I’m another LA resident and I concur. Might be a different situation with small-town cops, but I think in the cities, this is really only going to affect people with totally obnoxiously loud exhausts — way above and beyond your average “sport” setup.

Yeah, this feels like some sanctimonious cop bullshit. “I’d like to think you were about to kill someone...”? Get over yourself. Sounds like this guy is desperate to be seen as a hero.

It’s such a bummer how much we Americans have been deprived of French quirk over the years:

The 50-slide PowerPoint presentation explaining the reason for this is probably sitting on the hard of drive belonging to a senior “storyteller” at a marketing firm and would cause any sane person to break out in hives upon viewing.

Definitely, but in their desire to see heads roll, people can ignore how complicated “justice” can be.

As someone else pointed out, states that represent 40% of the car market have signed onto the California regulations. So it’s not just one state dictating terms for everyone else anymore.

It’s a lot easier to convict one dude of cheating on his taxes than figure out who’s responsible for a flaw in a product engineered by a team with hundreds of people and multiple levels of management.

Before you slap a K&N on your ride, check first to see other people’s experiences with them on your specific vehicle.

I can definitely see a price correction for all this stuff in the future, to something closer to its intrinsic value. The sounds and looks of an air-cooled 911 might be worth $60k to someone who grew up idolizing the Porsche brand, but only $30k to a person who just digs it for what it is and doesn’t care as much…

Right, but you specifically talked about “hipster beards who don’t even know how to work a clutch.”

The thing the 911 has going for it is that it has intrinsic value — it’s fun as shit to drive, looks great, and sounds awesome. Even if you knew nothing about Porsche as a company or the 911 as a car, you’d probably find reasons to love it.

In my experience, the beardos with tight jeans are the ones working on their bikes and getting passionate about old-school motorcycles.