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Police agencies say goodbye to iconic Crown Victoria, roll out new cop cars
Orange County Register ^
| February 16, 2015
| Sandra Stokley and Scott Schwebke
Posted on 02/16/2015 12:02:53 PM PST by EveningStar
That icon of police transportation, a vehicle so sturdy and beloved and ubiquitous that it became virtual wallpaper on TV cop shows and local streets the Ford Crown Victoria is dead.
The upshot is this: For many police agencies, its time to buy a new car.
Ford stopped making the Crown Vic four years ago, saying sales to the public had fallen to the point that the car is no longer viable, even if demand from police agencies remained strong. Fuel efficiency (or in the Crown Vics case, inefficiency) played a role.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: automotive; chevroletcaprice; copcars; crownvic; crownvictoria; dodgecharger; ford; orangecounty; orangecountyca; police; policecars; policeinterceptor
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To: EveningStar
Can we pretend that the Charger is a reinstatement of the old Plymouth Fury III?
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posted on
02/16/2015 1:50:49 PM PST
by
G Larry
(I'm not here to make liberals happy.)
To: central_va; Big Red Badger; toast
Some wheels on that baby, hey?
To: Hugin
It also says the disciples were all in one Accord, which is how learned they were probably Mexicans....
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posted on
02/16/2015 1:52:36 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: yarddog
Yeah that is right, the Javelin.Javelins didn't have a rear seat...Odd for a cop car...
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posted on
02/16/2015 1:53:12 PM PST
by
Iscool
To: Fightin Whitey
Spider Chains!
When I get my SUV this winter I’m getting those too.
Takes 30 seconds to put em on...
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posted on
02/16/2015 1:55:54 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: yarddog
NC and it was a VW Rabbit. They did a commercial about it.
66
posted on
02/16/2015 1:58:34 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Iscool
Javelins were two door but I am pretty sure they had a small back seat.
67
posted on
02/16/2015 2:00:14 PM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: TheThirdRuffian
I doubt any true unibody can take the punishment they could withstand.All the old Furys and Satellites were unibodies. They did just fine.
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posted on
02/16/2015 2:07:39 PM PST
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: GeronL
Protecting and serving as they patrol the mall?
To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
lol
defend the Cinnabon to the last donut!!
70
posted on
02/16/2015 2:15:48 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: Skybird
I remember visiting Rapid City, South Dakota in the early 1980s and seeing Volvos (with turbos) as the standard police patrol car.
Falls Church, VA had them in the mid-80s
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posted on
02/16/2015 2:21:14 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Cecily
When you have mucho money as Dubai does you go full supercar for your patrol cars.
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posted on
02/16/2015 2:33:30 PM PST
by
xp38
To: GeronL
One must keep one's priorities straight!
To: Squawk 8888
My first car was a Fury III. 1967. Loved that car.
74
posted on
02/16/2015 2:56:42 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: EveningStar
Beloved!
Beloved by government agencies as long as WE pay for the fuel! And I am happy to do so, for so I love my protectors
in these gas guzzling wonder-machines
which are designed to INTERCEPTOR us when we need INTERCEPTORING
For so we do, for we are weak
and law enforcement must be strong
on the local level, strong!
on the state level, strong!
on the national level, strong!
When you see the Crown Vic FEAR!
FEAR the GOVERNMENT
which is by you
and for you
You do not need strength, or arms,
you need SAFETY STOPS!
You need SAFETY CHECKS!
You need SAFETY SEARCHES for your SAFETY!
For your safety is your strength
and your strength is their strength,
and theirs is yours!
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posted on
02/16/2015 3:06:02 PM PST
by
golux
To: knarf
Just another piece of American ID whisked away
sniff, sniff....But Frankie boy, you do have your American ID on you, don't you? Mind if I check? Hey, your car smells kinda funny to me. Mind if I check? Goin' on that plane are you? Mind if I check your daughter's tits? You don't mind, do you? After all, we're all Americans!
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posted on
02/16/2015 3:09:18 PM PST
by
golux
To: Crapgame
We had a few Furies too and a couple of Chevy Impalas. The Chevy’s were faster than the Crown Vics (at least that was my experience) but the Crown Vics were more comfortable.
I remember getting in a chase on the interstate. The piece of junk Crown Vic I had would barely do 65 mph. I was so embarrassed, had my foot to the floor, lights and sirens and barely keeping up with traffic.
To: Slyfox
I had a friend about twenty years ago with the very deep blue, just enough chrome Vic he called The Queen Mary
78
posted on
02/16/2015 4:32:49 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
To: petercooper
What do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what? Fix the cigarette lighter.
79
posted on
02/16/2015 6:44:33 PM PST
by
Rodamala
To: 9thLife
Lots have switched to Ford’s Taurus.
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posted on
02/16/2015 7:02:36 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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