I would've thought a Hyundai Getz doesn't cut it for a hooning vehicle...but anyways..

A crackdown on hoons has seen one Queenslander’s car defected, while in Victoria a Nissan Skyline track-day car has been impounded.

A Hyundai Getz has been issued with a defect notice after police allege the vehicle was fitted with a steering wheel from a gaming simulator.

Bodycam footage shows an officer pulling over the yellow Hyundai for a vehicle inspection, when the officer realised the factory steering wheel in the highly-modified Getz had been replaced with what is alleged to be a steering wheel used for playing video games.

A man claiming to be the owner took to Facebook to air his disappointment with the outcome, claiming the car was “far from being dangerous”.

“I not [long] before this had lost my job and now because of the cop’s power trip I'm a single parent with no car and this has made life EXTREMELY difficult to get another job because i didn’t have the money to get the defects cleared in time so my rego was cancelled as well,” he wrote on the social media website.

“So thanks [Queensland Police] for making life sooooo much harder for me and my child!!!! Oh and FYI. This footage was shot in the drop off zone at my son’s school!!! As I was dropping him off!!!!”



In Victoria, police have charged a driver and impounded an unregistered Nissan Skyline R34 after the vehicle was seen driving in the early hours of Monday morning.



The Nissan, which appears to be used in competitive drift events, had driven almost 40 kilometres without headlights, no front or rear bumper bars, and with only one (broken) tail-light.

It also appears as if the Skyline was fitted with an unrestricted modified exhaust and LED work-lights at the front of the vehicle.

A 27-year-old man has been charged with driving while suspended, driving an unregistered vehicle, and failing to have an alcohol interlock fitted. He was fined $1134 and bailed to appear in court, and his vehicle was immediately impounded.

Full: https://www.drive.com.au/news/police-de ... um=partner

Owner of the Hyundai Getz

I had to look up "hooning"...

hanno wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 6:45 am I had to look up "hooning"...

Yes, apologies to non-Aus members. Aussie slang..from Wkipedia:

A hoon is an Australian term describing a person who deliberately drives a vehicle in a reckless or dangerous manner, generally in order to provoke a reaction from onlookers.

Hoon activities (or hooning) can include speeding, burnouts, doughnuts, or screeching tyres.[1] Those commonly identified as being involved in hooning are young and predominantly male drivers in the age range of 17 to 25 years.[2]

violet wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:00 am Owner of the Hyundai Getz

This guy didn't muck around with mods..

Leon Rolls
This is my 2002 Hyundai Getz. List of mods so far are ported and polished head, remapped ecu, 330cc injectors, bigger fuel rail and fuel pump. Excedy heavy duty clutch. Pod filter with 2.5 inch exhaust with a resonator and no mufflers. 2.5 to 5 inch cannon. K sport coilovers. 16×8 sunraysia rims. 205×40×16 tyres. Momo steering wheel and race industries race seats. Been dynoed at 140bwhp na. I have plans to supercharge my lil beast and have just purchased a supercharger.

So funny that such a shitty little vehicle gets so modified

violet wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 8:36 am So funny that such a shitty little vehicle gets so modified

Yeah, I wonder whether that's why the copper was so 'buddy' and 'matey' with him....having a laugh at the same time about the vehicle.

So is it a Momo steering wheel (looks like one as I had the same) or a gaming one?

Clutch Cargo wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 8:45 am

violet wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 8:36 am So funny that such a shitty little vehicle gets so modified

Yeah, I wonder whether that's why the copper was so 'buddy' and 'matey' with him....having a laugh at the same time about the vehicle.

If the guy had done the same modifications to a space rocket, he would be praised by everyone , called a genius for his development skills and given a top ranking job with NASA . But I guess cars are not the latest craze in this world and sending stuff up into space is.

violet wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 8:36 am So funny that such a shitty little vehicle gets so modified

When I was doing my military service, Opel Mantas were all the rage, as was pimping (hooning. Sorry learned a new word this morning and want to use it ) them. Had a fellow recruit sink 20,000 Deutschmarks into what was basically a crap car.

Opel Manta: