Westin Champlin already did it to his a few years ago. It worked out great.

Goonzquad also did theirs

Why

@@thetalkingboard Supercharged V8 + AWD = one helluva holeshot when drag racing.

Who removes AWD? Wtf

and from country to country too (naturally)

You can drive any ex police vehicle anywhere in the US as long as there is no Police lighting/sirens/badging still on AND being used. The base car is NOT illegal to use/drive.

​@@TheMadKeyboardThat depends on the state. In Cali you can't have the car black and white, period. Here in ky the big one is if there are lights, they can't be used on the road and I believe need to be disabled while on the road, nor can you have a current car with official livery on it, so the newest "tribute" cars you could use are 92-97 Vics, second or third gen Explorers. Personally I don't see the appeal of it.

@@ItsDaJax I have owned 2 Vics that were former patrol cars. The appeal for me was that they are slightly heavier built and typically well maintained. They tend to make a good choice if you are looking for used but also need dependability. They are budget friendly, not all of us can afford at any given time to buy New.

@@TheMadKeyboard The appeal of police tribute cars, man. Read. Not retired ones.

More people wanted to race my cvpi than slow down for it. I think they got mad when they realized I wasn't a cop. They should know better since the cops cars have been exclusively silver for about 15/20 years now.

Already occurs when I see a suv with a luggage or ski rack 😂

I found driving a black crown Victoria. Instead of slowing down had many people cut me off while doing. 😅

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Fortunately/Unfortunately I got to meet a Colorado Highway Patrolman when he pulled me over halfway between Trinidad and Pueblo for speeding. He was highly professional and gave me a warning since I told him I always go five over on the highway. He informed me his radar read a little faster than five. He said the larger than factory size tires on my truck was probably the reason why my speedometer read five and his radar read a higher number. He also told me that straight forward and honest customers are the best kind.

I was a cop back when Crown Vics were the thing. I too loved my vic. I would like to find one some day and restore it.

@@robsdeviceunknown the Crown Vic was definitely a great cruiser. I liked the Caprice with the Vette engine in it too.

In 1988-1990 I used to repair commercial and public safety radios, and build squad cars. They were all Dodge Diplomats back then. When I was done with the light bar and radio installation, I would need to test them. For the radio, it was tested and tuned on my bench, and in the car I would simply key up the radio and listen for the repeater response. For the light bar, I would test all the modes. For the siren, it was too loud for my shop and I would test it outside. One time, I decided to roll the squad out of the garage and when I got on the gravel, I flipped on lights and siren and punched the accelerator to the floor, doing donuts until there was a dust cloud. It was hilariously fun. I felt like "Rosco Pico" on the Dukes of Hazard. Consider this my confession.

Those like 2007 to 2016 gen Impalas? I worked at a rental car group and every one of those gens had shit brakes. We had what looked like the gas pump area of a gas station where we cleaned and fueled them. First time I drove one, almost rolled right in the car wash with my foot practically to the floor. Even the one in storage with only 4mi on it was like that.

@@ItsDaJax the brakes worked fine until they got hot. Once they heated up good luck.

Just get a sunroof and you can get out on most situations 😂

I would think the Tahoe would be like going on patrol in a U-Haul.

@@nlpnt The Tahoe handles as well as the rollback it is riding on. Because it's a modern GM product :)

When do you guys plan on getting the first round of Blazer EV PPVs?

I hear a new trouble-bubble is coming soon.

Can't wait to see how the new Soundoff Signal beacon looks. You will have more wiring with the new beacon, it has a take down light and rear scene light.

He admitted he doesn't know anything about cars. Not the best cop to interview.

Motor vehicle code pretty much states the same thing he just put it into lamen terms.

@@timothydubois5834they have to take a test after every week in the academy for 6-10 months and have a 1 year field period plus 2 probation years where they have to know case law. Knowing about car stuff isn't as important

Friend of mine bought an ex-cop Taurus because it was cheap and his wife likes the void between the seats, room for the Big Mom Purse.

@@nlpnt I went to an auction with a buddy.. he wanted ex cop Crown Vic.. they were all gone..Cab companys took em all.

I hate column shifters.

