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Does my car smell like donuts?
#258066 - 06/22/11 04:17 AM
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I can't understand it... I owned a bright red 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix for 7 years, not a hot rod but a reasonably conspicuous car. In that time, I never once got pulled over.
Now I own a gray 2009 Mazda 3 hatch, about as nondescript as they come. As of today, I've owned it about 14 months and I've already been pulled over 3 times. This time, a group of motorcycle cops were hanging out at the side of the road, and one of them managed to spot my expired inspection sticker (oops...) as I passed at probably 30mph.
I don't get it, I don't drive any differently than I used to. Why is my little Mazda such a tempting target?
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[Re: DMala]
#258067 - 06/22/11 04:52 AM
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Re: Does my car smell like donuts?
[Re: DMala]
#258083 - 06/22/11 09:10 AM
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Relatively cheap car that's a common subject of illegal ricing up? You know, removing emission controls and safety gear.
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Re: Does my car smell like donuts?
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#258089 - 06/22/11 02:10 PM
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> Why is my little Mazda such a tempting target?
Don't know. I used to have a blue Firebird Formula 350 and the only attention it got from cops was the three times it got stolen and I had to go down to the station to report it.
Funny thing is, it was never stolen while I lived in the projects in Jamaica Plain. Soon after I moved to South Boston, in what I thought was a better neighborhood, the stealing began.
I switched to a Ford Escort after that. 
I've never gotten stopped for an expired sticker. What was the damage for that?
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Re: Does my car smell like donuts?
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#258098 - 06/22/11 05:02 PM
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> Funny thing is, it was never stolen while I lived in the projects in Jamaica Plain.
> Soon after I moved to South Boston, in what I thought was a better neighborhood, the
> stealing began.
I can see how an F-body like that would be popular in Southie.
> I've never gotten stopped for an expired sticker. What was the damage for that?
$50, but the real kicker is that it's a surchargable offense. The cop told me to get the inspection and appeal the ticket and they usually throw it out. I hope so, I already blew my free pass when I got nailed for speeding in the tunnel a few months ago. (I was going to try to convince that cop I was afraid of falling ceiling tiles, but I didn't think he'd buy it.  )
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#258199 - 06/24/11 04:21 AM
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> Relatively cheap car that's a common subject of illegal ricing up? You know, removing
> emission controls and safety gear.
Yep on the ricer target. That was my first guess too.
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#258202 - 06/24/11 06:04 AM
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> > Relatively cheap car that's a common subject of illegal ricing up? You know,
> removing
> > emission controls and safety gear.
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> Yep on the ricer target. That was my first guess too.
I guess, maybe. My car looks and sounds (and is) utterly bone stock, though. You can typically hear a ricer about 3 miles off.
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Re: Does my car smell like donuts?
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#258227 - 06/24/11 07:17 PM
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> (I was going to try to convince that cop I was afraid of falling ceiling tiles,
> but I didn't think he'd buy it. )
Harhar did anything happen there again after 2006? Use better concrete next time!
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#258272 - 06/25/11 04:43 AM
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> > > Relatively cheap car that's a common subject of illegal ricing up? You know,
> > removing
> > > emission controls and safety gear.
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> > Yep on the ricer target. That was my first guess too.
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> I guess, maybe. My car looks and sounds (and is) utterly bone stock, though. You can
> typically hear a ricer about 3 miles off.
Mazda 3s are an uncommonly good platform though. They're known to law enforcement.
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