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obviously scotty hasnt seen thousands of videos here on youtube of people actually outrunning the police, especially sportbikes which can easy outrun them!
“Yet even with all of these upgrades and modifications, none of these vehicles are anywhere close to being as tough, reliable, or just overall quality car as as my ‘94 Toyota Celica.” -Line from the script omitted from the video.
Did you see that 1 episode of the original top gear where they took this toyota pickup did everything you can throw at it even had it on top of a high rise building that was going to be demoed by explosives…..recovered it and ….IT……STILL….TURNED……ON!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@AAWT be in the airforce you can have military jam equipment. ran from cops a few times in my camaro ss in mexico even dipped a chopper its not that hard. hellcat uses a ton of gas and its heavy its not hard to run in the right scenerios
As a retired officer from NY I really enjoyed this clip. My first patrol car was a crappy 96 Crown Vic that was only good in a straight line. However, by the time I retired my favorite was the Dodge Charger AWD V8.
Mine was a 79 Ford LTD. Then an 82 Plymouth Fury. I never knew which brake was going to catch on the front and had to be ready. That was in the days of brake fade.
From what I was told by a female cop in training, the top speed of most interceptors is 150 miles per hour. Another friend who is a cop told me he doesn't recommend buying a used cop car from a government auction, as their engines are usually pretty worn out from all of the idling and hard acceleration they do.
Debatable, If you do purchase a used police vehicle I always go for background investigators or Detectives squads. They have not been on patrol and beat to crap. I have had multiple retired squads (47 of them) and that's what I have learned from my own experience.
If you buy a used police car in a low crime city, the likely hood that it has been accelerating much is low. A civilian sports car has done more accelerating.
@@TraceguyRune that is a huge factor I forgot to mention. You're absolutely correct. It it is from a rinky dink department or low crime area that makes a big difference usually.
I outran and hid from a cop when i was a teenager. :) We were driving in seperate directions on the highway which forced him to turn around. I had a highly modified Mustang GT at the time. I ended up parked in my friends driveway on a side street, thinking i was safe. An hour later when I went, home there were 4 cop cars in front of my house waiting for me. Thank God they were good dudes. What a dumb thing to do!!
What does 'cap' mean from replies? Anyway...yeah when we were kids, the guys were almost all gearhead in our small town and would goad and outrun cops all the time, losing 'em on backroads. I don't know much about cars, but I know my bf's was a Dart (souped up) and good friend's was an old caddy souped up. LOL Caddy went 210mph. Went over 120mph on a friends motorcycle. From what I understand, you can't go that fast these days if you tried w/modern vehicles...but idk.
Former police here: was outran once by a hellcat, I was in a Ford Taurus. Also I’ve never seen a police car with a run lock. My agency issued either 2 keys or a key and fob combo so that you can put one on your belt and leave one in the ignition. Also the keys were universal so if you had a Ford key you can unlock and drive any Ford in the fleet, whether it be a Taurus, Explorer, or Crown Vic.
Funny that you mentioned that they keys were all identical. I bought two cars from the same agency and they keys were interchangeable. They must do this everywhere...
I had to borrow a friend’s used police car once to pick my daughter’s up from school. A few things I noticed were that people on the road around me drove really well and were very courteous. When I arrived at the front of the school, the car received a lot of attention. A few teenagers actually looked nervous and I thought I saw a group of three boys start tossing items from their pockets into a nearby bush !
😂😂😂 I drove a dark colored Crown Victoria for years (not an interceptor). But back when they were police cars, I had the same experience all the time, especially at night.
@@thedoc9062 Most people can't tell when they're in service or not, doesn't even need to be labeled cop or anything. People remember getting pulled over by one and it stays in their brains.
Haven’t owned a retired cop car but I did look at one in a used car lot (in Australia). It had a blackout switch that turned off all interior and exterior lights regardless if the car was running. Apparently it was an unmarked detective vehicle and that sort of thing was used for stakeouts.
Thats nothing. In the USA, undercover cars have all those features PLUS multiple headlight and turn signal configurations. You can change them when tailing a suspect at night. Switch to a different config when the suspects car turns a corner or is temporarily out of sight.
As a former patrolman, I can say I've never been outrun because I had a radio. I'd never buy a used patrol vehicle, even if it was taken care of (sort of) it probably idled 4-5x's longer than it drove down the highway. Our fleet was turned over at 85K miles. That doesn't seem like many miles, but that's after 5yrs and running daily for 8 or more hours a day.
@@001looker oh yeah are they having a sale at walmart, sure anyone can walk into a store and buy one those, my god did your parents drop you one to many times on your head or did your just forget to take your medication?
If there's *any* cop modification you want to have on your car, believe it or not, it's the *brakes.* I've talked to multiple officers about what the PDs want most in a car. And they all say the best braking possible. They want their cops to be able to stop fast, moreso than to start fast. The quicker they can stop, the quicker they can get out and do their job. And that made a profound level of sense to me.
All cars have the best braking possible though so this makes no sense. The actual most important thing is tyres they are what determines how quick your brakes stop the car the fact is if ABS can kick in then you have the maximum stopping potential the tyres will allow. You can giant 8 piston calipers and carbon ceramic rotors but they will not stop the car any quickers if you are still locking up.
@@gravemind6536 Well, without a tire upgrade, a brake upgrade can really help with brake fade issues. Useful for spirited driving but probably not so much for hard braking to avoid a single accident during a daily commute. Maybe it would be a good thing if you live in the mountains and do a lot of downhill braking though.
As a Chicago Cab Driver for 18 years, I recommend the Police package Ford Crown Victoria. We drove them for years, which I liked for many reasons. One year the Cab Company bought a fleet of Chevy Impalas. We called them upside down Bath Tubs.Visibility was nominal at best. The next year they went back to the Crown Vics.
I bought a 2012 chevy caprice ppv, absolutely love the car. Decent power and pretty comfortable loads of trunk space. Mine was lucky enough to be a campus police car so no holes, low idle hour and low mileage.
