Are we cop magnets?
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Very interesting thread, guys - glad I asked. I had to laugh a bit when I heard that some cops just wanna talk to a Vette owner and will invent an excuse to pay us a visit. 
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No, never had a ticket in the Vette.
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I han't had a ticket yet and my color is arrest me red! Im running just above the limit when they see me,and I don't even pull out of the garage with out the shields up. (Radar) I would say for sure they always take a second look at you! 
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Originally Posted by eddie44
Not flaming but when I was out writing tickets I used to enjoy writing attorneys and rich folks that were the worst name droppers (ie "do you know chief so and so?"). I felt sorry for the kids and younger adults unless they were doing something obviously stupid.
My experience is we as a group probably drive "closer to the edge" whether it's just being stupid or hearing that roar of the aftermarket exhaust. I have yet to be stopped in over a year owning the Vette.
My experience is we as a group probably drive "closer to the edge" whether it's just being stupid or hearing that roar of the aftermarket exhaust. I have yet to be stopped in over a year owning the Vette.
I haven't been pulled over in the Vette in almost 9 months of owning it (Now watch, I'll get stopped today on the way home! 
)I don't think LEO's focus on Vettes - but the shiny car, loud pipes,, etc. help draw extra attention. You just have to be more careful about when and where you do it. If you drive like a jerk, weaving in and out of traffic and doing other obvious things, I think you'll get pinched!
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Been driving corvettes for 32 years and never had a ticket. Not that I didn't deserve one mind you. Driving anything else ( currently a Red Yukon ) get looked at al the time.
Here in Taxachusetts, they have just passed a new law - fines for loud exhaust systems - (only in Taxachusetts ).
Good thing I took off the Bullets, now I have to worry about the PRT's. Law should take effect next month.
Here in Taxachusetts, they have just passed a new law - fines for loud exhaust systems - (only in Taxachusetts ).
Good thing I took off the Bullets, now I have to worry about the PRT's. Law should take effect next month.
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Ive been driving for 40 years, first car was a corvette, Ive had nothing but muscles cars, a just plain fast cars all my life.. Ive never had a ticket in my life... the last three cars I had were RED,,, Ive been stopped a few times but never a ticket...
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YEs....No....Maybe....depends on the speed trap your passing and what your doing at the time you pass. I find a nice wave at the LEO usually gets him to take notice.....I try to only wave at the ones on the opposite side of the highway. 
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[QUOTE=us balding old farts are not really the ones the police worry about.[/QUOTE]
How did you know what I looked like?
In small towns, you get to know the police and vise-versa. Out on the highway, you'd better have your detector working.
How did you know what I looked like?
In small towns, you get to know the police and vise-versa. Out on the highway, you'd better have your detector working.
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Here in the carolinas and the I95 corridor the most stopped car are 3-5 year old Lexus and Infinties. Gray, silver or black with very dark tinted windows. Those are the real LEO magnets. and I wonder way ??? 
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cop magnet!!!
Cop magnet is an understatement. I drive my 1986 Chrysler new Yorker at high rates of speed & have never been pulled over. I drive my 2002 Electron Blue Corvette & I am a target
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Originally Posted by sdnet
Do you find that they are more prone to spot you, or at least more willing to pull you over, because you're driving such a fast car?
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Originally Posted by Dr. Dan
Not yet, knock wood. Do have the DRL's idsabled so they cannot see me as a Vette coming, though. Stealth Mode, I believe.
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I feel like I'm flying under the radar with my black vette. That "arrest-me-red" sure catches a lot more attention from everyone. So hopefully black will keep me out of sight for a while...mostly because I'll be in the driveway all day long trying to keep it clean 
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Originally Posted by F.J.B.
YEs....No....Maybe....depends on the speed trap your passing and what your doing at the time you pass. I find a nice wave at the LEO usually gets him to take notice.....I try to only wave at the ones on the opposite side of the highway.
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I get radar-clocked 10X more often in my Corvette than I do in my Explorer. Every now and then I see a speedtrap in advance and slow down at least 10 mph under the speed limit, just to see the look on the cop's face when I go by and his gun clocks me way under the limit.
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Originally Posted by Ruler89
I get radar-clocked 10X more often in my Corvette than I do in my Explorer. Every now and then I see a speedtrap in advance and slow down at least 10 mph under the speed limit, just to see the look on the cop's face when I go by and his gun clocks me way under the limit.