Does driving the Marauder make you less likely to get pulled over?

[tbone]

Do you guys think driving the Marauder make you less likely to get pulled over? Like maybe a cop thinks you are an off duty cop or he glances at you quickly and thinks you are in an undercover car?

[ImpalaSlayer]

Do you guys think driving the Marauder make you less likely to get pulled over? Like maybe a cop thinks you are an off duty cop or he glances at you quickly and thinks you are in an undercover car?

not any more.....

[tbone]

You have a lot of outside mods and exhaust?

[a_d_a_m]

Not with the shiny wheels, I don't think I'm fooling anyone.

And with the tint on mine, I'm more likely to be pulled over.

[ImpalaSlayer]

You have a lot of outside mods and exhaust?

yeah, when i was more or less stock i would sometimes get cops waving at me when they passed going the other way as if they knew me.

[tbone]

Well, I also think that a lot of cops drive Crown Vics and Grand Marquis as their personal cars because they realize how great their squad cars are. So when they see one on the street, they figure it's a good chance it's a cop driving. Unless it's one of those goofy ones with the landau tops and all the frilly crap being driven by Grandpa!

[Kennyrauder]

Dream On... If you are not spraying out Radar ... you are pretty much done,

[tbone]

My wife says I drive it like a cop!

[CBT]

Do you guys think driving the Marauder make you less likely to get pulled over? Like maybe a cop thinks you are an off duty cop or he glances at you quickly and thinks you are in an undercover car?

LMAO! Have you seen me drive?

[Egon Spengler]

The answer for me is NO! hahaha I get pulled over just as much in this thing as any other car... Although I have passed cops on the highway sitting on the side of the road doing 80+ and they didn't stop me, so I am guessing that they show slack for these vehicles... SOME anyways!

[breeze]

in pg county where i live if u have a crown vic you are getting pulled over. i do think cops kno what a marauder is so they think a 35+ male driving not really a reason. where as CV a young cat maybe dirty and the car is very stereotyped. i should know first hand ive had 1 before.lol cops got me everytime in that car.lol

[tbone]

I have not been pulled over in 2+ years in this car. I used to get pulled over all the time! Of course I had a lot of HOT cars. Firebird Formula. Daytona Shelby. '72 Cutlass. Dodge Ram Hemi with LOUD duals. '69 VW Bus. (just kidding, not hot)

[stevengerard]

I think it helps, I wave just to make sure, of course age also makes me more cautious in how I drive which automatically reduces the chance of being pulled over - and if I am in the left lane and a car is a block or so a head of me the lane clears right up - if I am close to the person in front of me they see the mercury logo and know I'm not a cop but from a distance they pull to the middle lane.

[Mr. Man]

No, if your doing something stupid the cops hassle everyone, as they're supposed to.

[DEFYANT]

No, if your doing something stupid the cops hassle everyone, as they're supposed to.

Bingo!

dot dot dot dot dot

[DOOM]

in pg county where i live if u have a crown vic you are getting pulled over.

I don't get pulled over in my Vic. :D ;)

[Blk Mamba]

I get stopped all the time, coming home from work, between 1:00-3:00 AM.

[breeze]

I don't get pulled over in my Vic. :D ;)

you look like a fed in your car and it looks like a straight undercover.lol

[Big Black Beast]

I get stopped all the time, coming home from work, between 1:00-3:00 AM.

That's prime time.:rolleyes:

[Big Black Beast]

Do you guys think driving the Marauder make you less likely to get pulled over? Like maybe a cop thinks you are an off duty cop or he glances at you quickly and thinks you are in an undercover car?

Where I live, "undercover" cars are pretty easy to spot.
They have a different license plate than everybody else, usually (but not always).
But they also use minivans, Chargers, Wimpalas, and everything else.
Anything to enforce the "driving tax".

[bigmerc'03]

do the speed limit and nobody cares...

[joemama]

I passed a car with a bit of 'assertiveness' and before I could slow back down, I passed a state boy coming the opposite way, cresting a hill. He only got a glimpse of me but I was doing about 90. Not even a brake light. :banana: He probably thought only an LEO would do something that brazen...

Scared me good and I have since 'cooled my jets'. :o

[knine]

First road trip, 3 stops, so..........no. (None for speeding either)

[irish]

I've had cops in their patrol cars wave at me, I guess they think I might be one of them in an unmarked car ! I don't want to jinx myself but I've never been stopped in my MM & I have passed some radar units while doing 80, just lucky I guess unless once again the black MM gets some respect!

[bawazir]

Same here, and i wave back ha ha

[SC Cheesehead]

The Greenville County cruisers are all dark blue, so at intersections, etc., I often get the once-over to determine if I'm an unmarked LEO.

