Have an Engine Swap, Get your car crushed

[Turbo04]

Theres no proof of stolen parts.

His transmission was missing a vin number, so what, JDM swaps DONT HAVE VINs.

Wasn't just missing according to the story, it was chipped off. So JDM trannies come with the place where the vin goes already chipped off? Interesting.

Even if he RECEIVED stolen parts, that shouldnt be grounds for him having his car CRUSHED. lotta good that did to people that had their stuff stolen

You don't accidently buy something like an engine or tranny that was stolen in a place where theft of such parts like that is highly prevelant. (sp?) Obviously, he could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he bought the parts from a legit source. Possesion is 9/10's of the law. He got pulled over for a modified exhaust, which over there happens all the time, and it snowballed from there.

As for the cops saying he's a street racer, lets be honest now, he did not put all those parts on the car to make the car slower. If thousands of other ppl run around causing accidents and racing with parts and cars much like that kid, why is unfair for them to assume he's one of them? I did not mod my srt when I had it cause I wanted better gas milege, I did it so I could be faster. I think the kid got off easy, a crushed car hurts for a little while, felonys ruin lives.

[Ran]

As for the cops saying he's a street racer, lets be honest now, he did not put all those parts on the car to make the car slower. If thousands of other ppl run around causing accidents and racing with parts and cars much like that kid, why is unfair for them to assume he's one of them? I did not mod my srt when I had it cause I wanted better gas milege, I did it so I could be faster. I think the kid got off easy, a crushed car hurts for a little while, felonys ruin lives.

So stereotyping is okay now? Just because I have an exhaust and spoiler on my Yaris I'm a street racer? Or because I had an intake on my MSM I was a street racer? It's 100% presumption and that's bullsh*t no matter how you cut it. I'm Asian, so I guess I play Starcraft all day and work on a shrimp boat too.

Now I'm all for catching street racers, but to assume that he's a street racer just because of parts is stupid.

[BlkCD5]

Strong point. The money parted out from the car could be used to beef up their street racing task force or some other good cause.

[Ran]

Strong point. The money parted out from the car could be used to beef up their street racing task force or some other good cause.

Perhaps, but I don't believe it would be good for the local or state law enforcement to be selling off stolen parts. Kind of defeats the purpose. Now I'd be all for refitting the vehicles with stock parts and auctioning them off.

[Turbo04]

So stereotyping is okay now? Just because I have an exhaust and spoiler on my Yaris I'm a street racer? Or because I had an intake on my MSM I was a street racer? It's 100% presumption and that's bullsh*t no matter how you cut it. I'm Asian, so I guess I play Starcraft all day and work on a shrimp boat too.

Now I'm all for catching street racers, but to assume that he's a street racer just because of parts is stupid.

but see, he did not get busted for being a street racer. The article makes it seem that way, but there are legit reasons for him being stopped, arested and the car crushed. Not because he's a street racer. I've got a intake and pulley on my mini, no having mods doesn't make you a street racer, but when you do things that draw attention to yourself like that, you have to know it's gonna happen. Like it or not man, I'm sure you've seen some modded civic (or other car)out there on the road and thought something about them racing. Don't want to be labeled a street racer, don't drive a car with mods that ppl associate with it. Simple as that. Sterotyping happens everyday, to damn near everyone. Part of life. You do it, I do it, everyone has done it at one point in time. Maybe not about street racing, but other things. no sense in crying about how unfair it is. ( not saying your crying about it, just talking in general) **** man, I'm mexican and yet how many stereotypes are running the boards about mexicans?

[Ran]

but see, he did not get busted for being a street racer. The article makes it seem that way, but there are legit reasons for him being stopped, arested and the car crushed. Not because he's a street racer. I've got a intake and pulley on my mini, no having mods doesn't make you a street racer, but when you do things that draw attention to yourself like that, you have to know it's gonna happen. Like it or not man, I'm sure you've seen some modded civic (or other car)out there on the road and thought something about them racing. Don't want to be labeled a street racer, don't drive a car with mods that ppl associate with it. Simple as that. Sterotyping happens everyday, to damn near everyone. Part of life.

He was pulled over (according to the article) for being suspicion illegal modifications used for street racing. That, in itself, is retarded. That would be like frisking me for weapons and drugs just because I wear baggy pants and a hoodie.

Sterotyping FTL, even if it does happen everyday. It's even worse when it's by law enforcement.

EDIT for your edit: I know what you mean man. Still, you know just as much as I do how much labeling and stereotyping sucks. I'm not against the police in Cali taking a stand against street racers, I just wish they had a better system of going about it then just assuming every modded car is own by one.

[DrivenMind]

Wasn't just missing according to the story, it was chipped off. So JDM trannies come with the place where the vin goes already chipped off? Interesting.



As for the cops saying he's a street racer, lets be honest now, he did not put all those parts on the car to make the car slower. If thousands of other ppl run around causing accidents and racing with parts and cars much like that kid, why is unfair for them to assume he's one of them? I did not mod my srt when I had it cause I wanted better gas milege, I did it so I could be faster. I think the kid got off easy, a crushed car hurts for a little while, felonys ruin lives.

Ya but you can't charge someone on simple suspicion alone, just because he has parts to make his car perform better doesn't mean he's guilty of committing a crime. That's like charging someone with murder because they walked into a room with a knife, the mother ****** could have just been cooking.

And ya, "chipped off" sounds like some sketch ****. Chances are some poor guy worked his ass off for that swap, only to have a couple of spineless ****s jack his car, strip it, and sell the parts for cheap.