Po-po cruise meet

"Svend" (svend) 01/05/2016 at 03:03 • Filed to: food

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Late night (po-po) cruise meet-up. Ruining the quiet serenity of people enjoying their cars in a late night public car park. Lol.

Yep, ex-U.S.A. Sheriff Ford Crown Victoria alongside a Vauxhall Astra estate.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Svend 01/05/2016 at 03:08

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What is the practical purpose of importing this?

Svend > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/05/2016 at 03:28

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There are a couple of police forces that use them as display cars for promoting the police, many get used in the film industry and they are quite common for U.S. car collectors.

http://www.usa-cop-cars.com/cars/sales/why-buy-from-us

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Svend 01/05/2016 at 03:34

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That’s quite a special market. I like it though.

Svend > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/05/2016 at 03:43

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They can tailor a car to anyone of 38,000 U.S. liveries or whatever you want made be put on it.

The thing I find cool is that they sell to the U.K. and Europe and will meet you if you fly into one of the London airports and refund the cost of your flight up to £250 if you buy a car.

You can hire them and if you live in Kent they will drive you to France for a weekend of shopping or holiday and they’ll drive you about and drive you home afterwards.

atfsgeoff > Svend 01/05/2016 at 03:44

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There’s just something so neat about seeing a Crown Victoria police car overseas.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Svend 01/05/2016 at 03:50

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That actually sounds really cool.

Svend > atfsgeoff 01/05/2016 at 03:59

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I’m the same when ever I see a union flag be it a union flag flying abroad or where the union flag is the canton of another nation or state such as Hawaii or Australia.

Cé hé sin > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/05/2016 at 04:50

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None. They’re used for impractical purposes!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Svend 01/05/2016 at 07:57

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10/10 would buy.

Svend > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 01/05/2016 at 08:44

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The fuel bil alone would put me right off. Not to mention driving it about in a small city and parking it.

Aaron M - MasoFiST > Svend 01/05/2016 at 08:45

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I know it includes the cost of shipping and customs, but man, Crown Vics cost 10% of that in their home market. Crazy what limited supply will do if there’s any demand at all.

Svend > Aaron M - MasoFiST 01/05/2016 at 08:56

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You can get them from other sources much much cheaper or even holiday in the U.S. And have one brought back. I guess these are the cream of the crop and the best pickings of the cars available in the states.

There are two currently on auction on eBay for £3,000 and £3,395 respectively.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Svend 01/05/2016 at 09:00

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This is so awesome to me! The second line, right column, “Howard Co Sherrif”, that’s the county next to the one I grew up in, so I used to see those cars around frequently. Crazy.

Also, those cars look really clean, which is probably why they want so much money for them. Most cop cars get worked to death. My dad’s friend had a body shop and had a contract with the local police and always had 2 of their cars in his shop, it seemed.

Aaron M - MasoFiST > Svend 01/05/2016 at 09:00

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That’s more in line with US prices. If the ones above are being sold with liveries that could be a reason to command higher prices, as most of the ex-cop cars here need to have the logos and lights stripped before they can be sold to civilians.

Motoräder_frei_machen > Svend 01/05/2016 at 09:19

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You could park anywhere you want....

Cé hé sin > Svend 01/05/2016 at 09:19

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Insurance, parts, tax, wheel on the wrong side...long list. There’s always someone who thinks life incomplete without something like this though I wouldn’t take one free.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Svend 01/05/2016 at 09:20

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But it’s got pleb bars on it and a V8 in it. Choose regular sized parking space - shunt first car forwards - reverse park as normal :D

Svend > Aaron M - MasoFiST 01/05/2016 at 09:30

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It does say on the website they can sell the cars anywhere, except the U.S.A.

Foreign liveries are okay with cars like these allowed on U.K. roads (some real and some fake foreign police cars).

For sale on eBay U.K. Japanese police car for £4,000 the 2006 5.7litre Hemi for £9,995

Svend > Motoräder_frei_machen 01/05/2016 at 09:33

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You’d think so but no. You’d just be classed as the doush driving an American car with show off police livery from a foreign country.

Aaron M - MasoFiST > Svend 01/05/2016 at 09:36

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That Morgan is fantastic.

Svend > Cé hé sin 01/05/2016 at 09:36

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Insurance could go either way (rare enough to not be branded a high risk), parts are plentiful and easily obtained from North America or middle east, tax would be high on it though driving a lefty wouldn’t really be an issue but ye’, I wouldn’t even entertain the notion of owning one even if it was given.

Motoräder_frei_machen > Svend 01/05/2016 at 10:58

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I meant in the US, but yea. I’ve parked and driven 11 person vans in small European cites, it’s not as easy but not that bad either.

Svend > Motoräder_frei_machen 01/05/2016 at 11:33

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Most U.K. roads aren’t geared up for U.S. size vehicles. I live in Cumbria where some of the roads in the countryside are nail biting in a Skoda Superb never mind a Crown Vic. Even parking it would either mean getting a door mirror taken off or parking in a car park would mean I wouldn’t be able to get out if there was a car parked in the bay alongside.

My baby-girl isn’t small.

But the Crown Vic is 55cm longer and 14cm wider.

Motoräder_frei_machen > Svend 01/05/2016 at 12:24

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I lived in the U.K. for years...never had an issue with my 4th Gen 4runner or 03 Sequoia....but some people get really tweaked out driving big vehicles on those roads. I agree that I wouldn’t own a panther platform vehicle in any country.

deprecated account > Aaron M - MasoFiST 01/08/2016 at 11:30

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and the prices on there are in Euros too