OK what's the deal with cops and the Install Fest?

Necromancer · 05-27-2001, 10:39 AM

I really really wanted to go -- can somebody share the story??

(as long as it's TV-PG of course

)

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Philip · 05-27-2001, 11:41 AM

Very quick story...

Neighbor called the police, a single Fremont police officer came out. Only ticket given out was to a maxima (I think that was the car), since the owner wasn't there to move it. He mentioned that how we were parking needed to be altered (2 car deep, on the sidewalk in a few cases). The officer was actually very professional IMO. I wish I got his name or badge #.

Philip

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evilblen · 05-27-2001, 01:28 PM

I dunno who called them, but it seemed more than a little rude to just call the police instead of just asking people to move...

Philip · 05-27-2001, 02:46 PM

We don't know EXACTLY who called, but best guess was the house two doors down. They were doing construction on something, and had a pretty good size truck back into the court right after the police officer left.

Yes, I do like uniforms..... just on women.

In general, I haven't found a place I have lived that hasn't had at least one neighbor that just like to call the police for everything that bothers them. Only problem is now living in a place which I don't know any of them.

Philip

sirfrankwilliams · 05-27-2001, 08:15 PM

Not to defend your neighbor, but cars parked double wide and on sidewalks sounds kind of 'high profile'. A lot of non motorports enthusiasts are negativly aware of 'street racers', so when a bunch of club members decend on the neighborhood it seems likely that someone will bitch about it, even if everyone is polite and behaves themselves.
Maybe flyers dropped in all the neighbors mailboxes a few days earlier would defuse that situation for the next Install-Fest-O-Ramma before it ever happens.
It sounds like it was a good time even if the Man had to show up.

evilblen · 05-27-2001, 08:31 PM

Yes. We caused <a href="http://feh.unwireit.com/~andrew/iclub/DCP_0388.JPG">this</a>.

The ticket was for parking backwards. Daniel narrowly escaped by moving quickly, and attaching his license plate at a weird angle

[Apologies for the size... need time to shrink things!]

sirfrankwilliams · 05-27-2001, 08:53 PM

wow, looks like a near-riot down there!

Sounds like the Man (& apparently Woman) decided to get nit-picky since there wasn't anything better to do at the fest.

evilblen · 05-27-2001, 09:01 PM

only 3?

And here I was thinking you were hardcore!

Idjiit · 05-27-2001, 09:33 PM

Doh. Evilblen beat me to posting the cop shot. Oh well.

Brucelee - Did I meet you? I was the guy who took 3 hours to do the frickin' boost gauge install in my black WRX wagon. You were one of the guys I wanted to meet, but I never heard your name there...

I'll post the intake removal install photos when I've got a free moment - hopefully sometime tomorrow.

Kostamojen · 05-27-2001, 11:09 PM

LOL! I hate punk neighboors

I guess I should host one of these, cause we live on a corner and have a 3-car garage with space for 3 cars in the driveway, and can fit like 15 cars on the street JUST in front of the house!

And, were cool with all our neighboors, hehe (Like everyone here does work on their cars, and our adjacent neighbor is a Mechanic for volvo and does stuff all the time

) LOL!

evilblen · 05-27-2001, 11:19 PM

Idjiit: I have another photo of the cops that for some reason has your head in the middle

Necromancer · 05-28-2001, 12:31 AM

Quote:

The officer was actually very professional IMO. I wish I got his name or badge #.

Oh you like those men in uniform, doncha?

Just messin with ya.

Thanks for the fill-in. Which one of Randy's neighbors was it? The house with the Excursion and 2 Expeditions?

Andrew · 05-28-2001, 12:42 AM

i wish i could have been there guys, looks like it was a real nice turnout. i guess we can start to rank the turnouts of the install fests by how many neighbors or druglords oops, i mean landlords

call the police.

but yeah, id be happy to host an install fest next time around. i dont have all the necessary tools but I have a 3 car garage that has room for 2 cars and we can park a couple cars along the street, and as far as I know, my neighbors wouldnt care.

Gee3 · 05-28-2001, 01:18 AM

You should have all taken a picture with the cop or around the cop car! I've done that before! The cop parked his car in the middle of our cars and even turned on his blue and red lights for us! Real cool guy! I wish I could find that pic!

evilblen · 05-28-2001, 01:27 AM

Gee: I'm not sure anyone was game do that

Given that:
- Brucelee was moving his car, finding his front license plate (oh and hiding his stash!

)

- Idjiit was under orders to get his front wheel back on (in the middle of an intake silencer removal)

- Impboy was worrying about his exhaust

- Various people were getting warnings about clear corners and the like.

