Spotted: Police Charger..nice parking too

[dino_martini]

I did not take this picture. nice parking job... :thumbsup:

[ashee]

Ooo I haven't seen the charger police cars yet, looks good.

[VW02]

Is this where all of our tax money is going? to charger cop cars

[pyro]

ya i saw one in crowfoot yesterday...:drool:

[Proboscis]

remember kids "some of those headlights don't look like the others" keep a watch in your rearview

[carter_prelude]

nowi bet those haul serious ass!! holy shit no more getting away! not that i run... :thumbsup:

[RX_EVOLV]

saw a blue one the other day, looks hot!

[hussein]

Atleast it doesn't have low profile lights!!!!!! Or hidden lights. I HAAAAAATE those.

[dino_martini]

See, this could be a problem. There are a ton of other Chargers out there..hot dang

[Aleks]

Why do people assume these are fast? They are 3.5L V6s not Hemis right?

They are probably no faster than the old crown vics they just look cool.

[Dren]

Wonder if they will be switching all over...

[barbarian]

Testing results:

http://www.allpar.com/squads/police-cars/charger-police-testing.html

I read somewhere else that the Charger comes with the proper mounting gear for police equipment (radio, computer, shotgun, etc.) whereas on the Crown Vics. it is extra, so the price works out about the same.

I wonder what kind of bumper these have, is it all plastic? If you do a PIT maneuver does the bumper rip off?

[avow]

finally, someone got a pic. thanks for the post.

[ogpog]

according to that link up two posts, the v6 charger squad car can be outran with a 1995 neon 5spd. wwwwoooowwww

[TeamBestBud]

Originally posted by Aleks
Why do people assume these are fast? They are 3.5L V6s not Hemis right?

They are probably no faster than the old crown vics they just look cool.


Unlike the civilian version, the police version features upgraded heavy-duty brakes, a severe-duty cooling system, police-performance Electronic Stability Program, police performance-tuned steering, and a gear shifter that is mounted on the steering column instead of in the center console.[2] In place of the center console, Dodge has equipped the police edition with a steel plate appropriate for mounting radio equipment and controllers for lights and sirens.The 340 hp 'Hemi' V8 is powerful enough to accelerate the car from 0 to 60 mph in six seconds and to a top speed of 150 mph. Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Charger_%28LX%29)

[Tha VZA]

^^^ that is in the USA though...where they use camaro and corvette highway patrol cars

ever see those up here? nope

of course they get the V8 Hemi, up here though until i see an engine bay of one i will have my doubts

ciao

[FiveFreshFish]

Originally posted by Proboscis
remember kids "some of those headlights don't look like the others" keep a watch in your rearview


Yep, no DRL on cop cars.

[avow]

from what i understand they are just using the v6 up here. however apperently there are a few v8s as well if i remember correctly from another thread here.

[dino_martini]

Originally posted by avow
from what i understand they are just using the v6 up here. however apperently there are a few v8s as well if i remember correctly from another thread here.

Word on that. I drove by a unmarked charger police car..distinctly had the hemi badge on the side there.

[95EagleAWD]

Originally posted by Tha VZA
^^^ that is in the USA though...where they use camaro and corvette highway patrol cars

ever see those up here? nope

of course they get the V8 Hemi, up here though until i see an engine bay of one i will have my doubts

ciao

You haven't been to BC, have you?

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/95EagleAWD/camaro.jpg

http://silverstone.fortunecity.com/pantera/428/rcmp112.jpg

[Aleks]

Even if it is a hemi it's not that fast from what I have seen at RC this summer :D

[Chris88CL]

I spoke to an officer driving one. They have the V6's. No hemi charger police cars in calgary. Fleet manager thought it would be "too much power".

[dennisaur]

whoa cool...

i remember seeing a rx-8 with calgary police service on it. anyone got pics of that?

[avow]

RC?

[DC2]

radio control ;)

:banghead:

[whiskas]

Police chargers probably weigh close to 4000lbs.

[Mikey_008]

Damn that thing looks scary!! But very sweet tho!

[barbarian]

Originally posted by ogpog
according to that link up two posts, the v6 charger squad car can be outran with a 1995 neon 5spd. wwwwoooowwww
Would that apply on hills? I'm guessing the v6 charger has a good deal more torque.

Anyways, the cops need a car this big to setup roadblocks. I doubt you want to be behind a neon.

[SilverBoost]

I give it 6 months before everyone is sick of seeing these things. It's just another cop car to me. The novelty of the charger wore off the second they started making them into police vehicles.

Looks sweet alright, right up until the lights are flashing in your rearview. :D

[hjr]

v6 or not, its the radio and the fact that there are many of them that you have to worry about

[ACX]

Originally posted by Aleks
Why do people assume these are fast? They are 3.5L V6s not Hemis right?

They are probably no faster than the old crown vics they just look cool.

they have the 6s as well as the hemis (generally available)..

In tests, the hemi charger cop cars beat the shit out of the crown vics over and over again in basically every measurable performance category as I've read.. Several large US police forces have conducted testing.

As for our tax money, the police need cars and these aren't priced horribly. If the police were buying 6 series BMWs, I'd be a little more concerned about taxpayer waste (although it would be cool to see).

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As for them being fast, like anyone who passed grade 1 can reconcile the radio is what you need to worry about if the police are after you in a chase.. They have never had overall wildy fast cars across their fleet (in large numbers) and seem to do an OK job in catching the bad guys.

[4doorj]

looks sweet!

[coste]

YAY!! another cruiser that can pull me over on the deerfoot!! man im excited!:thumbsup:

Also looks like the driver might have taken some tips from me with the "rockstar" parking. :drama:

[freakystyley_73]

i saw one a while ago... they look so sick even though i'm not too fond of chargers... or police cars for that matter! lol