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Drifting
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: Paradise Island
Boys, I 
you!
Haven't had the "opportunity"
to be pulled over for a very long time now 
on wood....
..and I've always treated the LEOs with respect... BUT, should that "opportunity" ever arise.. I hope the LEO is as great as you guys!!
you!Haven't had the "opportunity"
to be pulled over for a very long time now on wood......and I've always treated the LEOs with respect... BUT, should that "opportunity" ever arise.. I hope the LEO is as great as you guys!!
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Lost Wages NV
Originally Posted by 1320fan
Cool story. Being a Trooper here in NJ and having had my C6 for almost two years the thing still continues to even impress me! Those Crown Vics are dogs anyway.
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Jersey Shore
Originally Posted by WD-40
They havn't made a decent cop car since the 440 Plymouths.
Racer
Joined: May 2005
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From: Glendale Arizona
they need all the help they can get.. hartford has one of the highest crime rates per capita in the entire nation.
Sometimes i miss connecticut, but then i just remember the constant rain and horrid winters and i come back to my senses..
i think i had the top off of my vette for a month straight in the winter... just perfect weather down here in az.
i do miss the tradition back north though...
sports especially.
Sometimes i miss connecticut, but then i just remember the constant rain and horrid winters and i come back to my senses..
i think i had the top off of my vette for a month straight in the winter... just perfect weather down here in az.
i do miss the tradition back north though...
sports especially.
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2000
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From: Far NW 'burbs of Chicago
St. Jude Donor '13
Originally Posted by Savage C6
...
Lastly, I drove a B4C Camaro for almost 7 years while I was assigned to the traffic division. Very impressive car, but not very comfortable after 10 hours in the saddle.
Lastly, I drove a B4C Camaro for almost 7 years while I was assigned to the traffic division. Very impressive car, but not very comfortable after 10 hours in the saddle.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: North Western Connecticut
Originally Posted by MaNiFeSt
they need all the help they can get.. hartford has one of the highest crime rates per capita in the entire nation.
Sometimes i miss connecticut, but then i just remember the constant rain and horrid winters and i come back to my senses..
i think i had the top off of my vette for a month straight in the winter... just perfect weather down here in az.
i do miss the tradition back north though...
sports especially.
Sometimes i miss connecticut, but then i just remember the constant rain and horrid winters and i come back to my senses..
i think i had the top off of my vette for a month straight in the winter... just perfect weather down here in az.
i do miss the tradition back north though...
sports especially.
just kidding! Believe me one of these days I plan to be away from this weather! My plan is simple... I'm going to load my snowblower into the back of my pickup. Drive south until someone asks what that thing is in the back of my truck! I know then I'm far enough south to throw down the anchor!!
Team Owner
Joined: Dec 2002
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From: San Francisco CA
Originally Posted by 1320fan
Actually as 01VETTECOP posted, the Caprices of the mid to late 90's were a very good car for a marked unit. They ran very well but I'm pretty sure they had the LT1 not the LS1.
Team Owner
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From: San Francisco CA
Originally Posted by Gearhead Jim
I tried to talk the city fathers into a B4C, told them we could skip all the costs of prosecution- just cuff the perp then stuff him in the back seat of a Camaro for a couple of hours, he'd be sufficiently punished.
Drifting
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From: Jersey Shore
Originally Posted by LS WON
SS Impala 1994 to 1996? It was the LT-1 350 but it is still a heavy car the 5.0 Mustang or Z/28 Car would be quicker
Burning Brakes
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From: St.Paul MN
Although I would never do it, I always thought it would be one hell of an experience to blow by a trooper in the Vette. See ya bye. By the time he got up to speed without the help of copters, as you noted, you would be long gone. 
Although if he/she had a quick eye they probably could get your lic tag.
Not condoning this behavior just "a boys dream"
Although if he/she had a quick eye they probably could get your lic tag.Not condoning this behavior just "a boys dream"
Team Owner
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From: San Francisco CA
Originally Posted by 1320fan
No, I was referring to the Caprice Classics with the LT1s that were used for marked cars. Those cars were very stong. I'm not positive the exact years they had the LT1 in them but I remember using them in the mid to later 90's. As far as 5.0s and Camaros for regular patrol in the NJSP........forget it.
Team Owner
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From: San Francisco CA
Originally Posted by lemans06conv
Although I would never do it, I always thought it would be one hell of an experience to blow by a trooper in the Vette. See ya bye. By the time he got up to speed without the help of copters, as you noted, you would be long gone. Although if he/she had a quick eye they probably could get your lic tag.
Not condoning this behavior just "a boys dream"
Although if he/she had a quick eye they probably could get your lic tag.Not condoning this behavior just "a boys dream"
Le Mans Master
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From: Farmingdale NY
St. Jude Donor '06
Crown Vic was a pig but very comfortable; handled like a Yacht. Early to mid nineties Caprice Classics handled much better but weren't any quicker. I liked the newer Impalas much better. But, the plain old Grand Furys with the V8's were the best all around cars for Patrol in the Big Apple.
Team Owner
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From: San Francisco CA
Originally Posted by JVM225
Crown Vic was a pig but very comfortable; handled like a Yacht. Early to mid nineties Caprice Classics handled much better but weren't any quicker. I liked the newer Impalas much better. But, the plain old Grand Furys with the V8's were the best all around cars for Patrol in the Big Apple.
Love the luxury ride of the now discontinued Buick Ultra Park Avenue.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: Monroe Township New Jersey
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
St. Jude donor in memory of jpee '14
Originally Posted by JVM225
Crown Vic was a pig but very comfortable; handled like a Yacht. Early to mid nineties Caprice Classics handled much better but weren't any quicker. I liked the newer Impalas much better. But, the plain old Grand Furys with the V8's were the best all around cars for Patrol in the Big Apple.