More frequently I have POVs pull off into the slow lane, or the brake lights come on when I come up beside them thinking I'm a LEO.

I've only been pulled over once for a warning about entering a turn lane too soon, E-Dubb got ticketed for speeding a couple years ago while driving the car.

[LIGHTNIN1]

No, if your doing something stupid the cops hassle everyone, as they're supposed to.

I don't think it is the car, I think it is the driving habits. Police have not paid me any attention .

[bawazir]

The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it

[RoyLPita]

I got stopped twice so nope.......

[guspech750]

Dont know. I have only been pulled over once in the last 17 years and that was in my turdmobile 3 or 4 years ago.

[justbob]

I've only been stopped twice in six years driving this car! One for drag racing, and the other for seat belt check. I drive at 1,2,3 Am all the time and live a block from the goverment buildings. Almost feels like i'm in stealth mode....

[Mac-MerC]

Do you guys think driving the Marauder make you less likely to get pulled over? Like maybe a cop thinks you are an off duty cop or he glances at you quickly and thinks you are in an undercover car?


hahahahahahahahahhahaha.....
I get pulled over atleast once a week.... like 1 outta 10 times i get a ticket. i get hit with the "routine stop" line. sometimes i wish i had a honda or something, the routine stop last longer then when they actually give me a ticket... they b trying their hardest to find something

racial profiling at its best

[dakslim]

:flag:Never been pulled over in my Maruder. I think my veterans plates help out some in that department as I was haulin' a** a couple of times.:flag:

[SC Cheesehead]

Don't know if these make a difference or not, but some of the Carolina guys have these stickers on their back windows.

One of our former members was in law enforcement, and I have several friends, our venerable rayjay among them, that are LEOs.

http://i4.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/d6/83/9a41_2.JPG

[rayjay]

Pulled over? Whats that? :confused:

[4play]

the trick is to always keep a donuts on the dash, so when you pass one when they see that there is no doubt in their mind your a cop, even when your dressed up like a wigger with 24'' spinners on her with the bass pumping.

[boatmangc]

I haven't been pulled over in many years, certainly not because of my driving habits, probably more the Valentine One.

[LSp8]

in pg county where i live if u have a crown vic you are getting pulled over. i do think cops kno what a marauder is so they think a 35+ male driving not really a reason. where as CV a young cat maybe dirty and the car is very stereotyped. i should know first hand ive had 1 before.lol cops got me everytime in that car.lol

Yes, PG is on their P's and Q's whe it comes to pulling over Vics. When I had my Black 00' P71 I called it cop bait. I got pulled over every week sometimes twice a week. When i got the MM they just fall back. On the HWY they cut both cars a lot of slack because it does look like something a UC would drive.:coolman:

[DOOM]

Don't know if these make a difference or not, but some of the Carolina guys have these stickers on their back windows.

One of our former members was in law enforcement, and I have several friends, our venerable rayjay among them, that are LEOs.

http://i4.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/d6/83/9a41_2.JPG

Thats my marauder front tag. :coolman:

[LSp8]

I don't get pulled over in my Vic. :D ;)
You do look like a smooth undercover especially with the Rhino guard on the front lol.
If you were like 19 -25 they would be all over you just like the rest of us. I've been pulled over by police in PG County, DC, and VA more times for just casually sitting at a stop light or in a parking lot parked minding my own business and causing no trouble as opposed to the usual dumb stuff I did when they were never around. I can't wait to go to the Police Academy

[Mebot]

Well I agree with the most part with what everyone else has said so far. I mean, I think there's a less percentage of getting pulled over in our Marauders because IT IS a Marauder and therefore it's similar to a crown vic or grand marquis. I mean no one who doesn't know what a Marauder is, will just assume it's another slow grandpa car and will pay no mind to it.

Course, like everyone's been saying, you drive to get yourself notice than that percentage of chance of getting pulled over rises exponentially.


I don't about the rest of you, but I feel I have a pretty good eye for cops. I think it's because I'm always on the lookout for other Marauders on the road and I will instinctively see Crown Vic police cruisers and Grand Marquis'. I'm not trying to say I drive like a madman and can always spot them. I'm careful. Especially since my tint is at 11% (which is very illegal in the state of VA). But I can say that i've spotted cops way ahead on the side and it's saved my butt a couple times.

I believe having a Marauder makes you more in tune with your driving habits and we are all more aware. See, the thing is, for most people a car is just a tool to get from Point A to Point B. For us, well, the Marauder IS the point!

my $.02

[TAKEDOWN]

Nope... mine looks like trouble!

