Interesting...knock on wood, but i've always had good luck with cops and I drive some pretty heavily modded cars. speaking of ground clearance, my G37s alone, the tires tuck, my old s2000 was turbocharged with a huge ass wing and body kit.

I guess it's where you're at and how you drive it.

I just got another s2000 a month or so ago. I hope I don't run into the same situation.

 

Police have a lot of discretion when it comes to traffic stops. If I see a good violation I make a stop, but honestly for me at least, most of the time it's the attitude of the driver that determines how I cite them. Unless they are so clearly in the wrong, If they cooperate and don't present me with an attitude then I might be inclined to write a warning or repair order instead of a ticket. I don't know the full story so I can't really comment to the OP's situation, but hypothetically, if he were in MD he probably would have just gotten a repair order giving him 30 days to mail in documentation of the repair(s) or the registration gets suspended... end of story. But since it was VA, and I don't even think they have equipment repair orders, that certainly could explain why he kept getting stopped if he never corrected the violation(s).

 

Told you not to get that Bob Marley Air Freshener