I've got a 4 cylinder FWD that you're welcome to try and outrun...
you pick the time...
i pick the track.
:p
from my perspective....
the crown vic is probably one of ford's better efforts. primarily because there is a huge market for a fleet/taxi/police vehicle. when chevy backed out of the sedan market, it continued to produce the tahoe ppv (police pursuit vehicle). the lumina was never pursuit rated and was a horrible car. i drove one in the army at Ft McPherson and Ft Gillem. horrible horrible cars.
when i got to valdosta, i drove a 89 Ford LTD. decent car when it ran right... and it was a tank. a tank that could jump with the best of em.
since then, i have had 3 other crown vics and currently i'm assigned a 2008 Ford Expedition. it is technicaly a "support vehicle", however supervisors were issued the trucks due to the equipment we were intended to carry and to get us in line with all aspects of the ICS/NIMS stuff. problem is, the city approved the vehicles, then cut all the equipment to equip them. bunch of dumbasses.
so, now i ride around in a gigantor 2wd 300hp 5.4 gas sucking deamon with no balls below 40mph. the fun starts at about 45, but the fun is over at 105. worse that that, this top-heavy rig is actually more confidence inspiring in highspeed sweepers than my last CVPI was. -wow-
besides... i do get to go "offroad" once in a while.
rewind to 1998.
valdosta bought 18 crown vics and 12 ford taurus. the taurus was for our investigators. they lasted (on average) 3 years. the chief then went back to the city council and confirmed that we saved money in the purhcase, the amount they cost in repairs and how long they lasted proved that they werent worth a flip. since then all they got was CVPIs.
when we were looking at SUVs, i begged them (practicaly) to consider the Tahoe PPV. they refused. our chief is a ford guy. (but his wife drives a suburban) my wife's '04 tahoe with mucho miles will eat that expeditions lunch. and supper.
lowndes county runs a mix... CVPI and Charger for patrol duties... and Tahoe PPVs for k-9 and a couple of investigators. they are rotating our some older Durangos they ran with the 5.7 hemi in em. they said the durnago was slow, but they always outran my car. the chargers are quick. real quick. the thing with Lowndes... they dont always leave the cars alone. the ICE team uses upgraded brakes, jet chips and aftermarket exhausts. they are scarey fast and they are pretty forgiving.
honestly.
i think Bibb will find that the Fusion would be a good car for transport duties, admin or mayby investigators. it will not make it as a patrol car. it sits way too low. load that measly little v-6 down with all the crap we carry... and it will likely get outrun by a stock Civic.
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