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[Dave Garber]

Make due with a V6 car? I'd have to disagree there. The main reason most
departments want the V8 car isn't as much for the power difference as it
is getting a RWD solution and a roomier one. The FWD cars simply don't
hold up as well as the RWD cars do (My father is a police chief here in
PA and they've tried a lot of different vehicles and the Ford's simply
hold up better). Those cars take a pretty good beating and a lot of
departments, such as my dads, need the cars to go a good 130-170k miles
before being replaced.

The Intrepids are crap cruisers because they fall apart early and often.
I've heard that the Impala's are better but, still not as 'sturdy' as
the CV and don't have near the amount of room a lot of departments
need/want.

As long as Ford keeps making the CV, they will hold the vast majority of
the market with Police Cruisers.



Dave Garber
Pittsburgh, PA
99 White

-----Original Message-----
From: James F. Ryan III [mailto:av8r567@optonline.net] 
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 10:41 AM
To: Modemagic@aol.com; Shotimes@Autox. Team. Net

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