Baffling Question
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From: Western Massachusetts
I was talking to a cop in the town that I work. I asked if he thought the Corwn Vic's were slow and if they wanted more powerful cars. He said that they don't need to go fast. They just need to get going fast which the Crown Vic does well.
This is a small town where the highest speed limit is 45mph. I guess they just need to get them selves moving fast from their hiding place to catch the speeders.
I don't think it matters what car the cops are driving. Most people slow down at just the sight of one.
This is a small town where the highest speed limit is 45mph. I guess they just need to get them selves moving fast from their hiding place to catch the speeders.
I don't think it matters what car the cops are driving. Most people slow down at just the sight of one.
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From: Longmont, CO
I personally never tired to out run a cop, cause I know the power of the radio lol. The cops I know are local ones, and we live in an area with alot of back curvy roads where just about anyone can hide if they wanted to. Most of the guys I know that run (family members included) found out that cops do have a sharp eye for licence plates and they CAN get you that way! Its just funny to me when I talk to the cops around here and they always tell me how much they miss the LT1 (especially when I drive my 9C1 around them). They tell me the vic has good top end, but handling and low end power sucks. The LT1 had 260-280 horse (depended on computer tuning a cop told me) while the vic suffers with only 230 horse with low torque. I just feel Ford could have made their own brand of "impala" by taking a crown vic, lowering it, putting fat tires on it, and dropping a torquey 5.4 in it. I know the maurader was a short lived project, but really, who was gonna pay the high price for one of them?
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From: Kamloops. B.C.
Originally Posted by silversvt04
When we were kids back in the 70's. A friend was pulled over for speeding.
Call him Bob. Bob had a car full of friends. The cop comes over to the window, and taps on it. Bob has it rolled up, every one has been smoking cigaretes and the car is smoky inside. Bob rolls the window down an inch and as all the smoke is billowing out,says "what" and rolls the window back up.
The cop is now pissed and bangs on the window "roll it down." Bob rolls down the window as he is saying. I bet you want to sell me two tickets to the
RCMP ball. (Yep Canada). The cop is throughally pissed and retorts The RCMP don't have *****. He turned very red with the mocking laughter, turned, walked away and left in his squad car.
Call him Bob. Bob had a car full of friends. The cop comes over to the window, and taps on it. Bob has it rolled up, every one has been smoking cigaretes and the car is smoky inside. Bob rolls the window down an inch and as all the smoke is billowing out,says "what" and rolls the window back up.
The cop is now pissed and bangs on the window "roll it down." Bob rolls down the window as he is saying. I bet you want to sell me two tickets to the
RCMP ball. (Yep Canada). The cop is throughally pissed and retorts The RCMP don't have *****. He turned very red with the mocking laughter, turned, walked away and left in his squad car.
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From: Lost some where in the middle of the Ozark Mountains!
Originally Posted by Tical84
You sure those were cigarettes? In the '70s? Come on man, we're both from B.C., I know what they were .
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