He said that in the vid

Or the model was ordered with it. Up until 08 anybody could order a Vic LX with a police package, the spotlight is a factory option, which makes it a dealer option, not police equipment. It's also option on the P73- Taxi model.

It's a bummer for civilian use but makes perfect sense in a police vehicle where a suspect might try and use that to escape.

No other police car has ever lasted as long as crown vics. California has over 400 active as police vehicles in 2024

also... for a bike carrier

@@rockstertxI wouldn’t tow anything with a sedan. They have weak suspension and subframes.

as long as you tow within the limits of the vehicle you should be okay... buy yeah... if i was gonna tow anything I have a GMC to do that with... but cops use the hitches to carry bikes that they patrol with a special events where they need to be more mobile but cannot drive their car ...aka fairs/ farmers markets / concerts...etc...@@user-tb7rn1il3q

​@user-tb7rn1il3q they're not big trailers they're pushing so it's fine.

​​@@user-tb7rn1il3qA Crown Vic can tow 2000lbs and have been shown to tow a little bit more, like a standard 2000lbs trailer with another Vic on it. And a civvy has about 210 hp to a 05½-11 CVPI with 250hp. A v8 Charger could potentially tow more, the R/T alone has around 375hp. Sedans can tow fine, granted you don't tow more than it should. I would feel safer towing with a 310hp V6 Camry, than a 2XX hp Rav4 with its shorter wheelbase and smaller brakes... and probably lighter weight. Most campers are intended to be pulled by cars and not trucks/SUVs. Most cars don't even ride that soft. You can tell by max trunk payload. A car that rides too soft can't carry much weight, four adults and a child is just over 1000lbs of payload.

Here in Ky green is mostly used for security cars.

You know filters don't filter above say idle, right? Oil filters have a bypass in them. You should change your oil accordingly regardless of what filter it is.

@@ItsDaJax This isn't true. A lot of people think this when they find out bypass valves have a pressure rating of 15-20 psi but that isn't total psi that is a rating for filter restriction. As the filter gets filled with dirt and grime it adds more resistance to the flow of the oil. Once this resistance meets the pressure rating of the bypass valve it opens to keep the filter media from being damaged. This is because you can't compress oil in an engine. To compress oil by around 1% it's original volume would require close to 2000 psi which would never happen in an engine without blowing the thing up. This valve keeps those pressure extremes from happening by opening and allowing the oil to flow through without massively increasing the psi in the engine. Most engines run at 60-80 psi in normal driving but will start blowing seals around 100 psi. edit: had my math wrong on the compression...

Oil still gets thinner the more its used and heated up by the motor, no matter what kind of filter you are using. Using a high priced filter really isn't going to extend your oil change

@@walkingdeadman4208 The Royal Purple filter isn't all that expensive. $20, the last time I got it at the regular price; and it's not necessarily about extending the oil change intervals, but about taking care of the engine. My oil change intervals on my 300C were from 8000 to 10000 kilometers, at most (well within the life of the oil and filter). I never experienced the "HEMI tick" that people who use cheap oils and filters complained about. There's a big difference between a good filter and cheap filters. Try cutting them in half after an oil change and compare them. You'll see it with your own eyes.

Yeah sorry this guy was just corny.. Sorry.. he was..

Even leglislators can't keep up. The problem is not simply the sheer number of laws and regulations and ordinances to keep track of alone, but every day the courts are re-interpreting things that DAs then have to reinterpret and push out training updates. Add to that jurisdictional issues, such as a court in Colorado could make a ruling on something and a court in Georgia can rule on literally the same worded law totally different ways. Just look at the massively differing opinions and emotional debates over a simple 27 word Constitutional Ammendment.

Strange. In WA state it’s red & white for Fire and EMS but red and blue for PD

"Those aren't blue lights! They're PURPLE! Get your Lieutenant out here!"- Jeremy Dewitte

In Pennsylvania volunteer firefighters use blue lights. Strange seeing a Cavalier or Dakota with a blue police light bar.

A large number of old taxis were retired cop cars sold cheap at auction. That's the reason for the spotlights.

The spotlights are made by Unity Manufacturing. Easily purchased online however, most large fire or police supply companies also sell them direct to end users. There are a limited number of basic spotlights with tons of different mounting brackets for custom fit to specific models of vehicles. Unity also makes a lot of equipment for boats.

