Thinking out loud, large cars

[Big Dave]

Those police Crown Vic fires were caused by being hit by pickup trucks at a high rate of speed - one at over 100 MPH.

Does a vehicle have to be resistant to a tank gun to be considered safe?

[MadisonMPG]

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Does a vehicle have to be resistant to a tank gun to be considered safe?

It's a good place to start.

[Arragonis]

Sherriff John Bunnell is probably responsible for giving these a joke reputation this (Eastern) side of the pond. His endless "speeds of OVER EIGHTY MILES AN HOUR" commentaries made us all giggle. That combined with the fact they do about 130 flat out and the standard UK motorway police traffic car was a Volvo T-5 or a T5R with a top speed of 150+ made us giggle more.

That said I was disappointed last time I went to the US to find out that ordering a "full size" car via Avis got me a FWD GM Porridgemobile and not the RWD Crown-Vic / Caprice land bardge I kind of fancied.

Its the difference between 8USD gallon vs 4USD gallon pump prices...

Glad to see the old queen honoured though. ;-)

[dcb]

Lol, Bunnell is laughable over here too, it is like Richard Simmons and Erik Estrada had a love child...

[Mustang Dave]

Originally Posted by dcb

Lol, Bunnell is laughable over here too, it is like Richard Simmons and Erik Estrada had a love child...

Oh, EEEWWWWWW!!!! That's gonna give me nightmares!

[mcrews]

Troy,
Bought a 2004 jetta for my daughter. She t-boned a olds 4 door. Basicly totaled the jetta. But she walked with uot a scratch. The ins estimator raved about the 6 airbags. said the jetta was the safest car under 50k

[68Electra]

A Crown Vic would make a great road trip car. It would be ridiculous to spend money on LRR tires or welding up a belly pan or whatever if you are only going to drive it 5,000 miles a year. You will never get a return on investment. If you happen to go with a Caprice, note that the CD goes UP if you remove the mirrors.

[Arragonis]

Can't help thinking that one with the 2.5 TDi engine and 6 speed from an Audi A6 would be cool. Especially if chipped to 320 lb/ft....

[MadisonMPG]

Originally Posted by mcrews

Troy,
Bought a 2004 jetta for my daughter. She t-boned a olds 4 door. Basicly totaled the jetta. But she walked with uot a scratch. The ins estimator raved about the 6 airbags. said the jetta was the safest car under 50k

I don't think a Jetta is anywhere near the safest car under 50k...then again that's not my field either.

[fud2468]

Haven't been able to get on here for a long time but will give the thread a last gasp.
I would've liked to get a Crown Vic and do some mods but things have changed.
I'm now thinking about a Gen 2 Dodge Caravan or Plymouth Voyager. which will better suit our needs. That will call for a different thread.
In the meantime, guys over at crownvic.net are talking more now about FE mods. One man went from 18 to 24 mpg in mixed driving in his CV just by changing his driving habits.
The word is getting out there.
Ray Mac