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Re: Next Generation Cop Car (was GM LARGE CARS DEAD)
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Subject: Re: Next Generation Cop Car (was GM LARGE CARS DEAD)
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From: mdmiles@teleport.com (Michael D. Miles, PE)
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Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 15:06:32
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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving, rec.autos.misc
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Organization: MD Miles, Consulting Design Engineer
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In article <173A9F6AF.1RYH2766@ibm.mtsac.edu> 1RYH2766@ibm.mtsac.edu (Rod) writes:
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>>B-bbut, I'll no longer be able to recognize Cop cars. In Canada,
>>Caprices are rare, so they'll almost certainly be a cop car.
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>>Can someone suggest what alternatives cops would use with the demise of
>>the Caprice?
>They'll use LUMINAS! I heard the cop cars were Impala SS, so I'm
>assuming that since the Impala SS is to be replaced with Lumina SS
>They'll use that for a police car. So, Ryan, just look for the
>new Lumina, or Hmmm, why not a Monte Carlo, for that will be a police
>car. Unless Luminas are popular. Then I guess you'll have a hard time
>trying to spot which one is the cop car. Oh, well.
>
The locals here use Crown Vics (up from Taurus' a few years ago).
I'm surprised there hasn't been a Cyclone police truck. Put a canopy on it
and it would be a fast, stealthy highway pursuit car (oops, hope no one gets
any ideas :(
"Don't take life so serious son, it ain't nohow permanent" -
Porky from Pogo Comic Strip
Michael D. Miles, PE
Consulting Design Engineer
mdmiles@teleport.com
(503) 292-1234 Voice & FAX