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    Nice black car. Presumably you might be youngish so they are just checking if you may have stolen it. Don't take it personally. I was once pulled over by cop car in residential area. They said its a random check but they definitely checked me out for age/profile and asked if it was my car (at that time a 200SX, standard apart from a gorgeous meguiars waxed look and nice 18s). They werent rude, just matter of fact. I see it as if you had your GTI stolen, you'd probably want that cop to be checking on it like the way he did.
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    Quote Originally Posted by irossiter View Post
    The cop needs to go and do something else constructive and sounds like total rubbish to me. The dealer would not be putting something on that was unroadworthy. Sounds like he was playing God and just trying to find something to pick on. Of course if you went and complained about harassment they would nail you for something else again. If you weren't doing anything to attract attention then he should be chasing doof doofs in their WRX's on Evo's. We don't buy GTI's to drive like irresponsible wankers (most of the time!) and that is reflected in how much cheaper it is to insure a GTI compared to a rice rocket.
    I agree.... I saw the police car when i first drove out of the car park.. of course I then drove very cautiously..
    one yaris with green P drove past and gave me a big horn while i was being questioned..
    the police so should've gone after that car........
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    Quote Originally Posted by booya View Post
    apart from a gorgeous meguiars waxed look and nice 18s)
    Sorry, was that the car or your girlfriend???
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian View Post
    Sorry here guys, but YOU alone are responsible for your vehicles condition.
    Much the same as if your passenger was not wearing a seat belt - YOU cop the fine.
    I'd check it out with my local DMV or whatever its called in your state to get a definitive answer.
    I also have these number plate covers and will check it out for QLD conditions ASAP
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    Let us know. I have them on the front (to protect my PPQ's from bugs/stones etc).
    Quote Originally Posted by vainbt View Post
    I am 28.... I don't think he saw what I looked like before he stopped me......
    Ahh true. Just thought it could've been jealousy or something. Copper needs to find something constructive to do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by McDub View Post
    if you did get fined, your dealer would be responsible, i wouldn't worry about it.
    call your dealer if it bothers you
    How is the dealer responsible? If he has a ticket issued it'll be to him not the dealer and he can take it to court and see what a judge has to say but at the end of the day it's his car and he's responsible for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by maca View Post
    Let us know. I have them on the front (to protect my PPQ's from bugs/stones etc).
    PPQ say not to use any covers on their plates or the warranty is invalid. I think they say this so we leave them unprotected and have to replace them $$$ when they get damaged as I've had mine since 1997 and always had the altrex plate frames on them and they still look like new.

    Just thought it could've been jealousy or something. Copper needs to find something constructive to do.
    Or he was doing his job, given that no-one knows exactly what transpired between the OP and the police or if the police had reports of a car matching the OP's involved in something or a car that matched the OP's was stolen earlier or if the number plate caught a bad angle and flashed the officer. Easy to try and guess that it was for some untoward reason he pulled the OP over but he would have had his reasons.

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    If the dealer is fitting unroadworthy components to a brand new car then IT IS their responsibility.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian View Post
    Sorry here guys, but YOU alone are responsible for your vehicles condition.
    Much the same as if your passenger was not wearing a seat belt - YOU cop the fine.
    I'd check it out with my local DMV or whatever its called in your state to get a definitive answer.
    I also have these number plate covers and will check it out for QLD conditions ASAP
    Cheers,
    Brian
    I think VW would have to take some of the blame if your cars is defected for something it came new with!

    Oh and if the passenger is over 18 they get the fine, not the driver!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stoney! View Post
    I think VW would have to take some of the blame if your cars is defected for something it came new with!

    Oh and if the passenger is over 18 they get the fine, not the driver!

    Stoney!
    Not in QLD, the driver gets fined if the anyone in the car is not wearing a seatbelt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by irossiter View Post
    If the dealer is fitting unroadworthy components to a brand new car then IT IS their responsibility.
    No it's not. I find it hard to believe that so many people know so little about the law with regards to the operation of a motor vehicle.

    The driver alone is responsible for making sure his car is roadworthy before he drives it. It doesn't matter if the car is yours, a friends, a rental or a work car. If you drive it and the car is found to be unroadworthy it's your responsibility.

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