Hi Team,
I have a hypothetical question and I was wondering if anyone could shed any light on it. Perhaps someone has been in a situation like this, or has (even better) been a police officer or has some other sort of inside information.
SO, say someone did a simple engine conversion from say ZD30 to TD42T, and completed the change of vehicle particulars form with the relevant state transport department, and bingo it was registered as a TD42T. No mod plate. Then one nice day, not to hot outside and the kettle isn't anywhere near boiling, this person noticed the flashing red and blue lights behind them and had to pull over.
My question is, when Mr. Plod pulls up the vehicle particulars (rego etc.) on his little computer thingy, what exactly does he see? Can he see without looking into it that the powerful and impressive 4WD pulled over in the long dead grass on the side of the road in front of him formerly had a miserable, costly ZD30 engine in it? Or, does he only work this out when he starts going over it with a fine tooth comb, looking for defects, perhaps because he saw the passenger footwell had a couple of empty Great Northern cans and empty shell casings* rolling around in it and he didn't like the look of him?
All of this is hypothetical, I haven't been pulled over and I don't leave incriminating evidence lying around in my car as a matter of course. I am just wondering about people's experiences that they might share, to contribute to the greater good.
*Many vehicles up here actually do have these as permanent features.
I have a hypothetical question and I was wondering if anyone could shed any light on it. Perhaps someone has been in a situation like this, or has (even better) been a police officer or has some other sort of inside information.
SO, say someone did a simple engine conversion from say ZD30 to TD42T, and completed the change of vehicle particulars form with the relevant state transport department, and bingo it was registered as a TD42T. No mod plate. Then one nice day, not to hot outside and the kettle isn't anywhere near boiling, this person noticed the flashing red and blue lights behind them and had to pull over.
My question is, when Mr. Plod pulls up the vehicle particulars (rego etc.) on his little computer thingy, what exactly does he see? Can he see without looking into it that the powerful and impressive 4WD pulled over in the long dead grass on the side of the road in front of him formerly had a miserable, costly ZD30 engine in it? Or, does he only work this out when he starts going over it with a fine tooth comb, looking for defects, perhaps because he saw the passenger footwell had a couple of empty Great Northern cans and empty shell casings* rolling around in it and he didn't like the look of him?
All of this is hypothetical, I haven't been pulled over and I don't leave incriminating evidence lying around in my car as a matter of course. I am just wondering about people's experiences that they might share, to contribute to the greater good.
*Many vehicles up here actually do have these as permanent features.