johnww --

I understand that cops know what Porsches are - but does that really translate into being pulled over or targeted more often? ( FWIW, I notice a lot of ricers being pulled over but that may have more to do with their antics than their cars).

 

Why are you wasting our time here with your BS claims of car ownership. One would think this humiliating beating you took on F-chat would have cured of the BS.

Such that you had to register fictitious users to defend you!

Why don't you just drive your CGT to work every day?

 

If a porsche is approaching a laser zone in the right lane and a 4-door sedan is in the left lane....and they are both speeding....the laser beam will be on the porsche without question. Sport cars, that look like sports car (Ferrari and Lamborghinis too) that display the intent for high-speed use will be singled out always. The same look-out exists for bad-boy-racers with the big spoilers, low profile and loud exhaust.

I remember an accident I had in my vette...a "sedan" pulled out in front of me from a gas station. Right away, you have a vette, you must have been going over the speedlimit, it has to be the vette driver's fault. With my vette, the coppers would even tell me the vettes, big tires- mustangs, etc. are being targeted.

With Porsches, however, these cars cannot be bad-boy-racer cars, they are just too expensive, so there is a possibility of a bit more understanding when stopped. However, for fearless fast/furious driving, best to have something stealth/nonnondescript like an M3 or maybe even a Merc. The important point is that all cars look the same to a radar/laser gun, but radar is not the only threat, and if you are stopped, the type of vechicle you drive and what it says about your driving style can be of decisive importance.

 

Not at all, if you are speeding THEY WILL LOOK AT YOU, driving fast, wreckless and so on, cops will NOTICE YOU, end of story. I have driven all of my LOUD, unusual flashy cars all over in the city, Queens, LI and really have never gotten messed with for no reason!

 

Jamie good work. Guys this deerdorf guy is a troll. Read Jamies post..lol

Byron

 

Jamie - Whats funny is the guy used the same screen name there too....lol....Jamie for President.

Aloha

Byron

 

Anyone notice that some of the craziest drivers are in minivans & SUVs during the morning rush when the kids have to be dropped off at school.

With radar/laser, at least you have some cloak of anonymity due to distance. But with undercovers cruising around and choosing who they want to pace or keep an eye on, the faster/nicer car is always presumed to be more likely to speed.

Anyway, I don't think anyone should be overly concerned. Just go out and drive!

 

[quote=turbonator]Anyone notice that some of the craziest drivers are in minivans & SUVs during the morning rush when the kids have to be dropped off at school.

With radar/laser, at least you have some cloak of anonymity due to distance. But with undercovers cruising around and choosing who they want to pace or keep an eye on, the faster/nicer car is always presumed to be more likely to speed.

Anyway, I don't think anyone should be overly concerned. Just go out and drive![/quote]

Staying "overly concerned" is mandatory for me anyway if I'm to enjoy the full potential of my extremely powerful-tt. Without constant focus/concern, a strong possibility exists towards expensive tickets, loads of wasted time being stopped, possible embarrassment, loss of license and exorbitant insurance rates...could even be a no-brainer for certain drivers.

 

wow, you have a spider and coupe? got pics?

 

Deer - Hello you still there?

Byron

 

Even if he's a troll the topic is good. I know plenty of cops and the story is the same: it's the way you drive more than anything that will get you pulled over, i.e. too agressive. If you are doing 90 or 100 by yourself then that will warrant some attention but as part of moving traffic they will rarely single you out b/c it's a Porsche.

 

I was followed for 30 minutes by 3 TX troopers in a black unmarked tinted malibu the other day. Almost no traffic on the road, I was driving brisk but respectfully (signals, no abrupt lane changes, i.e. smooth). They had passed me at one point, and I then passed them and took my exit. They pulled me over then to shoot the chit and check out the car. Got a friendly warning for failure to control speed, very pleasant athogether.

 

My case rests....if you would have driving a M3 or M5 or anything that doesn't "display the obvious intent for high-speed use", the coppers wouldn't have given your car or your driving-behavior a second glance.

 

Definite Troll, he gets called out all the time and keeps coming back...

 

For what it is worth, I have commuted from CT to NYC pretty much every day for the past three years in both an Audi S4 and a C4S (both black). My route is Merritt, Hutch, Cross County, West Side Hwy and reverse. In truth, I just haven't seen many cops at all along this route. Sometime you see one or two on odd days in certain spots -- but you learn where they might be. All in all, I have found it pretty damn easy to go very fast along this route (traffic allowing) without fear of cops. I will say that if you commute in the OTHER direction (City to burbs) there are more cops AND if you commute outside of normal hours, you will have problems (like doing 90+ on I-684 after 9pm)

Hope that helps.