ok, serioulsy I don't get it. For the past year, I've been getting tailed by cops. Not for speeding, or drunk driving or reckless driving or anything. just for driving. yeah, i'm not kidding. It doens't happen often but enough for me to notice and know when it's gonna happen. I'm a pretty good driver, I don't speed that much, I have never gotten a ticket, I just drive to school and back.

What happens is I'd be driving like normal going speed limit and all the sudden a cop would be behind me. I know they're looking at my car. I can see them in my mirror. DUH! so they're on their computer looking up my history already, and then they'd follow me around for at least three or four blocks trying to pull me over for something. the first time, the cop got lucky cuz my license plate lamp was out. but, seriously he followed me for like a mile trying to find something wrong like, huge exhaust or neon lights or something, anything. and when he couldn't he just pulled me over for that.

this has happened at least four or five other times this past year, just they couldn't stop me for anything so they'd back off.
Jump to TONIGHT. I have a project due tomorrow and working late at school with the girly. I take her back to her apartment, then head on home. I stop at a stop light in front of the Police Department. All the sudden I see headlights turn on and a cop cars comes out the parking lot and comes behind me. I see him check his computer and then continue to follow me. I make a turn and stay in the middle lane. I need to get to the right lane but he's there and he won't let me pass. He wants me to overtake him BUT! to do that, i'd have to do at least 35 in a 25, enough to get pulled over. I"m smarter than that so i go 30 and he's head to head with me.... WTF! so i slow down get right behind him and since he can't do nothing, he turns off and goes another way. then i head home pissed off.

So, are our 6th gens REALLY cop magnets? or does someone just have it out for me? I mean, if you look at my pics in my profile, it's basically stock! only thing that is flashy would be the TOM's lip and roof spoiler. and those are OEM/JDM parts!!! I mean I'm no ricer, so WTF.



This post has been edited by cheela: Mar 15, 2010 - 10:46 PM

City needs your money bad..

i get the same thing from cops but prob cause my celi is red idk just bad luck maybe

Yup. I got pulled over 3 times in a week when i first bought the celi. Then I got pulled over by a low profile cop saying I was tailgating him. Which was total bs. Then I got pulled over by a traffic enforcement cop for just passing him. Not even speeding. Cop was a deuche bag and told me that it was unacceptable to pass a traffic enforcement officer. He then told me that I admitted to guilt of speeding and that he should really be giving me a ticket. I was driving 33 in a 30 to pass him since he was speeding up and slowing down the whole time. So i as like no I didnt and btw what did ur radar say. He said he didnt have it so i told him have a nice day, thanks for wasting my time and rolled up my window and drove off. So I've been pulled over at least 6 times that i can remember and got 4 tickets in the celi. More than any car I've had.

I've had that problem with the last two cars I had. My old car was a pretty modded 97 accord LX coupe. It was lowered had rims cf hood. I was tailed by the law so many times it became embarrassing. I've been pulled over for stupid things like tints and even having a dog tag hanging from the rear view mirror. My Celica has also had it's share in pursuits. Cops follow me even more now that have the gt four front end conversion done now & rims. Cops are very stereo typical with Jap cars. Where I live 90% of all the cars I see pulled over are Jap cars. I don't even recall seeing a domestic car pulled over here. They see a jap car they think. Young adult who probably has pot or just pulled off a drive by or something. Its sad really. Here in New York it's got out of hand. You can't enjoy a short ride anymore with out having to look in the mirror to see Jack Law right there following your every move. Yes as mentioned above your city wants your money! Also cops have a quota they have to meet from what I heard with pulling people over.

Well, I've only owned my car since fall last year, and despite driving on the most cop infested roads in my area twice a week to get to school, I've only been pulled over once. I was being a big time idiot and I was lucky to get away with a stern warning, but I learned my lesson. Just tonight I passed three cops that were "camping" and despite the big WRC wing, TRD skirts and spats, and a big loud BLITZ cat back they didn't take notice.

My bro-in-law however was not so lucky. He has a Mitsubishi EVOII and was driving within reasonable speeds and a cop who did not seem to understand the concept of RHD cars thought that no one was driving, and without noting the fact that my bro-in-law made a lane change complete with blind spot check and signaling while being tailed by said cop. When he got pulled over the cop had already called in another cruiser for backup and the three officers took upwards of half an hour going over his car trying to find something to pin him with. Luckily they did not check his DRLs because I know for a fact he does not have them, and he was let go after the whole ordeal.

well quotas are usually due at the end of the month I thought cuz that's when they're on every corner. But this has been just me being targeted over and over again. Idk?

I don't agree, I guess there is alot of 6th gens around this area mainly driven by older men or women and cops know that.

2 years I've had the car I've never had a problem.

i dont think is that man,,,
i have never,, ever been pulled over and i was speeding in front of cops without
noticing their prescece,,, i even tried to race an impala,, just to find out it was an undercover cop lol
but he didn't stopped me..
i think our car do really look pretty good compared to others of the same year.

im not kidding, cops, firefighters and even chopper guys have given me thumbs up
for my celi, and then asking "what year is it? is it the new model" lol

Yes they are..................but luckily..........it's still a Toyota and cops here love toyota cars

No way. Never been pulled over once in my Celica. And that's when I had the Hiro spoiler, carbon hood, invader body kit, the whole nine yards. My car was a flashy as a 6GC can get. Drove across the US too... through Texas (which I thought for sure I was going to be pulled over).

I never give them reason to tail me, and even if they do, it's not like they can ticket me on anything (I'm smart enough to know my rights).