Keep in mind that Fremont police are... well... Fremont police

Having said that, the guy seemed fairly cool, and only made a few idle threats ("If I come back in 15 minutes and...")

[Edited to deal with smiley parser not tokenizing in the order I want

]

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Concillian · 05-28-2001, 07:48 PM

sirfrankwilliams:

It was a cul-de-sac, so two deep could happen without really obtructing TOO much, and the cars that were parked on sidewalks were really in driveways. There no driveway access was blocked by any of the cars.

The cop complained that Idjiit's car was blocking the sidewalk, and that it had to be moved as soon as he got his front wheel back on.

To the cops defense, he did let everyone who was in trouble move their car and didn't just start writing tickets. He grumbled some, but could have done much worse. He did mention that if he got called back, he was not saying word one, and just writing tickets.

HongKongBeef · 05-29-2001, 11:11 AM

I wish i coulda went. How come you guys always schedule the installfests when i am out of town? oh well.. Vegas or Installfest.. guess which wins?

and yes.. the craps tables were pretty kind to me!

sirfrankwilliams · 05-29-2001, 08:30 PM

Concillian, you know I didn't mean to insinuate you guys were being a bunch of punks. I saw the pics and it all looked harmless to me. I just wanted to suggest how to carry on next time without the Man showing up.

05-27-2001, 10:39 AM	#1
Necromancer Scooby Specialist Member#: 477 Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Vancouver Vehicle: GC4 -> GGA -> GM6 Yeah, that's about right.	OK what's the deal with cops and the Install Fest? I really really wanted to go -- can somebody share the story?? (as long as it's TV-PG of course ) [This message has been edited by Necromancer (edited May 27, 2001).] * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

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05-27-2001, 11:41 AM	#2
Philip Scooby Specialist Member#: 1934 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Fremont, CA USA Vehicle: 2002 WRX Sedan	Very quick story... Neighbor called the police, a single Fremont police officer came out. Only ticket given out was to a maxima (I think that was the car), since the owner wasn't there to move it. He mentioned that how we were parking needed to be altered (2 car deep, on the sidewalk in a few cases). The officer was actually very professional IMO. I wish I got his name or badge #. Philip [This message has been edited by Philip (edited May 27, 2001).]

05-27-2001, 01:28 PM	#3
evilblen Scooby Newbie Member#: 5919 Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Fremont, CA Vehicle: 2002 WRX Silver	I dunno who called them, but it seemed more than a little rude to just call the police instead of just asking people to move...

05-27-2001, 02:46 PM	#4
Philip Scooby Specialist Member#: 1934 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Fremont, CA USA Vehicle: 2002 WRX Sedan	We don't know EXACTLY who called, but best guess was the house two doors down. They were doing construction on something, and had a pretty good size truck back into the court right after the police officer left. Yes, I do like uniforms..... just on women. In general, I haven't found a place I have lived that hasn't had at least one neighbor that just like to call the police for everything that bothers them. Only problem is now living in a place which I don't know any of them. Philip

05-27-2001, 08:15 PM	#5
sirfrankwilliams Scooby Specialist Member#: 6817 Join Date: May 2001 Chapter/Region: BAIC Location: red x Vehicle: 2008 STI Aspen White	Not to defend your neighbor, but cars parked double wide and on sidewalks sounds kind of 'high profile'. A lot of non motorports enthusiasts are negativly aware of 'street racers', so when a bunch of club members decend on the neighborhood it seems likely that someone will bitch about it, even if everyone is polite and behaves themselves. Maybe flyers dropped in all the neighbors mailboxes a few days earlier would defuse that situation for the next Install-Fest-O-Ramma before it ever happens. It sounds like it was a good time even if the Man had to show up.

05-27-2001, 08:31 PM	#6
evilblen Scooby Newbie Member#: 5919 Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Fremont, CA Vehicle: 2002 WRX Silver	Yes. We caused <a href="http://feh.unwireit.com/~andrew/iclub/DCP_0388.JPG">this</a>. The ticket was for parking backwards. Daniel narrowly escaped by moving quickly, and attaching his license plate at a weird angle [Apologies for the size... need time to shrink things!]

05-27-2001, 08:53 PM	#7
sirfrankwilliams Scooby Specialist Member#: 6817 Join Date: May 2001 Chapter/Region: BAIC Location: red x Vehicle: 2008 STI Aspen White	wow, looks like a near-riot down there! Sounds like the Man (& apparently Woman) decided to get nit-picky since there wasn't anything better to do at the fest.

05-27-2001, 09:01 PM	#8
evilblen Scooby Newbie Member#: 5919 Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Fremont, CA Vehicle: 2002 WRX Silver	only 3? And here I was thinking you were hardcore!

