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so, yea, seeing as we might need a family car someday and WoED's truck died after a 20 year life of being bashed around on a various ranches and acerages. we needed a newer vehicle that's tough and makes sense.
my last red mustang was a cop magnet, and being the coupe, with stereo equipment (2x10" rockford subs/amps + extra 6x9 speakers + upgraded factory placement) = no grocery room in the trunk, it was also suicide in the winter, even with snow tires.
the 4x4 is more of a toy and also brutle on gas and the work van is just dorky.
we've both owned a lot of V8 vehicles, both trucks and coupes and drive them, not grandpa style as gas is a write-off for me. lol! anyway...
this is her car, a 2001 Crown Victoria P71 Interceptor from the canadian RCMP, it was used as a training car so it's certified bagged.
it's now been 90% combed over and fixed up, just some body panels that have some dings and dents in them that i'm not going to fix and a slightly chipped rear bumper, which i might fix.
it's a hilarious car for a little 5'3" petite girl to be driving, but, i remember meeting her for the first time and she was in an F-150 4x4 with a 4 inch lift, 5.8L V8 and the truck had diamond plate all over it and glasspack-mufflers... my kind of gal...
the crown vic's got a 3.55 Ltd. Slip (i actually laid about a 90' burn out infront of my friends house) and a Ford Racing aluminum driveshaft. fun.
it now has a K&N CA Kit, glasspacks (just for sound), new NGK plugs and wider and stickier rubber for the summer time.
luckily, the car was used by the RCMP for controled steering (drift training) and other manuvers (only has 44,000miles on it, though they are hard miles), the dealer and the RCMP confirmed that it is more agressivly chipped and has a more potent injection system / throttle body than a normal interceptor, adding in the K&N CA kit, which K&N claims a rear-wheel gain of 17hp on that car in stock form. though there isn't a dyno in town, it will be going to the NHRA SIR drag strip to see what it can do.
the needle bounces fiercly @ 220 km/h when it gets buried and my friends' Lancer Ralliart, RSX-S, and WRX cannot keep up to it after the CV gets traction, nor can my uncle's new 08 accord V6. at 30 km/h, if the gas is mashed it will lay 2 eternal strips of rubber with the stock sized tires (235's, brand new)
total input into fixing suspension, brakes, exhaust, steering, engine, CA Kit, new tires and the cost of buying it. $3,900.xx.
pondering tinting the windows and i know tash would like that too!
anyway, here are the pics, 4 ppl have already offered more money for it than what we have into it, i love having family in the RCMP, such cheap fun, ask us about mileage at WOT, and we'll just tell you 'smiles per gallon'. LOL! oh yea, and 3 anchor's for baby-seats and easy-clean rubber floor and vinyl back seat! perfect for messy kids and a smooth-as-glass ride on the highway (and it can drive through a ditch too!)
the only thing better from the government would be the highway camaro's, but those are all gone.
Edit: All's it needs is a paxton and drift tires and it'd be this: Drift Car. i love the guy has his arm sticking out of the window, doing it one handed. it can kinda do this right now, just not as effortless, the blower would make it easy.
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| 04/11/08 14:18 |
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pOintstiveise
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Cop magnets ftw!
I swear, SOMEONE IS HOAXING MY POSTS TO MAKE MY GRAMMAR LOOK BAD!
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| 04/11/08 14:38 |
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Laidy Rayne
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That is awesome! My dad had a Crown Vic back in the day...I felt like I was driving a boat! I am 5'4" so I know how your wife feels in big vehicles. I have a hard time driving a big car but I can drive huge trucks just fine...
Anyways, nice ride you guys...now people will be slowing down when they see you on the other side of the road thinking you're a cop with a loud exhaust!
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| 04/11/08 14:42 |
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Chrisworld
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Haha nice!
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| 04/11/08 14:44 |
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Forumite
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I read Sasquatch on the car plate at first.
Nice car, seems pretty big/wide aswell, took 'er somewhere silent for a good spin?
