11-07-2004, 07:58 PM
CaptainHenreh Wrote:I wonder how your defense would turn out if you measured your exhaust with a decibel meter before and after you installed your exhaust. I imagine you could say "2Db increase is hardly "excessive", don't you agree, your honor?" I wonder what would happen? After all, a police officer doesn't carry around an decible meter, so he can hardly say that an exhaust is "excessively" louder than stock.
I'm writing a letter to my senator and rep and Gov. Warner to ask that this code section be reviewed and revised, suggesting we adopt California standards for noise. It's rediculous.
The way I understood it (exactly as was explained to me by two lawyers) is that if it isn't OEM-style, it is illegal. That is all I know and all I claim. Subjective? Yes. Lame? Yes.
I Am Mike
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4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.