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The prisoners are not suppose to be comfortable. That's why Ford never put a wet bar in the back seat!

Who told these people a prisoner cage will not fit in an Impala? Deparrtments nationwide use the new Impalas with cages every day.

Being shipped on a "fleet order" doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be a rental car. It could be an unmarked car in a police department. Could be going to the Secret Service. There's thousands of agencies who buy fleet cars.

1974 was the first year I couldn't help but notice that the smog equipment was making dogs out of the Mopars. It was all downhill from there, IMHO! And even so, no Crown Victoria has ever come close to running with the older Mopars. This is not a major problem though, police chiefs and sheriffs didn't want their troops running 140 to 150 mph any longer anyway.

The only real police car I have ever driven in my life was a 1973 Plymouth Gran Fury 440. Anything from 1974 up was a "wannabe cop car". Sadly enough though, I never had the pleasure of driving any of the pre-1973 Mopars. Ford has NEVER had any power to the rear wheels. NEVER.

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FACT--> very few cops want to be seen driving a front wheel drive V-6. It's just not real macho.

That's sad. They killed the Excursion. They're killing the Crown Victoria and Grand Marquis. The only thing Ford has left that would interest me is maybe a E250 conversion van or an F250 truck. And if they stick the 6.0L diesel in either of them, they couldn't give 'em to me free of charge!

The ice blue metallic? I never sold it. I backed out at the last minute. I have now twice backed out of selling it. It's in the garage with 19,000 miles on it. I drive it once a month now, just enough to keep the fluids circulated and the seals moist. My daughter claimed she wanted it the first time I had a sale lined up, but she ended up with a new 4x4 Eddie Bauer Explorer. (I hate her Explorer, it feels like a sardine can after driving my Excursion!) I'm just not sure what I want next. If I don't buy a Lincoln Town Car, I'm probably going to end up buying a new leftover 2009 CVPI shortly. A police fleet dealer in Virginia has dozens in stock and unsold. When and if I decide on the color and options I want, I have a brand new set of Marauder wheels I purchased a few years ago to go on.

Ohh, I'm still alive and kicking butt! The most current lawsuits are progressing fine. A local deputy sheriff settled out of court recently. Two Alexandria cops just settled out of court this week. Another lawsuit against a local cop is still pending. He is retired as of May 1 and has to contend with this during his retirement. We anticipate a very large jury award against him, won't be any settling of the lawsuit against him. These people just never learn. edit: Almost forgot.... also have judgements against two women.... with interest until paid. One is a former cop in Pennsylvania, and one is just a citizen in Louisa County, Virginia. No rush in collecting these, I like the accumulating interest.

30,049 right now. :happy feet:

Ohh, no backup needed, I can recap it for you easily. I condemned snot nosed kiddies for buying old used P71 Crown Victoria cop cars at public auction, and then their attempting to look like real cops with their baby center caps mods, DARE license plate on the front, pushie bar mods, police interceptor emblem addition, and tissue boxes painted black so as to look like police radar in the windshield about 3,496 times. Could have been as many times as 3,526 though, I lost count at one point. The sad part about it though, there seems to be adults doing it now as well. And doing it to the Mercury Grand Marquis of all cars! Can you imagine anything goofier looking than a Grand Marquis with baby center caps, a police interceptor emblem, a DARE license plate on the front, and a pushie bar? :lol:

A dedicated customer base? You are kidding, right? Only two kinds of people buy the panther any longer. 1) Cops, and 2) kids buying old used cop cars.

Of course he isn't. Don't you recall a few morons claiming victory in supposedly having him banned? :cheerleader:

29,428 views and still going!

There have been aftermarket hood modifications to increase cooling on K-9 cars. The engines have to run for the heat and A/C any time the dog is in the car. I suspect you probably saw one of these modifications.

Book rights already sold. Movie rights in negotiation. :reading:

What's so cool about it? :shades: And the armrests are filthy. Has equipment no civilian will ever need. And I doubt anybody would pay what the seller expects to get out of it.

The market is flooded with used 2008 models right now. Anywhere from 7,000 to 15,000 miles, prices anywhere from $10,000 to $13,000. I've never seen the Crown Victoria lose so much value in 6 months in my entire life. I guess the gas prices had a lot to do with it a month or so ago.

