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#8716
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A huge amount of stockpiled Crown Vics. I say use them!!! IDK why cops don’t retire cars much later, frankly. Problem is with these Panthers is that they’re reallllllly slow these days. But try to outrun the LAPD at your own peril. It won’t end well.
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#8717
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Ahh they’re on the road because they were stockpiled.
I think police get rid of cars around 60-80k miles which is insane to me. Whatever the actual number it is not high.
IDK what they’re talking about re: hard to get parts for a Panther car. They’re plentiful. And cheap.
I think police get rid of cars around 60-80k miles which is insane to me. Whatever the actual number it is not high.
IDK what they’re talking about re: hard to get parts for a Panther car. They’re plentiful. And cheap.
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#8718
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Ahh they’re on the road because they were stockpiled.
I think police get rid of cars around 60-80k miles which is insane to me. Whatever the actual number it is not high.
IDK what they’re talking about re: hard to get parts for a Panther car. They’re plentiful. And cheap.
I think police get rid of cars around 60-80k miles which is insane to me. Whatever the actual number it is not high.
IDK what they’re talking about re: hard to get parts for a Panther car. They’re plentiful. And cheap.
Also mileage isn't the only part of the story. These things get insane idle hours.
I think smaller departments, such as my rural hometown PD, lease their vehicles because they don't have the resources to own and maintain a fleet.
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#8719
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The idle hours are insanity, for an 100k mile car they are like 7000 hours sometimes.
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Because they idle all day. Best estimates are that one hour of idling is equal to travelling 31 miles. So when a police cruiser gets to 100,000 miles indicated, it's more like your car hitting 300-500k miles. They're tired and can no longer be depended on.
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#8723
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Well take it up with Ford and Chevy then. Because that's the metric they use for their own vehicles.
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#8726
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Ahh they’re on the road because they were stockpiled.
I think police get rid of cars around 60-80k miles which is insane to me. Whatever the actual number it is not high.
IDK what they’re talking about re: hard to get parts for a Panther car. They’re plentiful. And cheap.
I think police get rid of cars around 60-80k miles which is insane to me. Whatever the actual number it is not high.
IDK what they’re talking about re: hard to get parts for a Panther car. They’re plentiful. And cheap.
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(buddy's car on the right)
everything became worth it when we pulled up to 7-11 one night and then the actual nassau county cops pulled up right after lmao
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#8727
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OK, now I'm randomly looking at CLK's.... why are these so reasonably priced? I'm seeing 2001's with reasonable miles in good shape for under $10k. And I swear my buddy had the 430 with the AMG appearance package. But the only 430's I see are all convertibles and his was not.
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#8729
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Eh I'm not sure I agree. I don't think they're truly ready to be retired, they probably just have a protocol at certain miles. These were relatively inexpensive too, compared to now. Police departments pay $70k for their Tahoes all day long. My buddy used to sell them at Chevy and screenshot me window stickers of KPD bought Tahoes. They were all 70 grand or more.
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OK, now I'm randomly looking at CLK's.... why are these so reasonably priced? I'm seeing 2001's with reasonable miles in good shape for under $10k. And I swear my buddy had the 430 with the AMG appearance package. But the only 430's I see are all convertibles and his was not.
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