Am I getting a ticket?!?!?

[PupSideDown]

I was cutting through an alley downtown, on the way to the County Clerk’s office for early voting. When I reached the intersection of the alley and the main street, a cop parked at that corner jumped out of his cruiser and waved me to stop! Oh no! Was I going the wrong way in a one-way alley?!? What is happening here?!?!

I rolled down the window, and politely asked, “Is there a problem, Officer?” He quickly smiled, and responded, “No, not at all. I have been trying to find a Mustang Mach-E for months, and just wanted to take a picture of your car.” I was relieved, and more than happy to agree. He then took a bunch of pictures, from every possible angle, all the time raving about how much he loved the car. He asked a bunch of questions about how we liked our car, and we shared our enthusiastic approval. I encouraged him to go online and place an order for a 2023 ASAP, which he said he intended to do. He also loved all my exterior modifications (stripes, painted calipers, lighted pony), so he obviously has impeccable taste

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[tannerk89]

Post some pics of your Mach-E!

I also had an officer do this (I believe). A few weeks after I got the car I got pulled over for ”no front license plate” and the officer was clearly just walking around it and checking out the interior and asking if I liked it. He let me go without any issues and just said to get a plate installed soon. I didn’t… still rolling front plateless and no issues in the 35k miles since then. I’m sure the law will eventually catch up with me for being so brazenly illegal.

 

[ctenidae]

I think the police should do random stops to congratulate people on a well-executed right turn, or give them $100 for a good lane change. Make it so not every interaction is negative - instead of "Oh no, I'm getting a ticket" you think, "Man I nailed that left arrow/pedestrian combination - cha-ching!" when the blues flash in your rearview mirror.

 

[RicoSuave1911]

I was cutting through an alley downtown, on the way to the County Clerk’s office for early voting. When I reached the intersection of the alley and the main street, a cop parked at that corner jumped out of his cruiser and waved me to stop! Oh no! Was I going the wrong way in a one-way alley?!? What is happening here?!?!

I rolled down the window, and politely asked, “Is there a problem, Officer?” He quickly smiled, and responded, “No, not at all. I have been trying to find a Mustang Mach-E for months, and just wanted to take a picture of your car.” I was relieved, and more than happy to agree. He then took a bunch of pictures, from every possible angle, all the time raving about how much he loved the car. He asked a bunch of questions about how we liked our car, and we shared our enthusiastic approval. I encouraged him to go online and place an order for a 2023 ASAP, which he said he intended to do. He also loved all my exterior modifications (stripes, painted calipers, lighted pony), so he obviously has impeccable taste

I want to see your MME now. LOL! Do you have any pics to share?

 

[MW1515]

Post some pics of your Mach-E!

I also had an officer do this (I believe). A few weeks after I got the car I got pulled over for ”no front license plate” and the officer was clearly just walking around it and checking out the interior and asking if I liked it. He let me go without any issues and just said to get a plate installed soon. I didn’t… still rolling front plateless and no issues in the 35k miles since then. I’m sure the law will eventually catch up with me for being so brazenly illegal.

Soon I'm going to write to my state senator and congressman to get them to submit a bill making the license plate replica decals legal in MD, which you could also try if you live in another state if you wish.

 

[RicoSuave1911]

I've had mine for a little over a month and have been flagged at stops (not by cops) twice for questioning about how I like my MME. The latest was yesterday starting off with the question "Is that the Mach-E? Is it worth it?"

WHAT? What kind of question is that to start off a convo? LOL

 

[Maquis]

I think the police should do random stops to congratulate people on a well-executed right turn, or give them $100 for a good lane change. Make it so not every interaction is negative - instead of "Oh no, I'm getting a ticket" you think, "Man I nailed that left arrow/pedestrian combination - cha-ching!" when the blues flash in your rearview mirror.

They do that here occasionally. Often giving gift cards to teenage drivers who are wearing seatbelts.

 

[HuntingPudel]

Back in 1980 i got pulled over by a CHP officer who was driving Mustang. I was driving my Trans Am. He said he had one at home and heard about my car and “needed to see it.” We spent probably half an hour bench racing. ??

 

[dmitry]

In our area officers not curious about Mach-e since this cars not exclusive anymore. Soon MME will reach Tesla quantity on the roads ?

 

[Hibtone]

In our area officers not curious about Mach-e since this cars not exclusive anymore. Soon MME will reach Tesla quantity on the roads ?

Not if Ford has anything to say about it.

 

[Bigfeets]

I was cutting through an alley downtown, on the way to the County Clerk’s office for early voting. When I reached the intersection of the alley and the main street, a cop parked at that corner jumped out of his cruiser and waved me to stop! Oh no! Was I going the wrong way in a one-way alley?!? What is happening here?!?!

I rolled down the window, and politely asked, “Is there a problem, Officer?” He quickly smiled, and responded, “No, not at all. I have been trying to find a Mustang Mach-E for months, and just wanted to take a picture of your car.” I was relieved, and more than happy to agree. He then took a bunch of pictures, from every possible angle, all the time raving about how much he loved the car. He asked a bunch of questions about how we liked our car, and we shared our enthusiastic approval. I encouraged him to go online and place an order for a 2023 ASAP, which he said he intended to do. He also loved all my exterior modifications (stripes, painted calipers, lighted pony), so he obviously has impeccable taste

Borderline abuse of authority, since it was apparently motivated entirely by self-interest. (Would you have stopped if the apparel were different?) For your part, perhaps you could have shared your "waiting time" or "markup" experiences applicable to your MME acquisition. I put myself into this storyline.... Police officer waved me down to ask why I wasn't driving a Ford Mustang Mach e since he wanted one. I would respond that I'd ordered one 11 months ago, still waiting. It's been sitting in Kansas City waiting for a ride to California for near 2 months, now. Meanwhile, I am driving a very fine, equal or better EV, Hyundai Ioniq 5, because my MME delivery ETA kept drifting farther out and dealer markups are everywhere, so I used my "trade-in markup" to offset the dealer markup on the Hi5. ps I think some 2023MY MME ordering was to have closed in October, not to mention the huge price increase and potential loss of Federal tax credit. Alternate reality.

 

[Bigfeets]

In our area officers not curious about Mach-e since this cars not exclusive anymore. Soon MME will reach Tesla quantity on the roads ?

Not a chance. Ford stuck on building a few tens of thousands MME for sale in US while Tesla builds many hundreds of thousands. In my part of urban California, I see 200 Teslas for every MME seen. My City intends to go EV with its vehicles but what will they do when they encounter the horrendous delivery delays for the Ford MME, et cetera?

 

[gryphon]

In our area officers not curious about Mach-e since this cars not exclusive anymore. Soon MME will reach Tesla quantity on the roads ?

Absolutely zero chance of this in the Bay Area.

 

[dmitry]

Maybe Tri-Valley is another story even comparing with whole California. On my street we have 2 Tesla and 2 Mach-e plus extra one mach-e who came for visiting very often. So Mach-e is a winner. For sure Tesla is a leader, but MME here not exclusive anymore.

 

[Rob S]

Not seeing many on the road her in NY... although yesterday had a bizzarro world moment when stopped at a light behind ANOTHER Star White GT! Otherwise see maybe 20 teslas for every MME.

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