Those absolutely suck to get parts for n I'm glad my department only has 5! They're usually all sitting on the downline at the same time waiting on parts from Australia 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
@@KidFromQueens I still find it hilarious that for the PPV, GM chose to use a Holden Commodore because they knew their other makes n models wouldn't hold up in a pursuit.
@@PupNuggs Most of our officers prefer the Vic's still! The tahoes r too slow and the caprices r too small! We r just getting the new f150s n they r NICE!!
@@PupNuggs shame that they didn't advertise sell the Commodore in the US properly and instead decided to destroy Holden. Now police in Australia are using Hyundai Tuscons... though highway patrol is getting the M5 competition and X5M now which is sweet.
Fun fact, most civilian Ford vehicles with the my Ford touch system with the bigger screen and info dash that are also used as police cars can have a lot of the police features enabled with a OBD2 dongle and forscan software on a laptop. I had a 2016 Ford Fusion and added blackout mode. It's used by police in order to be extra stealthy. Basically as soon as you turn off the ignition every light inside and out and all the chimes all go out with the ignition. You can also enable headlight strobing but not sure if that's legal.
My explorer black out while driving running or not and the door lights never come on that’s a safety thing a police car dose nothing you don’t make it do.
True, when I first started driving in a small town in NC as a young and dumb teenager.....I ran from a crown vic in my Chevy S-10 and it most certainly wasn't any rocket ship. Was completely stock 4.3l V6. That cop just didn't have the guts to keep up. His car could have.
Very few know this but during WWII Scotty was the 'landing officer of the deck' bringing in those Hellcats and Dauntless dive-bombers. That is when he used paddles, now just his arms! True story ... 😉
Though I have never bought a retired police vehicle, I know several people who own them and that is all they ever buy after owning their first one. They swear by their reliability.
scotty is a damn good mechanic. he knows his stuff. and yea look at the size and weight of a motorcycle then look at any car. it's a no Brainer that bikes will outrun the police. there smaller too.
@@jasonforrest9833 the biggest advantage is the size of the motorcycle, a motorcycle can split lanes and it can ride on the sidewalk plus they are really nimble. And yeah I guess the engine is also significant but not that much unless you are in a rural area where you have a open highway with not much traffic.
I had a retired police car from Aspen, CO, a Saab. The front wheel drive was great in the winter and I drove it till the wheels fell off, almost. I just got tired of it and donated it to a local thrift shop, and with that giant hatch back they were using it to make deliveries. It had all the bars and places to attach police stuff but no police stuff. It was the original color, and with a ski rack on it people would immediately slow down when I got behind them. I have a Jeep now.
I used to work in a small university garage that had a public safety department with 5 cop cars. The officers destroyed 3 engines in 2 1/2 years from excessive idling. The oil pumps barely put out any flow at idle speed so scored cylinders and trashed valve guides were the sad result. All the officers had to do was rev up the engines every 5 minutes to 1500 rpm and that would have solve the problem. But that was too much work for them.
Every 5 minutes? That’s 12 times an hour and 96 times a day. Would you do that if it wasn’t your car and the public just buys you a new one, no questions asked?
@@richardvale214 i would, i dont care about the costs i would rather be concerned if that thing would die on me while going after somebody, imagine you gotta be at a place fast because there are peoples lifes at risk and your car dies on you just because you didn't press on the gas once every few min
@@Maredite I didn’t realize police cars sat idling that much. But I do know that can wreck an engine because I had a temp job delivering mail on a rural route around Xmas one year that lasted 3 months. Deliver to a box and then go hundred feet to the next. Repeat for 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. Within a week I needed a water pump and after the 3 months the car was burning oil. It was a toyota celiac with just over a 100k, always taken care of. Could easily have gone over 200k if it hadn’t been for those three months of unintended torture. I had to part it out before 120k. Maybe if I revved it up between deliveries, I wouldn’t have had to.
I purchased an old sheriff's Plymouth Valiant '74 with a slant six at an auction in the Southwest about 30 years ago. No rust and I used it for about 8 years before giving it away. I had to replace the starter at one point, and the gas pedal needed to be worked a certain way to start the engine when it was cold. Other than that it was very reliable. I believe it only cost about 400 at the time I bought it.
Lol those old Chrysler products all had to be fed a little gas with the pedal to start esp after a couple days not driven or in the cold. That was a good antitheft mechanism because no one else could start them. 😆
@@KniFz yeah. I did a short ride along with a cop I knew who was off duty at the time. We ran out to park for some halfass reason. The 4.6 CVs were new and he just had to show me how fast it was. I was surprised, it was much quicker the the 5.0s. Not impressed with the any excuse to drive super fast mentality.
Scotty is the king of getting the most watch time out of one video. He basically went over the same material at least 3 times. I know the info for sure now. Lol. Love the videos Scotty!!!! Taught me so much about cars that my dad wasn’t able too. May he Rest In Peace. He was a Toyota man himself. He got that right.
The 94, 95 and 96 Chevy Caprice 9C1 package. With the Corvette LT1. Was a hell of a police car. Would run 150 plus. With a tall light bar on top. Had a blast driving those cars.
I have 3. A 94/95/96.i have a pic of the digital speedo at 172.unmodified just raised the speed limiter and engine limits rpm,fuel cut off and shift rpm
Just came from a 2015 Scotty video and its so cool to see his progression. His early videos were straight car stuff, propably edited by him or someone close to him. These new videos are almost documenatary-like with scripts, graphics, animations, stock photos, voice over. The money has to be good. Keep it up Scotty.
One thing I noticed in this one that bugged me is how much information was repeated later in the video, and the 2nd time it was introduced as if it were being said for the first time
I remember back in the 1960's the Calif Highway Patrol in Los Angeles had a few "Freeway Pursuit" vehicles. I think they were Chrysler 300 something with many race-car like features such as racing seats, roll bars, big tires and who knows what else. Were in use for only a short time.
@@xXBrianBelloxX yup! One of the counties here in Ga has a few police package 392/ Helkats. You cant even imagine how bad they run down some of these high powered vehicles out here. Most are extreme situations; weekends, 2-5 am, chases, etc.
There is the interceptor package and the pursuit package on the Crown Vics. The pursuit package supposedly has no emmision controls for better mileage and other mods for long pursuit applications.