[RocsMerc]

Cops waved to me a couple of times and I've been pulled over a couple of times. It depends on how observant the cop is. Once a friend of mine was following me and got pulled over for "Tailgating a police vehicle." LMAO!

Sometimes is better then never, so I guess it helps.

[-Matt-]

Sometimes in my Marauder.... NEVER in my CVPI

[fastblackmerc]

Only got pulled over once, most cops just give a good look then wave.

[Marauder_Santa]

Pulled over once for blowing through a light. My military tags got me out of the ticket. Cop said he never gives tickets to military.

[Hadamustang1]

True story.. Southbound Interstate 5 in Oregon heading to Reno. Me driving with unamed Blonde lady riding shotgun. Trooper passes me on the left a few MPH faster then my 95 mph. Gives a little wave I back off a little, he moves on down the road. I think the lawinforcement memorial plates from washington state. He probaly thought I was retired LEO Or on vacation.. Left me alone.. So Yes it was the car..

[Mac-MerC]

http://i4.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/d6/83/9a41_2.JPG

Where can u get these stickers from?...... or u actually have to know a police officer to get one?

[Granite]

i've been pulled over multiple times in PG, most times it was me doing something stupid, lol, but i guess it really depends on where you are...the only times i have been pulled over for a "routine" stop is when i was in a less than "savory" area of this county, lol, i guess because we look so much like the crown vic guys and i have the graphite tint on her...i remember one time a friend was following me in his mustand out in bowie and there were two cops behind me, he was driving next to them, i swore i was about to be pulled over, you know how you know when they're checking your plates, looking down and then looking up at you...so i call my friend and he tells me that they're arguing about if the car is a ford or a mercury hahahahahahaha so like i said, out here it really just depends on where you are...glad i don't live in the hood or i would be in trouble..especially with my driving habits

[fastblackmerc]

Where can u get these stickers from?...... or u actually have to know a police officer to get one?

Check eBay. Search for "thin blue line"

[swordfish]

Depends who the cop is. Last week I pulled one over so I could meet the owner and check out his car. His plate light was out. Only thing I could find. So if I'm working it's more likely.:cool4:

[swordfish]

Where can u get these stickers from?...... or u actually have to know a police officer to get one?

You don't have to be law enforcement to get one But if you get pulled over and your not you get the hard copy everytime!:cowboy:

[slickster]

well i realy did not like when i got dissrespected one time.. flooring it on the freeway onramp to 10+ speedlimit then this person who was way behind me in the left lane cuts right infront of me then slows way down so i pull up on the driver side and toss a cd case at the window

[GAMike]

The only time it will help is if the LEO is not active...meaning if he does not have the Radar/Laser in his hand...... Sitting in a median just watching cars for excessives and the like, you may get a pass. Happened to me more than a few times up and down the ea. coast.

I have been pulled a total of 8 times in my Marauders, and gotten tickets on 6 of those occasions... All deserved. Can't complain considering what I have gotten away with......

If he does have laser/radar, he will light you up just like any other..... Don't forget from a distance alot of cars look the same, and by the time he see's the shape, he's usually already coming for ya.....

I also would advise against the thin blue line stickers. If you have no meaningful verifiable connection to law enforcement, it could be construed as impersonation or mocking law enforcement..... Don't think they can haul you in for having the sticker on your car, but they sure can mess with you in other ways....

Down here with the political climate & police being enlisted as revenue agents, they will give a speeding ticket to their mothers if they get the chance...... No lil bumper sticker gonna save ya from officers like that.

Best 3 things to get:
1. Laser Blinders
2. A "Rabbit" out in front of you on the hwy. that will get lit up before you do and in so doing "trip" your setup
3. More alert while driving your vehicles. It will save ya tickets, and your azz too from the dopes on the road:beer:

[Midnight]

i was getting pulled over a bit.. i had 8 percent tint around the whole car..... i made that legal... and even then, got pulled over for "probable cause"..... After putting a few Snowboarding stickers (my sport/hobby) i haven't had any problems since then. The stickers are black with white lettering, so they look quite good.. and their all the same style, black sticker, white lettering.. no crazy bumpersticker's wrecking my look!

[centexmarauder]

I don't get pulled over as much because when i first got the car, i got pulled over all the time. The cops around here know its me, and they know when i pull into my tiny little 8sq miles of city, and the speed limit hits 40mph, ill be doing 35mph.


I also would advise against the thin blue line stickers. If you have no meaningful verifiable connection to law enforcement, it could be construed as impersonation or mocking law enforcement..... Don't think they can haul you in for having the sticker on your car, but they sure can mess with you in other ways....

