Re: Police cars--A must read.

[Stephen Stalcup <elfking@nmt.edu>]

My girlfriend's father has one. For an american car it is really nice...
if you like big cars with big engines. It is really comfortable to sit in.
The tires are really expensive though. AFAIK only two tire companies make
tires for it....

Steve Stalcup
'88 16v 



On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Aaron D. Patton wrote:

> My Dad almost bought one.  He went as far as test driving one, but bought a
> 4-door Tahoe instead.
> I went along and took a turn behind the wheel, and I must say that it was a
> nice handling, fast, fun car: for a boat that is. ;-)>
> I wouldn't mind having one, if for no other reason than the stealth factor.
> Aaron
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wm. Josiah Erikson <josiah@gsinet.net>
> To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Date: Thursday, August 27, 1998 10:27 AM
> Subject: Re: Police cars--A must read.
> 
> 
> I know plenty of people who have Impala SS's... and I think that if I wanted
> to
> look like a badass drug dealer, I would buy one too. They are scary-looking.
> :
> )
>     -Josiah
>     '83 Scirocco
>     '84 GTi
>     '86 Scirocco 8v
>     '87 QSW
>     http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah/
> 
> 
> Mark A Peele wrote:
> 
> > I assume all Impalas/Caprices to be cops - until I can get a good look at
> > the car . . .
> >
> > Almost nobody else (other than Taxis) bought these boats.
> >
> > Mark . . .
> > Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
> > Previous Sciroccos: 1981S (RIP), 1980S, 1975TS, 1975
> > *BIRTH*SCHOOL*WORK*DEATH*
> > --------- Begin forwarded message ----------
> > From: "Aaron D. Patton" <apatton1@airmail.net>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Subject: Re: Police cars--A must read.
> > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 19:16:38 -0500
> > Message-ID: <010c01bdd086$cbb0d240$293088cf@mephisto>
> >
> > I have seen two different Impala SS Texas DPS (Dept. of Public
> > Safety=state
> > cops) cars in the past year or so.  One was metallic maroon and the other
> > was black, both had the stock 17" whls and dark tinted windows.  Neither
> > was
> > distinguishable as a cop car, until they had their lights going.
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jason. miller <j.miller@shaw.wave.ca>
> > To: veritech@fix.net <veritech@fix.net>
> > Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 7:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: Police cars--A must read.
> >
> > Yikes, thats scary!  Imaging what he would feel like if you raced & beat
> > him
> > in
> > one of our German rockets?  :)
> >
> > --> Jason "Honda Killer" Miller.
> >
> > Kris Rayner wrote:
> >
> > > Read this.  I found it at a place called the "Speedtrap Bible".
> > > Think about it before you race that riceburner at the stoplight.
> > >
> > > It's a myth that they only use 'obvious' cars. In the UK this would
> > > mean Range Rovers, Vauxhall Cavaliers etc. I've known people to be
> > > pulled over by an unmarked Volkswagen Scirocco amongst other things.
> > > More recently I've had reports from around the country of various
> > > unmarked cars. Not that it's much use to you, the reader, unless
> > > you're carrying around a laptop with an internet connection, but
> > > here's what's been reported to me so far:
> > >
> > > ïBrighton area in Sussex - metallic gunmetal grey Vauxhall Astra with
> > > 5-spoke alloy wheels, lowered suspension and blacked-out windows -
> > > it's an unmarked car complete with speed-measuring equipment and
> > > hidden blue lights. Max Power magazine have also mentioned a black BMW
> > > M3 with 17inch Evolution alloys.
> > > ïHampshire police are tooling around
> > > in a burgundy Subaru Impreza turbo, mostly along the M27, kitted out
> > > with LADAR guns. They also have a de-badged dark blue BMW M3 which
> > > frequents the A3M/M27 area.
> > > -----------------------------------------------------
> > >                    Kris Rayner
> > >     1981 VW Scirocco S - Soon to be a 16V :)-
> > >             "What, behind the rabbit?"
> > >                 veritech@fix.net
> > >         http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/2422/
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