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BOB VIDAN 10-12-2014 09:05 PM

We Gotta Try Harder --- Maybe Not
 
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salem1912 10-12-2014 09:15 PM

Ticketed for what# 13 and #20?

importsmasher 10-12-2014 09:16 PM

My dad sent me a link to an article about that. He has a 97 Corvette, and noted the Corvette is like 4 hundred and something on the list....I told him it's because GTO owners drive their cars like they're supposed to be driven, and Corvette owners are a bunch of old farts :D

Importsmasher

68lemansman 10-12-2014 09:27 PM

A prius really?

Big Mike 10-12-2014 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 68lemansman (Post 5286438)
A prius really?

Impeding traffic..... :rolleyes:

b-man 10-12-2014 09:51 PM

Lots of very aggressive Prius drivers out there, I've seen a fairly high percentage of them speeding in my travels both on the highways and city streets.

Impeding traffic in a few cases, but surprisingly enough most of them are speeding.

60man 10-12-2014 10:21 PM

Think they mean the last GTO variant...:rolleyes:

hurryinhoosier62 10-12-2014 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Mike (Post 5286444)
Impeding traffic..... :rolleyes:

Yeah, I got stuck behind a caravan of Priuses on the Mass Turnpike coming out of Boston one Friday night. The poor things couldn't pull a rather shallow uphill climb with 4 larda%#es and all their gear, headed to the Berkshires for the weekend. I got so disgusted with the other drivers that I pulled into the far left lane(something I never do), set my cruise for 85mph (a speed I never drive) and got as far away from the dolts as I could.

Big Mike 10-12-2014 11:39 PM

minivans and Priuses, scourge of the open road. :eek:

Scarebird 10-12-2014 11:48 PM

Tribecas? must be for felonious ugly....

Big Mike 10-13-2014 12:13 AM

How ugly were they? From Wikipedia: "Autoblog, Jalopnik, and Cars.com all confirmed that Subaru has informed its dealers that production on the Tribeca will end in January 2014 due to slow sales, as Subaru has sold just 78,000 Tribecas since 2005, making it one of the worst-selling vehicles in the US in 2011 and 2012; in 2013, only 1,247 Tribecas were sold in the first nine months,[8][9] and placed seventh among the worst selling vehicles in the United States for the 2013 model year."

Other than that, they were the perfect car for a barn door stop.

craigs69 10-13-2014 09:16 AM

I've been doing my share to move the GTO up the list.

Captainofiron 10-13-2014 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by b-man (Post 5286451)
Lots of very aggressive Prius drivers out there, I've seen a fairly high percentage of them speeding in my travels both on the highways and city streets.

Impeding traffic in a few cases, but surprisingly enough most of them are speeding.

+1 on this, seems like the worst drivers I have seen either drive little econoboxes or giant 4x4 trucks

72projectbird 10-13-2014 02:06 PM

Toyota Supra? Im surprised those are still making the list.

Chris65LeMans 10-13-2014 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 72projectbird (Post 5286825)
Toyota Supra? Im surprised those are still making the list.

Good point. As I look at the rest of the list...

Mercury Topaz
Suzuki Reno (I've never even heard of that car. I'm pretty sure Suzuki stopped making cars several years ago.)
VW Rabbit? Seriously - they haven't made that car since the '80's.

Ozzmann 10-13-2014 09:40 PM

Help learn an aussie on what this ticketed list is:confused:....most claims, speeding tickets. defects???

NBF823 10-13-2014 10:31 PM

I'm not surprised the Prius and Topaz are on there. I surprised there aren't more slugs on there, Heck it takes a half hour to go from 80 to 90mph in those things, provided you could pull off 90mph. What cop wouldn't get ya driving 80mph for a half hour? It not fair really, a Trans Am could do 100 in a few seconds.

It could be said that the average Prius spends more accelerating than other cars. Buy a Prius and accelerate more than others.

Captainofiron 10-14-2014 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ozzmann (Post 5287069)
Help learn an aussie on what this ticketed list is:confused:....most claims, speeding tickets. defects???

speeding, parking, and lots of other stuff basically moving/parking violations plus other stuff depending on the state (no front plate, taillights out, et cetera)


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