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on: 04-11-2007
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4-11-2007 @ 04:13:08 PM |
| Posted By : Subourbon187 |
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The Charger is definitely a worthy police car, it has nearly identical safety ratings as the Crown Vic and we all know it makes more power with a fairly smaller engine, but it's still a lard ass and even in R/T it could eat the dust of a Mustang GT or a new GTO. The Impala is of slightly higher quality, at least according to JD Power; It's 300+ lbs. lighter and gets slightly better mileage and it's pretty much just as safe and best of all it's cheaper than the Dodge by about $1000. But it's still got (dun dun dunnnn) FWD. The Crown Vic is still the quintesential Police Car for it's reputation for safety and the fact that it's a nice big RWD V8 with scores of aftermarket police parts. The problem is that it's heavy, underpowered, clumsy machine built on an outdated platform. I think in terms of a car, the Charger wins by a hair despite it's flaws. It's just as spacious as the Vic and has a better chassis. In terms of a police car the Vic has reputation on it's side, but time will tell.
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4-11-2007 @ 04:16:10 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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#2, Actually a new Hemi Charger would have no trouble whatsoever keeping up with a Mustang GT. It could probably give the GTO a decent run, too.
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4-11-2007 @ 04:29:52 PM |
| Posted By : Jon |
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There are a few towns in my area that have Charger Cop Cars. Mostly Hemis, but there are a few V6s too.
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4-11-2007 @ 04:31:38 PM |
| Posted By : Subourbon187 |
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#3, Well, even though the R/T weighs about 800-1000 lbs more than GM and Ford's sporty offerings it's overall performance isn't very badly hindered. The thing is that it's still a family sedan at heart, and if it came to hard twists and turns the Charger might come up a tad short compared to said GM and Ford offerings. Espescially since some police will be using a downgraded SXT version, but that still retains a balanced power/weight ratio.
[Edited by Subourbon187 on 4-11-2007 @ 04:32:00 PM]
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4-11-2007 @ 05:07:13 PM |
| Posted By : Jon |
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I think we can all agree the Charger looks bad ass as a cop car.
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4-11-2007 @ 05:12:07 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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#5, It doesn't weight that much more. I found the curb weights at:
Charger: 4100
Mustang GT: 3500
Pontiac GTO: 3700
Stats are for 2007 model cars. Granted, the weight of the police equipment would probably make a bit of a difference.
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4-11-2007 @ 06:34:04 PM |
| Posted By : Subourbon187 |
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#6, Definitely, I saw an unmarked Charger cruiser near college the other day, it had blacked out wheels and a pushbar and looked extremely badass, I almost wanted to speed up so he'd pull me over maybe I'd even ask him how it handled and throw him for a loop. :)
#7 Yeah, I realized that after I posted, I must have been looking at the gross vehicle weight, I apologize for the confusion.
But anyways, I'd love to have a built up R/T or even an SRT-8 Charger I personally love their styling, but not as much as I'd love to smoke some Mustang fanboys in a Dodge.
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4-12-2007 @ 11:23:06 AM |
| Posted By : Muntz05 |
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I would have to choose the Charger over the rest, with the Crown Vic in close second
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4-12-2007 @ 07:32:08 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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#9, That's what the site I got it from said. I was under the impression '07 is the final year, anyway.
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4-12-2007 @ 09:58:47 PM |
| Posted By : Subourbon187 |
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#15, Nope 06' was, GM halted production last September IIRC. The last VZ GTO came off the production line sometime last summer.
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