Cars that get you all hot and bothered

[Feersty]

Celebrities keep 360Forged in business that is for sure.

[BLINGMW]

World's finest police cars:

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[balactm]

why does texas have the most ridiculous police cars? viper? c6 corvette? Hummer?

[HAULN-SS]

drug runners getting their rides confiscated?

[balactm]

haha. either that or all the illegals trying to cross the borders.... :thumbup:

[CaptainHenreh]

haha. either that or all the illegals trying to cross the borders.... :thumbup:

I'm pretty sure if you're driving a C6, Hummer, Viper, etc...trying to cross the border illegally isn't something that enters your mind that often.

[Jake]

Interesting timing... I pass by a house where some cop from Harrisonburg PD lives. He's got a Crown Vic marked car, and an unmarked Taurus (still has strobes on the parcel shelf).

Driving home tonight, I'm thinking to myself... why in the world do U.S. police departments standardize on large, boats of cars? The Crown Vics aren't way fast, they don't corner overly well, they seem to be kinda like a Mustang in that they do nothing really well.

Why not have specialized cars for different areas - like highway patrol vs. city cops? I get the fact that the Crown Vics are durable, but come on...

[.RJ]

Why not have specialized cars for different areas - like highway patrol vs. city cops?

I think I would never stop laughing if i got pulled over by a cop in a prius :lol:

[Goodspeed]

Driving home tonight, I'm thinking to myself... why in the world do U.S. police departments standardize on large, boats of cars? The Crown Vics aren't way fast, they don't corner overly well, they seem to be kinda like a Mustang in that they do nothing really well.

They're cheap in fleet sales, dependable, durable, large trunk and interior space with loads of room for computer/printer, weapons, vests etc. Also very comfortable for the cops that pull 8hr shifts in them or longer.

MT did a pretty good article last year or so where they went over American cop cars (Crown Vic, Impala, Charger), their features and why they're chosen. Comfort was mentioned a lot and seemed to be one of their highest priorities.

[ScottyB]

Driving home tonight, I'm thinking to myself... why in the world do U.S. police departments standardize on large, boats of cars? The Crown Vics aren't way fast, they don't corner overly well, they seem to be kinda like a Mustang in that they do nothing really well.

They're cheap in fleet sales, dependable, durable, large trunk and interior space with loads of room for computer/printer, weapons, vests etc. Also very comfortable for the cops that pull 8hr shifts in them or longer

exactly...when your office is a car, it needs to feel comfortable. not to mention the shit they put those cars through. the vics are so popular because they're body-on-frame (easy to repair) with massive cooling systems, heavy suspension for hopping curbs, and big, understressed engines that will run for hours on end, idling if need be, or being floored to redline from a cold start every day.

i see alot of departments going to Tahoes for the same reasons. plus you gotta have alot of room to carry human garbage, weapons, bikes, whatever.

[JustinG]

cop cars don't need to be fast or handle well so they don't invest in ones that do. They work in numbers. you could be driving a f1 car, Cops w/ a radio and spike strips, will win 80% of the time, game over.
Every cop I've ever talked to uses the same quote when I ask about chases....."Cant outrun a Motorola."

[Goodspeed]

This is a neat little teaser of an exotics rally

http://www.vimeo.com/2470426

The Z06 at 1:40 makes me poop a lil'.

[REED]

some porsche H&B-ness















Enzo brakes on a supercharged 993 :twisted:


LOL WUT? Why do I see so many P-Cars with the most almost comical wings and "widebodies"


for RJ



DO WANT!

[Goodspeed]

God....964/993+BBS = perfection

Want to touch the hiney.

[.RJ]

fap fap fap

for RJ

[ScottyB]

thank you for keeping that whole group air cooled...such cool cars

[REED]

thank you for keeping that whole group air cooled...such cool cars

just to spite you

actually the air-cooledness was completely accidental

[ScottyB]

seeing a bigass challenger with bigass tires pulling a 3 wheeler through some turns makes me giddy

[Goodspeed]

Mmmm...1000hp Pikes Peak Tacoma. This ran a 9.5 sec. 1/4 mile in Road and Track back in '99 IIRC...on dirt tires. I still have that issue somewhere.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/1000-...m?Ref=Blog



I also couldn't forgo mentioning the Suzuki Escudo, I used to annihilate everything in Gran Turismo 2 with this back in the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VafUiWtjH-Q

[Goodspeed]

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