Which 2001 Police Car is Best 2001 Police car?

"jkm7680" (jkm7680) 10/21/2015 at 19:56 • Filed to: None

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You are a cop in 2001. Choose a car for your cop duties.

Option 1: 2001 Dodge Intrepid Police Interceptor

+Really comfortable interior, but they get a little tight with a console and laptop in there.

+Sleek looks, unsuspecting to most

+Slightly more horsepower than the Crown Vic

+Lightest out of the bunch

-FWD, Understeer booooo!

-V6

-Durability may be a concern

Overall, the Intrepid was not a horrible police vehicle, but never really caught on besides small southern departments and military police.

Option 2: 2001 Ford Crown Victoria P71

+Sexy sounding 4.6 liter V8

+Overall the best out of the three

+RWD and V8

+Same 0-60 as the Intrepid

+Good interior space, supportive seats

-Meh handling

-Pretty heavy

Option 3: 2001 Impala 9c1

+Decent looks

-Really shitty interior

-Uninspiring V6 engine

-FWD

-0-60 in a staggering 9.2 seconds and a whopping 200 horsepower

-Fairly light

+Pretty reliable, mainly b/c I ran out of positives.

So, if you were a cop in 2001, which one would you choose? (You’d be using this chosen car for 10 years.) I’d personally go with the P71 and then the Intrepid as a second choice.

My citroen won't start > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:03

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2001, I’d probably choose the best American Police car of them all.

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start 10/21/2015 at 20:04

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NOT A CHOICE. NOT A CHOICE. NO A CHOICE.

Also, those would be dreadful as police cars.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:05

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If I had to choose it would be the Crown Vic.

But I’d try my best to get me one of these.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:05

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It’s a 2001, RWD V8 interceptor. Why wouldn’t I choose it?

jkm7680 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/21/2015 at 20:06

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Take the 4.6 and throw it in the Crown Vic. Because why not.

-Ford

My citroen won't start > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:08

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OK, I PICK THIS ONE.

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start 10/21/2015 at 20:09

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STILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLNOT A CHOICE.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:09

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Call me crazy, but I’d probably take the Impala. I suspect it would last longer than the Intrepid, and it’s probably more crashworthy than the Crown Victoria.

My citroen won't start > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:10

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GOD DAMN IT TREBEK I CAN’T HANDLE 250 HP V8s. WHAT YEAR IS IT? 1954?

jvirgs drives a Subaru > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:11

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My University was still using 2 or 3 back in 2008

Slant6 > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:12

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Because it needs to last 10 years. NC highway patrol only recently pulled theirs out of service. Saw a ton at surplus earlier this year.

2wd is actually faster than the Impala.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:12

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Actually saw an undercover one once in my city many many years ago.

jkm7680 > jvirgs drives a Subaru 10/21/2015 at 20:13

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There’s probably a few of them still out there........

Again, not horrible cars just weak transmissions.

jkm7680 > Slant6 10/21/2015 at 20:13

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Those were..... something alright. Heard they weren’t reliable though.

The P71 would last the longest though.

Slant6 > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:17

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I’ve heard they’re reliable but that’s for the civilian model. Also inline 6 noise.

T5Killer > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:22

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Crown Vics are 4.6s not 4.2 V8s.

jkm7680 > T5Killer 10/21/2015 at 20:23

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Typed that wrong, I do know that.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:24

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A Tahoe because screw all three of those.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 10/21/2015 at 20:25

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That one is not a Police package though.

RallyWrench > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:27

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The newest of these would only have been 8 years old, there had to still be some in service, right? Right?

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:28

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Yeah, yeah. It had a livery though.

RallyWrench > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 10/21/2015 at 20:28

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I came upon a CHP doing acceleration runs on a backroad in one of these shortly after they were issued.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 10/21/2015 at 20:29

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That one was.

Only RWD for Police package Tahoes though.

Amoore100 > My citroen won't start 10/21/2015 at 20:31

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I WAS GONNA SAY THAT GODDAMIT STOP STEALING MY IDEAS - rant over.

Amoore100 > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:33

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Since my S70 was stolen (ahem, Citroen...) I’ll go with the first gen 9-5 with turbo power for managing the slopes of Aspen, CO

GhostZ > My citroen won't start 10/21/2015 at 20:40

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Straight outta Ingolstadt.

mazda616 > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:47

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There is still an Intrepid police car here in my hometown. I don’t think it sees patrol duty anymore, though. They just keep it parked on a street that has an abnormally low speed limit, I guess hoping it’ll deter speeders.

