Here in lil' ole England we do have to licence our "tellies" to the tune of 116 quid a year but that covers your house-you can have as many sets as you like.And yes they used to have detector vans
but thanks to the miniaturisation of today,they carry hand held detectors.They know from a central database if you have a licence or not and if you don't and they detect a signal from your set-you're looking at a maximum fine of a thousand pounds.And if American cars are that powerful/great how come only Yanks and ragheads buy them?