New "modified exhaust" law revokes registration?!? - North East F-Body Association

bottledbird68 · #1 03-26-2011, 09:25 PM

Ok, so we got stopped last night after work by one of Massachusetts finest. We were getting gas in the wrx and he pulled in and sat back in the lot waiting for us to leave.
I started the car, pulled away from the pump and he immediately flipped the blues on and pulled me over in the parking lot.
So, he walks up to the car and asks what's wrong with my exhaust. I calmly replied that it was a 50 state legal replacement exhaust (I know technically according to mass it's supposed to be factory, that's not the debate here).
He tells me no way, it's too loud and not legal, takes my license and registration and goes back to his car. Comes back 10 minutes later with a warning for "modified exhaust".
Now here's the good part. He then tells me that it needs to be returned to stock. As of may 1st mass law is changing. "Massachusetts is getting serious about people modifying their cars. As of may 1st there will be no modified exhaust, altered height, or any other such modifications tolerated. If I see this car again after may 1st and it isn't stock I will have the power to revoke your registration on the spot and have your car towed. And, you won't be allowed to have it back until it is returned to stock."
Now that sounds like a load of horse shit to me and I've been searching online for any info and can't find anything saying that. But, knowing mass it wouldn't surprise me and I don't want to find out it's true come may by having my car towed.
Anyone know what's up here? Need to know cause if it's true I figure I have a month to move to New Hampshire lol. Cause I'm not about to return every vehicle I own to stock or buy another one to drive. Or does anyone in nh want a roomate in their mailbox for registry's sake lol?
You want to ticket me, fine. But to have the power to basically impound my car is freakin rediculous.

DAWG · #2 03-26-2011, 09:35 PM

wtf???
A WRX??????
fartcan??????

bottledbird68 · #3 03-26-2011, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DAWG

wtf???
A WRX??????
fartcan??????

No it's not. I hate fart cans.
It's actually a hooker aerochamber muffler with a turndown that exits under the car and is painted flat black so it doesn't look obvious. Believe it or not it's less blingy than factory

irockidz28 · #4 03-26-2011, 09:43 PM

fuckkkkk that. that is what really pisses me off, like what is the big deal?? I can see them trying to bust balls if you dont have any emissions and stuff on it (but they cant cant prove that unless they pull you over and look, and in that case you would be considered guilty untill proven innocent)

in all seriousness tho, are they going to pull over every single car that 'sounds' louder then stock adn have it towed? sounds like the government just trying to sqeeze more money out of people.

I work with two franklin police officers, ill ask them if they have heard anything about this

DemonWithin99 · #5 03-26-2011, 09:59 PM

sounds like b/s to me...

bottledbird68 · #6 03-26-2011, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DemonWithin99

sounds like b/s to me...

Me too. But I want to know for sure.
Leaving the bar after closing time and driving all modified cars we get stopped A LOT.
It would suck to ge towed away every time.

Formula413 · #7 03-26-2011, 10:28 PM

Holy crap, if that is true that is ridiculous. Are they going to impound all the Harleys with straight pipes too? Is my car that is not stock but no louder than stock now subject to being towed? Hopefully he was either full of it or misinformed.

black heartbeat · #8 03-26-2011, 10:29 PM

I'll ask my friend in the how just got out of the academy he's always up to date on these things

bottledbird68 · #9 03-26-2011, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Formula413

Holy crap, if that is true that is ridiculous. Are they going to impound all the Harleys with straight pipes too? Is my car that is not stock but no louder than stock now subject to being towed? Hopefully he was either full of it or misinformed.

Well technically in mass your car is already illegal. Depending on how you interpret the law anything that is not "stock" is illegal and has been for a couple years now.
Thy could always write the ticket. But if this is true then they'll have the power to revoke your registration on site and have it towed away.
I'm praying it's not true.
If it is I say we all pitch in on a cheap apt in nh for the address and "move" to new hampshire. Northeast f body housing anyone lol?

Quikz28 · #10 03-26-2011, 11:13 PM

if that law is true then theyre gonna be towing alot of cars. im calling bs on it too but who knows now a days.