This was super interesting, now I want a police alternator. Decades ago I had an RX7 with a 4 barrel Holley carburator and I think it was an RK turbo. Was a nurse and got called in for an emergency. Cop pulled me over, told him I was going to an emergency. He says I couldn't drive that fast without lights a sirens. Apparently the wrong thing to say was, where can I get some. Told my mechanic the story who mostly worked on race cars and he asked why I stopped because the cop wouldn't have been able to catch me. I would have never done that even if I'd known.
Yrs ago i saw a cop flip his disco lights on. I pulled over like a dummy. Cop said he wouldnt have caught me if i didnt stop. Well after that i just kept going. Country kid of the 80s and early 90s. Many many miles of open roads and only a few cops. Now we have way too much govt over reach into our lives and too many cops. Cops are the reason for crime. More cops equals more crime then media makes criminals famous so more reason to do high speed chasses to become famous
@@Momentaryghost Worse than that. Actually takes more power away from the engine. I've known some guys who prepared cars for track days and would make really a lot of power from an engine. They said they even change wheels to change ratio on alternator's gear to make it run on lower rpms, and thus to save power.
My dad was a police officer. Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s I washed many Ford Crown Vics and Chevy Caprice in the driveway (amongst other chores). This history lesson has been really fun and interesting.
The Ford Crown Victoria / Interceptor was my ride for my career. It was slow off the start but lived at 110 to 131 mph. 4850 RPM and all day long. We had 500 on the fleet and only one engine fall apart in years. Just an amazing engine and car. In around 2004 the overdrive would fail a lot at 100,000 miles but this was fixed in about two years.
I absolutely love that he does these history of or educational type videos now and then they are so interesting and you learn about things that you most likely would never research the topic yourself but is highly entertaining and interesting! Scott really does an amazing job with content! He should win an Emmy or something for his content!!
When I bought my 2013 Ford Police Interceptor Sedan I found some interesting things hiding under the spare tire that they officers must’ve lost down there. Some of the officers contact cards, a full bag of breathalyzer tips, tactical gloves that said police on them, and a few 9MM shells. It’s always like a fun little treasure hunt to clean these vehicles out after you get them!
@@Mika-ph6ku Of course not! He's wearing them gloves LOL. Besides, if it was a big deal, the auction would have had to look in the car to find "lost items", thereby moving the responsibility to the auction, not him.
My mom bought a retired Iowa State hwy pastrol car in the late 1950s. Great engine and suspension. She gave it to me when I got my license, and I enjoyed it for years.
I bought a reconditioned CHP Crown Victoria once. Most of its high performance items had been swapped out, but not the brake calipers. When those wore out, the cost to replace them was 5x the average, and to convert to the 'normal' version would have required replacing the entire wheel assembly, at a great cost.
I actually owned a Chevy impala police package, I imagine it might have been undercover car as the car was blue and did not seem to have ever been repainted, but when I bought it we noticed the color code for paint was odd as it didn’t say a ordinary color code but rather used a sort of rare paint code. When reading through all badging on the car we ended up noticing that it was indeed police package vehicle, although the suspension on it was was rough house feel just about every bump but it didn’t feel as though you would lose speed or traction despite that
Cool channel Scotty. Yes I have owned an ex cop car. It was a 1982 Holden (GM) VH Commodore 5 litre V8. South Australian spec sky blue in colour. It was what we call in Australia, a "poverty pack", like all police cars were or still are (?) here. This meant no optional extras. These were vinyl seats, no radio, no electric windows, etc. Oh, the only option that was ticked was aircon. It was my second car and I loved it! It was faster than a normal car. Transmission was stronger and shifted quickly. (Squeal tyres going into second). Everything an adolescent shouldn't be driving. It had the range of a motorbike. At less than 200km (120mi) I was looking for the next fuel station. Next car was a 1989 red 3.9 litre EA Ford Falcon wagon ex Western Australia fire department, with a range of 700km. No problems with either car. Former was traded for the latter because of fuel consumption and the latter was stolen. Anyway enough of my nostalgic rant, but you did ask.
My son is a Police Officer and sometimes I do small maintenance on it like tire leaks, helping him customize his interior for his equipment. On doing such small modification, I noticed extra frame stiffeners welded throughout the car for rough terrain. More under “the hood” than you would think. He drives the Explorer 2021 Interceptor … he says it can outrun his 2006 GTO with the LS2.
@@LisaAnn777 yeah I mean he's like no one can out run or loose the police and that is so not true cause drivers have done it multiple time already and the police lost them for various reasons🤣🤣
Scotty. You are a film maker as well as mechanic. I just watched this whole video that did not show you it just showed well edited clips and well written narration. Just wonderful education entertainment and captivating. Scotty Kilmer PRODUCER//WRITTER//ACTOR//TEACHER//FILM MAKER Well done!!
I have a 2013 ford interception utility. I absolutely love it. It drives great, plenty of power and not to bad on gas for a AWD. To my surprise it drives as nice as it looks.
Sure the radio is fast but over the yrs I've not been impressed with their ability. MotorBike cops are a different breed however. Props to those lunatics for their unique skills
Enjoyed your program on transmissions and police cars. I will never forget a California Highway Patrol car that had pulled in to a gas station. He left his engine running I was SUPER impressed. The engine loped as it sat there. I found out the engine had a FULL RACE CAM. Wow, what a great sound. A year or so later I was cruising down the interstate, oh, around 80mpph or so, when all of a sudden a CHP passed me as if I was sitting still. You are doing a great job!!!
Your channel gets memed a lot, and this is the first video of yours I've watched, but I must say you delivered the information in a captivating, straightforward and interesting manner. Great work on the editing, pairing of information with visual examples, and overall presentation.
I had a neighbor who bought a used FBI car at a state auction in the late 70's. He worked as a mechanic caring for post office vehicles and said the unmarked FBI car was a better deal than most used police cars because of less wear and tear. I can't remember if it was a Dodge or Plymouth, but it was a good looking car.