Most taxis were former police cars so they came with the cage etc

Problem with that they do make an 8speed awd

@@moparjr89 Only with the V6, which is a much shorter engine and lets the transmission be moved farther forward.

I remember the first time I saw under a jeep- CJ-7 I think it was and we had a laugh about the front dshaft being longer than the rear.

Aren't those the same ones in Dukes of Hazard? I want one of those.

@@ItsDaJax No

Yes I deliver new cars and the police cars come with the spotlight.

I got hassled all the time from this local cop! He told me the spotlight was considered emergency lighting and I had to remove it!! Ofcourse I knew it wasn't true so I kept it on. Every time the cop saw me he would stop me and say "what did I tell you "!! He threatened to smash it off my car the next time he saw me!🙄. I finally had to move out of the town due to this guys harrassment

@@willschultz5452 why not make a complaint to the precinct or other city officials?

@@CrowBarActual I'm sure they would have sided with the cop and told me the spotlight was illegal and to do what I'm told🙄

@@CrowBarActual Because it's a made up story for attention on the internet

That’s similar to Florida. Though I’m not sure we have volunteer firefighters where I’ve been throughout this state, so I’m not sure if those would be green here (not to say that doesn’t vary in other states). For general lighting, purple isn’t a requirement for funerals and per our local county sheriff’s department - you can run any lights except red and blue together (this applies to internal LEDs and varies by county/state). Police run red and blue while fire and ambulances generally run just red/white. Police also use yellow/white lighting depending on the operation at hand.. so if they’re handling a traffic safety issue, they’ll trade their red/blues for white or yellow to signify that people need to stay alert. Also yes, tow trucks/construction/public works run yellow lights on their lightbar but may use blinking white lights on the sides/windows.

I think old ones people know aren't real cop cars vs having one that is still in use.

Same laws apply, none of the police equipment is allowed to be operated on the road. Some states ban these, the laws depend state to state and people are stupid- your average citizen would definitely allow an 86 SSP mustang to pull them over. I remember seeing something less than ten years ago, or close to it where a guy was caught pulling people over in a Windstar or some dumb late 90s car.

What about for show purposes on public properties?

@@whitemailprivilege2830 I think you would just need permission from the property owner. I'm not a lawyer though, so your mileage and laws may vary 😎

It depends on the state. In some states having it equipped is illegal, even if not activated. And even if it is legal to be equipped but not activated, that is something that can still be used as evidence against you for any impersonation investigation (i.e. you tailgate some old lady driving slow and she panics and wrecks, then tells cops she thought you were a real cop and her disoriented memory insists you also had lights on when you didn't...leading to LEOs finding working lights in your vehicle).

yeah... dont forget mirror sunglasses

Meow what?

Obviously this is all common sense. If you call an attorney about this they will laugh and hang up the phone!

You can bypass it manually without power, which is built in for towing purposes.

@e.l.9589 That just pops it into neutral. Especially my current ride as the gear selector is electronic.

Years ago I had a hidden sensor in one that needed to be touched each time to drive. Else it killed the fuel pump. My bro in law tried to move my old truck up the road once (had my keys) and kinky made it 100 feet. 😆😆😆 DIY anti theft is the best

​@@hackfreehvacI'd like to know more about that, for my next ride. You could probably make some money putting those in Kia/Hyundai- those owners are relying on hopes&prayers as security😅😅i

@@ItsDaJax Well to be ultra secure they need to be unique in how/where you make the kill. But the basic concept is that there is a magnetic solenoid that allows you to press in the release to move the shifter out of park. Once you press on the brake the controls will allow that solenoid to unlock the mechanism. There is also a switch in the shifter depressor that also activates when it knows you are trying to unlock the shifter. So basically you have to be on the foot brake and push the shifter button a little and then the magnetic solenoid unlocks the button to fully move and release the shifter from park. So essentially you can explore the wiring and figure out how you want to splice and intercept the normal function. Just adding another button or switch in line with it will be all you need. So then if someone jumped in the car, even with it running and keys or keyfob, they couldn't pull it out of gear without knowing the additional switch/button to get it to release.

