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 68AutoBug
A.k.a.: Lee Noonan
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Rat Look beetles watch out ****
My Son was driving His rat look 56 beetle on the highway
when an unmarked car did a U turn and caught up to him and sat on His tail for a few Kms...
My other Son was going in the opposite direction
and saw his brother with the car tailing Him...
He has a scanner, and heard the unmarked Police car
check out the registration of My Son's Rat beetle...
He then did another U turn and away He went...
So, Who's game to drive an unregistered car on the roads?? Not Me... 
Lee
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bond
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| posted on February 15th, 2008 at 06:45 AM |
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sure the second u-turn wasnt to go after your other son with the scanner??
nick
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Stanley
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| posted on February 15th, 2008 at 06:59 AM |
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no one was booked....all good
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VWCOOL
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| posted on February 15th, 2008 at 08:35 AM |
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'Rats' look like 'shitters' to most people but as long as the car is legal and legit no-one has anything to worry about!
Pay your debts, CxxT
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68AutoBug
A.k.a.: Lee Noonan
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| posted on February 15th, 2008 at 10:22 AM |
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No My other Son wasn't booked...
thats what He uses the scanner for...
to find out where they are... lol...
The rat beetle was pulled up by the highway patrol a while back, but after My Son showed Him the chassis
which looks new [black POR15] and told Him the running gear was as good as new
He went away....
Lee
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| posted on February 15th, 2008 at 10:36 AM |
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Many years ago, when my brother first started driving his rough looking (and now retired) '67 bug, he was pulled over for 'breath testing' almost
every week. After giving him the breath test the next question was almost always "is this vehicle registered?" After the usual rego check to
verify they let him continue on his way.
Sure, the car looked a little rough - the paint was 'polished' right back to the undercoat in many places, and it had been lowered, but everything
mechanical was new and legal.
He finally decided to repaint it when he was pulled over for the third time in a week on his way to work and the cop asked him "... so , do you
polish it with a brick?". After the repaint he was never pulled over again - image obviously plays a part in which vehicles are targeted by the
police....
...but if you do everything legally, aside from the inconvenience, there shouldn't be any other problems.
R 
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| posted on February 15th, 2008 at 10:52 AM |
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12yrs ago, when i was back in the UK, i drove a '74 1303 which was a bit of a shed [ rat-look ] lowered but mechanically sound.
I once got pulled by 3 different county police forces in one night!!! the 3rd lot got a right ear full from me as i seriously thought they were just
takin the piss. As i didn't have my documents on me on the night i then had to go to each counties police station the following Monday to show them
each my licence and MOT [rwc]... like a 200km round trip! from then on i always carried my docs with me... mot, insurance, the lot.
74 > 54
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| posted on February 15th, 2008 at 11:49 AM |
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Cops in NSW are now using cameras linked to a computer to check both unregistered vehicles and unpaid fines. Second car is just up the road and they
pull you over and remove the plates on the spot if unregistered. They have been getting heaps.
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| posted on February 15th, 2008 at 04:06 PM |
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It's all to do with how you look. I drive my buggy all the time no problems, my son used it once and didn't get passed the first cop!!! I reckon
they must think I look sensible
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| posted on February 15th, 2008 at 05:40 PM |
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ride height is the main thing they will ping rat owners on
in 10 years of having my bugs on the road i never ever had a problem till i slammed my Lbug
i swear the cops used to line up down the street the second i reversed out of the garage
it was only down 1 spline at the back but the front my struts were on the lowest setting and my swaybar was only 47mm off the road
in NSW and i imagine most other states min ground clearance must be 100mm
this and the fact i just couldnt take it anywhere i ended up raisign it 4 notches (2") and even running 18" rims i have never been pulled over again
since
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| posted on February 15th, 2008 at 07:36 PM |
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I had my old car 4cm off the ground and ratty as you like, and had a cop pull up next to me at the lights, and with a big smile, proceed to tell me
how cool my car was. then he says "f@#k its low" . After about 30 seconds, the lights turned green he gave me a wave and off we went.
Vw rats aren't threatning to police so unless you get one with a chip on his shoulder, you'll be right.
I drove mine 60kms a day everyday to work for about a year with no probs at all. But... you could be unlucky.
Click the Beetle
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| posted on February 16th, 2008 at 06:30 AM |
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yes i drove the flat black shitty paint surface rust ghia 3cms off the ground every day and did 2 interstate trips in her never got a look from the
fuzz ,my old fords on the other hand had the bacon boys all over my ass like a bad case of heamaroids
A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will
be allright
1967 Type 3 square
1956 double door panel
1968 single cab kombi
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| posted on February 16th, 2008 at 08:44 AM |
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Hi
Headlight height would be the biggest let down with rat bugs or any modified bug, a stock bug is almost to low to start off with. The reason that they
pick on low headlights is that when a lowered car hits dip or rises in the road the headlight beams lift up closer to the horizontal potentially
blinding on coming cars.
I don't like living in police state but I do agree with the cops catching unregistered cars, if you ever have an accident with an unregistered car
your really up the creek without a paddle.
Steve
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| posted on February 16th, 2008 at 11:39 AM |
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yeah i had them doing the check thing enroute this morning whilst driving thru the city..
one minute im following a cop car the next he abruptly pulls over to the left to let me pass whilst eyeing at my ride and then barges in behind
me..
the passenger was furiously tapping the plate into the system and looking over my ride etc..
mind you with a big cheesy grin on his mug..
then like magic they turned off left and dissappeared..
i suppose they left me alone as my ride is all shiny for dubs tomorrow..
but then again luckily for me i bpaid my rego yesterday - a day late - thank goodness..
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