Just got my first GTI ticket :(

[coachfraley]

So I was on my way home tonight, and I sat in traffic for like 30 minutes (yes on a Saturday). Got off the freeway and onto a side street, so I opened her up...then saw the flashing lights in my mirror. I guess I was going 70 in a 35, in the rain. I thought the cop would be impressed, but he yelled at me! Wrote me up for 55...oh well. It was just a matter of time I guess.


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[acapvwgti]

Classic mistake my man lol. Pretty much every ticket I ever got was from pent up speed rage waiting in traffic. Second you see open road ya gunned it lol.

Don't get another one for 3 years

 

[HXP]

I got stopped in a rented Camaro SS in Texas - offericer was ultra polite - gave me a wrning ticket as a ' toursit '

- I was quite impressed to be honest with the way he dealt with me.

Guess good and bad police as in the UK.

HXP

 

[Deviation01]

Haha I had my car for a week and also got one 19 over. Back road where no1 ever goes by my house. This night a cop was sitting. Luck.

 

[Tk_mkv1]

same thing happened to me with my mk6 one time. I got out of shopping center and passed a prius (not to prove something way), accelerated briskly in 2nd gear up to 35-40 iirc, lot of people drive that fast there. this was in old town part of county where its a 25 mph limit portion then gets up to 35 in 500 feet. I know cops hide there, but i checked and weren't any. Then about quarter to half mile later, i saw lights of a crown victoria thinking theres an emergency situation so i pulled on side of road and bam he's right behind me. Officer was nice though, and decide to ticket me at 35 when he clocked 40.

Now i drive at max 30 since i drive there everyday and lot of people tailgate me like crazy because not a lot of people drive that slow there. I used to do the same thing until this happened. Especially knowing the district of that area is known as really strict punishment, fines and money grabbers.

 

[coachfraley]

Thanks for all the replies. I can see that it is a common problem when you have such a fun vehicle.

I'm just going to have to be satisfied with getting up to the speed limit quickly, lol.

 

[k2nix]

you get a ticket and post on general discussion? hahaha

 

[Tk_mkv1]

Thanks for all the replies. I can see that it is a common problem when you have such a fun vehicle.

I'm just going to have to be satisfied with getting up to the speed limit quickly, lol.

at least you live in a state where radar detectors are legal and have nice canyon twisties, unlike where i live, unless i drive 2 hours. Even if i have some decent twisties, it's filled with potholes and ruins the fun.

 

[DavidLGTI]

"I thought the cop would be impressed" lol! sucks about the ticket but least you have a sense a humor about it.

 

[dimitri_92]

I got clocked in at 107 in a 55 on my commute home. $100 in ticket clinic later, I didn't have to pay the ticket nor did I receive points *winning*


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[thunderstruck1]

Thank goodness I only drive 1 day a week. Haven't been caught since the days of my F150 Lightning. Traffic tends to move pretty good here in Chicago, so I just have a momentary indiscretion every now and then. They are always on the lookout on Friday and Saturday nights for DUI, so that's never an option. There are a few areas in between on ramps on the toll roads where I will hammer it.

 

[dimitri_92]

Idk. Miami/Fl troopers aren't very lenient. I do speed here and there. I've found that with sticking with going 10-15% above the speed limit they'll leave you alone. I had an rx8 and a corvette that I went batsh*t fast in. I drive this GTI conservatively and I get my first damn ticket [emoji36]


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[marineboy]

You people seem proud of breaking speed limits. Double the limit, in built-up areas - in the rain. Totally irresponsible.

That's how children get killed.

 

[coachfraley]

I think you are jumping the gun a little marineboy. You are making an assumption about the situation and the street that I was driving on. The street is one block from my house so I know the layout very well. The street has a 6 ft. median, so it can't be crossed by kids, and the other side of the street is a vacant lot that is fenced off.

Maybe you are just trolling, but your comment is pretty irresponsible.

 

[dimitri_92]

Rain? Built up areas? Don't be a negative nancy lol. You didn't get a GTI to go 35. And most of us do our speeding on highways when they are unpopulated late at night. Think before you speak


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