Whenever I need any vehicular info, I look to Scotty's wealth of knowledge. I highly honor his sources and input. Best thing to do, reliable and diverse. Thx
Great video, lots of knowledge! I have owned two interceptors. First one I bought in 2007. It was a 2004 Crown Victoria. I bought it with 90k miles for 2800$. That car was the best 2800$ Ive ever spent. It went to 300k miles with only a battery and radiator replacement. Very solid, durable car with a 4.6liter. Pulled my boat with a smile. Second was a 2006 impala 9C1, also an incredible car! The suspension on both were like an army tank! Although my girlfriend wouldn’t ride in it, I suggest having a regular car for taking girls on dates!
I bought a 2010 charger from a county auction. It still had the push bar and window bars in the back. It's been extremely reliable and I've not been nice to it the last 5 years I've had it. There were some noises when I first got it but after fishing about $80 worth of unused shotgun shells from under the floor panels it stopped.
We grew up with a used patty wagon owned by our father. My big brother and I would play with the siren (no light bar) all the time sitting in McDonalds parking lots and at his work. He was a mechanic too so we had lots of cars. That van was also super fun to hang out in the back in when we drove to Reno for winter trips. Back in the 80s when things were different...
I had a 1976 Ford Custom 500 ( Plain Jane LTD) with the 460 interceptor. The car ran and handled great!! I kept it for years! I wish I would have kept it! I bought it in 1981 and got rid of it around 2004🙂
A local traffic cop got the idea of using a very old Crown Vic ghost car to rejoin the fleet. Hugely successful. No one expects an old faded, dented car to be a police car.
LOL... I almost got busted in Utah by a cop driving a blacked out Charger, unwashed and with round shouldered tires. Traffic was bunching up into a pack and ramping up to 100 mph like a nascar race. I decided is was safer to be in front of the pack of cars so I got out of the pack and sped up to around 115 mph in my Volvo, I got about a quarter of a mile ahead of the pack and noticed that the charger was keeping up with me.... and then.... red lights in the windshield LOL. Of course I stopped. I explained to the cop exactly why I was going so fast was to get far enough ahead of the pack to create a safetey buffer between me and the pack. Fortuneatly... I was in uniform for my own job as a driver. I had all of my information available and insurance right where I needed. The cop let me go, but he said.... next time just leave home early. LOL...
@@monkeh55 it is in the UK, especially given people complain about BMW reliability. For police work though, it’s the way to go as a lot of others don’t have cars durable enough. And we are talking about 100k in two years of use for normal traffic policing BMW’s, for older ones or motorway police it can be much higher if they don’t send them to auction too quickly. Toyota police cars would be useless in this country, you would be better off with not pursuing.
@@CHUBBYAMERICAN interesting. We have police for each constabulary so for example Devon and Cornwall police for that area or West Midlands police which covers those cities, that being said though, they aren’t anything large compared to the US, you are probably looking at less than an hour end to end of each forces area. I assume they are running cars near 24/7 given the mileage as it’s quite a feat, especially when you are policing in the city as the MET police vehicles also have high mileage
@@Hadouken5150 Then again people have outrun the police in their cars. Hondas, Mustangs, Dodge's, and no one has, but it was tested that a Tesla Model 3 could outrun a standard Ford Explorer and Dodge Charger (most common police vehicles).
@@mannyislikethat that’s just not realistic. You really think departments can afford that? They can’t even afford to properly train their officers and you think they can afford better cars. This isn’t Dubai.
@@mannyislikethat tesla model 3 isn’t even fast either is just has quick 0-60 but once it reaches speed it accelerates much slower. a decent sports car 500hp will outrun a cop as well as any sport bike
Nice video Scotty. It makes sense that a lot of the HotRod community had ties to the criminal element even into the 80's- early 90's in the USA. My father was one of the most well known custom car builders where we are from and he made a lot of money doing it. Having to outrun these machines, explains a lot. My dad had contracts at his business with our towns police to work on the fleet. So he was one of the few people with the knowledge like this in our town at the time. Good work bro.
I have had the crown Vic and mustang police packages and love them both. The intimidation Factor is something to take stock in, because it's real. People that had known me for years wondered seriously whether I was a cop.
Scotty, it’s amazing how far your channel has come in such a short amount of time (I’m sure it didn’t feel that way to you, lol). But your channel is one of my favorites hands down and I’m not really an auto enthusiast. Your content is just that well presented and interesting! Keep it up bud, your viewers appreciate ya!
I bought a Ford F-150 previously owned by the local Sheriff's department over the summer. It runs well, but there seem to have been a few mistakes while they were uninstalling the electrical gizmos. The Driver side stereo speaker in the door was not reconnected properly, the cargo/reverse light over the bed were not reinstalled properly and did not have bulbs, and there were a few holes drilled into the dashboard to mount equipment. So far, all of the issues are relatively small things (even the dashboard holes) that can be easily fixed, and I was able to get the vehicle for a fraction of what I would have paid for a similar model with a "civilian" owner.
Well, you can outrun a police car no matter what your driving, the most escapes i've seen was by motorbikes, the main thing that helps you escape is your tactics, as Dominic Torreto said- “The only thing that matters is who is behind the wheel.”
Very true... (you can't outrun a radio) well my uncle always told me that even if it's your vehicle in your name the cops can't prove who is driving it without pulling you out of it. Otherwise you can play dumb. Even if it doesn't make sense. They can't prove anything if you got away. And he outran cops on and off his whole life up until his 50's. So up until around 5 years ago. It's definitely possible.
I owned an old clapped-out 2004 Vic patrol car. It was my first car, and it served me well for the nearly 7 years I owned it. Best damn $900 I've ever spent. I recently gifted it to my younger sister who is just old enough to start driving as her first car. Being a midwest car, I expect rust to take it sooner rather than later, but mechanically, it's been perfect. That being said, the frame has held up surprisingly well, the issues it has are mostly cosmetic, with the fenders being pretty bad (but it is making its way towards the cab). If she wants to get that stuff taken care of, I wouldn't be surprised if she could get it to 300k miles and beyond. It even survived a highway speed deer collision due to the bump-bar that was left on it. You can see where it hit the bar, but it just bounced right up and over the car with no other damage. It was a little wallow-y, you definitely felt the weight of it while turning, but it was comfortable and it sounded awesome when it got over 3500k rpm, plus the trunk is huge. You could seriously store multiple bodies in it if you wanted; it's that big. If there were any for sale near where I moved, I would have bought another one without hesitation.
