I heard a rumor that the power and performance of a decomissioned police car is reduced before it is auctioned off to the public. Is this true or are they just as powerful when they are sold at auction?
2006-12-02 15:15:31 · 7 answers · asked by Joe K 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Hi there,
The police cars are sold with the same performance abilities as it had when in service as a police car.
Many police cars have been run hard and have been beat up some. A car with a "police package" however is set up with some heavy duty options that regular cars do not have.
I am speaking of Crown Victorias with 4.6L engines. They are pretty gutsy, especially for a heavy car such as the Crown Vic.
If you are interested in a police car, look them over pretty good. Do a bit of reasearch and try to get a car that some upper management type officer used rather than a car used regularly as a daily cruiser. They are usually in pretty good shape.
Good luck
2006-12-02 15:34:59 · answer #1 · answered by Augie R 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I owned 3 caprices and they all had plenty of power. 2 had transmissions replaced before i got them but the motors were very strong. loved them want to buy another also the maintenance on police vehicles is strictly followed.
2006-12-02 23:27:57 · answer #2 · answered by Robert H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no way the police are going to spend several hundred dollars to "detune" a car they are just going to "dump" on some poor chump dumb enough to buy an old police car.
2006-12-02 23:24:50 · answer #3 · answered by runninron69 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, police cars are all chipped but they don't bother to take them out when they sell them. Hope this helps.
2006-12-03 05:45:48 · answer #4 · answered by Sniknakh 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
most police dept. only take of the lightbars and stickers. but some may not have had any high performance parts to begin with.
2006-12-02 23:23:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Vehicles are sold as is. No high performance removed but most don't have it.
2006-12-02 23:19:18 · answer #6 · answered by danp 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
lol they dont touch them but remember there run hard and put up wet
2006-12-02 23:18:02 · answer #7 · answered by Christian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