The POOL ROOM

[Rob. Smith]

Just changing the subject a bit...I don't watch much commercial TV..so I missed the thing about a police crackdown on 'hoons' in Sydney. My mate was telling me about it this arvo. An XY falcon with a tall blower and Idle noise at 115 Db....told the cop it was legal. Another in a ricer with windows so dark that it allowed 3% light penetration. Told the cop it was legal. These peanuts don't even know about engineering ,rules or regulations. They are part of the "street machine" scene. The major cause for the NSW RTA crackdown with ridiculous rules. I also went to the big street machine show at olympic park and enjoyed looking at some awesome machinery. One of the winners had an XC falcon...Registered and obviously illegal. I heard one bloke ask the owner how in the world did you get this registered. The owner answered (genuinely) saying that they just kept it registered all the time they were building it.(apparently a registered car gets more points) By the way he spoke I really think that he thought that this procedure was OK. The car had suicide doors , a blower that was higher than the roof, the rear tyres were about 21" wide and the fronts were motorcycle tyre wide. It was immaculate and I doubt it would ever see the road but it gives other people the idea that you can build anything and put it on the road. No wonder the RTA hates anything but factory cars.