This was 1970s or 1980s, I bought a used Chevy Nova police car. There was a metal bracket at the bottom of the auto-transmission preventing user from shift into the 1st gear (drag racing it). The 2 back doors can not be open from the inside. The metal rods inside the doors were removed and taped to the inside of car door (preventing back seat people from jumping out).
I really enjoyed this video. Being a retired cop I’ve been in quite a few different police vehicles over the years. The crown Victoria was a great and robust vehicle but when I retired my last vehicle was a 2015 Ford Explorer police interceptor. I have to say that this was my favorite of all. The V6 had over 300 horsepower and handled excellent. Great video
Loved the video - reminded me for some reason about an experience in Coventry England some years ago. A police car went by which had the usual "Police" logo on the side of the doors. Except, in this case, the front door had been in an accident and was in the process of being repainted, having an undercoat rendered on it. This only left the back door with the remnants of the logo, which read "lice". Loved it.
Our run the coops several times over the years . Twice on bikes once in a 4x4 and another in a Camaro. It’s gotten harder to run but it can an does still happen.
I retired from MSP a couple years ago. My favorite was the 1995 Chevy Caprice fitted with a Corvette LT1 engine. Big, fast and reliable. Too bad GM is garbage now.
You don't have to use speed alone to lose the police.. the key is urban environment.. combined with extremely intimate knowledge of the City.. you can lose them in less than 5 minutes if you know what you're doing
Many, many years ago, I learned that if you don't stop, drive as fast as you can safely do so, never look back, and have a planned route and destination, it's sianora. Of course, I had the fastest motorcycle in the world at that time. I'm far too old for that now. Drive safely. Pull over. Keep both hands on the wheel. Have respect.
Scotty, I think this was one of the best videos you've made. I was very impressed with the research, writing and the editing. Like a documentary. Awesome job!
Except he's wrong.... people out run police all the time.... Go to Houston on a nice summer night. Cops get out ran regularly all over the US. So to say this is a good video is pure stupidity.
In 2022 I bought a 2015 Dodge Charger Police Pursuit v8 AWD. Shortly after buying it a code went off for one of the fuel injectors. So I took it to a shop and they swapped two of the fuel injectors around to see if that's what the problem was while he also was checking on the lifters. Thankfully I had a warranty purchased with the vehicle so it only cost me $100 out of pocket. Soon after the water pump broke and flooded in a parking lot so I had to have it towed to the shop. The shop fixed it so there was another $100 while still saving a ton of money. Not only a week later I ended up getting into a bad accident and totaled it. I didn't have the car long but the thing I didn't know at first was to look at the idle hours. And thankfully I got the full use of my warranty. It paid off! Scotty would you recommend getting another one dependent upon the idle hours? If so, what is a good lower amount of idle hours? Typically the ones I see that show the idle hours are about half of the running hours. If I can get it at least a fraction down should I buy it?
Scotty's ability to make something so educational but equally entertaining and so in depth, just incredible. Thank you for putting so much effort into your videos
That was a mouthful. You sounded just like Joe Friday on a sunny fall afternoon in LA talking about cop cars, just a little raspier. Go get 'em, Scotty. Man, that was alot of info.
Got pulled over in NJ recently. I took my eyes off the rear view mirror for like less than 3 seconds, only to find him about a foot from my tail on the interstate. Yep,they are fast. Thank god with honesty, he only charged me for failure to follow “road signs”. Kudos, Scotty!
Great video! Yes, I owned and or drove, extensively, a 1974 Dodge Monaco and 1976 Dodge Coronet, both with 440 V8 4 bbl engines. These were ex California Highway Patrol cars. These engines ran so hot that the exhaust manifolds would glow cherry red hot, which you could see at night, when you popped the hood! I drove these cars back in the day in the mid 70’s. I still had the push bumpers on the cars and they had white tops, but the doors were painted black. I had a blast with both the ‘74 Dodge Monaco and the ‘76 Dodge Coronet as I was driving these cars when the CHP still had these cars in service. From a distance, if I were behind you in either of these cars, you could not tell the difference between my car and an in service CHP car! As I said, tons of fun, having other drivers just peel out of your way! Not to mention the high performance of the engines and handling packages, in both cars!
@@theyweredeadwhenigotthere1391 they are insain... I drive an interceptor... no way your catching a modern sports bike... its not top end so much as how fast it gets to speed... of course, I have responded to my wrecks from people not knowing how to drive at speed. My psa.. go learn to drive for real on a track and actually learn what the bikes really can do, they are amazing machines .
@@theyweredeadwhenigotthere1391 a guy I work with, who's early 30s same as me, comes in what seems like once or twice a week how he would blow passed a radar cop at 120+ and they would give up 5 seconds after they flick the lights... Edit: not sure how he's not in jail or dead yet. Michigan drivers suck and helmets are optional here
Scotty, decent video overall with some good information, but those 0-60 times for the Durango Pursuit and Tahoe PPV are waaaay off. The Tahoe takes ~7 seconds whole the Durango takes ~6.5-8.6 seconds depending on powertrain. It looks like you were comparing the Explorer's 0-60 time to their 0-100 time.
(Canada), My parents once purchased (rare at the time), and owned a retired Dodge Polaris (72) police interceptor 360 ci. engine back in the day. Special tires/rims, along with many other modifications (no interior door handles/back doors, nice family car, Lol). It was a well balanced vehicle, powerful and indestructible.
I’ve personally witnessed people outrunning cop cars and the area I’m in doesn’t have a police copter. Had a guy in a Shelby cobra blow by me at probably 200mph and the cop car was over a minute behind. The guy in the cobra was like half a mine ahead of me within about 5 seconds.
