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A friendly moment between a modified car enthusiast and a Montreal police officer over Grand Prix weekend is being shared widely on social media for illustrating how the two groups can get along.

South Shore resident Andrew Vespoli captured the fist bump between a police officer and his friend Guillaume Joly Saturday morning on Ste-Catherine St. at the corner of Drummond St.

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Vespoli told the Montreal Gazette that every Grand Prix weekend he gathers 20-30 modified car fans to park along Ste-Catherine St. early in the morning.

“We have been doing this for the past three years now and it seems that the tourists absolutely love it,” Vespoli said.

Before snapping the picture, Vespoli said he had been talking cars with the officers.

“They were extremely nice about everything and asked us questions about the cars (…) my buddy Guillaume was sitting in my car (the red Audi) and I hinted to him to give the officer a ‘props.’ The officer brought the car closer and followed through.