RE: Get Your CHiPs On The A66
Discussion
J4CKO said:
23 Grand !
Much as I love old American cop cars thats a lot of cash for a high mileage, not really very good, not very fast, old fashioned dollop of a car, can see the appeal of a couple of grand on one for a bit of fun but 23 grand, just get a £500 Omega and get busy with the black and white paint !
Much as I love old American cop cars thats a lot of cash for a high mileage, not really very good, not very fast, old fashioned dollop of a car, can see the appeal of a couple of grand on one for a bit of fun but 23 grand, just get a £500 Omega and get busy with the black and white paint !
+1
the_hood said:
J4CKO said:
23 Grand !
Much as I love old American cop cars thats a lot of cash for a high mileage, not really very good, not very fast, old fashioned dollop of a car, can see the appeal of a couple of grand on one for a bit of fun but 23 grand, just get a £500 Omega and get busy with the black and white paint !
Much as I love old American cop cars thats a lot of cash for a high mileage, not really very good, not very fast, old fashioned dollop of a car, can see the appeal of a couple of grand on one for a bit of fun but 23 grand, just get a £500 Omega and get busy with the black and white paint !
+1
I might not want a Crown Vic but I certainly don't want an Omega
ewenm said:
the_hood said:
J4CKO said:
23 Grand !
Much as I love old American cop cars thats a lot of cash for a high mileage, not really very good, not very fast, old fashioned dollop of a car, can see the appeal of a couple of grand on one for a bit of fun but 23 grand, just get a £500 Omega and get busy with the black and white paint !
Much as I love old American cop cars thats a lot of cash for a high mileage, not really very good, not very fast, old fashioned dollop of a car, can see the appeal of a couple of grand on one for a bit of fun but 23 grand, just get a £500 Omega and get busy with the black and white paint !
+1
I might not want a Crown Vic but I certainly don't want an Omega
ewenm said:
Two of you who'd buy an old Omega?
I might not want a Crown Vic but I certainly don't want an Omega
Not really but paint it black with white doors, stick on a roof bar and you can indulge your US cop fantasies.I might not want a Crown Vic but I certainly don't want an Omega
Should imagine these are tough as old boots but lets have it right here, they werent at the cutting edge of automotive design in the eighties, still a separate chassis.
Surprised it would beat a Volvo T5 in any department apart from perhaps indestructability, Volvos are tough but these are in another league.
My daughter got very close to buying one - an '06 P-71 that was an ex-FHP Group Commanders car -metallic black, no roof lights or rear cage, but had push-bar, A-pillar spot, additional oil/trans coolers and H/D shocks and sway-bars. Motor (as in all P-71) was bone-stock FoMoCo modular V8.
It had 80+k miles and was in good shape, for $7500.
But - it was a painfully dull drive, still very soft and and unresponsive unless revved hard, at which point fuel consumption penalty probably outweighed the performance it delivered. On reflection, the only thing it would have been good for was putting the heebie-jeebies on fellow motorists, many of whom were slamming on the binders, during our test drive. We even got a wave from a local cop, who we passed on the highway.
The seller, (a dealer in Daytona Beach FL) wouldn't budge on the asking price, so she walked. She said if he'd come down to $7000, which she suggested to him, she'd have given it a punt.
FL Highway Patrol still have a big fleet of Crown Vics, slowly being replaced by Chargers, so there are lots more to flow through the system - though most get grabbed by taxi companies, who like the boot space and the driver protection (from rear seat passengers).
All our city cops are now in Impalas.
GBP23,000 is a ridiculous price for a car that will be guaranteed to have had a hard life, despite good maintenance.
It had 80+k miles and was in good shape, for $7500.
But - it was a painfully dull drive, still very soft and and unresponsive unless revved hard, at which point fuel consumption penalty probably outweighed the performance it delivered. On reflection, the only thing it would have been good for was putting the heebie-jeebies on fellow motorists, many of whom were slamming on the binders, during our test drive. We even got a wave from a local cop, who we passed on the highway.
The seller, (a dealer in Daytona Beach FL) wouldn't budge on the asking price, so she walked. She said if he'd come down to $7000, which she suggested to him, she'd have given it a punt.
FL Highway Patrol still have a big fleet of Crown Vics, slowly being replaced by Chargers, so there are lots more to flow through the system - though most get grabbed by taxi companies, who like the boot space and the driver protection (from rear seat passengers).
All our city cops are now in Impalas.
GBP23,000 is a ridiculous price for a car that will be guaranteed to have had a hard life, despite good maintenance.
Matt Harper said:
On reflection, the only thing it would have been good for was putting the heebie-jeebies on fellow motorists, many of whom were slamming on the binders, during our test drive. We even got a wave from a local cop, who we passed on the highway.
They are also a licence to get away with drink driving, nobody cuts you up and the freeway becomes a pleasant, friendly place. I miss mine a lot and as you suggest they will hustle given a leaden right foot. Personally I find the kind of bludgeoning RWD dynamics on offer quite a lot of fun after being raised on a diet of crappy UK spec FWD cars.
).LayZ said:
Been in a taxi Crown Vic and by god they are awful. The size of a yacht and still manage not to have any room in the back. The suspension feels archaic and they crash all over the place.
Did this cab have an ex-police perp-screen in it?The shot suspension will be as a result of it driving to Venus and back, in terms of miles, with zero maintenance in between.
Sorted ones ride very nicely and are excellent long distance cruisers (exactly what they were designed for).
This plea for corrections just in from the PR agency who furnished the press info supporting our original post:
"The cars have done at least 150,000 miles ..." (They have actually done a maximum 65-75,000 and then every one is FULLY refurbished)
"They run on LPG ..." (it's unleaded and ethanol/biofuel)
"They have 2008 cars ..." (most are 2009 with 2010 to come)
"Constant yellow rooflights" (they are red, white and amber)
"The word sheriff cannot be used in Scotland" ( yes, it can)
Well done chaps, and welcome to PH - the home of er, shoddy journalism!
"The cars have done at least 150,000 miles ..." (They have actually done a maximum 65-75,000 and then every one is FULLY refurbished)
"They run on LPG ..." (it's unleaded and ethanol/biofuel)
"They have 2008 cars ..." (most are 2009 with 2010 to come)
"Constant yellow rooflights" (they are red, white and amber)
"The word sheriff cannot be used in Scotland" ( yes, it can)
Well done chaps, and welcome to PH - the home of er, shoddy journalism!
Chris-R said:
This plea for corrections just in from the PR agency who furnished the press info supporting our original post:
"The cars have done at least 150,000 miles ..." (They have actually done a maximum 65-75,000 and then every one is FULLY refurbished)
"They run on LPG ..." (it's unleaded and ethanol/biofuel)
"They have 2008 cars ..." (most are 2009 with 2010 to come)
"Constant yellow rooflights" (they are red, white and amber)
"The word sheriff cannot be used in Scotland" ( yes, it can)
Well done chaps, and welcome to PH - the home of er, shoddy journalism!
Not even LPG converted?"The cars have done at least 150,000 miles ..." (They have actually done a maximum 65-75,000 and then every one is FULLY refurbished)
"They run on LPG ..." (it's unleaded and ethanol/biofuel)
"They have 2008 cars ..." (most are 2009 with 2010 to come)
"Constant yellow rooflights" (they are red, white and amber)
"The word sheriff cannot be used in Scotland" ( yes, it can)
Well done chaps, and welcome to PH - the home of er, shoddy journalism!
Why not just buy one direct from SWPS
http://www.swps.com/
pay the shipping, vat, duty and have it SVA converted for 700 quid saving yourself about 12 grand by my reckoning.
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