[geeks] Re: Cop Cars

[David Passmore]

On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 10:05:41PM -0400, alex j avriette wrote:

> At any rate, there are a lot of objections to modifying police cars. 
> Many of them are straight upkeep costs. Maintaining a turbocharged or 
> supercharged vehicle takes more money and more time (and driver effort) 
> than its naturally aspirated counterpart. It can cost $5,000 to install 
> a forced induction system on your average production car. Sometimes 
> more. Law Enforcement doesn't usually have an additional 25% the cost of 
> a car to spend on making it faster. In California, the Highway Patrol 
> purchases Camaro's and Mustangs for high speed patrol of the I-5 and 
> I-15 freeways. It just isn't economical to supercharge a crown vic.

Okay, so you've told us why you believe it is highly unlikely. You cannot
prove that it is untrue; thus, let's just let it go. :)

David