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Date Posted: 18:57:52 05/20/01 Sun
Author: Hey, didn't you say all your cars were CT SP "Originals"? You didn't "lie" again, did you?
Subject: Blast from the Past
In reply to: First indicator of impersonation 's message, "Blast's From the Past" on 15:24:02 05/20/01 Sun

From: "Bill Parks"
To:
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 8:46 PM
Subject: BoardRoom: re: Chevy Vs. Ford


>
> Time: Mon, 19-Jun-2000 01:46:35 GMT IP: 152.163.207.187
>
Just as anything else there will always Us vs. Them. I owned a 95 9C1. I loved that car, and also a 91 , 87 caprice, 85 and 83 Diplomat A38, I've driven the 2000 PI and a 2000 Impala. I work

> on them 2 out of 3 days a week. I don't spend 8 hrs a day in
> either one but as far as performance and durability both have
> their good and bad.

> So Im sure there are plenty of people here that think that the
> 91-96 Caprice is the be all end all of police cars and that the
> Ford is the only car for Law enforcement for the new century.
> Here is my 2 cents Quit your whining like what you like and get
> :
> over it. Don't bash someone who likes a ford or likes a Chevy
> better. Just deal with it..
> everybody does have a favorite police cruiser, but i dont think
> anyone should come here and make statements about "WHINNING".
> its called a personal prefrence and and everyone should be
> allowed to have that. this is a "OPEN DISCUSSION" forum.
> and as you said, you dont spend 8 hours a day in one, so let the
> people who do, whine a little. its good to vent!!
> YOUR RIGHT A VEHICLE TECH. SHOULD BE REPORTING ONLY ON THE
> RELIABILTY ON THESE CARS NOT THE EVERY DAY COMFORT. THE CAPRICE
> IS DEAD AND THE CHEVY GUYS HAVE TO GET OVER IT. ANYWAY WHEN A
> :
> RADIO CAR IN NJ HISTS ITS TWO YEAR MARK THE VEHICLE IS READY FOR
> :
> RETIREMENT (TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT) . TWO YEARS ON A RADIO CAR IS
> :
> EQUELL TO 10 YRS ON A CIVILIAN VEHICLE. IF YOU DON'T THINK I'M
> :
> CORRECT JUST ASK THE FORD TECHS OR CHEVY TECHS . TWO YEARS IN
> :
> THE STATE OF NJ MEANS ANYWHERE FROM 70KMILES TO 100000 MILES.

> THE VEHICLE I DRIVE IS THE 98 PI AND ITS GOT 72K ON IT AND ITS

> HELD UP PRETTY WELL. SAME TRANS AND MOTOR. WE ARE WAITING FOR

> OUR 00PI'S WITH THE LOWER GEARING 3.55 VERSES 321 IN THE 98.

> EVEN SO THE 98 PI IS A GREAT HANDLER IN CITY PURSUITS. FOR THE

> HIGHWAY I WISH WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE HP BUT FOR EVERY DAY

> DRIVING ITS PLENTY. YOUR RIGHT THE 93-96 CAPRICE WAS A MONSTER
> :
> ON THE HIGHWAY'S BUT THE HANDLING WAS ALL THAT GREAT. I HAD THE
> :
> OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN A NEW 00 IMPALA AND ITS A JOKE. THATS NOT A
> :
> POLICE CAR. TO SMALL IN THE INTERIOR FOR THE HIPS. I'M ONLY 6'1
> :
> 220 POUNDS AND THERE IS NO WAY I COULD SIT IN THAT THINK FOR 12HR
> :
> SHIFTS OR THE TEN HR SHIFT. NO ONE IS DOING THE 8 HR SHIFTS
> :
> ANYMORE AND IF YOU ARE YOUR UNION SHOULD GET A NEW CONTRACT. THE
> :
> OTHER PO DRIVING THE CHEVY MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS GOOD
> :
> PICK UP BUT IS TOO SMALL . HIS TOWNSHIP ONLY BOUGHT CHEVY
> :
> BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO WAIT FOR FORD TO FILL THE ORDER
> :
> BECAUSE FORD IS HAVING PROBLEMS KEEPING UP WITH DEMAND. THIS GUY
> :
> COMES FROM A TOWNHIP THAT HAD CHEVY AND ADVISES THAT THE 99 PI IS
> :
> GREAT IN SIZE AND SPEED. EVERY TIME WE MEET UP WITH A CHEVY
> :
> IMPALA GUY WE JUST LAUGH AT HIM IN THAT 6CYLINDER UNI-BODY COFFIN
> :
> AND THEY JUST WISH CHEVY WOULD MAKE A FULL SIZE MV AGAIN. IT AINT
> :
> GOING TO HAPPEN. FORD WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THRU THE YEAR
> :
> 2008 WITH THERE FULL BODY FRAME RWD V-8. REMEMBER FORD INVENTED
> :
> THE POLICE CAR IN THE 30'S FOR A GOOD REASON.
>
> You go, my man Max! Chevy put out a very respectible police
> package up until and including the 1996 vehicle. For whatever
> reason they then decided to get out of that business. Ford, in
> my humble opinion, has always made a superior police vehicle,
> even in the days when Ford, GM, Chrysler, and AMC were all
> competing in the marketplace for police business. I have driven
> them all over time and I have caught more bad guys and been given
> better overall service and performance by the Fords. You mention
> NJ Townships! The 1972 Ford Custom 429 Police Interceptor that I
> have was made in Mahwah, NJ and was special ordered by the
> small "burg" of New Hanover Township, near McGuire Air Force
> Base. I can't believe that a municipality ordered such a car,
> especially such a small municipality. They ordered the car with
> Traction-Loc (posi-traction), rear trunk release, electric clock,
> right hand mirror, dual dome lights, and an arrray of many other
> smaller inconsequential items! In 1972 this car sold for almost
> $3,600 according to the original dealers invoice which I have.
> It's a great car, but what did such a small PD need with a car
> that was better equipped than most State Police or Highway Patrol
> agency, and costs a lot more, too? You guys in 'Jersey are just
> a bunch of Ford Hotrodders, I guess! Warmest fraternal regards,
>
> Bill Parks


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