Got pulled over in the rich part of town tonight for my "Loud Exhaust!"

[pawoSD]

Thats right, I was slithering through the overly rich and snooty part of the city (I pass through it on my way home from my college) tonight, and I went past a couple cops who were in their cars next to each other chatting (windows down, probably how they heard me)....I kept it slow, but one of them went after me. She tells me "sir, are you aware that your exhaust is VERY loud" I said "oh, sorry." She runs my info.....comes back....says "you need to take it to a shop and get that checked out" so I say "Actually, this is a professionally installed exhaust, and its pretty normal for these cars." To which....she had no immediate reply....and finally said "well....you're free to go, but get it looked at."



I know its just because they are super anal about that stuff in that part of the city. I think at night I will just go a bit out of the way and go around instead. Only adds about 1.8 miles to my drive and the roads are a lot smoother anyways....less suspension damage.

My car is not THAT loud....louder than a gas car with muffler...yes....airplane or big truck loud? no. Plus, its a 25mph zone, so the engine doesn't go above 1400rpm anyways when I am driving through there. They are just whiny.


Here is an excerpt of their "sound ordinance" so you can see how snooty they are:

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Noise

* Construction noise is not allowed between 9:00 pm and 7:00 am, except for work on essential services.
* Prohibited General Noise - The making, causing, permitting or allowing noise of any kind, including, but not limited to yelling, by means of any musical instrument or device, or by radio, audio system, or motor vehicle sound system in such a manner as to destroy the peace and tranquility of the surrounding neighborhood or to annoy or disturb the quiet and comfort of persons in the vicinity or in any building or residence; provided that this prohibition does not apply to bands and orchestras utilized as part of a school activity, parade or similarly authorized musical production.
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Technically Michigan law states that a vehicles exhaust may not exceed 95decibels 20" from the exhaust outlet while accelerating. No way mines that loud, especially gentle 0-25 acceleration....

Whats interesting is that there's no way a person in the homes in this area would ever hear my car. The houses are set back about 100 feet from the road....and they're all huge fortress mansions....no way they can hear noise on the street, especially at night.

Just a diesel rant. Thought I'd share.

Also, I've been running this exhaust setup for over 8 months with no prior complaint.....was pulled over for speeding (9 over) in that time period, and he never said a thing about it....that was a non-rich area cop. Just goes to show....