I find the opposite, I was going round a little tiny cobbled roundabout in taunton town centre in my 3 door, as was REALLY sideways, like donutting type angles, more or less 90 degrees, and I got stopped for it, the copper started going on about how great cossies were and how he loved having them as a patrol car, said I seemed to know what I was doing with it and it was a lovely car, but keep it for the track and sent me on my way, Ive had similar a couple of times now, where as im sure in a beaten up volvo doing the same I would have been done for it.