[RM7]

Originally Posted by Salty Dog

I've never understood this, PC takes a beating the fleet cars have purpose built brakes, suspension, chassis, electrical systems etc just to stand up to the day to day use. Why would anyone want to use their personal car for work. In my experience statistically every police car on the road is involved in some type of collision annually.

Makes no sense from liability, maintenance and availability issues.

I would wager because the department pays for maintenance and gas, maybe by mileage?

[houbmw]

Originally Posted by b4hand

Texas has a huge selection of unmarked cars from what I've seen. Sneaky bastards

What types in texas have you seen?

Explorer
Crown vic
F150
Dodge charger
Dodge challenger
Chevy camero
Mustang
Corvette for street racers

[Alfisti]

[GoneIn4Secs]

In the 90s we had a crown vic as a family car, went over 1,000,000 km in that thing!

[Murf993]

When I first got on the job in the interest of saving money and trying new things we got a couple of Chrysler K cars marked for patrol. They were destroyed in 6 months, we also had a Dodge Omni....it wasn't marked but was used for plain clothes work, another POS that didn't last.

[SteveinArizona]

Originally Posted by Tyga11

In Phoenix, there is a new yellow 5.0 Mustang that is completely unmarked that patrols the loop 101. There are also countless completely unmarked F150's.

Other than that, I really haven't seen anything all that unusual here

Thanks. I travel on the 101 a lot and will have to watch for those.

[elliswyatt]

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[BobsM3Coupe]

A long time ago in the late 1980's, Connecticut State Police as well as the FBI used Buick Regal T Type cars (basically the same car as the Grand National) for unmarked cars. Pretty sneaky.

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by Murf993

When I first got on the job in the interest of saving money and trying new things we got a couple of Chrysler K cars marked for patrol. They were destroyed in 6 months, we also had a Dodge Omni....it wasn't marked but was used for plain clothes work, another POS that didn't last.

The GLH was a hell of a car back then

[Our03z4]

Originally Posted by Captain Blood

The GLH was a hell of a car back then

I have a 84 Omni GLH currently. It's a hoot to drive, it is a lot of work to keep it tip top since it wasn't the best built. Anyone who drives it has a smile on their face. Mine is mainly a rallyx car but I still drive it on the street as well.

[DougVA]

In the city of Falls Church, VA, the police department used Volvos exclusively for 10-20 years in the 80s-90s. Wonder if it was connected to the fact that the largest Volvo dealer in the area was HQ'd in FC? Owner now a member of Congress, strangely enough.

[Murf993]

Originally Posted by Captain Blood

The GLH was a hell of a car back then

Sadly ours were the base model.

[lemetier]

G05 X5 Security; part of a Protective Detail motorcade in Palm Beach.