Cool Cop Thread

[E30 Memorial]

Most all cops are cool, occasionally there's a few dicks.

Taking part in "Project Blue Light"




http://fox4kc.com/2014/12/30/project...on-for-police/

[slammin.e28]

If you don't drive an American POS, good luck getting out of any tickets around here.

[Dozyproductions]

did you have a license or nah?

I had my actual license on me; it wasn't valid. They're called the exact same thing. smh.

[phreshkid]

how close were you to beating them?

Everything was going pretty good until a tree came out of nowhere.

I went from 120+mph to 0mph real fast.


If I had the opportunity to do it again, I probably wouldn't do it again.

[ak-]

did you have a license or nah?



And he gave you all those tickets for 15 mph???



how close were you to beating them?

He saw us lined up from afar, and when I jumped ahead to get in front of him, he pulled out to pull me over - contest to racing. And yeah, all those tickets.

[e30onBBSs]

I was driving with no license
Even after checking my drivers license

did you have a license or nah?

Back in 2010, pre-turbo, I was driving neck in neck with my friend on a road at about 15mph.

And he gave you all those tickets for 15 mph???

I ran from the police in an e30 once.

I ended up getting arrested but the cop was pretty nice.

Overall, I'd rate him a 9/10.

how close were you to beating them?

[phreshkid]

I ran from the police in an e30 once.

I ended up getting arrested but the cop was pretty nice.

Overall, I'd rate him a 9/10.

[ak-]

I live in CA so modifying your car is an issue considering smog. I've only ever had like three mentionables.

I was pulled over for not having a front license plate and instead of asking for my license and reg., the cop tells me to open my hood. I start sweating a little because the car is turbocharged which is a big no-no. I ask him if he wants me to step out with him and he replies saying, "why, are you going to run?". I already start suspecting that he is going to be hard on me, most likely issue me a state referee ticket, and ruin my day/week/year since that will make my car road-illegal and forcefully return it to stock to be checked for compliance .
He pokes around the engine bay and starts asking me questions which I answer honestly to except for the one where if these cars ever come turbocharged factory. I tell him there are some turbo diesel variants and try to sway the conversation towards another path. Towards the end he compliments my car, sends me off my merry way, and tells me to put my front plate back on :p I lost a gallon of water in sweat that day.

Another time while driving to work, an older gent in a new e92 M3 was pestering me on the 10 mile straight open road I take in the morning. Revving at me, pulling forward and back while cruising, and such. I finally bite into hit taunts and end up roll racing him on the road once, and another time from a stop light. We hit probably 90 or so on the streets until I backed off and he turned into a freeway on ramp where he was still WOT entering the freeway. I look in the rear view and see police lights approaching fast and think to myself, well shit - it's over. I pull into a gas station accepting that my car is going to get towed. Cop comes to my window and immediately starts yelling at me, which I deserve, and rhetorically asks me, "you know how fucking fast I had to drive to catch up to you two idiots?". I admit to him that I gave into M3's teasing and just went for it.
He runs my ID, pokes around the car, asks me why am I'm in a suit and where am I going? I tell him to work and I start in 15minutes. He explains to me all the tickets he's able to write me for and that he is allowed to impound my car at this point, which I know is true, but sends me off with a warning not to try that stunt ever again. :puppy: No ticket or anything.

Back in 2010, pre-turbo, I was driving neck in neck with my friend on a road at about 15mph. We are talking through the window about directions to an exhaust shop because he is driving open headers. I tell him to follow me and accelerate in front of him to get in his lane before the next stop light so he can follow me to make a left.
Long story short, I get pulled over with suspicion of street racing, detained, car searched, and get every ticket you can think of written up for me - modified exhaust, modified suspension, bald tires, contest to racing, speeding, and things I don't even remember. I admit I was being a little stubborn because I couldn't read ANYTHING he wrote on the ticket with his chicken scratch writing and he didn't want to explain to me what the citations were for before signing it. Anyways, after being let go, he tries to start talking "cars" with me, saying how he used to race old VW's or whatever. I'm trying to keep my cool because I honestly don't give a shit after what he did to me and end up fighting it in court, having all the citations dropped. Okay, he wasn't a cool cop - never mind.

[Dozyproductions]

Not an e30 lover per say but when I was getting arrested the cop, while on our way to the jail, tried his hardest to find out what my arrest warrant was for. Even after we couldn't figure it out he gave me great fatherly advise on how to avoid the vatos and niggas I was going to be hanging out with.

Edit: actually there was a time when I was driving with no license because I had to make it to class for a final or fail the class. On the way back the cop stopped me for accelerating on a yellow light. Even after checking my drivers license he came back and noticed I had a polish last name. He told me how to say some polish words so that he could win some arguments against his polish wife. If you've ever had polish women in your life you'd understand. I think he saw an empty weed jug in the car and just asked me if I was high at the moment, which I truthfully answered I did the night before. He just told me he hoped I passed, to smoke at home and not to drive and never mentioned anything about the license.

[e30onBBSs]

So I was aiming my headlights up against this fence in my neighborhood, and occasionally a car would pass. I guess this is kinda weird because it's at night and some "sketchy" car is sitting against this fence, so someone calls the cops. I see the cop car and am like "do I really have to deal with the popo right now?" So the cop pulls up behind my car, takes a few seconds to get out.

Then I explain what I'm doing, and he realizes it's an e30. His face lights up and he goes "I used to be a bmw mechanic for 15 years before I became a cop... I remember these things! They are so fun to drive.. I had 3 in my driveway! especially the all wheel drive ix... I used to get sideways going up on ramps with all four wheels burning...

So I'm standing there like :ST1G::ST1G::ST1G: This guy is the man! Then we talked about e30's for a while and he was looking at the engine bay reliving his time with his e30's and it was really cool. I asked him if he has any ideas as to why my car is overheating and he was like "uh yea you don't have a fan in front of your radiator" Then he explained all about how I need a fan clutch and he explained exactly what I needed to do to install it. It was really really interesting to see this guy in badge and uniform with his flash light completely sucked into my car, and he basically turned into mechanic man for probably 12 minutes. Then he was like aite peace, and drove away.

It was quite refreshing to not have a cop breathing down my neck, then to have the cop know all about my car was just awesome. The chances are so slim that his previous career was being a bmw mech while e30's were still in shops. Plus he helped me diagnose my car!

You guys ever met a cool cop? a cop that loves e30's?