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| 04/11/08 15:10 |
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Laidy Rayne
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Forumite, Crown Vics are big and wide. My Lancer could fit inside that Vic
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| 04/11/08 15:26 |
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Skippz
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Just HAD to post about your sig not only is it amazing but if it was put with that "You spin me right round bby right round" song it would OWN xaxaxaxaxa xD
Signature Made By Blazings! <3
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| 04/11/08 15:26 |
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Just HAD to post about your sig not only is it amazing but if it was put with that "You spin me right round bby right round" song it would OWN xaxaxaxaxa xD |
lmao yeah, gotta love it
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| 04/11/08 15:40 |
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TheBeano
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| QUOTE | | I read Sasquatch on the car plate at first. |
Oh man did I laugh at that. Being that he's in the province next to me, it makes it even funnier. Thanks Forumite!
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| 04/11/08 15:44 |
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| QUOTE | | Nice car, seems pretty big/wide aswell, took 'er somewhere silent for a good spin? |
yes, it's big and wide, surprisingly easy to control and very, very low-tech underneath the car, the control arms, sway bars and springs are as big or bigger than some half-tons...
yea, we've had it on some back roads as well, it's very quiet inside at low-throttle cruising and is a insanely smooth car from 160 km/h (100mph) to 220 km/h (138-140 mph) after 220 it gets some hood shake, but is still rock solid on it's footing.
i'll never forget crusing in one of a funeral home's buick along the twisting roads beside the river in the city i'm in, i was detailing it for some extra cash, upon driving it back to the funeral home, it had the leather seats heating up, the window cracked just a bit smoking a big cigar while wearing a fedora...
a little cracker jack 'kev car' CRX that was tweetybird yellow was riding my tail with a canister exhaust and aluminum wing with a batmobile body kit... i was already speeding a bit but decided to slow down a bit and see what would happen. the buick's LS1 V8 just chugging along with no sound coming into the cabin that felt like it was riding on a cloud.
the always advertised as "fast" in the newspaper CRX Si went into the bicycle lane and attempted an illegal pass !
as the car was pulling up onto my right window, i sped up just a bit to balance off and be on par with the screaming, rattling CRX Si caned and flat out... i looked over at the two chaps in the CRX with it's yellow 'custom' interior trim and monster tach..., pulled the cigar out of my mouth with my left hand, right remaining on the steering wheel, smacked my lips three times like an old man and punched the buick... a slight roar then entered into the buick's cabin and i watched the crx fade out and duck back in behind me...
i then adjusted my fedora, put the cigar back in my mouth and then promptly slowed down to 10 km's slower than the posted limit for the rest of the ride to the funeral home downtown... the CRX, not wanting to suffer embarassment stayed about 100 feet back on the navy blue, geezer-style buick roadmaster. lol, they'd been served in complete discomfort trying to pass a car that many senior citizens drive, meanwhile, i was enjoying heated seats and a plush suspension and a wonderful audio system, smoking a cigar, living in complete comfort and luxury by comparison.
i do acknowledge there are 'actually' fast CRX's, but i really think the owners would have an easier job going reliably fast in a modified Oddessy or Sienna Minivan and at least be comfortable and have some purpose for being on the road, albeit, look just as dorky still... LOL.
edit: i love boats for cars and would be in nirvana if i had a nice S-Class, 7 Series, Flying Spur, Phantom, or a Maybach 62. :D
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| 04/11/08 15:53 |
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Blazings
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Oh sweet! I see you can even recharge your iPod if you hook it up to the headlight while driving. That's so tipicaly Apple!
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| 04/11/08 16:44 |
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Hardstrike
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Meh all american cars are big and wide :P I prefer Saab 93 station
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Though we don't have it standard, When driving 120 Km/H and hitting the gas a bit more you get pressed in your seat. its so powerfull! :D and comfort is great too.
Do yo americans ever see Saab's driving in the US?
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| 04/11/08 16:49 |
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Blazings
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My parents have this car in dark green O.o And a little less sporty (hey they're 40+).
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My mom has a prius gas and electric verry nice.
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| 04/11/08 18:22 |
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