05-27-2001, 09:33 PM	#9
Idjiit Scooby Specialist Member#: 5310 Join Date: Mar 2001 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Raleigh, NC Vehicle: 08 Highlander 95 Miata M	Doh. Evilblen beat me to posting the cop shot. Oh well. Brucelee - Did I meet you? I was the guy who took 3 hours to do the frickin' boost gauge install in my black WRX wagon. You were one of the guys I wanted to meet, but I never heard your name there... I'll post the intake removal install photos when I've got a free moment - hopefully sometime tomorrow.

05-27-2001, 11:09 PM	#10
Kostamojen Scooby Guru Member#: 2272 Join Date: Sep 2000 Chapter/Region: BAIC Location: haha XD Vehicle: 95 L AWD LIFTED!!! 1970 Subaru FF-1 Coupe	LOL! I hate punk neighboors I guess I should host one of these, cause we live on a corner and have a 3-car garage with space for 3 cars in the driveway, and can fit like 15 cars on the street JUST in front of the house! And, were cool with all our neighboors, hehe (Like everyone here does work on their cars, and our adjacent neighbor is a Mechanic for volvo and does stuff all the time ) LOL!

05-27-2001, 11:19 PM	#11
evilblen Scooby Newbie Member#: 5919 Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Fremont, CA Vehicle: 2002 WRX Silver	Idjiit: I have another photo of the cops that for some reason has your head in the middle

05-28-2001, 12:42 AM	#13
Andrew Scooby Specialist Member#: 1170 Join Date: Mar 2000 Chapter/Region: BAIC Location: San Jose, CA Vehicle: 2005 STi White	i wish i could have been there guys, looks like it was a real nice turnout. i guess we can start to rank the turnouts of the install fests by how many neighbors or druglords oops, i mean landlords call the police. but yeah, id be happy to host an install fest next time around. i dont have all the necessary tools but I have a 3 car garage that has room for 2 cars and we can park a couple cars along the street, and as far as I know, my neighbors wouldnt care.

05-28-2001, 01:18 AM	#14
Gee3 Scooby Newbie Member#: 6893 Join Date: May 2001 Location: Allen, TX Vehicle: 1999 Acura GSR SS blue	You should have all taken a picture with the cop or around the cop car! I've done that before! The cop parked his car in the middle of our cars and even turned on his blue and red lights for us! Real cool guy! I wish I could find that pic!

05-28-2001, 01:27 AM	#15
evilblen Scooby Newbie Member#: 5919 Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Fremont, CA Vehicle: 2002 WRX Silver	Gee: I'm not sure anyone was game do that Given that: - Brucelee was moving his car, finding his front license plate (oh and hiding his stash! ) - Idjiit was under orders to get his front wheel back on (in the middle of an intake silencer removal) - Impboy was worrying about his exhaust - Various people were getting warnings about clear corners and the like. Keep in mind that Fremont police are... well... Fremont police Having said that, the guy seemed fairly cool, and only made a few idle threats ("If I come back in 15 minutes and...") [Edited to deal with smiley parser not tokenizing in the order I want ] [This message has been edited by evilblen (edited May 28, 2001).]

05-28-2001, 07:48 PM	#16
Concillian Scooby Guru Member#: 4414 Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Dublin, CA Vehicle: 2002 WRX Sedan Midnight Black	sirfrankwilliams: It was a cul-de-sac, so two deep could happen without really obtructing TOO much, and the cars that were parked on sidewalks were really in driveways. There no driveway access was blocked by any of the cars. The cop complained that Idjiit's car was blocking the sidewalk, and that it had to be moved as soon as he got his front wheel back on. To the cops defense, he did let everyone who was in trouble move their car and didn't just start writing tickets. He grumbled some, but could have done much worse. He did mention that if he got called back, he was not saying word one, and just writing tickets.

05-29-2001, 11:11 AM	#17
HongKongBeef Scooby Specialist Member#: 1574 Join Date: Jun 2000 Chapter/Region: BAIC Location: #finklses @ EFnet Vehicle: 2008 OBXT Black	I wish i coulda went. How come you guys always schedule the installfests when i am out of town? oh well.. Vegas or Installfest.. guess which wins? and yes.. the craps tables were pretty kind to me!

05-29-2001, 08:30 PM	#18
sirfrankwilliams Scooby Specialist Member#: 6817 Join Date: May 2001 Chapter/Region: BAIC Location: red x Vehicle: 2008 STI Aspen White	Concillian, you know I didn't mean to insinuate you guys were being a bunch of punks. I saw the pics and it all looked harmless to me. I just wanted to suggest how to carry on next time without the Man showing up.