This is an interesting video, especially how people have been driving lately. I have seen so many people recently who think red lights are just suggestions
I had a recent incident where immigrants think they don't need to stop for stop signs. He ran the stop sign I ended up t-boneing him he drove over my leg after I hit the ground and now I'm disabled the rest of my life and I'm sueing him his insurance for $4,000,000.00 for future medical and pain and suffering.
@@bingbongbang8895 exactly. Just a suggestion, but highly recommend. There have been more then 2 survivors not following this advice. But odds do not favor it.
You can access the idling hours by cycling through the button for mileage and trip usually by pressing and holding for a few seconds the run hours will show, at least on a crown Vic! I’m not sure about the explorers.
Dude I can't believe I just found your channel. Awesome video. Blew my mind a few times. Well edited and researched, and I like your voice. I'm here to stay. Thank you sir Edit: Wait, I know you!!! You helped me fix my car a few years ago. You're awesome. You've clearly stepped up your game. Keep it up for the good of all of us!!
I just retired from the 3rd largest police dept in NY and I wish our police cars had all these goodies! Never had ballistic panels, bullet proof glass, or any interior upgrades. Cars are always breaking down and kept in service until they fall apart. Seats were always breaking, had one that was held up by a small floor jack.
22 1/2 years in a cruiser. Like you said, no fancy safety features. Usually fleet vehicles fitted with emergency equipment and a prisoner cage, if you’re lucky. After being driven 24/7 365, the interior is trashed, body’s beaten and the fleet mechanics do just enough to get them out of the garage and back to the precincts. That being said, I’m recently retired and I already miss driving one.
Was it budget though? Such a large station I would imagine they would try to get as long as possible out of a vehicle. Also now if they keep cutting budgets “defund” it’s only going to bring down the quality that officers definitely need
I bought a 2013 police utility, explorer. I had to change the spark plugs when I bought it due to the constant idling. Other than that it's the best vehicle I've ever owned. It's pepe, reliable, tough, corners incredibly And great acceleration. But I purchased it from the military police so it wasn't used much for high speed travel, mostly idling.
OMG Scotty! Where on earth to you keep all this wealth of information on everything car related! My brain couldn't store all that! You're a walking Encyclopedia! Great video on Police cruisers! Funny story, I had some red and blue LED light bars installed in my Audi Q7 as I am an UBER party SUV on the weekends and one of the light bars was across the top of the moon roof. Well...I never thought to stand out in front and see what it looked like from outside! I noticed people kept moving out of my way while I was cruising with passengers partying down the 101 towards L.A. LOL...turns out the light bars looked all too familiar to a Police light bar that are in the interior windshield on the cop cars! Oooopss! That was quickly modified before I was ever pulled over for imitating a Police cruiser! LOL
I went to a Car Auction once where about a dozen decommissioned Police Cars were being Auctioned off. I couldn't help but notice that 8 of the 12 had big dents in the left front fenders. All in about the same area. I had to find out why... So I found the Consigner. The Consigner said he wasn't sure but figured that it was because it probably was the Cop's favorite spot to slam People's "Heads" into during Arrests....lol.
It's nice that Ford can produce advanced reliable cars for our police forces. To bad they can't make a regular reliable car for the people. My Grandfather, who was a life long mechanic like you Scotty, always said, "If you buy a Ford, you will have a nice car, but you will always be working on it."
2006 Ford Focus 1.6 tdci with 250k+ km, we've done nothing other than regular maintenance. That said this is an european ford, no idea how much difference that makes.
And this is why you can easily outrun them. I only had one 4 cylinder that could not break 160 MPH. I wonder what the 0-60 and 1/4 mile times are on those police vehicles?
@@patrickkneitz6523 Probably not, but the Camaro was never a Police vehicle after the B4C from 1993-2002. So one could argue it’s not a real police vehicle.
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The reason why one cannot outrun a cop car: it's called "radio communications."
Scotty I think you should look into Atlanta 🤣 they steal police cars 😭 that feature don't work 😅
obviously scotty hasnt seen thousands of videos here on youtube of people actually outrunning the police, especially sportbikes which can easy outrun them!
As my dad told me when I was a teenager starting to drive: "No matter how fast you think you are, you can't outrun a radio".
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My dad said the same, I proved him wrong
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“Yet even with all of these upgrades and modifications, none of these vehicles are anywhere close to being as tough, reliable, or just overall quality car as as my ‘94 Toyota Celica.” -Line from the script omitted from the video.
Did you see that 1 episode of the original top gear where they took this toyota pickup did everything you can throw at it even had it on top of a high rise building that was going to be demoed by explosives…..recovered it and ….IT……STILL….TURNED……ON!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Or as my Toyota Crown '89)
@@eyevincast5440 It’s an inside joke you didn’t get.
The crown Victoria outlive a Toyota
@@АндрейЧерняев-щ8р or my 93 Supra
Scotty: You cant outrun a police car
The Hellcat who outran a helicopter: Oh yeah?
I saw that
@David Wilcox That's why you can't outrun the law. Sooner or later, you run out of fuel, and/or you get caught by the backup they call in.
Beam me up Scotty, the cops are here.
Rats wrong Scott.
Scotty, "Today we will look at the Enterprise check engine light."
The Tesla that outran a hellcat……don’t recommend it but yeah there’s someone somewhere who can outrun a cop.
@@AAWT be in the airforce you can have military jam equipment. ran from cops a few times in my camaro ss in mexico even dipped a chopper its not that hard. hellcat uses a ton of gas and its heavy its not hard to run in the right scenerios
As a retired officer from NY I really enjoyed this clip. My first patrol car was a crappy 96 Crown Vic that was only good in a straight line. However, by the time I retired my favorite was the Dodge Charger AWD V8.
Mine was a 79 Ford LTD. Then an 82 Plymouth Fury. I never knew which brake was going to catch on the front and had to be ready. That was in the days of brake fade.
From what I was told by a female cop in training, the top speed of most interceptors is 150 miles per hour. Another friend who is a cop told me he doesn't recommend buying a used cop car from a government auction, as their engines are usually pretty worn out from all of the idling and hard acceleration they do.
Debatable, If you do purchase a used police vehicle I always go for background investigators or Detectives squads. They have not been on patrol and beat to crap. I have had multiple retired squads (47 of them) and that's what I have learned from my own experience.
