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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    My 63 Chevy II Nova Wagon got me more tickets than any car ever will. The Talon Tsi seems to attract cops fairly well, but my wife's A6 Biturbo is practically invisible. I love passing cops on the freeway in that thing. They don't even look at it, it must be because it's white. Or, I look like a Republican in it.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    I've got a silver 4Runner. About a week ago, I didn't see the cop leaning out of his cruiser with a radar gun until it was too late. I was doing 85+ in a 70 with no cars within 300 feet of me in either direction. When I saw him start to pull out, I thought he had me dead to rights.

    The black Crossfire I blew past 10 seconds earlier got busted instead. The only way that truck could be more invisible is if it was literally transparent.
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    Image of Rockford Brodie and the Masters of the Hooniverse Rockford Brodie and the Masters of the Hooniverse
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    The Mazda6 comes in 6th with a 66%? Oh my god it's the mark of the overachieving beast!
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    Image of 68Fastback 68Fastback
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    Funny.

    I picked up a '99 Miata a little over a year ago. Average 1,000 miles a month in it. Drive it like an absolute idiot, like it was designed to be driven- redline shifts out of every light, squealing tires through the corners.

    I am astounded that I've never even been pulled over and given a warning, to say nothing of a ticket.

    I think it has everything to do with the Miata's reputation as a "cute" car, rather than the sports car that it is.

    Not that I'm complaining...
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    Image of TowMe TowMe
    11/24/09

    @68Fastback:
    Perhaps the police are scared of frisking a homosexual?

    Just sayin... stereotypes are pretty damn widespread.
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    Image of 68Fastback 68Fastback
    11/24/09

    @TowMe: I live near the San Francisco Bay Area. Frisking homosexuals is considered a fringe benefit of being a cop out here.
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    Image of Xelmon Xelmon
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    Ya know, I think it also has a lot to do with driving style.

    Here in Portland, Oregon, the most pulled over cars fall into the "Ricer" category.

    However, I drive a Honda Civic. It's rather amazing that not only have I not gotten any tickets what-so-ever, it also hasn't been jacked into which the guys claim is a miracle.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    So if you don't want a ticket, buy a pickup, or your grandpa's old car.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    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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    Image of Poiklpu Poiklpu
    11/24/09

    @bzr: Haha, my first time pulled over was in a green 1988 buick lesabre. Did nothing wrong, but the tags were from the year before.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    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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    Image of MaWeiTao MaWeiTao
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    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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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    I believe this. I have not received a ticket in any of these cars.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    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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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    11/25/09

    @P161911 probably shoudn't have: 1977 Gray Tbird ticket
    1986 Gray Turbo Coupe ticket
    1995 Black Dakota ticket
    1996 White Avenger 0 tickets
    1997 Black F150 ticket
    1999 Black SVT Contour ticket
    2000 Red Roush Mustang 0 tickets
    1986 Blue Bronco (34' mudders, etc) 0 tickets
    2004 Black ZR2 S10 0 tickets
    2007 Blue TBSS 0 tickets
    1961 6 window Cadillac 0 tickets

    All cars and trucks had limo tint to boot. Once I got the Mustang all tickets stopped, but I still drive the same. I haven’t even been pulled over once in 9 years. The worst car was the F150… I used to get rolled constantly, but I was never caught speeding.
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    Image of egoods egoods
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    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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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    Where's the 1985 Ford LTD LX? We've already determined that douchebags don't drive them.
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    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    The XJ huh? Good choice of a sled Ben...
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    11/24/09

    In reply to Top Ten Least-Ticketed Vehicles And Why
    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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