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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 06:14 PM
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My favorite car was a used Police Crown Victoria
OMG, that thing hauled ASS!!!

This was the late 80's, and the car was from the late 70's.

V8 of course

Got like 3 miles to the gallon

But, shit, this thing HAULED ASS

0-60 in miliseconds
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 06:20 PM
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1. Those old 70s land torpedos were the best cars ever built.
Well, the most fun to own anyway.

Crown Vics were great. So were Ford LTDs.

The Mercury Marquis was a hell of a beast.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 06:23 PM
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3. Hell yeah!
LTD's. Marquis'. They all rocked in the late 70's. Brute Force.

Dad was a cop, so he got me one of the better kept ones.

That THING rocked!

Painted it Black, of course! I won a free paintjob in the raffle at its sale!
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mattvermont Donating Member (428 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 06:20 PM
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2. My buddy in college
had the same car...actually, more of a mid 80's version with the computer chip enhancements. This thing could walk the dog. He also had many AMC matador police cars from the late 70's...they were just wrong. sustained 120 mph with harness seatbelts. I am just glad those days are over.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 06:26 PM
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5. Cop Cars are nice beasts
I have talked to Taxi drivers, who often drive the same cars, and they said the car always hums and jumps - in a good way

If you want to do a road trip in the right car, go buy a used cop car

Seriously - those things haul!

-----------------------------------

Of course this is 2010 - that road trip better have lots of $$$$. Gas is expensive (drive a Prius now) and burning that kind of gas is expensive.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 06:26 PM
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4. My mom had a '72 Polara that rocked....
One time and one time only, I had that thing at 105 on a new highway and it was skiming along like a dream...
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 06:27 PM
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6. Those 70's era V8s were designed to run best at 100mph
As opposed to today, where they design cars to best run at the average mph (damn those realists! :) )
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 07:17 PM
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7. there is nothing lile the thrill of hitting the 100 line on the speedometer...
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 07:37 PM
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8. Except for the thrill of hitting 120 mph on two wheels...
Now THAT'S entertainment!

:headbang:
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 07:44 PM
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9. or doing 200mph with 3 wheels
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 08:20 PM
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10. If ya need 3 wheels ya just ain't doin' it right.
:nuke:
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 08:23 PM
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11. Au contraire
No traffic to speak of. No speed limits to speak of. No roads. Just lots of fun.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 08:42 PM
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13. So you fly? You are much braver than me. I would never get into a little plane like that.
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 08:46 PM
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14. Single prop planes are great fun.
My dad flew- we used to buzz around the night sky in Ohio. Best natural high you can get.
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 09:25 PM
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19. It has about the same risk factor as driving a motorcycle
And just like motorcycles, there's plenty of common sense things you can do to minimize the risk. Also just like motorcycles you have plenty of stupid people doing stupid things which makes the activity look more dangerous than it really is.

I've logged a couple of thousand hours without an accident, but it's one of those things where you have to be vigilant.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 09:46 PM
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21. I doubt I could ride on a motorcycle either. Too chicken.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 09:58 PM
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22. to chicken to do that....
I need the metal all around me...
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 08:39 PM
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12. I ran into a taxi driver who had an old police car. He loved it. Said the same thing about it.
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rrneck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 08:54 PM
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15. My first car was a '72 Monte Carlo
When the secondaries opened up in the carb it sounded like it would suck the hood into the intakes. That car was off the ground a few times, and I don't mean on a lift.
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whogasa736 Donating Member (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 09:12 PM
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16. Are you?
Jake or Elroy?
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 09:19 PM
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18. Elwood.
It's Elwood
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 09:14 PM
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17. Me too. I could recognize the headlights at night!
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-10 09:33 PM
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20. My dad has a bunch of Town Cars for his business. They're just Crown Vics with better interior.
AND THEY ARE FUCKING TANKS. Seriously, if you can't get 350,000+ miles out of one of those things you're doing something horribly wrong.
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