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bzr
04:18 PM

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I got pulled over in a 1988 Buick LeSabre once. The cop was finishing up giving a ticket to another guy when I blew past him on a curve a little too fast, and in my rearview mirror I saw him dash back to his cruiser. So I did the only reasonable thing to do, and floored it - right through a yellow light. YEAH, I TOTALLY GOT AWAY, I thought, but the cop ended up blowing through a red light and nabbing me literally a few feet away from my destination. Turns out it was the cop that always hung out at the high school to pick off stoners, and my friend was dating his hot blonde daughter.

Oh, and did I mention I was driving a 1988 LeSabre, whose speedo only goes up to 85mph? (It maxes out way more than that, however.) So, all bets are off.
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Novaload
04:17 PM

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Grand Marquis are also invisible, same reason as Buicks. Although other people mistake these for cop cars and slow down in front of you, hang back when they're passing--I was going to get a stick on the left rear that said "Not A Cop. Please Drive Normally." Tedious. But it also tends to get waved through gates, checkpoints and such. It just appears to be a benign, decent, respectable car for pleasant, respectable people.

Appearances are deceiving. And when it gets a little older and more dinged up, I'm definitely going to rat it up. There will be some SN (Spousal Noise) but hey, when is there not?
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MaWeiTao
04:12 PM

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I've seen a fairly random mix of cars pulled over. I can't say I've seen any pattern to the kinds of cars stopped by the police. When a cop is sitting on the side of the road and some car blows by well above the speed limit how the car looks is pretty much irrelevant. For a car to truly stand out from the crowd it's either got to be painted in some garish color, equipped with an overdone body kit, or is some sort of exotic. And outside of places like LA where celebrities get their hands on exotics, how often does anyone see one that isn't trundling along at the speed limit?

I suspect the reason the cars on this list are pulled over less frequently has less to do with the car itself and far more to do with the sort of people that tend to drive them.
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Alfisted
03:59 PM

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I believe this. I have not received a ticket in any of these cars.
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P161911 probably shoudn't have
03:57 PM

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Out of seven cars that I have put significant miles/time on there are only two that I didn't get a speeding ticket in. The one with the most time driving like a complete hoon with ZERO tickets was a BRIGHT RED 1994 CORVETTE. 4 years ,100k+ miles, no tickets. The other car with no tickets was a green 96 Z-28 ragtop.
Ticketed cars:
White 77 Vette
White 92 T-bird S/C
79 K-5 Blazer
04 Trailblazer
87 BMW 325 faded dark blue.

I tend to believe that the cops really don't care about the type of car.
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egoods
03:56 PM

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Bright red 1997 Eagle Vision. Inherited it from my grandmother, have yet to get a speeding ticket. Cops don't even look at me.
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LTDScott
03:50 PM

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Where's the 1985 Ford LTD LX? We've already determined that douchebags don't drive them.
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VeeArrrSix
03:49 PM

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The XJ huh? Good choice of a sled Ben...
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beercheck
03:36 PM

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I'm never so invisible....to ALL drivers, not just the fuzz....as when I'm driving my dad's gigantic, metallic-beige Roadmaster. I get cut off and darted-in-front-of roughly every 5 minutes. It defies all my attempts at comprehension.
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B1663R
03:24 PM

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i'm gonna slap some Buick shields on my ride and call it a day.
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tonyola
03:20 PM

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I can speak from experience about big Buicks - no-one suspects a thing about a medium metallic-blue '94 LeSabre. It's like having a Romulan cloaking device on board. Wonder if I could make a few bucks renting it out as a getaway car?
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PHIL
03:29 PM

@tonyola: Believe it or not there was a gang of bank robbers down here in Miami that part of their MO was stealing a champagne or silver colored LeSabre, Century or Ciera the night before the heist and the vanishing into traffic after the robbery.
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tonyola
03:38 PM

@PHIL: Makes sense - lots of stretching-out room for the conspirators and their gear, a huge trunk for sacks of cash, and the afore-mentioned invisibility factor. Hmm - I live in Miami. Maybe I better keep a closer eye on my car.
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Maymar
03:19 PM

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It's also hard to speed in the Silhouette or the Jag when they're on the back of a tow truck.
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Hopman
03:36 PM

@Maymar: Hey! Don't diss the GM "Dustbuster" vans. The ONLY time mine was on the hook was when the fuel pump died at 200,000 miles! Other than that, the 3.1 V6, while old tech, was dead-nuts reliable!
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Maymar
03:55 PM

@Hopman: I dig the Dustbuster vans - they're gloriously weird. But the later U-body vans (as pictured) are just sort of dull, and the 3.4 isn't known for being kind to head gaskets. Honestly, they're not terrible, but if you're buying one, you'll want to set aside some money for repairs.
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Hopman
04:35 PM

@Maymar: The the Dustbust vans are weird while still being pratical. I loved the fact that the seats (all five individual buckets in the rear) were easy to take out. The vans look unique. I never had any trouble finding mine in a parkling lot. Plus, they were common enough that I could walk into damn near ANY parts store and find 90% of the parts I would need to fix it.
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Elhigh
03:17 PM

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It would appear to me that what is needed is an American car, specifically GM.

Or a Jag that looks vaguely like an '86 Bonneville.
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Jeb_Hoge
03:14 PM

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Wow, the Mazda 6 *is* on that list! I hope you haven't jinxed me, you bastards.

When I was a callow youth driving around in a first-gen Integra, I was convinced for a while that it had stealth properties when the headlights were down.
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vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
03:09 PM

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Citroen 2CV. You can't speed even if you tried.
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