That being said, I’d pick the Crown Vic. Those 3800 Impalas were known to catch fire, and civilian Intrepids weren’t known for their reliability - can’t imagine using one as a patrol car would be much better. Probably worse.

jkm7680 > mazda616 10/21/2015 at 20:52

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Department near me recently retired one. 3.5 V6 I believe, 200k before they took it out. Pretty decent car, 2004 model. Already rusting though and had a couple issues.

ranwhenparked > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:52

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Realistically, the Crown Victoria. The Intrepid and Impala had serious durability problems. Unless you were a big city/wealthy area department with a big budget that allowed for short replacement intervals, the GM and DCX products just didn’t make any sense - as reflected in their comparatively tiny sales numbers.

86notchback > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:53

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check and mate.....

jkm7680 > ranwhenparked 10/21/2015 at 20:53

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Agreed, they were pretty horrible. Departments like the NYPD used them because they cycle cars in and out every 3-5 years about and would take them out at only about 50k.

jkm7680 > 86notchback 10/21/2015 at 20:53

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negative.

86notchback > Amoore100 10/21/2015 at 20:54

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how did I miss this before posting mine and the same pic totally by accident...

86notchback > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 20:55

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my 2nd choice then..

jkm7680 > 86notchback 10/21/2015 at 20:56

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still neg.

touring the brook - now with ZHP! > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 21:05

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Intrepid. Because I live in a small-ish southern town.

Master Cylinder > My citroen won't start 10/21/2015 at 21:11

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I don’t think an ‘01 even had that much. IIRC the P71 got a new intake and more power around ‘03 or ‘04 that finally pushed its output up to 250hp. At the crank. Before that it was 230-something, I think?

ranwhenparked > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 21:15

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Exactly. My dad’s small town department used to replace Caprices at 75,000 miles, because that’s when the transmissions typically went, but when they moved to Crown Victorias, they started keeping them for well over 100,000 miles, because it takes that long before problems really start showing up. I think the highest mileage one in their fleet is now around 180k.

Bigger forces would never do that - maybe Detroit - but really there’s no point in replacing a car if it’s still working fine and not costing anything beyond routine maintenance. Crown Vics were just trouble free, reliable, tools. No glitz, not much sophistication, they just worked.

86notchback > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 21:17

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I have a soft spot in my heart for the 1st gen ML for some reason......now what could that reason be, oh here it is......

jkm7680 > ranwhenparked 10/21/2015 at 21:20

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Spot on.

I feel with the next gen police intereceptors, they aren’t going to last. The Crown Vic was the last honest RWD, body on frame, V8 equipped car out there.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > RallyWrench 10/21/2015 at 21:26

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No, the crown vic’s last model year was 2011, the youngest one is probably only a touch over 5 years old, our city has slowly been fazing out crown vics and fazing in Ford police interceptors (both the sedan and the SUV version) but there definitely still are some crown vics still in service

KirkyV > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 21:56

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Of the three, Crown Vic, but here’s my actual answer:

DoYouEvenShift > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 10/21/2015 at 22:14

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Yes! B4C Camaro!

MM54 > jkm7680 10/21/2015 at 22:21

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I’m not a cop, it’s not 2001, and I drive a 2002 p71 so I guess I’ll go with that (also those other two options are awful cars)

Amoore100 > 86notchback 10/22/2015 at 00:00

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Talent? Lol. It’s ok, I see your ML and raise you an XC90...

pip bip - choose Corrour > jkm7680 10/22/2015 at 03:44

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this one

jkm7680 > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/22/2015 at 07:22

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Closest to the Pimpala, so I choose you that.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > jkm7680 10/22/2015 at 07:50

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I don’t know world you live in where a 2001 Impala haas a 9.2 second 0-60.

3.4L models were 180hp and took 9.5 seconds.

3.8L models (the ones the cops would have) were the 200hp and took 7.5-7.9 seconds (sources disagree). Which you may recognize as the same as the P71.

Also, I liked the interior, and they are durable as hell. But I'd probably take the P71 overall.

Tohru > jkm7680 10/23/2015 at 22:58

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In 2001, my town was still using a Taurus police car.

They used it until 2013.

jkm7680 > Tohru 10/24/2015 at 11:00

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Damn, you got an Caprices left? :)

Tohru > jkm7680 10/25/2015 at 09:01

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Fuck, I wish.