2012/09/06 15:45:44
TRD2000
hmmm... in NZ i got pulled up a few times for speeding... got pulled up once by an absolute SCUMBAG cop in tassie a few years back now, i was just bombing along going out for dinner, a guy next to me in a skyline GTST was in a turning lane and floored it and cut me off, tire noise and a large BOV and a cop came running round the corner and thought it was me as i was idling up to the traffic lights (anyone who's heard my car can probably understand the cop's mistake) I tried explaining it wasn't me but the POS skyline next to me but he wasn't listening..... later on while talking to the police superintendant about my formal complaint the guy's boss said "well if you just bought a BMW or something we wouldn't bother you". ... TWATS.
 
these days i dont drive it too much cause its really not worth my trouble dealing with the knobs and especially avoid taking it out on public holidays when they're trying to fill quotas.
2012/09/06 15:58:27
MR2QIK
I've only been randomly pulled over once while I was on my P's. The cop had an MR2 & wanted to take a look as he was doing an engine conversion
 
Only other times were for defects (thrice I think). Unlucky those times, spotted by cops that were running low on their defect quota.
 
Been blocked off though. Mainly cos I was doing well over 200 (while street racing) & didn't stop. Long story but I absolutely deserved it. I actually have respect for police, he set me straight & I've been 100 x more mature ever since.
 
Actually...now I think of it there were a few more, but from memory I was young & dumb thinking a cop wouldn't chase me for valving him in the face.
2012/09/06 16:19:45
Lumix
I have only been pulled up for one RBT and for going through an amber light (let me off luckily - it would have been the same fine/points for going through a red light!) in 3+ years. 
2012/09/06 18:09:42
TRD2000
theres no doubt they can be decent, but theres a lot of luck involved with them too...... my car has CRAP paint and looks like a bomb, and twin 3" exhausts with no cats and 4" tips... it probably gets the wrong sort of attention from them... if you wash your car and its not too noisy/low then they'll probably leave you alone.
2012/09/06 18:15:22
bustin
I think I've been 'randomly' stopped twice in 7 years. In saying that I don't hang out at 'bust' locations.
Although, when I got stopped for my one and only speeding ticket (in this car) it was almost worth it
when he stood at the front of the car and told me to open the bonnet.
2012/09/06 18:58:56
lonewolf_87
Ive only been pulled over twice in the 5 years ive owned mine, keeping in mind that it has only done like 20k since i purchased it. The first time was for drag racing a rex but i got let off. the second was because it was loud when i 'idled' past him, yellow sticker for semi slicks and no passenger seatbelt. the r-comps aside, he said that i cant use them on the road and even more so that its raining... Laughed a little when he pointed to the blue sky :/. But it was epic when he asked me to pop the bonnet... the look on his face. oh i still laugh about that. I was like, are you sure you want me to pop the bonnet *insert cheaky but serious face* and he was like yes please. * insert pop noise and creak of the bonnet going up*, "Because arh, you do know that the engine is in the back right??" "Oh yes i knew that i was just checking.  
I laugh because I've always wanted to do that to a cop. ahhh.
 
but yes, those are the only 2 times.
Dan
 
 
2012/09/06 19:08:06
Mr2gtracer
I have yet to be pulled over (touch wood) but I don't go driving like a nut either. I have the odd spirited drive every now and then (and have the speed camera fines to prove it) but have yet to be pulled over.

2012/09/06 19:23:34
deano
With my old non-turbo mr2 I was pulled over 14 times in the 2.5 years that I owned it for "random licence check" or "random breath test" but one of those times was when my dad picked me up from the pub and they flashed their light before I even got in, they gave him a stern talk and a speeding ticket haha. But with my current turbo model I've only been pulled over once for a brake light out, so it really depends on the officers.
2012/09/06 19:39:13
Highlander
Four times for RBT in the last two weeks in my Holden One Tonner.Always between 3 and 5 pm. Sounds like I need to do an MR2 Ute conversion.
2012/09/06 20:12:01
Joel
Never. In saying that I have never been speeding or 'hooning' in anyway.
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