If you buy a used police car in a low crime city, the likely hood that it has been accelerating much is low. A civilian sports car has done more accelerating.
@@TraceguyRune that is a huge factor I forgot to mention. You're absolutely correct. It it is from a rinky dink department or low crime area that makes a big difference usually.
@@2hi4u2c.4 some times they use the car for stake ours
@@2hi4u2c.4 my dad was a detective. Usally the detective cars are just undercover Durango’s etc.
I outran and hid from a cop when i was a teenager. :) We were driving in seperate directions on the highway which forced him to turn around. I had a highly modified Mustang GT at the time. I ended up parked in my friends driveway on a side street, thinking i was safe. An hour later when I went, home there were 4 cop cars in front of my house waiting for me. Thank God they were good dudes. What a dumb thing to do!!
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What does 'cap' mean from replies? Anyway...yeah when we were kids, the guys were almost all gearhead in our small town and would goad and outrun cops all the time, losing 'em on backroads. I don't know much about cars, but I know my bf's was a Dart (souped up) and good friend's was an old caddy souped up. LOL Caddy went 210mph. Went over 120mph on a friends motorcycle. From what I understand, you can't go that fast these days if you tried w/modern vehicles...but idk.
Former police here: was outran once by a hellcat, I was in a Ford Taurus. Also I’ve never seen a police car with a run lock. My agency issued either 2 keys or a key and fob combo so that you can put one on your belt and leave one in the ignition. Also the keys were universal so if you had a Ford key you can unlock and drive any Ford in the fleet, whether it be a Taurus, Explorer, or Crown Vic.
@@crystalandmarkvrb ya mama
@@Tjm95 cops brake more laws than everyone else combined acab
@@Tjm95 this was funny, 👍
I was outrunning crown Vics with a 2005 300c hemi
Funny that you mentioned that they keys were all identical. I bought two cars from the same agency and they keys were interchangeable. They must do this everywhere...
I had to borrow a friend’s used police car once to pick my daughter’s up from school. A few things I noticed were that people on the road around me drove really well and were very courteous. When I arrived at the front of the school, the car received a lot of attention. A few teenagers actually looked nervous and I thought I saw a group of three boys start tossing items from their pockets into a nearby bush !
😂😂😂 I drove a dark colored Crown Victoria for years (not an interceptor). But back when they were police cars, I had the same experience all the time, especially at night.
Hard to believe someone tossed things over seeing a car. That is how you get caught and they know it. wouldn't have happened at our school
Nobody but a cop is supposed to have access to these vehicles while in service.
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@@thedoc9062 Most people can't tell when they're in service or not, doesn't even need to be labeled cop or anything. People remember getting pulled over by one and it stays in their brains.
Haven’t owned a retired cop car but I did look at one in a used car lot (in Australia).
It had a blackout switch that turned off all interior and exterior lights regardless if the car was running.
Apparently it was an unmarked detective vehicle and that sort of thing was used for stakeouts.
Same thing with my Dodge Charger RT I thought that was with all cars
That and following ppl in the middle of the night...which they do all the time here in Detroit
Thats nothing. In the USA, undercover cars have all those features PLUS multiple headlight and turn signal configurations. You can change them when tailing a suspect at night. Switch to a different config when the suspects car turns a corner or is temporarily out of sight.
I have a retired crown Victoria patrol car it’s so fast it’s crazy lol but the tints get me pulled over a lot
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As a former patrolman, I can say I've never been outrun because I had a radio. I'd never buy a used patrol vehicle, even if it was taken care of (sort of) it probably idled 4-5x's longer than it drove down the highway. Our fleet was turned over at 85K miles. That doesn't seem like many miles, but that's after 5yrs and running daily for 8 or more hours a day.
8 hours a day for 5 years, holy god
@Tommy Richardson Okay, but who asked?
That is why one needs to carry shoulder rocket with them in a car, you can't radio if you are dead.
@@001looker oh yeah are they having a sale at walmart, sure anyone can walk into a store and buy one those, my god did your parents drop you one to many times on your head or did your just forget to take your medication?
Why are they ALWAYS idling and not turned off even if they’re eating lunch?
If there's *any* cop modification you want to have on your car, believe it or not, it's the *brakes.*
I've talked to multiple officers about what the PDs want most in a car. And they all say the best braking possible. They want their cops to be able to stop fast, moreso than to start fast. The quicker they can stop, the quicker they can get out and do their job. And that made a profound level of sense to me.
I've always said this to my brother who is a racing enthusiast. That as much as you put in the engine you've better spend on some great breaks.
All cars have the best braking possible though so this makes no sense. The actual most important thing is tyres they are what determines how quick your brakes stop the car the fact is if ABS can kick in then you have the maximum stopping potential the tyres will allow. You can giant 8 piston calipers and carbon ceramic rotors but they will not stop the car any quickers if you are still locking up.
@@gravemind6536 Well, without a tire upgrade, a brake upgrade can really help with brake fade issues. Useful for spirited driving but probably not so much for hard braking to avoid a single accident during a daily commute. Maybe it would be a good thing if you live in the mountains and do a lot of downhill braking though.
More brake-checkers on the road.
None of what you just said is remotely true…
As a Chicago Cab Driver for 18 years, I recommend the Police package Ford Crown Victoria. We drove them for years, which I liked for many reasons. One year the Cab Company bought a fleet of Chevy Impalas. We called them upside down Bath Tubs.Visibility was nominal at best. The next year they went back to the Crown Vics.
Nominal means right where you want it to be, best achievable balance. Maybe you meant marginal?
I bought a 2012 chevy caprice ppv, absolutely love the car. Decent power and pretty comfortable loads of trunk space. Mine was lucky enough to be a campus police car so no holes, low idle hour and low mileage.
Those absolutely suck to get parts for n I'm glad my department only has 5! They're usually all sitting on the downline at the same time waiting on parts from Australia 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
@@KidFromQueens lol
@@KidFromQueens I still find it hilarious that for the PPV, GM chose to use a Holden Commodore because they knew their other makes n models wouldn't hold up in a pursuit.
