk on February 14, 2011, 09:47:53 AM
I'm in the looking process.

I've been in leased SUV's for the last 13 years, and just don't drive enough to justify the cost. I truly HATE to drive, and don't do any more than I absolutely have to. Besides, M drives a Grand Cherokee, and T has a Yukon, we don't need another SUV in the garage!

I have little knowledge on cars, but what happens to me and the car, if someone smashes into me is a major issue and usually the first question I ask.

Prior to the SUV's, I had a Mazda 626, and prior to it, a 700 series BMW and a 528 stick shift before that. I was never pulled over in the BMW's, but was in the 626. I have a wee bit of a lead foot.  :whistling:

I have always wanted a Mustang and/or a VW Bug. Have not driven a Bug, but when I tried out the Mustang, I had to "lift" the seat to see over the steering wheel.  :censored:

I really like green cars, and I'm thinking a dragonfly green Bug would be fun....and it won't "clash" with my hair.
 :-) 

I'm not on the interstate very often, not that I couldn't get smashed into on city streets or country roads, but I won't be dodging semis very often.

Is this a good idea, or a bad one? 

Or any other suggestions? Looking at a used car, as I drive less than 10,000 a year.

Title: Re: Yay, drove home in style tonight!!!
Post by: TexasCop on February 14, 2011, 11:30:11 AM
BMWs get pulled over less because their drivers are always sniveling little brats that give you a rash of  :censored: whenever you stop them.  It doesn't slow me down a bit, but it does some officers.  You get tired of dealing with them.
 
VWs are very nice.  An officer here has a bug and LOVES it.  He calls it his VMW, a spin off of BMW, because of how nice it is.  Don't worry about the size of it.  People don't buy SMART cars because they're afraid of getting crushed underneath a semi, but I've never even seen one involved in a fender bender!  Buy what you like.  You're more likely to die in a fall in the home than you are in your car on the highway.