Bought another Ford

VaSheriff · 2012-06-14 17:33:25

Va...you are gonna look like a cop in that...oh wait!...:-X04:-X04:-X04

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Jun 15, 2012 | 09:03 PM

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Va...you are gonna look like a cop in that...oh wait!...

Jun 15, 2012 | 10:14 PM

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Congrats! My grandma had a '99 Grand Marquis since new, but we sold it for her last year when they moved to a senior apartment and no longer had a garage/parking for two cars. It was in really nice shape and only had 53k on it. I just couldn't keep it because we already have too many cars around, but it would have been a nice cruiser. Even though they were in perfect shape, one big problem I had was the velour seats. It's like velcro! It was a fun car to drive though, but I didn't have the opportunity too much.

Some local Indian (India) guy bought it, supposedly for his daughter, but he thought if his daughter thought it was too big for her, he'd send it to California and have it made into a convertible? My grandma almost got sick when she heard that.

Jun 16, 2012 | 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by aortizexcursion

I went to a driving school Tuesday at MSR Houston and the instructor and got to talking. They hold a law enforcement driving school as well and she was telling me about how the Crown Vic will be missed; she's driven both the Crown Vic and the Charger (the vehicles TxDPS selected to replace the panthers) and felt that the Charger was much less predictable and more difficult to drive hard compared to the CV.

Being a LEO I have driven them both. I would have traded back to a cv over that charger any day

Jun 16, 2012 | 10:39 PM

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Virginia is going with the new Fords.

See photos in this link....

https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/se...7399125&type=1

Jun 17, 2012 | 07:55 AM

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Va...you need a cool paint job like this...j/k...

Jun 18, 2012 | 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by VaSheriff

Virginia is going with the new Fords.

See photos in this link....

https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/se...7399125&type=1

California is using the Explorer interceptor. From what I have read, the three sedans did not offer the payload capacity that the CHP required and the Explorer Interceptor did.

Jun 18, 2012 | 03:15 PM

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California is using the Explorer interceptor. From what I have read, the three sedans did not offer the payload capacity that the CHP required and the Explorer Interceptor did.

I wonder if the Explorer is pursuit rated? A lof of these SUVs, especially the 4X4, are not pursuit rated. A department would be in a world of hurt if they crashed into anybody during an actual pursuit in a non-pursuit rated vehicle. The last I heard the two wheel drive Tahoe is pursuit rated, but the 4X4 Tahoe is not.

Jun 18, 2012 | 03:27 PM

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Ford doesn't really refer to the Explorer cop car as an "Explorer"; officially, it is referred to as the "Ford Police Interceptor Utility."

Here are a couple articles about it: