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 20 cars that rack up tickets The highest percentage of recently-ticketed drivers operate a Lexus ES300, according to a 2016 survey by Insurance.com, the car insurance comparison-shopping website. The stylish Lexus sedan sits at the top of this year’s list of cars with the most tickets. In a previous Insurance.com study, conducted in 2014, the Subaru WRX ranked as the highest “ticket magnet,” but that make and model dropped to number 12 in the most recent data analysis. Insurance.com reviewed insurance claim and traffic violation data from 331 models and more than 323,000 recent customers. While the most frequently ticketed vehicles include a variety of economy and luxury cars, the cars with the lowest percentage of tickets are generally more expensive vehicles, such as the Buick Encore (3%), Lexus IS350 (3%), Acura ILX (6%) and Cadillac ATS (6%). “It’s the driver that gets tickets, not the car,” says Penny Gusner, consumer analyst for Insurance.com. “But it is interesting to see what vehicle makes and models attract drivers who are prone to traffic violations.” 
 
 Cars with the most tickets: No. 1 #1. Lexus ES 300 – 33% This popular Lexus was manufactured between 1992 and 2003. As an older model, it is possible that current drivers may have purchased a used vehicle at a great value, or that younger drivers could be operating a family sedan that was passed down to them. Drivers in this study were surveyed between February 2014 and February 2016. 
 
 Cars with the most tickets: No. 2 #2. Nissan 350Z--33% This sports car was introduced in 2003, and it had a good run until 2009 when the 370Z replaced it. 
 
 Cars with the most tickets: No. 3 #3. Dodge Charger SE/SXT--32% While Dodge Chargers have been built for many years, beginning in 1966, the SE was introduced much later: in 2006. These sedans continue to be manufactured today. 
 
 Cars with the most tickets: No. 4 #4. Volkswagen Jetta GL – 31% First produced for the 1980 model year, this affordable car offers drivers the choice between a manual or automatic transmission. 
 
 Cars with the most tickets: No. 5 #5. Chevrolet Monte Carlo LS/LT – 31% While the first Monte Carlo appeared in 1970, the LS model was introduced nearly 30 years later, in 1998. 
 
 Cars with the most tickets: No. 6 #6. Mazda 3S – 30% This attractive car was introduced in 2003, for the 2004 model year. A third generation Mazda 3S was unveiled in 2013, for the 2014 model year. 
 
 Cars with the most tickets: No. 7 #7. Volkswagen GTI – 30% This vehicle helped popularize the "hatch back" feature that endured for more than a decade. 
 
 Cars with the most tickets: No. 8 #8. Dodge Stratus SXT – 30% This mid-size sedan replaced the Dodge Spirit in the mid-1990s. From 2001 through 2006, Chrysler employed a "cab forward" design which provided more room in the trunk and interior. 
 
 Cars with the most tickets: No. 9 #9. Acura 3.0s – 30% This option-rich sedan model has been on the road since 1998. 
 
 Cars with the most tickets: No. 10 #10. Toyota Tacoma – 30% This powerful and reliable truck was available beginning in 1995 and the Tacoma model continues to sell today. 
 
 Cars with the most tickets: 11-20 The next set of cars whose drivers got the most tickets comprises this list of vehicles in spots 11-20: 11. Mazda Tribute – 30% 
 
 12. Subaru Impreza WRX – 30% 
 
 13. Lexus LS 400 Series – 30% 
 
 14. Subaru Impreza 2.5I – 30% 
 
 15. Mercedes-Benz C300 4 Matic – 30% 
 
 16. Chevrolet Malibu 2LT – 29% 
 
 17. Lincoln LS – 29% 
 
 18. Ford Fusion S – 29% 
 
 19. Mazda 3I – 29% 
 
 20. Chevrolet Tahoe K1500 – 29% Insurance companies often pay more attention to claims than they do to traffic tickets when setting rates. Car models with high insurance claim rates can result in higher premiums for everyone owning those vehicles. Violation tickets drive up the individual coverage costs for the person who receives a citation. “It’s notable that cars on most tickets list also appear to have an above-average number of insurance claims,” says Gusner. Twenty-three percent of surveyed drivers at the top of Insurance.com’s ticket list filed an insurance claim during the survey period, while only 19 percent of all other cars made insurance claims within that timeframe. ||||| This week, Hollywood mega star Chris Pratt reminisced to Ellen DeGeneres about his days as a broke actor living in a van on the streets of Maui. A $700 part in a low-budget horror movie was his lucky break, Pratt shared, revealing that he lived off the paycheck for a full year! The 35-year-old Jurassic World star hardly needs to budget like that these days. 
 