I think that my car is like cop kryptonite. I have had mine since '01 and i've gotten more tickets in my wife's cars than in mine. I've gotten maybe 1 ticket in the celica, 1 in my wife's '09 CR-V, and 2 in her '01 tiburon

This post has been edited by jimmykay: Mar 16, 2010 - 8:26 AM

It's not about tickets cuz I have never gotten one yet. They just annoy me cuz they think i'm sum punk ricer. Come on, I'm asian, driving a nice clean looking car.

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Thats how it is for me, I certainly don't drive the speed limit, as the speed limits are retarded in SC. 35 MPH on a 6 lane highway...wtf...

I was driving the engineering vehicle (2001 Blazer) and got pulled for a seat belt. First ticket in 5 years, when I surely deserve atleast 150 more when I'm in the cellie.

I'll occasionally get one my ass, but I just follow the rules to a T, let'em drive off, then punch it.

i also am tailed often by cops, i think its mainly cause the 6gc is kinda flashy and not something seen so often. I dunno. Anyway if you do nothing wrong there is nothing to fear.

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How old are you? Idk about WI but here in NY, especially in my small town, they see a young kid with a nice car and assume you know nothing about laws, regulations, etc. Them tailing you is actually a quick test of your knowledge of the laws of the road. If they don't pull you over, you've passed haha

Also, yes, our cars are definitely attractive for law enforcement...not only are they rare, even in the northeast where I see more of them than elsewhere, but they're obviously stylish from stock.

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False. This is a typical civilian excuse for getting a ticket. My neighbor is a police officer for the "city" I live in, there are no such things as quotas. Same with the guy I play hockey with who's an officer in the next town. State Troopers might, but not local police enforcement.

This post has been edited by Espo: Mar 16, 2010 - 4:37 PM

I live in Appleton and the cops don't really bother me but when i go to oshkosh, if one sees me it has a tendency to follow for at least a block or two. Im not surprised though since i do have a loud exhaust atm. I hear that they can only "follow" you for about a mile or two, is there any truth to that?

They all think we're SUPRAAAAAs!!!!!!!!

I'm sure there are cities and areas where cops are dicks, and others where they're relaxed. Likewise, there are cars that attract attention and others that don't. Mainly, I just try not to drive like an idiot. The only time I've gotten a ticket (*knock on wood*) was for running a stop sign at about 10 MPH, only because the guy behind me looked like he was going to do the same thing and I wasn't about to get rear-ended.

cops love my car... lowered... interior lights... carbon fiber... fart can (i didn't put it on)... the non white male driving it... haha

3.5 years with a Celica... pulled over 9 times. I'm a 20 year old male driving a car that looks a lot faster than it really was though. Out of those 9 times, they were only able to issue me 3 tickets. Truthfully, I deserved those 3. Now here's the real question... There is absolutely no crime here. Are the cops just bored and looking for excuses to pull someone over and there's no better target than a young male in a sports car OR is it the car alone? I've been pulled over at night when they couldn't see me driving it. You decide.

THEY ARE COP MAGNETS!!!
I have only gotten pulled over (my first day driving. and 5spd) spun the tires on accident (on a hill) but the cop made me get out and he went and ran my licensee, and insurance. And well it was my first day lol, there wasnt anything to get me for.
I get followed alot! The longest one was from a Walmart 11 miles from my house, all the way to my house! (wayy out of his "jurisdiction"
And occasionally got followed after that. They always! get right up my A**!! at night and, I can tell they want me to go faster just to pull me over, but I am a very good and aware driver so I always know what kind of car is behind me lol.
And that was all without my bodykit!
Just recently (installed the kit 2 weeks ago)!
Got pulled over 4 times! Never for anything? 3 times they say I was driving suspiciously, and the last for not using my blinker.... to merge? idk
never gotten any ticket, but I would like for cops to leave me alone!
I have a freaking ST! I am not going to go that fast lol

My car is kinda ricey now with the invader kit, but come on we have freaking ST's! We aren't going very fast lol
I think the celica just looks way faster than it is, and thats why cops follow.

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speaking of looking fast...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12CDQ5UlLGU...feature=related

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HAHAHA I feel you there. See, I go to Appleton and I can speed just fine. Come back to Oshkosh and better be EXTRA careful. Maybe the cops here are just dicks. hahaha, you guys are great. I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. I wish I could tell the cops, hey look under my hood, it's a corolla engine. hahahah.

I'm sure alot of things factor into it as well. I AM a young, well I'd say so, kid, 22 hahahaah, and I'm asian driving a car that is ALWAYS clean and shiny. Is it the jealous factor coming into play? or the racist factor? hahahah

When I had the Yelli Celi I drove in to Yakima, WA (Coomer's old town) and I hadn't been in town for more than 15 minutes before I was pulled over. Fortunately Aaron (Blakout16) came along and backed up my story (I was on my way to Aaron's house). Apparently Coomer got pulled over tons of times in Yakima, so I wasn't too surprised when they saw the car and came after me.


Anywhere else I never had any police attention that wasn't deserved and brought on by myself (got one speeding ticket in the Celi).


Good rule of thumb: Don't drive like a douche and you won't attract any bad attention.

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Too bad cops don't follow that here...

Depends on the cop... I was pulled over the first week i had the Celi. I was doing 20 over and got a warning from highway patrol. Havent been pulled over since.

Seems to me it has less to do with the car and more to do with the person. I have friends that drive crazier that I do, yet have never been pulled over. I've been pulled over a ton, but have only been ticketed three of those times. But it doesn't have to with the celica for me. Most of those times I've been pulled over have been in other cars. Only twice in the celica.

I drive my 4 hard, thats what its ment to. In the time I´ve owned it, 6 months now, the police havent stopped me. Not even that my license & brakelight were done for a month or so..