a civic w/ exhaust is a cop magnet because of 90% of the kids who own them are douche bags.
all you can do is fight it in court.
Guess that makes me an experienced douche bag - ROFL. I got my first loud muffler ticket in 1967 riding a 3hp mini-bike with a straight pipe in the neighborhood after school with my buddies. I've been pulled over so many times I lost count 30+ years ago.
You're right, the older civics with aluminum wheels and stainless piping under them are cop magnets - I've read some guys say they hate the EF's the worst of all - probably true.
Sometimes the jerkoffs pull me over, expecting to see some 17-20 something old kid in it and it's a seasoned 56 year old bad boy. The look on their faces is priceless. One even asked me if I was driving my son's car. I answered, no it's mine. Chuckle, chuckle, chuckle.
I don't go out looking for trouble, never make excessive noise anywhere I drive - but, I really don't like it when some jerkoff wearing a uniform and badge decides it's time to phuk with the punk in the Honda.
It's a good thing the streets are uneven in my neighborhood. The Rotax in the foreground is geared for about 70 mph and the TrackMagic shifter behind it (40 hp to the ground) will do 100+ real quick. I'll GUARANTEE you they couldn't get a helicopter over here fast enough to catch me - either of these karts will smoke a police cruiser or motorcycle easily.
I don't run them in the neighborhood - never have, probably never will.
So, based on past experience and current available technology, I'm way mellowed out - but, still don't like being screwed with.