Yeah, I was wondering about that because in California I've seen numerous people rocking blue and purple lights on the front of their cars. Most notably blue and purple headlights. As far as I've seen I've never seen red ones and was under the impression that RED was the color you definitely weren't allowed to use while driving.

CVPIs usually had vinyl rear seats. So they could've been swapped from a GMQ or most likely they came from an older Crown Vic. 98-11 have the same interior as 92-97. Matter of fact the body of the 03-11 is the 92-97 GMQ body with a different front clip and trunk area.

The differences depending on the car is marginal. Such as the 92-6 9C1 Caprice compared to the Impala SS; the Caprice had a larger gearbox cooler, yet lacked the oil cooler the SS had, but they had the same suspension and swaybars, The SS only came with the LT4 and I think(though not sure) you could get a 9C1 with the L99(4.3 v8). Most of the things on the Crown Vic P71 came on the Crown Vic LX Sport, except the front or rear swaybar is different and you could get the sport with rear air ride from the GMQ and Town Car. It was practically a SAP with a console shifter with body colored grille. American police cars are just simply fleet model cars, or base model cars, typically. So a police Charger is just basically like a SXT V6 with a column shifter and vinyl seats

10:01 😮

That’s true, but which ones here bother you? When I was a kid, you learned most of this stuff before getting your license.

With the better part of 💯 thousand laws in the Colorado Revised Statutes alone, and hardly any of the Control Freak Party legislators, blue OR red, repealing anything, it is no longer possible for us humans to be law-abiding citizens. Or maybe it's because, by making NEW legislation, they get to pull stuff like transforming something, or even possession of something, which was not illegal 💯 years ago, into tomorrow's criminal act.

Stuff like the "obstructing justice" and "resisting arrest" laws where as long as the cop is PRETENDING to act according to the laws, YOU become the criminal. A guy who taught Law for the Layman, back in the previous century, called garbage like THAT "unconscionable" 😮 ! But nowadays my City Council knowingly uses Emergency Ordinances to make us constituents subject to arrest the minute they unanimously pass it. Kinda makes a cruel joke out of "ignorance of the Law is no excuse" huh?

2009 was the first year of the eagle hemi which is the modern version but also the one with the lifter issues

The old Mythbusters saying, if you want to do something illegal ask the cops for help.

@dr.burtgummerfan439 As somebody with a Charger Pursuit, I can attest to this being an issue with them too. A lot of parts are a bit harder to come by, and are more expensive, but I’d say it’s worth it. My best recommendation when ordering parts from a shop or etc., is to be sure that they’re aware it’s a police model. There’s a particular name attached, and they should have it in their system. As for tires, ask a tire guy (not Walmart) what sizes they could fit on the rim, or do the calculations yourself! I’m running 245/55s instead of the weirdly sized 225/60s that cost so much, they have the same diameter so my speedometer isn’t off by anything. Seeing how specialty police tires are $400+ a piece, I couldn’t recommend this more!

I have one of those old CB radio and antenna setups from back in the day. I inherited it from my dad who had it installed in his car back in the 70s. The antenna screams “unmarked law enforcement vehicle”, though they’re less common today with the various frequency improvements/modernizations.

The COP at the beginning pushes donuts not tickets. You need to talk with an officer that works traffic enforcement. He acted like he wouldn't know a Hemi from a Hemorrhoid. Overhead lighting varies from state to state. Some locations have red one one side and blue on the other, so they can tell if the vehicle is moving forward or reversing. The other red light on all vehicles as required by federal law is the side marker lights toward the rear of the vehicle are red, and I don't recall the distance when amber lights are required. Think a boat trailer where the lighting is inset from the rear of the trailer.

Some modern cars you can see on the screens what the car has done. I would imagine they would have that in cop cars to see what the officer was doing that day.

easy to do with any car LOL

He said it doesn’t turn on when the door opens

He said several times wyoming. Lots of empty long stretches of road

Bigger alternators are a pretty common mod with the competition stereo crowd.

@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Yeah, they need them lol. I'm into overlanding. I have a high output alternator made for police SUVs, to power all their computers and other electronics. A lot of people in the overlanding community spend a fortune on dual batteries and inverters, without considering a high output alternator. It was a game changer! I try to recommend it to friends building up rigs. The one I have was just a lucky buy, but there are others too!

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