JadeRose wrote:I got pulled over in an old beater truck in an upscale town one time for no reason. Cop asked if I "knew why he pulled me over". I said "Because you think I'm poor?" He didn't like that..lol. He was doing a "safety check." Truck was fine...just an old beater that I actually maintained pretty well. F*ck da police
I always answer "I have no idea" and then they have some BS reason. One was "your license plate is mounted crooked." Another was "your headlights aren't aimed level" One was "i thought your windows were tinted too dark" That one was at night, and I had no window tints. Several were "safety checks" But most were you didn't use your turn signal. Those were always the cop coming up behind me on a straight road and I'd made no turns for 5 miles. One was "you didn't put your hazards on when I pulled you over" Never a valid reason
I can't tell you how many times I've blown in the breathalyzer. Zero times when I've actually been drinking. All the times when I've been driving a poormobile. I've even been stopped after two beers and a burger at 3 Floyds for turning right on red on a no right on red intersection, told the cop where I was coming from and where I was going and still didn't make me blow into the straw. But if I wasn't driving a new car you'd be damn certain I'd be getting a field test.
I went up to the hood to dig around a couple junkyards this morning. Found a 2010 Hyundai Accent hatchback in one of them and a little crosscheck of part numbers on my phone said the hood and grille would fit my 07. Hood was $60 and the grille was $55. Riddle me that. They had a core charge for the hood, so I swapped it out in the parking lot and got $5 back. Hood and grille were both dented/beaten/broken, but I made em work. If it stops raining I'm gonna put a chain around the top radiator support and around a tree and put the car in reverse. Hood almost fits, but the latch is about a quarter inch off from the catch pin. Donor car didn't have a front bumper, so I gotta live with what I got. But I'd like to get the hood to properly latch. Right now it's held shut with a ratchet strap.