hmmm so maybe it all lays on other ppl just making it bad for us.... stupid "other" ppl

 

back to the original question...I've never been singled out due to my FD. A lot of people want to race me when they see me, so that's probably the only thing I've noticed from driving a sports car. Of course I noticed that when I was driving a H3 for a while too and that definitely is not a sports car by any stretch of the imagination. A rolling shoe box would be more accurate. I've gotten a couple of speeding tickets in my FD, but not because of the car. I was speeding (+10mph) both times. Both times I was lucky I didn't run into the cop about 10 minutes earlier. Anybody else find it's VERY difficult to drive an FD the speed limit? I often look down and find myself doing 90+ and it seems like I'm barely moving.

 

So I just got pulled over two nights ago! No front license plate...but I swear the stater just wanted to check out the car. I live in a small town and pass this guy at least twice a week and he always stares at me when I pass by but has never pulled me over. The whole time he just kept walking from the front of my car to the back checking it out. When he was letting me go he says " I never give tickets for no front plate but I love your car." Then he told me about when he rode in an rx7 once and loves rotarys. Haha...gotta love these cars. I didnt evan car about getting pulled over at that point. Other than that I've never been singled out cause of the car.

 

my turn signal strategy is a much better alternative to the break check, for as confident a driver as we all think we are, break checking people is a good way to get your car smashed and whip lash on your neck. I have done it but if someone was to hit you, most likely they would put up a convicing arguement that you intentionally caused a wreck by unnesseccarily braking when there was no need.

usually I just let the ******* drivers go on, not worth risking my time and energy to mess with weirdos

 

Wait, so he GAVE you a ticket because he liked your car or he just pulled you over? It's funny how rotary engines have birthed an almost cultish loyalty and respect. I suppose it's good to have a balance of an awesome car, because when you get pulled over the cop is too impressed to give you a ticket lol

 

In the state of Washington, it doesn't matter the circumstances. If you rear end someone, it's your fault. Period.

 

Cultish loyalty that is dying quick if people keep swapping V8's into Rx7s. At least the chassis is great for engine swaps....

 

Ha, Daniel was looking at a 3rd gen 7 that had a corvette engine in it before we got the Z. It is odd that someone would buy a ROTARY and put a different engine in, what's the point of that?

 

i never get attention from cops in my 7. looks stock and the muffler tips arent huge but it gets loud. been pulled over once in oregon when i drifted a sandy corner in seaside. he was coming off the beach as i did it. never got a ticket tho. he said "i know u kids like to have fun out here on these back roads but keep it under 40 around these hairpins." i plead to him i lost grip on the sand offifer... also i had no insurance and expired tabs. not to mention the car wasnt even in my name at that point hahah

 

Oh you got off so lucky! Or apparently beach cops are just awesome that way

 

I just got the first ticket I have had in years. I was driving on a straight road, with three cars ahead of me and two behind me, just like a train, all going the same speed. A motorcycle cop pulled me out of the line and gave me a speeding ticket, 50 in a 40 zone, and did not bother any of the other drivers. I was driving my Porsche 968 cabriolet with the top down. I have owned and driven sports cars since 1962, and this is pretty typical in my experience.

Of course it was dry and sunny, and occurred on the safest portion of a road with some blind curves and other conditions which would cause most people to slow down, but the speed trap was on a straight stretch about a mile long, slightly uphill, excellent sight distance , no intersections, etc. The average driver instinctively knows what is a reasonable and prudent speed for the conditions, and in some cases that is above the speed limit on certain portions of a road. But the cops always set up their speed trap on the safest part of the road, where the greatest number of people are likely to be exceeding the speed limit. This clearly shows that the whole thing is a game, has nothing whatever to do with safety, but with writing the maximum number of tickets.

If I had been on the same road going 40 on a dark, rainy nasty night, the cops would pay no attention to me. But I know, the cops know and you know that I can go at least 15 mph faster on the same road in daylight on dry pavement with the same level of safety. The average cop also knows that people driving sports cars are, on average, more attuned to their cars, pay more attention to what is going on around them and in most cases have shorter stopping distances than the average car. Indeed, I had a traffic cop tell me that on one occasion.

 

You're obviously NOT a girl. Otherwise you'd be pulled over constantly.

 

Ugh that pisses me off. "lets pull over the safest drivers on the road, that makes sense!" I hate it when they put speed traps on safe spots like you mentioned. It is all about getting the tickets and nothing to do with safety

 

My car is loud but thankfully I have not been bothered
this article is going to be interesting when it is finished
I believe guilty by association, because some people that have sports cars race them illegally, and because sports cars have capabilities that other cars don't have... people put this to use, get in trouble with the 5.O and now everybody that has a sports car gets a bad wrap. Well thats the way it seems... So guilty by association, meaning the sports car world. The police just look for yah.

 

paint color matters more then vert or non vert

red FB with 85hp i was pulled over twice a month
blue FB with 300hp I was pulled over twice a year

 

What happened to innocent before proven guilty? Ha I think you are right about guilty by association. A stereotype was created and for some odd reason no one ever wants to challenge it. Everyone makes a big deal about other stereotypes, but not this one oddly.

happyjack, that's incredible that is was such a huge difference! I believe it though, supposedly teal green (around here anyway) is the best color for not being noticed.

 

Really all depends on the cop or the people, some people are haters thats all. I've dealt with them all, being pulled over for no particular reason. standing out in a fast car, you get hater and cop attention. I've had cops like my car only a few. but mostly comments about mods on the car that were very obvious. such as nice muffler on the first gen. It was loud.... So far never ticketed. I've gotten the no front plate ticket once. and a headlight ticket once. I drive fast, I get pulled over at least 6 times a year.