Low maintenance and high reliability of vehicle engine and systems. Safety features like airbags and safety glass, seat belts and hazard lights. Large trunk space and roomy interior to transport people and luggage. Good mileage for gasoline despite V-8 engine and size of vehicle. Handling is great, corners like a small car even though its not little. Another thing I really like is the roomy front seat and the fold down armrests which are really handy driving long distances. It does have all the standard things in a car like cigarette lighter, radio and dash light and interior lights. One thing I don't like is it only has a stock radio and no CD player. I like the huge trunk and roomy interior, great for road trips and moving things or transporting larger items. It is also solid so I feel like in case of an accident we would be well protected. It has airbags so that makes me feel a lot safer driving around with my family in it. The handling is terrific, it corners well for such a big car and it can really get into places you would not think it could for the size of the car. Mine has a V-8 engine so I thought it would use a lot of fuel but it actually gets good mileage. It is able to drive smoothly but also if you need to accelerate fast it has really got some speed. The interior upholstery still looks immaculate and the trim is still as shiny as ever! What I liked when I first drove it is the speed and overall torque. The paint still looks great, the interior is in great shape as well. I bought this car because it was in great shape.And it has continued to be in very good overall shape. With production stopping around 2007, the most to expect out of one of these cars is a decent radio, electric windows, great air conditioning and standard features such as cruise control and anti lock brakes. While to Crown Victoria is known as being a spacious sedan, there is not much technology in the car. This can be good as some drivers seem to move out of the way as long as their are multiple lanes on a given road, but if you are on a one lane road, well, you may get stuck behind someone trying to obey all laws of the road. Now, mine was never a police car, it is the civilian version and always has been, but that never stops the association. This, is what many people know my car as your police car. Crown Victories are known for their liability as a stable platform for police cars and other fleets. It can hold tons of firewood for giant beach bonfires, full pallets, long skateboards, anything you can throw at it. It is surely much larger than the back seat of your average family sedan. Everyone that gets in the car is amazed at the amount of leg room even in the back seats while the front seats are almost all of the way back. Weighing in at about 4500lbs with a 4.6l v8, the car is very comfortable and spacious while not being sluggish. Troopers rotate the vehicles, which are driven only 49,500 miles, and then stripped and sold to other agencies including the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Alabama DPS' highway patrol division. In 2011, the agency purchased 159 cars and sold 182.My 2000 Ford Crown Victoria is a tank of a family sedan. The fleet also includes Dodge Chargers and Chevy Tahoes. The Kansas Highway Patrol's 511 sworn officers each get take-home vehicles. In Kansas, the workhorse patrol car has needed to handle a variety of driving environments and conditions from the rural sections in western Kansas to the stop-and-go driving in Topeka and near Kansas City in the east.įord executives confirmed the vehicle was the last vehicle produced for the U.S. These historic vehicles will be the final CVPIs to patrol the state's highways. The highway patrol has since shifted to white cruisers to improve resale value. To celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2012, the agency issued 14 historic-themed Crown Vics to troopers with a historic blue-and-gray color scheme and cherry beacon LED lights instead of a traditional lightbar. To actually have the last one is very special for us." "We've used them up until 2011, and it's an important part of our history. Josh Kellerman, the highway patrol's fleet manager. "Since the early 1990s, we've been purchasing the Police Interceptor," said Lt. Trooper Michael Winner (left) accepts the keys for the last Ford CVPI issued for patrol from Capt. The car will be displayed in the museum, as a monument to its prolific past. production CVPI will head to Troop J in Salina, where the agency runs its training academy and maintains a small museum depicting the history of the agency. Instead of hitting the road, the last U.S. This vehicle won't see any road patrol work, the agency's fleet manager told POLICE Magazine. The vehicle (marked with a partial VIN of 2FBX182368) was among the last batch purchased by the highway patrol, a loyal Ford customer since the vehicle's introduction.
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