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 Weirdly, Pratt’s not alone. Hollywood history is filled with stories of down-and-out entertainers waiting for luck to strike. Here are eight more celebrities who lived in their cars before their big breaks. 
 
 Kelly Clarkson 
 
 
 
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 The "Heartbeat Song" singer is now reportedly worth an estimated $29 million, but she grew up poor in a small town in Texas. After high school graduation, Clarkson went to Los Angeles to shop around her demo tape. When her apartment building burned down, the singer, now 32, lived briefly in her car before giving up and slinking back to Texas. Her life changed when she heard about an audition for a new singing competition reality TV show called American Idol in 2002. 
 
 Hilary Swank 
 
 
 
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 There’s a reason two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank gravitates toward underdog roles. Swank, now 40, grew up in a trailer park in Washington. After her father left the family, teenage Swank and her mother Judy took off for Los Angeles, living out of an Oldsmobile so Swank could audition for parts. After a few early breaks, Swank landed the role of murdered transgender teen Brandon Teena in the film Boys Don’t Cry, for which she won her first Oscar. "My background is not something I forget," Swank has said. "It helps me to not take what I have for granted." 
 
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 Drew Carey 
 
 
 
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 Before he was the star of The Drew Carey Show and the host of The Price Is Right, Carey, 56, was just a comedian in Cleveland trying to get booked on The Tonight Show, whose host Johnny Carson was known for making comedians’ careers. Carey headed west to Los Angeles where he lived in his car for a year and a half until he got the call from producers. The set went well: Carson laughed like crazy, invited Carey over to the couch to chat, and the rest is history. 
 
 
 
 Sam Worthington 
 
 
 
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 Just before wowing audiences in Avatar and Clash of the Titans, the Australian star was unemployed and out of work. "Sold everything I owned and was just living in the car basically, not doing much," he told an interviewer. An audition with director James Cameron changed his life, and Worthington, 38, ditched the car for proper digs. The actor, who has a newborn son with Aussie model Lara Bingle last month listed his Hawaiian mansion for sale. The price? $6.5 million. 
 
 Jewel 
 
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 Sure, she’s sold 27 million albums worldwide, but the folky singer and reality show judge, who scored a huge hit with 1995’s "Who Will Save Your Soul?," grew up in a house in Alaska without plumbing. At age 18, the singer lived in her car for a year, driving from city to city to play gigs before landing a record deal. "Money will not make you happy, but it takes away a lot of stress," she’s said. "To this day, the things I love the most are having a place to live, never worrying about my electrical bills, being able to buy the groceries I want to buy, and being able to pay the doctors." 
 
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 Tyler Perry 
 
 
 
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 Actor and director Perry is a Hollywood empire unto himself, but life wasn’t always so easy. Perry, now 45, spent every penny he had trying to stage his landmark musical I Know I’ve Been Changed, which forced him to be homeless for six years, some of which Perry spent living in his car. 
 
 "Can you imagine a six-foot-five man sleeping in a Geo Metro?" he told Essence magazine. 
 
 
 
 Suze Orman 
 
 
 
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 Her financial house is in order now (and she’d like yours to be, too!), but even money guru Orman had a rough beginning. On her personal website, Orman, now 63, recalls dropping out of college and borrowing money from her brother to buy a Ford Econoline van, which she and friends lived in as they drove across the country. After years of waiting tables, Orman’s life changed when a friendly customer took pity on the broke young woman and handed her a check for $2,000 with instructions on how to invest it. 
 
 
 
 Steve Harvey 
 
 
 
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 The television personality and author is on top of the world these days, but Harvey, now 58, remembers the three years he spent homeless when he was trying to crack the comedy circuit in the late 1980s. Money dried up. "I had nowhere to go," Harvey told People, so he began living in his 1976 Ford Tempo, using an Igloo cooler as a refrigerator. “It was rock bottom,” he recalled. "But even in my darkest days I had faith it would turn around." A call to appear on Showtime at the Apollo was his lucky break. 
 
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– What car should you buy if you're hoping to avoid tickets? Apparently not the Nissan 350Z. OK, to be fair, it's probably not the car's fault—but people who buy that car are more prone to traffic violations, a new survey from Insurance.com finds. The five cars with the "highest percentage of recently-ticketed drivers" between February 2014 and February 2016: Nissan 350Z: 33% Lexus ES 300: 33% Dodge Charger SE/SXT: 32% Volkswagen Jetta GL: 31% Chevrolet Monte Carlo LS/LT: 31% And the five cars with the lowest percentage of ticketed drivers during that period: Buick Encore: 3% Lexus IS350: 3% Acura ILX: 6% Cadillac ATS: 6% Chevrolet Express: 8% See Insurance.com for the full list in each category, or read about 8 celebs who lived in their cars before their big breaks.