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I love Crown Vics. I want one. I want it for the prowling menace, a shark cruising among a highway full of lesser fish.

I also would find it amusing to be tooling along at my usual 57mph, and everyone else on the road would be holding that speed. I normally daren't go slower for fear of getting a Peterbilt enema, but wouldn't it be nice to have them fear me for a change? Oh yes.

I'm looking forward to hearing more about your CV. I am given to understand the suspension is much heavier duty in the PI models to compensate for the added equipment and rougher use, so you may actually be starting from a higher curb weight than civilian models.

Is that a belt driven fan under the hood? With lots of expected idling and super heavy alternator loads, it may have been. That might be some low hanging fruit too.