I could not agree with you more.....once the cops saw I was not stoned on something and could converse with them in decent manner...they would ask me all kinds of questions about my car, a 1960 Pontiac Catalina & a 1978 Pontiac Trans Am. They would ask me to get out the car and show them the engine...they looked at the carbs and the breathing exhaust manifolds, and the plugged Lakes Plugs that were capped off!!! They used to kid me, saying “Hey, Teenage Punk...you should have run...we never would have caught you!!!” I actually learned, that these cops were human...too!!! I still respect and honor them 100%. They have a very tough, dangerous job and we should all, as good citizens appreciate them!!!
My brother once got pulled over by a cop driving a Mustang GT. My brother had an older GT. It ended up with the trooper and my brother under the hood of the Police car.