Cops Shop For New Cars After Ford Stops Making Crown Victoria

The Cap Times ^ | Thursday, January 14, 2010 | STEVEN ELBOW

[paulycy]

[rbg81]

I agree—the Chargers look very intimidating.

[tubebender]

Is there room in the smaller cars for coffee AND DONUTS...

[tlb]

At least for Highway Patrol, this is the way to go

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[Nakota]

I have a Crown Vic with the “Sport” option and will be holding on to it. Just a very comfortable and dependable car with plenty of room in the cabin and the trunk. Too bad Ford stopped production.

[Tom D.]

I’ve been watching the old Adam-12 shows on Hulu. They did alright in a hopped-up Plymouth Fury.

[03A3]

Sure, they look sharp, and they have somewhat the engine to keep up

Unless they're up against a chipped diesel. The look on the Hemi driver's face when getting beat by a dually is priceless.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I agree with you... To me, the only American car worth owning is the Corvette... That is the only exception... A v-8 hemi is nothing special, I can get just as much out of a six and with less weight... my proof? Take me on in an old 9-11 turbo...

But, since the auto companies and the government has ripped us off, I fail to see any sense in strenghthening the police state with fancy, expensive equipment... let them eat cake too...

They are all government employees, no longer caring about being peace officers, they are now just willing puppets to collect revenue...

[Gomez]

The last marked car I drove (not NYPD). I'm feeling a little old right now.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Facing similar circumstances, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office has already put five new Dodge Chargers in the hands of its traffic team, and so far deputies have given them a thumbs-up.

However, can it promote Ladies Night as well as a Monaco?

[DaveArk]

In 1970, had an accident in south Alabama. Highway patrolman showed up in a Javelin, 4 in floor, cool!

[edpc]

Elwood: This was a bargain. I picked it up at the Mount Prospect City Police auction last spring. It's an old Mount Prospect Police Car. They were practically giving them away. Jake: Well, thank you pal, the day I get out of prison, my own brother picks me up in a police car.

[Fog horn and warning bell sounds.]

Elwood: You don't like it?

Jake: No, I don't like it.

[Elwood drives over a raising draw bridge.]

Jake: Car's got a lot of pick up.

Elwood: It's got a cop motor, a four hundred and forty cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks, it was a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas. Whaddya say? Is it the new Blues Mobile or what?

Jake: Fix the cigarette lighter.

[1rudeboy]

Well, the Italian highway cops had that V-12 Lambo, but they totaled it.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Unless they're up against a chipped diesel. The look on the Hemi driver's face when getting beat by a dually is priceless.

The look on their face when I overtake them both in a twenty year old, in-line, twin cam 6 cylinder is even better... especially when I continue around a sharp corner without slowing down...

[Salamander]

Oh, yeah!

Just to look in your rear view mirror and see the word “INTERCEPTOR” would be enough to make you pee yourself in fear...LOL!

The word is just so....nonnegotiable.

[Dr. Sivana]

Most police professionals agree the 1994-96 Chevy Caprices were the best police package vehicles ever made to date. I own a 1995 and it is absolutely bullet proof and gets almost 25 mpg on the highway.

Could you please give us the source for your claim?

I am not the original poster. I did buy my wife a '94 Caprice wagon. It has the Corvette engine, it STILL gets 24 mpg highway (fair weather), carries 8 or 9 passengers, depending on size of kids, and has the front split bench that cops like for laying out their gear. I am not a lead foot, but when I stomp on the gas to pass, it hauls. Of course, ours wouldn't have the police suspension, which is fine by me. But if a cop wants room to put his stuff, mount a radar gun, wait comfortably when needed, and go fast when needed, it is a fine choice. It is ugly (ours is named "Wilma" after the old Cap'n Crunch Vanilly Crunch whale.) Most cars today are ugly.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Fiat: A car because we say so!

[wita]

I have a Mercury Grand Marquis.

That makes two of us. My own personal value of the car went to the moon two years ago after a trip across Wyoming in some of the worst weather I have experienced. Solid ice from border to border, with whiteouts every fifty miles just to keep things interesting. White knuckle driving at its worst. Had four wheel drive vehicles spinning out in front of us trucks departing the highway all around us, and fortunately we didn’t get caught up in someone else’s disaster. The car is rock solid on ridged and rough ice.

[Peter Horry]

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Well, the Italian highway cops had that V-12 Lambo, but they totaled it.

Nothing handles like a Ferrari... that's their fault... they should have known better...