[Shotimes] Police Interceptor on eBay....

[Christian Andretta]

Try mounting a cage and an airbag safe computer mount in those cars, speak
to the officers after a week of driving them.  They would all rather be
driving a CV.  The cage severely limits seat travel in the Impala and with a
computer mounted down low in the center (for two officer cars) it is real
tight.  It is a good platform though and I think it is unfair that a V6 getd
a bum rap.  The real issue is wether or not the officers like driving a FWD
sedan vs a RWD sedan, they can be two very different beasts.

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From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of James F. Ryan III
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 10:41 AM
To: Modemagic@aol.com; Shotimes@Autox. Team. Net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Police Interceptor on eBay....


Yeah, a V-6 powered patrol car has always been a hard sell to depts that
feel they NEED the V-8 power.  IMO only state troopers (who patrol miles and
miles of highways) should have the V-8 cars, and small towns and urban
cities can certainly make do with the V-6 cars.  When a town is only 5 miles
wide a V-8 powered car is not going to get to the other side any quicker
than a V-6 car.

The Dodge Inrepid police pkg hasn't caught on and the Taurus police pkg is
died in '95.  Only the Chevy Impala has been somewhat accepted.  The New
York City PD loves them, but outside of there I've only seen a handful as
regular duty cars but most are usually unmarked detective cars.  GM wants to
take back some of the business from Ford so they built a V-8 powered FWD
Impala.


Jim Ryan
Wayne, NJ
'91 Plus - all white/mocha with fiberglass hood, rod shifter, & rear spoiler

255 Lph fuel pump, SHO Shop can & horn, 80mm MAF, S&B cone filter, SHO Shop
HiFlow Y-pipe & cat-back exhaust, SHO Shop LPM, SHO Shop underdrive pulleys,
SHO Shop HiRevs Jr clutch & steel billet LiteWeight flywheel, reinforced
engine & trans mounts, SHO Shop TQ limiters, SHO NUT aluminum SFBs, FPS '96
SHO front brakes, Carbotech F brake pads, Nook's full-body SFCs, Koni adj
struts, SHO Shop linear springs, 24mm FSB, 26mm RSB, SHO Shop steel f&r
STBs, Bridgestone Potenza RE-730 225/55-16, CATZ MSP fog lights, police
grille



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Modemagic@aol.com [mailto:Modemagic@aol.com]
>Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 11:54 PM
>To: av8r567@optonline.net; alfitz@alfitz.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Police Interceptor on eBay....
>
>
>Around here... we haven't had a Taurus police car in several years.... and
>even then the only ones we had were Gen 1's.... only for the
>traffic cops. :)
>Now around here they all run Crown Vic's, Expeditions, and
>Tahoes... and the
>state cops have Mustangs. :)
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