Have the code Nazis hit on your car?

Absolutely. That sucks about the dude trying to ticket a classic, even after papers shown. Calling the cops was the right move. I would have done the same.

68coupe is right. Just get the hell out. It's not worth it.

With that said, I've had my fun with code enforcers, before.

Typically, what I would do is find a loophole to make the law work against them.

Favorite things that I've done to code enforcers, in reverse order of how entertaining each of them were;

4) Put temp tags on a parts car (no emissions inspection required), long enough to get what I wanted off of it, before it was hauled. You are allowed 72 hours to work on a car, in order to have it operable, where it was.

3) Put a car that I was working on, after it was tagged with a warning, the day after I started a brake job, up on a butt ugly, registered trailer and continued working on it.

2) Made my landlord and his wife mow my lawn on a hot summer day, because it was longer than they liked seeing it. It was within code length. I mow my lawn every other week. We had water restrictions, so it doesn't grow quickly. They wanted it shorter. Something like golf course short, which none of the neighbors were doing. Nothing in the rental contract said anything about length, outside of the covenant code. They tried giving me a bill for their landscaping, under a heavy rock on my front porch. I mailed it back to them with a letter, telling them not to leave trash on my front porch, or I would file harassment charges.

1) Removed a wheel with a boot on it for private property enforcement and put it in the trunk of my car, changed to spare, removed the boot from the wheel, put the wheel back on, put my spare back in the trunk with the boot, returned to the scene with police and had the apartment complex management company fined after they were charged with harassment.

That code enforcer was beyond reason. He put a boot on my car, because he didn't like my attitude, when I told him I would not move my car, because I had a visitor tag on the window in a visitor parking spot that he claimed was mislabeled, which was clearly stated with a sign. He told me he would boot it. I told him he would be sorry if he touched my car. Sorry you suck at reading. Not my problem. Parked the car, came back and there was a boot. The look on his face when I handed him his boot in front of the cop put a smile on my face for a week.

I believe in code enforcement, but not when it's invasive and unlawful.