http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/cars/most-ticketed-cars-in-the-united-states-include-subaru-wrx-pontiac-gto-and-scion-fr-s-1.9468430 (http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/cars/most-ticketed-cars-in-the-united-states-include-subaru-wrx-pontiac-gto-and-scion-fr-s-1.9468430)
Mercury Topaz... :wtf:
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 Equipment violations (tint too dark, loud exhaust, inspection out of date, burned out head/tail/brake lamp)?
It was funny going down through the list and imagine every stereotypical owner for each car and thinking about the type of violation
Quote from: MX793 on October 03, 2015, 09:00:38 AM
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 Equipment violations (tint too dark, loud exhaust, inspection out of date, burned out head/tail/brake lamp)?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
I think this one is the most beneficial.
Quote from: Basidetel on May 12, 2016, 04:20:07 AM
I think this one is the most beneficial.
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Quote from: AutobahnSHO on May 12, 2016, 07:58:00 AM
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM
Posts like this I think are more of a miner's canary for incoming Spam.
Quote from: Rich on October 03, 2015, 09:39:53 AM
It was funny going down through the list and imagine every stereotypical owner for each car and thinking about the type of violation
:lol:
Where's Tim and his Dodge Aries? :praise:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlmoQTSoQYo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlmoQTSoQYo)
Quote from: cawimmer430 on May 14, 2016, 08:01:54 AM
Where's Tim and his Dodge Aries? :praise:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlmoQTSoQYo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlmoQTSoQYo)
:lol:
The only thing you could get a ticket for in an Aries is obstructing traffic.
Given this is a percentage thing, I'm surprised the S2000 isn't at the top of the list
I can vouch for #15.....
Quote from: Gotta-Qik-G8 on May 14, 2016, 11:20:04 AM
I can vouch for #15.....
Keep up the good work. The list is probably mostly bullshit...glad to hear one of them is right. :lol:
Quote from: dazzleman on May 14, 2016, 09:34:42 AM
:lol:
The only thing you could get a ticket for in an Aries is obstructing traffic.
Even on the slow lane, eh? :lol:
Quote from: cawimmer430 on May 14, 2016, 12:29:52 PM
Even on the slow lane, eh? :lol:
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.
Quote from: dazzleman on May 14, 2016, 02:47:54 PM
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! :lol:
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.
Quote from: cawimmer430 on May 14, 2016, 03:50:12 PM
I've never driven a 1980s American car. I would like to! :lol:
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.
Quote from: dazzleman on May 14, 2016, 05:42:57 PM
Reliable? That's a hoot.
Come on. That 22-horsepower engine is totally understressed. :lol:
I didn't see my cars on the list
Quote from: 68_427 on May 16, 2016, 05:31:16 AM
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.
Quote from: dazzleman on May 14, 2016, 02:47:54 PM
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.
Quote from: CLKid on May 22, 2016, 02:55:52 PM
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.
Quote from: dazzleman on May 22, 2016, 04:50:24 PM
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.
Quote from: CLKid on May 22, 2016, 06:10:27 PM
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?
Quote from: dazzleman on May 22, 2016, 07:46:10 PM
Remember the Citation?
Not really a highlight in GM's product history was it.