Souljaboy, to make a long story short.... somebody here on Blue Oval News was falsely accused of a crime, impersonation of a police officer in Alexandria, Virginia. The suspect was a 20-ish year old 5'4" hispanic male, 140 pounds, black hair, no mustache, and driving a pre-1998 dark blue Crown Victoria. In other words, a 1997 or older model Crown Victoria. But the rookie investigating the crime went 120 miles from her jurisdiction and arrested a 52 year old white male, 5"11" inches, 220 pounds, gray hair, mustache for over 35 years, who owns a 2001 light blue Crown Victoria. (The suspect had bought a new Cadillac DTS and this light blue Crown Victoria had not been driven for 6 months when the crime took place, this can be proven by storage records) The rookie changed the suspect description in the incident original report to match the person she falsely arrested. Once in court, the judge dismissed the false arrest before the defendant had to utter one word in his own defense. The victim testified the suspect's car didn't have the "bubble tail lights" like the 1998+ Crown Victorias have. Combined with the fact the suspect's light blue Crown Victoria looks silver in the dark, no way it could ever be confused for dark blue unless a person is blind in one eye and can't see good in the other. The victim also testified that he was sure the real suspect's vehicle had a star on the left side of the license plate, as in a Maryland Fraternal Order of Police license plate. The arresting officer proceeded with the case as if the victim was reporting a Virginia license plate. The media release claimed "fake police officer stops retired police officer". This also was not true. The victim was a cop for a few years back 3 decades ago. He went out on disability. It's not like he had served 30 to 35 years and was truly what we would consider a "retired police officer". It was just media hype. And the wrongfully arrested suspect had been a sworn deputy sheriff in Virginia for almost 3 decades. False and misleading information to the Alexandria Police Department from another police department 120 miles away was the reason the wrong suspect even became a suspect in the first place. Those providing this false and misleading information to the Alexandria Police Department had ulterior motives in doing so. One was really tripped up in depositions and will have Alexandria police officers testifying against him. 2 women -- one an ex-cop in Pennsylvania and one in Louisa County, Virginia -- were sued by the suspect for defamation of character. They now have judgements (plus interest until paid) outstanding against them. Sooner or later, the judgements will bite them when least see it coming. A deputy sheriff in the suspect's city of residence was also sued. This has recently been settled out of court. 2 cops in Alexandria, Virginia (one now retired and one rookie) still face a jury trial in a $4 million wrongful arrest lawsuit against them. The court date is now set for July of 2009. As soon as these lawsuits are over, a police officer in the suspect's city of residence will go to trial in the same $4 million dollar lawsuit. PS - edited to add - the victim's handwritten notes of the suspect magically disappeared after the wrongfully arrested suspect's attorney requested in open court that they be preserved. Imagine that! Also known as CYOA on their behalf. Also known as destruction of evidence.

The vomit and urine smell.

Every day there's a new subject about me over there. It's the only thing that keeps me reading them. today's proof ..... http://www.crownvic.us/forum/showthread.php?t=8628

Have they ever stopped writing about me? :shades: The ole Northern Virginia Boy's Club is so jealous of me, it's actually comical.

The details are actually pretty simple. In 1997, while I was a Greene County deputy sheriff, a rookie arrested me for impersonating a Greene County deputy sheriff. While he was doing the paperwork he told another fellow cop that my arrest was going to get him a promotion, it was the first arrest ever for impersonating a cop in the county he worked for. Obviously he ended with egg on face. My lawsuits against him and his sergeant were settled out of court as soon as the judge set a definite date for a jury trial. His sergeant was my brother-in-law, and he knew I was a sworn deputy sheriff. He was later terminated after 20+ years on the job. One of the actors involved in the above then set me up for the same type of arrest in a city 120 miles away. He felt he was pretty much an "invisible" and "undetectable" actor. But the officer he tricked into his conspiracy will now be testifying against him in the pending lawsuits. She too was a rookie. At the time the crime was supposedly committed 120 miles away, I was standing face to face with a local city cop in my city. And I didn't even come remotely close to looking like the real suspect, a 20 year old 5'8" 140 hispanic male. The judge dismissed the charge before I spoke one word in the courtroom. Having said all of the above, there was another case where a deputy sheriff with my same name claimed somebody had ambushed and shot him. That was not me. The truth about what really took place was never uncovered by the prosecution. So he was therefore never charged with filing a false report.

Correct. And if for some reason you're having to deal with a stupid rookie out to make a name for himself, you can be falsely arrested. After that is over and done with, as in a successful lawsuit for false arrest, a few of the cops involved can abuse their badge and authority to inflict a second false arrest. Even though they attempted to cover their tracks and failed miserably. The morons never figured anybody would ever figure out their involvement. Rookie cops the first time, ignorant cops the second time. :hyper: