Opel Club Cape Town

Not that I get stopped a lot, but still
Yesterday morning on the way to work in the Ute (I was in a crap mood also)
Not a full-on road block - was just two highway patrol's randomly stopping vehicles before the N1 on-ramp

He checked my drivers license, then looked at my rear right wheel. Asks if the Ute came out with the wheels or if I had them fitted afterwards. I confirmed the latter
Then he asks me if the bakkie is lowered in front lol. I say yes, Eibach
Then he says luckily its not too low or at least FOR HIM, it's not too low

Checks my license disc (which is also hidden away behind the sun-tint-blue-thing on windscreen - top left)
Then I realized I left the discs at work - bought 2 new discs last week Fri morning. Forgot to put them on

He looks at me & tells me: "Have a good day sir, all is good"
Dodged a what...R500-R800 fine?

Thank you Mr. Officer. My faith in humanity is restored

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Opel Club Cape Town Member

yoh! lekker! Still some decent, logical and realistic officers out there

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Opel Club Cape Town Chairman
My Ridez
Opel Kadett Superboss 16vS 20XE
Toyota Prado 3.4 V6 VX
Hyundai GetzR Open-filter-box 16v
Ex Ridez
2000 Opel Corsa B 1.8 16v conversion
1991 Opel Cub 1.6i 8v c16ne conversion

^Yep, true

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Opel Club Cape Town Member

@ the mood swings

Was hoping he would ask "Was hie nie eers mooier wiele op nie?" but then you spoilt it

Jys lucky!

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Opel Club Cape Town Member

pregnant people have mood swings .. .

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'SOFAKENWAT'

did u stick the disc - u saying u forgot it at office , but that was yesterday

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'SOFAKENWAT'

lol ya its stuck

I said crap mood, it stayed like that - it didn't do any swinging

The corsa b's disc is lying in the cubby though

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Opel Club Cape Town Member

A friendly reminder - December 2011 - A certain red Corsa B - expired disc

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2007 Opel Corsa Utility 1.4
2022 Toyota Corolla HB 1.2T
2024 Toyota C-HR 1.2T

Exes:
2015 Ford Ecosport 1.5
2014 Ford Focus ST 2.0T
2014 Opel Corsa OPC Nürburgring 1.6T
2005 Opel Corsa OPC 1.6T
2008 Volkswagen Golf GTi 2.0T
2005 Ford Territory TX 4.0
2004 Citroën C2 VTR 1.4
2001 Ford Fiesta Zetec-S 1.6
1998 Kia Sportage 2.0
1995 Fiat Uno Beat 1.4

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Opel Club Cape Town Member

they prob heard what happened to the last guy that pulled you over lol

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Opel Club Cape Town Member


'06 Astra H GSi 2.0 Turbo
'79 Datsun 160y GX Coupe
'95 200 GXi SR20VE 6spd
Ex:
'92 200sx RB25DET
'06 Opel Zafira 1.8 Enjoy Panoramic
'01 200 STI sr20de
'93 S13 200sx RB25Det
'97 200iE 16v Astra
'71 Datsun 1600 SSS 2.0L
180is Opel Kadett 2.0L
Mk1 Golf GT 2.0 16v

lol

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Opel Club Cape Town Member

I've always been polite no matter the attitude of the officers, and bar one brah in Paarl, never had a bad stop...

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.\X/.killa

2001 E39 530d
1987 E30 325i (RB25DET)

Last time, I went through a roadblock with the Corsa, the 2 officers even made jokes. All he asked was is the car cammed. I said yes and then he checked the car and said I must enjoy my day.

Never had any problems with the metro or traffics.

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Current: '05 VW Golf 5 2.0 TDI Sportline
'97 VW Jetta VR6
'83 Datsun 1400 Sunny
Ex: '97 Opel Astra Estate 200i
'00 Opel Corsa GSI 2.0 16v
'96 Opel Astra 200i E 16v
'02 Opel Corsa GSI 1.6
'93 Honda Ballade 160e 16v
'95 Opel Astra 200i E 16v

The trick is to NOT act like a little b!tch. The guy has all the advantages and he's probably been given lip by a number of people already. Just say yes, no and sorry as the case may be. And don't lie. Cops never ask questions they don't already know the answer to. You're more likely to be let off with a warning when you admit to being drunk than if you try to hide it and you make them do a field test.

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2007 Subaru Forester XT
197kW and 380Nm of home-cooked, GTI embarrassing tuning. With a little help from Powerflow
ex:
2005 Coupe 168kW 350Nm From Evo Performance

I once got pulled off by a traffic cop 'cos he wanted to know where I had the springs done on my UTE and how much it cost. Why ... 'cos he wants to do his one as well!

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2007 Opel Corsa Utility 1.4
2022 Toyota Corolla HB 1.2T
2024 Toyota C-HR 1.2T

Exes:
2015 Ford Ecosport 1.5
2014 Ford Focus ST 2.0T
2014 Opel Corsa OPC Nürburgring 1.6T
2005 Opel Corsa OPC 1.6T
2008 Volkswagen Golf GTi 2.0T
2005 Ford Territory TX 4.0
2004 Citroën C2 VTR 1.4
2001 Ford Fiesta Zetec-S 1.6
1998 Kia Sportage 2.0
1995 Fiat Uno Beat 1.4

Talking about Poephol traffic officers.
I was stopped at a roadblock in Frans Conradie, just past N1 City.
While they checking my car, no faults found, one of the other ociffers tries to 'block' a guy because he says that the license disk is supposed to be fitted at bottom of windscreen on the passenger's side.

While he is writing up the guy, one of the bystanders who lived near asks who is the driver of one of the traffic cops cars. It happened to belong to the same poephol that is writing up the guy over his disk.

So the bystander says: "Well you're going to have to write yourself up as well because your license disk is also at the top of the screen."

We all breeked, poephol went red and got haregat with the bystander, other dude still got a fine.

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2007 Opel Corsa Utility 1.4
2022 Toyota Corolla HB 1.2T
2024 Toyota C-HR 1.2T

Exes:
2015 Ford Ecosport 1.5
2014 Ford Focus ST 2.0T
2014 Opel Corsa OPC Nürburgring 1.6T
2005 Opel Corsa OPC 1.6T
2008 Volkswagen Golf GTi 2.0T
2005 Ford Territory TX 4.0
2004 Citroën C2 VTR 1.4
2001 Ford Fiesta Zetec-S 1.6
1998 Kia Sportage 2.0
1995 Fiat Uno Beat 1.4

that's just junk - they should take a pic of it for when they contest it in court

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'SOFAKENWAT'