Not many experiences as I do most of my speeding at the track, but here's the only 3 times I was pulled over.
1st - Flint, MI in the late 80's on Flushing. 56 in a 45 in my 2nd gen. Total speed trap. It didn't help that I had "I can't drive 55" airbrushed on the back of the spoiler. Just ASKING to get stopped. Young and dumb.
2nd - AZ around 1995. Working with a friend who was an engineer at the GM desert proving grounds. Doing some "driveability" work with a mule car off campus. I was riding shotgun and "watching" some test instruments. He offered to let me to drive. I got pulled over for a "do you know how fast you were going" conversation. We pulled our GM business cards and starting talking really fast in engineer speak about exactly why we needed to be going that fast. Forgot to mention that we could have been doing this on private property on GM's track and were really just showing off. The officer was really cool and seemed to be more interested in what we were driving and what he thought we were doing than my infraction. Let me off with a warning and we got out of there.
3rd - March 2009 - I-684 at Exit 6 in NY in the first 5th gen to get to GM's office in Westchester county. This car literally was just off the truck and I took it out to see what it could do. Floored it on the northbound on ramp and took it up to about 65-70 VERY quickly before I noticed the cop already on 684 behind me. I backed down to 55. He followed me for awhile, then pulled me over. Turns out he saw the dealer plate on the car, figured I worked for the local dealer where he knows everyone, and didn't think much of pulling me over just to check out the car. He never even saw the brief WOT burst. After I put my heart back in my chest, we talked about the car for about 30 minutes. He's a real fan, owns a 4th gen and wants a 5th gen REAL BAD. Unfortunately, this was at 5:30 PM and just about the entire office saw me on the side of the road on their way home. Let's just say a lot of people got some mileage out of this at my expense the next day.
