[s-cars] Canda V1 use warning...help on fighting a ticket please!+gas mileage

[Bob Frizzell]

Chris,
You've probably heard the saying, "anyone who defends themselves has a fool
for a client", and I speak from experience.  However, I'm certain you will
get your fine reduced if you appear and challenge it on almost any grounds,
and certainly being that you are out-of-province (country, for that matter)
you should be able to plead some ignorance and hopefully get your V1 back.
Having someone defend you who is familiar with procedures is always helpful.
I assume you weren't stopped for speeding at the same time.
Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Strangways" <Strangconst at rogers.com>
To: "chris chambers" <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>; "Scar"
<s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Canda V1 use warning...help on fighting a ticket
please!+gas mileage


> I don't honestly know what you defense would be.
> "Sorry, I wont do it again ?"
>
> Hire a points agent, or excopper etc.
> Maybe he can make a deal with the crown to allow you to keep your unit and
> pay the fine, or maybe plead guilty to a lesser charge ? That would be
(and
> has been ) my course of action.
>
> Best of luck,
>
> Mark //S
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "chris chambers" <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Scar" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 10:01 AM
> Subject: [s-cars] Canda V1 use warning...help on fighting a ticket please!
> +gas mileage
>
>
> > Fellow S Nutz,
> >
> > Went to Pittsburgh for the Steeler game Sunday. On the way back we
> > decided to take a longer drive through the PA and NY mountainside for a
> > color tour. To get back to lovely Kalamazoo, MI we drove through Canada
> > (wrong move)
> >
> > Well while in Canada I was pulled over for having my V1 in the car.
> > Yes that's correct, the V1 isn't undetectable anymore! Evidently
> > Valentine knows this but I didn't find out until last night/ You can
> > read about it here: http://www.valentine1.com/lab/Previously2.asp The
> > officer confiscated the V1 and issued a ticket for having the V1.
> >
> > My options as I know them so far are to:
> >
> > 1. Drive all the way from Kalamazoo, MI to London Canda to try and
> > fight this.
> >
> > 2. Don't show and let them enter in a guilty plea, it will be  $175
> > (canadian)fine and they'll incinerate my V1.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience here?
> > I will either get my V1 back or replace it, but next time I venture
> > into Canada I will have a power kill switch installed (to shut the V1
> > down as soon as I see a cop car) and will bring along an old dead radar
> > detector to hand over in case I do get pulled over (sacrificial unit).
> >
> > Good news, with the RS2 performance upgrade I still managed 447 miles
> > on my tank before I filled up. I'd report the gallons used but its in
> > liters and I haven't had a chance to convert the data.
> >
> >
> > TIA
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
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