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Originally Posted by Tommy D
Wasn't there also a problem with the Crown Vic patrol cars catching fire when hit in the rear ? Those old Grand Furys were tanks. My cousin & his partner were T boned in one while on patrol in Brooklyn. They got banged up pretty bad but both survived the accident.
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Originally Posted by Tommy D
Wasn't there also a problem with the Crown Vic patrol cars catching fire when hit in the rear ? Those old Grand Furys were tanks. My cousin & his partner were T boned in one while on patrol in Brooklyn. They got banged up pretty bad but both survived the accident.
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Originally Posted by cthusker
Ford cleverly placed the gas tank well BEHIND the rear axle.... It's a gas bomb because there is ZERO protection for the gas tank. I believe Ford has had some major lawsuits about this issue. Every time I drove a Crown Vic cruiser I wondered about getting rear ended!
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Originally Posted by Tommy D
Wasn't there also a problem with the Crown Vic patrol cars catching fire when hit in the rear ? Those old Grand Furys were tanks. My cousin & his partner were T boned in one while on patrol in Brooklyn. They got banged up pretty bad but both survived the accident.
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From: Farmingdale NY
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Originally Posted by LS WON
Are Impalla SS 94 - 96 with LT-1 Corvette motor comfortable cars to drive with a suspension that isn't a buck board ride?
Love the luxury ride of the now discontinued Buick Ultra Park Avenue.
Love the luxury ride of the now discontinued Buick Ultra Park Avenue.
All rode OK, but I always thought the Crown Vic's handled like crap. Nice car for nailing it on a straight Highway, but a horror when ripping around City Streets.
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Originally Posted by JVM225
The early and mid nineties Caprices we had were pretty comfortable and rode decent. We went to primarily Crown Vics in 97, and then to Primarily Impalas in 2000 which were supplemented by Crown Vics.
All rode OK, but I always thought the Crown Vic's handled like crap. Nice car for nailing it on a straight Highway, but a horror when ripping around City Streets.
All rode OK, but I always thought the Crown Vic's handled like crap. Nice car for nailing it on a straight Highway, but a horror when ripping around City Streets.
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