i wonder what product he uses to get those black trip so nice...

Not speed related at all. When you have a red performance vehicle you have 2 strikes against you, ANY little thing will have you pulled over. Had the Viper out in Clearwater FL a few yrs ago, light rainfall brought the oil up to the road surface so it was SUPER slick, sitting on Hwy 19 in the left turn lane to go onto Sunset Pt Rd with cop sitting next to me, light changed and I proceed in 2nd gear (no gas pedal), my rears spin, clutch in/out and proceed to turn thru the intersection and just feather the gas pedal, this causes the rearend to step out sideways, clutch in/out AGAIN to get some traction. Cop hits his lights, pulls me over, writes me for careless driving. If I were in a non-red performance vehicle he would not had pulled me over. ANYTHING can be the 3rd strike in a red perf vehicle.

Cops SEE what red rerformance vehicles do, fail to use a turn indicator, slight roll thru a stop sign on empty road late at night, slight direction change in your lane on a highway and you get lit up.

Congrats on the new purchase! Can't go wrong with black!

This guy always gets slack from the law, just gotta know the right "buster"

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Welcome to Xoutpost, where every 4.8iS's life is lived a quarter mile at a time :rofl::D:thumbup:

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My experience mirrors Tiags. 3 speeding tickets in 3 years in my Hellrot red M3.

Yet to be pulled over in my silver X.

But I have started to slow down in my old age. :dunno:

Nice X. Excellent purchase choice!

Never had a red vehicle (almost did several times) even when I thought that was the best it came in--for the reasons mentioned.

I have wondered if that holds true of a red X as it is not known as a high performance vehicle, not a two seater, not a classic hot rod etc.

1 pullover in the silver X here too. Expired reg tag on the plate, I forgot to put it on. Had it in the console, showed the cop and was on my way.

I've had several red sports cars following me at 10 mph over posted speed limit on the hwy, cops have lit THEM up and let me go on my way. If I was in a red IS or lowered with loud exhaust, bet I would have been stopped too.

I have an IS, is lowered and has loud exhaust--have never noticed a second look. I have been speeding, less then 10 over, and gone through radar trap and not been nabbed. I will say the few times I have stopped I got a ticket. It could have been profiling but it was more than 10 over. I don't have a radar detector.

Might be the case here in TX but back in FL Tampa/Clearwater area, on fri or sat nights they run down lowered cars with loud exhaust. The police dept has unwritten orders to keep those in performance vehicles on a short leash. I've been followed for miles by cops waiting for me to do something even SLIGHTLY wrong. Other members of the Viper Club (in their DDs, ///M5s, ///M6s, X5///Ms, almost anything low with a performance look/sound) have seen the same behavior by the law.

This got so bad a few yrs back we started having owner get togethers in Orlando (usually Race Rock on International) or Lakeland. We started going out there because you could chirp 2nd without getting your car searched and a ticket in your hand. Even had a dinner get together at the Outback in Lakeland where the local PD sent 2 patrol cars out to stop traffic so the 50+ Vipers could leave in a group and not have gawkers crashing due to the site of that many Vipers in one place. The cops made it clear that they see NOTHING as we leave the parking area and proceed down the 6 lane road, this was shortly followed by most of the Viper doing 2nd and 3rd gear powerslides out of the lot and down the road. Cops don't always have to be hard-ons but some areas make it SOP.

Even had the Clearwater PD attempt to tow my Viper because the 5 point harnesses are not DOT approved and therefore it's not street legal. Had to get the shift supervisor on scene and talk them out of it.