Jeff T.

Are we really getting that old. Or do we just choose our spots better!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...kets/16490255/

Vetteman Jack

I tend to believe I know when and where it is OK to press the limits a bit when it comes to the speed limit.

jcsperson

Not too many young guys driving Corvettes. By the time many folks can afford one, they're over their boy racer days. Most of us are mature enough to either take it to the track or just putt along.

Black 02

Unfortunately, not too many own them because of image, not pricing.

MSG C5

No surprise considering the target age/demographic for the majority of these cars are young males. I was surprised that the Prius made it into the top 20. Even tree huggers speed!

f6john

If I were a space traveler and landed on earth, I would quickly conclude that the fastest 4 wheel mobile devices were small 4 door econo-box's driven by young females with some sort of electronic device emanating from their ear. This would be especially true on a Sunday afternoon while college is in session and the driver has been home for a quick visit.

Backtolife

If you go to the website that created the list you can search make and model the corvette was number 420 LOL... I am 22 and I enjoy my corvette responsibly

AlaJoe

Actually pretty easy to believe the Corvette is 420. A large portion of Vettes are not daily drivers and the average age of a Corvette owner is 58.

66dts-v

After I embarrassed an awful 350z yesterday, I wonder if some rethink it considering I have spent about half of what he has.

SoDiezl350

I've never been ticketed in my corvette(knock on wood). Every other car I own or have owned I've received a ticket in. Just the other day I got a 75 in a 65 in my Mercedes.

I think being low to the ground makes them harder to see and i also think cops like corvettes so they cut us a break.

RetiredSFC 97

Mercury Tracer

I agree with most everyone else here. Most Corvette owners are past measuring our pecker with our cars. heck a lot of the peckers don't even work anymore anyway.

zdeckich

the Prius made the list lol

Vinny 2001

This is based on % of model owners vs % of tickets written. I suspect that the 28.1 % GTI number is larger than the WRX number, with VW having sold many more GTIs vs the WRX..maybe someone would know where to find this info.

Dave concrete

That's because with the exception of a few they are kid's cars and driven like the idiot's who own them.

Jeff T.

Just turned 58 this summer!

Velocity_Vette

I saw this list on another site yesterday. It didn't really surprise me.

I think the WRX being so high up is that pretty much every single owner of any trim level Impreza or Impreza WRX thinks they have an STI. And while granted the lower trims are good values even when compared to the STI, they're still no STI. I would think that those that can spend upwards of near $40,000 for a WRX would have a higher tendency to drive it responsibly.

The GTO makes sense. It's becoming very difficult to locate good conditioned GTOs because so many get into them 2nd-hand and just rag them out. The demographic that buys a GTO likely cannot afford a Corvette or maybe needs the rear seat the GTO has, but doesn't want to spend $$ on a fourth gen F-body with the LS1 = lots of young people.

The FR-S is sold on the premise of throwing it around corners and all general car-hooning-shenanegins. Since the FR-S sells cheaper than it's Subaru brethren the BRZ, and not to mention the BRZ carries a bit of stigma of NOT being a WRX STI, the younger crowd that goes for these cars likely rags on them. I drove both the FR-S and BRZ. They're great cars; may even buy one down the line. They're a mess-load of fun to drive and don't let anyone say otherwise because they've never driven one. Local Toyota/Scion dealer I'm friends with told me he's gotten a near half demographic of young people to middle aged buying the FR-S, so tickets are probably coming from the younger crowd.

Supra is no comment. Near everyone that gets into those cars breaks more than a few speed limits.

I guess the biggest surprise for me is the Topaz. I didn't realize there was still enough Topaz'es on the road to warrant being a high ticketed car.


The Corvette likely isn't there because yes of the demographic that owns the car tends to be more mature in their driving habits and so = less tickets, but also in my own personal experience so far local police really don't even pay a second mind to my C5. It's really shocking actually, because I assumed going into Corvette ownership police would profile it more. I think my more subdued (if that can be applied to a Corvette) Nassau Blue color has a lot to play in that. All in all though I've been pleasantly surprised in how little police bother with Corvettes.

fwrogg

Librarian's and tree huggers, knew it all the time

frsr06

While settling for us Vette owners, the data seems to be some what scewed. The percentages are the percentage of owners of that type of car. So 30.8 out of 100 Supra owners have been stopped. Typical USA Today data manipulation. I would expect the number of Vette owners and the percentage to be lower than those presented due to the way the data is being presented.

Not trying to challenge the more mature drivers of our great cars - just don't understand what USA Today is really trying to say with their article.

Keep it safe guys!

Barndog Buddha

Wow! I'm finally above average.......................

Choreo

Biggest offenders out here a F-150's and other oversized pickup trucks followed by Cadillacs, but I have never seen any of them pulled over.

Also a bunch of ricers and motorcycles.

Tons of Corvettes out here and never seen one speeding.