Most ticketed cars

[AutobahnSHO]

http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/cars/most-ticketed-cars-in-the-united-states-include-subaru-wrx-pontiac-gto-and-scion-fr-s-1.9468430

[Eye of the Tiger]

Mercury Topaz... 

[MX793]

I'd be curious of the break-down of ticket type for each car on the list.  Speeding?  Failure to signal?  Reckless driving?  Failure to obey a traffic control?  Equipment violations (tint too dark, loud exhaust, inspection out of date, burned out head/tail/brake lamp)?

[Rich]

It was funny going down through the list and imagine every stereotypical owner for each car and thinking about the type of violation

[Eye of the Tiger]

I'd be curious of the break-down of ticket type for each car on the list.  Speeding?  Failure to signal?  Reckless driving?  Failure to obey a traffic control?  Equipment violations (tint too dark, loud exhaust, inspection out of date, burned out head/tail/brake lamp)?

Mercury Topaz: everything but speeding

[Basidetel]

I think this one is the most beneficial.

[AutobahnSHO]

I think this one is the most beneficial.

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[Soup DeVille]

SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM

Posts like this I think are more of a miner's canary for incoming Spam.

[dazzleman]

It was funny going down through the list and imagine every stereotypical owner for each car and thinking about the type of violation

[cawimmer430]

Where's Tim and his Dodge Aries? 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlmoQTSoQYo

[dazzleman]

Where's Tim and his Dodge Aries? 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlmoQTSoQYo

The only thing you could get a ticket for in an Aries is obstructing traffic.

[CALL_911]

Given this is a percentage thing, I'm surprised the S2000 isn't at the top of the list

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

I can vouch for #15.....

[dazzleman]

I can vouch for #15.....

Keep up the good work.  The list is probably mostly bullshit...glad to hear one of them is right. 

[cawimmer430]

The only thing you could get a ticket for in an Aries is obstructing traffic.

Even on the slow lane, eh?

[dazzleman]

Even on the slow lane, eh?

Did you ever drive one of those shitboxes?  It tells you how bad cars were in the 80s that that was considered to be the car that saved Chrysler.

[cawimmer430]

Did you ever drive one of those shitboxes?  It tells you how bad cars were in the 80s that that was considered to be the car that saved Chrysler.

I've never driven a 1980s American car. I would like to!

But in fairness to the Aries, I don't think anyone buying it would be interested in things like panel gap quality, interior quality, design etc. It seems like a car to me which people bought for cheap transportation and as long as it was reliable and got decent gas mileage they could live with it and tolerate it.

[dazzleman]

I've never driven a 1980s American car. I would like to!

But in fairness to the Aries, I don't think anyone buying it would be interested in things like panel gap quality, interior quality, design etc. It seems like a car to me which people bought for cheap transportation and as long as it was reliable and got decent gas mileage they could live with it and tolerate it.

Reliable?  That's a hoot.

[cawimmer430]

Reliable?  That's a hoot.

Come on. That 22-horsepower engine is totally understressed.

[68_427]

I didn't see my cars on the list

[dazzleman]

I didn't see my cars on the list

That's surprising.  Your ownership of them alone should have catapulted them to the top of the list.

[Byteme]

Did you ever drive one of those shitboxes?  It tells you how bad cars were in the 80s that that was considered to be the car that saved Chrysler.

It's always so easy to look back and be critical; compared to the bottom feeders today the K-car is crude but in the early 1980's it was pretty good - not great, not world beaters or even best in class, they were made to be competitive in their market niche and they were.   The k platform proved to be very versatile; It was the basis for everything from the Omni to the Dodge 400 to the original minivan that defined an entire new segment of the industry.

Where Chrysler went astray, IMO, is they relied way too much on that platform.   

[dazzleman]

It's always so easy to look back and be critical; compared to the bottom feeders today the K-car is crude but in the early 1980's it was pretty good - not great, not world beaters or even best in class, they were made to be competitive in their market niche and they were.   The k platform proved to be very versatile; It was the basis for everything from the Omni to the Dodge 400 to the original minivan that defined an entire new segment of the industry.

Where Chrysler went astray, IMO, is they relied way too much on that platform.   

I guess it served its intended purpose.  It seemed to sell well at a time when the pickings for decent cars were very slim.  But it was still a piece of shit.

[Byteme]

I guess it served its intended purpose.  It seemed to sell well at a time when the pickings for decent cars were very slim.  But it was still a piece of shit.

In comparison to what is available today?   Probably so.  But recall that even an Exotic, like the Ferrari 308, compares poorly to today's mid level cars.

[dazzleman]

In comparison to what is available today?   Probably so.  But recall that even an Exotic, like the Ferrari 308, compares poorly to today's mid level cars.

Remember the Citation?

[Byteme]

Remember the Citation?

Not really a highlight in GM's product history was it.