Cops following you?
 

Anyone else have cops tail your car for miles on end? Only reason I mention it is I had it happen to me twice today. Once to work and once back from work.

Not sure if it's the smoked tail lights or the car in general but they both changed lines when they saw me and followed me for a couple of miles.

Almost makes me want to go back to stock tail lights. I always get really nervous when they tail me like that.

are you a minority?

Need for Speed taught me that they're competing with you, so you need to drive faster.

Unless you have something to hide I wouldnt worry about it. Happens to me in the Houston area quite often. People who are not familiar seem to confuse our cars for something "exotic" but at the end of the days its just a subie

Yep, I've had cops follow me. I never have an issue when I drive the Jeep, but this car just attracts them. I've even had a couple of them tailgate me very aggressively. I just ignore them.

Assholes.

They are checking out your plates on the computer. They usually pull in behind me, get busy on the computer, see a clean 40 year driving record for the registered owner and just go away.

Prolly' lots of FR-S/BRZ's being driven by idiots where you live.

Yes.



Worse case scenario they pull you over.

Worst case scenario is that they shoot someone.

Worse case scenario there's a riot too.

Having smoked tails is the biggest target you can put on your car aside from a monster wing or obnoxiously-loud exhaust...

Depends on the area, 'round here a newer car only gets attention if it's going too fast or running red lights. Ricers and old cars get more attention.

Was pulled over twice in my old japanese pickup truck late at night because most people only expect to see those from 4am-4pm filled with gardening equipment, probably figured it was the town's Millennium Falcon ("What a piece of junk!") running around the wrong side of the traintracks after 1am.

Edit: I've never heard of anyone even noticing different taillights on a car aside from an enthusiast, it's probably the last thing the cop cares about as long as they do the job.

pft, you should've seen me when I drove off in car my the first night I got her, had 3 cops surround me for a good 5 minutes on the freeway - no joke :mad0259:

As said, unless you're hiding something, why care? Personally, they can tailgate me all they want. If I'm forced to brake in any emergency situation that might crop up, they'll be liable for the damages.