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Originally Posted By: addyguy
I was exited when I heard about this car, figured it wouild give the cop car market back to GM.
Still haven't seen one of these up here....Canadian cops are still working through their 'stash' of CVP's.
I know it's an ex-cop car, but the interior of that car has a really dirty, cheap, 'worn' look to it...bleh!
Actually, I'd be suprised if this car was ever in an actual police fleet. It has just over 9k mi on it, and the dealers description says they bought it from a "GM Sale"(I take that as straight from General Motors...) probably a small fleet of "test" cars gm imported (salesman said its one of about 8 in the US.)
I was exited when I heard about this car, figured it wouild give the cop car market back to GM.
Still haven't seen one of these up here....Canadian cops are still working through their 'stash' of CVP's.
I know it's an ex-cop car, but the interior of that car has a really dirty, cheap, 'worn' look to it...bleh!
Actually, I'd be suprised if this car was ever in an actual police fleet. It has just over 9k mi on it, and the dealers description says they bought it from a "GM Sale"(I take that as straight from General Motors...) probably a small fleet of "test" cars gm imported (salesman said its one of about 8 in the US.)
Broward Sheriff and other agencies have been testing the new Caprice for months now down here..Some agencies [like Sunrise] to my surprise picked the Charger instead of the Caprice..The Leos said the Charger handles better and is more comfortable then the Caprice..Since the Charger is 1800 bucks cheaper then the Caprice that is what they are going to get.
The agencies down here are sorry to see the Vic go but it looks like the Charger is going to be the next popular Leo vehicle down here..For the most part anyway.
The agencies down here are sorry to see the Vic go but it looks like the Charger is going to be the next popular Leo vehicle down here..For the most part anyway.
Originally Posted By: CROWNVIC4LIFE
Broward Sheriff and other agencies have been testing the new Caprice for months now down here..Some agencies [like Sunrise] to my surprise picked the Charger instead of the Caprice..The Leos said the Charger handles better and is more comfortable then the Caprice..Since the Charger is 1800 bucks cheaper then the Caprice that is what they are going to get.
I think the cops just want to have a crack dealer car.
No offense to any Charger owners here, they are perfectly fine cars, but unfortunately around here they are associated with two very different professions.
Broward Sheriff and other agencies have been testing the new Caprice for months now down here..Some agencies [like Sunrise] to my surprise picked the Charger instead of the Caprice..The Leos said the Charger handles better and is more comfortable then the Caprice..Since the Charger is 1800 bucks cheaper then the Caprice that is what they are going to get.
I think the cops just want to have a crack dealer car.
No offense to any Charger owners here, they are perfectly fine cars, but unfortunately around here they are associated with two very different professions.
You are probably right 01rangerx1
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Originally Posted By: synthetic_crazy
I don't know, I would rather have a Crown Victoria Police Interceptor than this Caprice. At least with the CVPI, it has a well established reliability record. Only time will tell with this new Caprice.
Guess you don't know too much about the 6.0.
Other than that I what would get a G8, maybe with some rims it would look better. I would only like it for the drive train.
I don't know, I would rather have a Crown Victoria Police Interceptor than this Caprice. At least with the CVPI, it has a well established reliability record. Only time will tell with this new Caprice.
Guess you don't know too much about the 6.0.
Other than that I what would get a G8, maybe with some rims it would look better. I would only like it for the drive train.
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Good grief.
Why the fuss over this car, now, when better Holdens than the Caprice were on sale here, for less money, brand new, for better than two years? Anybody could have walked into a Pontiac showroom and bought one.
They were practically giving new Pontiacs away when they killed it. When I bought our '09 Solstice I could have bought a brand new G8 GXP with the 6.2 LS3 at the same time for another $34K cash. The G8 beats the Caprice like a full house beats two of a kind.
Why the fuss over this car, now, when better Holdens than the Caprice were on sale here, for less money, brand new, for better than two years? Anybody could have walked into a Pontiac showroom and bought one.
They were practically giving new Pontiacs away when they killed it. When I bought our '09 Solstice I could have bought a brand new G8 GXP with the 6.2 LS3 at the same time for another $34K cash. The G8 beats the Caprice like a full house beats two of a kind.
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