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As I always say: There are no 'quotas'. We can write as many tickets as we want.

I'm tipping at least one contributor to this forum was at the arranged meet on Tuesday night the 19th. There were hundreds of people and cars in attendance. I'd appreciate any info as to how it was organised. Why do I want to know? No sooner had a police divisional van turned up, after...

Driver behaviour for a start. The phone stuck to their hand is a give away. Dark window tint too. Remember under the regulations change it's now 35% minimum transmittance both front and rear.

Got my system installed today. The poor installer spend the entire day on it. It consists of two amps. One powers the sub the other 4 channel powers the interior four speakers (including front splits). I'd already seen people on here raving about using LOC on the VE head unit. Read lots of...

That doesn't make things easy. You'd think it'd end up being one of the wires in the boot space seeing that's where the sensors are. Means I have to somehow get the blue trigger wire from the harness in the back all the way up the other end to this plug. Hardly seems worth it.

Yes they are because I had a VE Berlina with factory sensors and it did the same. Also noticed that feature with the work cars. They're VE/VF. I've come across a thread today that said something about a plug with wires in behind the glove box (?) that they're using as a power cut off for...

Is there a trigger wire for the factory sensors in the back with all the other stuff around the battery? I think there's a wire harness for the factory entertainment unit so I figure the factory sensor stuff might be there as well. Reason for this is that I'm trying to see if there's a...

The way I figure it, if it's already wired and done, changing a thing or two over now and then won't be hard. I wasn't really convinced at first about Kicker but he insisted and like I said it doesn't benefit him with whatever product I went with. Besides, the sub/amp combo was heavily...

The other week the Mrs and I bought a replacement for our second car, an old VT to replace the Vectra that blew up on us. Thanks head gasket (yeah, major fail there). While moving her Pioneer head unit over to the VT I got that car stereo feeling and thought about a speaker upgrade for the VE...

Gee this thread has gone rather quiet. Everyone must all be up to speed.

Afternoon all. Anyone would think I only ever come back to this forum when I want something. I've had the SV6 for a few years now and pretty much decided I'm going to hang onto it for a while. That's even after it comes time to change over, I'll keep it and get a VF SS so we can have two cool...

Don't those little on glass antennas offer crap range?

I'm having a look at this issue myself at the moment. From the dimensions of the unit I have my eye on, I'm tempted to put it into that empty spot in front of the gear shift below the climate control panel. I had a look at it closely after taking out the rubber insert cover. There's a couple...

Go by the signs. They're what matter and they're what I'm using when checking speeds. For the particular speed of a road either go and find the applicable sign or if not possible or impractical, contact either the roads corporation (VicRoads if Victoria) if it's a road managed by them or if...

As far as I'm concerned you just need to have headlights at night.

I suppose that they wouldn't be in effect during the time that school kids are being let out early as the signs specify a set time. The school zones have a been a big point of discussion throughout the years of their introduction. Some motorists have been booked in some of the sign posted...

I'm also considering doing the same as the OP. I am wondering how they went with this if they have done it yet. Mine is an SV6 (SII). I'd imagine it would work the same even with the Holden IQ system. If I needed to change the speakers I'd rather throw in 6" ones keeping the original covers...

In a perfect world I guess that if it's lower than minimum ground clearance then it shouldn't have been granted registration. But I suppose some do get through. I honestly can't say for sure as one would think there's a minimum clearance so all have to be that. Thinking black and white though...

The passenger as they're in charge. It's not the learners job to know how much the accompanying driver has had to drink.

I have to make it clear to everyone that I never started this thread. I practically inherited it and it's really taken a dive. Don't get me wrong, there are some really good points people raise and it's good to see someone taking the initiative in finding out something particularly to do with...

Geez, no matter when I check or often there's nothing going on here, but then leave it for too long and there's a heap to catch up on. Here we go: I think this one was already answered and it's obvious. No need to even ask that question. Whoever is sitting in the front seat automatically...

It's 12 or more points within a three year period. Any fine points drop off after three years from when they were incurred. It's more a VicRoads thing. I have nothing to do with how they're implemented. I just write the tickets that impose them. There's a few rules with the 12 month bond. I...

Correct. This was one of the best changes when the new rules were introduced. Previously, if a P driver became suspended they then got their full licence upon the suspension being lifted. A bit of a rip off if you ask me. Now they have to continue to serve their time and in effect prove that...

Rego just comes up with minimum registration requirements i.e. make, model, colour, sometimes series, engine and VIN. Nothing has changed. Police, especially traffic, become experts at judging and estimating speed over time.

Good pick up as I'll admit I didn't properly read the first post and missed the admission. Best to call a lawyer, not fish to possible solutions to your momentary lapse of judgement (or apparent stupidity). If the offence is found proven, I bet that after the six months is over and you're back...

Now that you mention that, I notice that QLD is a bit more lenient with loss of licence situations. I used to live in QLD and had a few mates who were getting themselves in trouble when on their provisional licence. One of them got done at almost 40k over the limit. He took it to court and...

What ClairBear said, these cases are very hard to win. The only thing I ask is, was anyone with you who can get up in court and give evidence that they saw the speed reading on your car speedometer and say you weren't speeding according to that? You'd also need your cars speedometer tested and...

...and buying a house at that. I'm on a couple of months holiday at the moment and had time to pop in. Yes! I noticed this particularly with the Holden Crewman as they were being used as div vans when I was last at a uniform station. I don't know if the new VE utes sound the same. I think...

It's not white is it? If it is then you've scored yourself a very hard worked general duties police vehicle. They get the crap flogged out of them (I'd know because I've done it) because the people driving them don't care because they don't pay to have them fixed. The only general police...

I've answered that one before on this forum. The legislation refers to a member of the police force as: "A member of the police force". As someone already pointed out, what about non-uniformed police? The legislation does not say, "A member of the police force, wearing a uniform, including...

I'm considering doing this. Would anyone recommend a speaker upgrade as well? If I did that I'd probably just do the four 6" ones in the doors and leave the tweeters and center speaker in the dash.

What's the cost of the GPS upgrade? I didn't get it with my SV6 but am considering having it added.

I had the exact same thing happen. Refer to my post above. A Holden service centre said it was something to do with a faulty sensor.

I just offloaded my Berlina yesteday. It was a 2006 model, the first of the VE range. I found it to be quite nice. They're good for resale as well as they're considered to be more of a 'prestige' model. It has the reverse sensors, climate control and MP3 compatible CD stacker. Try to find...

Another one for entertainment. Again, from my uniform patrol days (not that long ago). Driving around the local shopping centre carpark at night. Drive up to a bunch of young people hanging around a car. I stop and say "G'day", one of them wanders over to me. As he comes closer, I glance...

This is my kind of thread. The first one I think of is the burglar caught on the hop after breaking into a house. Occupants of the neighbouring house heard the alarm going off after someone had opened up a window and jumped in. When they looked over the fence they saw a bag being dropped out...

G'day all. It's not very often I post in this part of the forum however I have a query. I remember when I got the VY some years ago the first thing I thought was to get seat covers. I bought them from K-Mart I think. They were airbag compatible but were a real bitch to fit and I struggled...

I'd be more worried about insurance not covering you. Most mainstream insurance companies won't want to touch you at the first sign of a 'modification'.

It could be that a sensor or something has been affected by the shock of the collision. I had the same issue with a sensor or something similar previously causing the ESC to turn itself off now and then and it led eventually to me receiving the "CHECK ENGINE" message coming up.

The end decision was Nitrate Silver. The others are just too hard to look after.