Down here with the political climate & police being enlisted as revenue agents, they will give a speeding ticket to their mothers if they get the chance...... No lil bumper sticker gonna save ya from officers like that.


I would have to totally agree. There for LEO's to put on Personal Vehicles, and direct family members. My dad is a retired cop, now a 911 dispatcher, and he doesn't even want one, he had them on his BMW ex-CHP bike, when he retired, he got rid of all his cop stuff, including the motorcycle. Not worth the hassle. Because i guarantee you someone out there will give you a hard time about it, if you don't have an amazing up-to-par story as to why you have it.

You would probably be better off getting those local "I support xxxxxxxxx Sheriffs Office" stickers. Which look lame and are not going to get you out of a ticket.

[Ms. Denmark]

Not with the shiny wheels, I don't think I'm fooling anyone.
That and my fog lights! LOL I do wish I could put that 5% tint on all my windows like the LEOs have.:rolleyes:


Don't know if these make a difference or not, but some of the Carolina guys have these stickers on their back windows.

One of our former members was in law enforcement, and I have several friends, our venerable rayjay among them, that are LEOs.

http://i4.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/d6/83/9a41_2.JPG Ray never offered one to me. :shake:
Been pulled over twice in the Marauder. Walked on one because of my profession. Wish I would have mentioned it to the other cop.:cool:

[BAD MERC]

Although they look like a Crown Vic (at a quick glance) somehow chrome wheels, a sunroof, chrome tailpipes and foglights don't look like cop car fare. This seems to make me invisible, my '06 Taurus.

[twin03]

Don't know if these make a difference or not, but some of the Carolina guys have these stickers on their back windows.

One of our former members was in law enforcement, and I have several friends, our venerable rayjay among them, that are LEOs.

http://i4.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/d6/83/9a41_2.JPG
If I see this decal on a vehicle, nine times out of ten I will not pull it over. The decal lets me know that you have a family member, a vary vary close friend that are LEOs. Now if I see it on a big rim vehicle, with smoked out windows and you tell me that "It was on the car when I bought it" I have been known to take them off....:cool:

[Motorhead350]

The last 15 times I have been pulled over with this car (no lie) I haven't even gotten a warning. I used to pass by cops doing 80 in a 55 and they wouldn't come out to get me.

Last time they tried pulling me over they couldn't catch me. I'm still laughing about that one. :burnout:

[LeoVampire]

Always the excuse your plate did not match the records can I see your registration please.

When they come back start talking about the car and say can I see what is under the hood?

Local and state has done this a few times over the years but never got a ticket for speeding and lord knows a couple of times I did deserve one just no LEO's around to see it.

When I had the Grand Marquies I was never stoped either. But any other car I got nailed.

[rayjay]

http://i4.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/d6/83/9a41_2.JPG

In my 34 years I honestly have never seen this. :confused:

[ctrlraven]

http://i4.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/d6/83/9a41_2.JPG

In my 34 years I honestly have never seen this. :confused:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Blue_Line_%28emblem%2 9

[ctrlraven]

When I first got my car I was pulled over quite a lot for doing nothing, just the officer wanting to chat about a "Silver" Marauder. "Wow I only thought these came in black, this isn't a re-paint is it?" Was the most common question/statement, the other was "Wish we had that" lol.

I got my very first speeding ticket within a month of owning my MM, got another speeding ticket 99 in a 55mph which was bogus to start with. I can't do 99 mph in my car with the big azz snow tires, scares me at 70 mph lol, ticket was dropped anyways. Got a warning for tint, exhaust, speeding x 3 (was honest with the officer and had no excuses besides being stupid) and lane change without a turn signal when there was no other cars around....

[guspech750]

Wish I could say I had a police story but I have only been pulled over once in the last 16 years and that was in my turd mobile. I was never pulled over in my Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, Firebird Formula, Camaro SS, or my Marauder.:banana:

[CBT]

Wish I could say I had a police story but I have only been pulled over once in the last 16 years and that was in my turd mobile. I was never pulled over in my Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, Firebird Formula, Camaro SS, or my Marauder.:banana:
Maybe you'll be "Gettin Lucky In Kentucky"

[napolitano]

Never been pulled over and when I drive on the highway it opens up like the red sea and I just haul ass cruising about 100mph.

[rayjay]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Blue_Line_%28emblem%2 9

Thanks, I figured it out. Must be a regional thing. I was a statewide union guy for a number of years and I've never saw it before, but this is NYS we are talking about. We kinda of keep to ourselves, especially upstate.

[slickster]

i was parked. so i seen two cops pull infront of me so i wave. well he just stares and does nothing and yes they search the car and when the cop was done i said you search a car like this and not check for anything under the hood!. so yea it was the car