Sigh...

[Mike]

Woke up today, got all ready for class, hopped in the car, picked up a friend, and then I hit the red light on reservoir/sheetz. A cop pulls up in the turning lane next to me, no big deal, I'm driving legally. Light goes green, I accelerate at a normal pace already having forgotten the cop since I wasn't doing anything wrong (funny, now that I drive normally I don't pay much attention to them). I pull in to the Festival lot over by the Walmart entrance, park my car, shut it off, and bam there is Officer P.R. McCullough, a good ole' boy, lights a-flashin'. I question my roomate as to what I did wrong, for the life of us we can't come up with a thing. Good ole' P.R. McCullough walks up to the side of the car where I had already gotten out, bag in hand, and tells me that my muffler is illegal... *SIGH* I tell him that I just ordered something quieter and less flashy since I had finally saved up the funds to do so, and that it would be installed within the next week or two (I really did order a new muffler about 4 days ago). He doesn't care, writes me a citation for "Use of unapproved exhaust" and lets me go on my way, now 25 minutes late to class.

I really felt like asking him if he was doing the same citation for all the Mustangs, Camaros, and Harleys I often see around town that are in fact louder than my car, but my judgement got the better of me and I bit my tongue; two ignorant assholes are no better than one...

I've got a court date on March 24. If I have my new muffler (relatively stock looking but 2.5" in/out) installed before then it'll be waived. What a pain in the ass.