[delackner]

I'm curious, do you think anything about your appearance or car made them profile you specifically? I crossed over a few years ago at Niagara falls and found the border agents extremely courteous and friendly, probably more so than any other crossing I've made in the world. I mention it not as anecdata, but just to wonder if even the same border agent might treat someone very negatively today (change in policy over time) or simply because they are looking at silly factors like how old your car looks.

[digler999]

I'm all for being friendly, but sometimes being real friendly is also a sign that they're up to something. I remember reading an article about a Geo Cacher who got stopped by the Secret Service for circling around the White House in a car too many times. he said the guys on bikes were real nice and friendly, talked all about him and his geocaching....until the marked car of thugs showed up and detained him.

Also, if driving a nice car was the key to getting past BP, drug smugglers would have figured this out ages ago and adopted it as SOP.

[delackner]

Isn't that the point though? These kinds of games don't actually catch professionals. They catch normal people and normal people making foolish choices or mistakes.

[b9]

If judges have a problem with sugar or after a football game expect the border guards to have the same problem.