@@PupNuggs Most of our officers prefer the Vic's still! The tahoes r too slow and the caprices r too small! We r just getting the new f150s n they r NICE!!
@@PupNuggs shame that they didn't advertise sell the Commodore in the US properly and instead decided to destroy Holden. Now police in Australia are using Hyundai Tuscons... though highway patrol is getting the M5 competition and X5M now which is sweet.
Fun fact, most civilian Ford vehicles with the my Ford touch system with the bigger screen and info dash that are also used as police cars can have a lot of the police features enabled with a OBD2 dongle and forscan software on a laptop. I had a 2016 Ford Fusion and added blackout mode. It's used by police in order to be extra stealthy. Basically as soon as you turn off the ignition every light inside and out and all the chimes all go out with the ignition. You can also enable headlight strobing but not sure if that's legal.
it's not legal to have red white and blue steobed
My explorer black out while driving running or not and the door lights never come on that’s a safety thing a police car dose nothing you don’t make it do.
Having several family members over the years in law enforcement there are really only 2 reasons you can’t outrun a police car, radios and choppers.
That IS in %99 of cases.
True, when I first started driving in a small town in NC as a young and dumb teenager.....I ran from a crown vic in my Chevy S-10 and it most certainly wasn't any rocket ship. Was completely stock 4.3l V6. That cop just didn't have the guts to keep up. His car could have.
Make sure they uphold their oath! Probably order followers....
"You can't outrun the Motorola!" was what I was told by a veteran SLMPD (St Louis Metropolitan PD) cop.
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thats about it
It's so strange to hear Scotty talk so calmly. I assumed he just yelled and flailed his arms 24/7.
Why?
Yea i noticed that too. 😊
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Very few know this but during WWII Scotty was the 'landing officer of the deck' bringing in those Hellcats and Dauntless dive-bombers.
That is when he used paddles, now just his arms!
True story ... 😉
Any time Mr. Kilmer makes a lecture video whether about the history of Lexus/ Honda or Mazda or Mercedes-Benz he uses the same tone during narration.
I bought a retired crown vic in 2006. It's the most reliable car I've ever owned. 16 years later it's going strong and I'm perfectly happy with it.
Though I have never bought a retired police vehicle, I know several people who own them and that is all they ever buy after owning their first one. They swear by their reliability.
Same. Bought a 2008 and a 2011. Sold the 2008 to a friend, he is still driving it three years later with 0 maintenance.
My friend had one, broke down all the time lmao
@imnitguy he should definitely do that maintainance...... ☠️
@@slammingbrutaldegeneracy2561 right, I didn't mean he didn't change the oil... Just that he hasn't had to put any substantial money into it.
I think your documentaries are going to outlive us all.. I bet 50 years from now someone will dig this up! It's really quality!
These are the type of videos they show you in Tech class before starting a new lesson and then getting quizzed on the vid lol
Then they’ll find his channel and think “Wow! People actually FIXED and DROVE their own transports?!!”. Hahaha!
Motorcycles that run from cops:I’m about to end this man’s whole career
Fr fr lol
scotty is a damn good mechanic. he knows his stuff. and yea look at the size and weight of a motorcycle then look at any car. it's a no Brainer that bikes will outrun the police. there smaller too.
@@jasonforrest9833 the biggest advantage is the size of the motorcycle, a motorcycle can split lanes and it can ride on the sidewalk plus they are really nimble.
And yeah I guess the engine is also significant but not that much unless you are in a rural area where you have a open highway with not much traffic.
@@DigitalAdventures1 Yep, bikes are also perfect if you happen to live in an area with many woods and forests.
Bikes are the only thing that can reliably run from cops. Bikes can hide their plates reliably and accelerate faster than cars by a lot
I had a retired police car from Aspen, CO, a Saab. The front wheel drive was great in the winter and I drove it till the wheels fell off, almost. I just got tired of it and donated it to a local thrift shop, and with that giant hatch back they were using it to make deliveries. It had all the bars and places to attach police stuff but no police stuff. It was the original color, and with a ski rack on it people would immediately slow down when I got behind them. I have a Jeep now.
Interesting. I lived near Aspen for years, and I remember when they drove those Saabs. I always wondered what happened to them.
I used to work in a small university garage that had a public safety department with 5 cop cars. The officers destroyed 3 engines in 2 1/2 years from excessive idling. The oil pumps barely put out any flow at idle speed so scored cylinders and trashed valve guides were the sad result. All the officers had to do was rev up the engines every 5 minutes to 1500 rpm and that would have solve the problem. But that was too much work for them.
every 5 minutes? you mean, every 2 donuts?
@@Shadow.24772Lol.😂
Every 5 minutes? That’s 12 times an hour and 96 times a day. Would you do that if it wasn’t your car and the public just buys you a new one, no questions asked?
@@richardvale214 i would, i dont care about the costs i would rather be concerned if that thing would die on me while going after somebody, imagine you gotta be at a place fast because there are peoples lifes at risk and your car dies on you just because you didn't press on the gas once every few min
@@Maredite I didn’t realize police cars sat idling that much. But I do know that can wreck an engine because I had a temp job delivering mail on a rural route around Xmas one year that lasted 3 months. Deliver to a box and then go hundred feet to the next. Repeat for 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. Within a week I needed a water pump and after the 3 months the car was burning oil. It was a toyota celiac with just over a 100k, always taken care of. Could easily have gone over 200k if it hadn’t been for those three months of unintended torture. I had to part it out before 120k. Maybe if I revved it up between deliveries, I wouldn’t have had to.
I purchased an old sheriff's Plymouth Valiant '74 with a slant six at an auction in the Southwest about 30 years ago. No rust and I used it for about 8 years before giving it away. I had to replace the starter at one point, and the gas pedal needed to be worked a certain way to start the engine when it was cold. Other than that it was very reliable. I believe it only cost about 400 at the time I bought it.
Lol those old Chrysler products all had to be fed a little gas with the pedal to start esp after a couple days not driven or in the cold. That was a good antitheft mechanism because no one else could start them. 😆
The boys in blue! Those guys are good! *Crashes into civilian going 106 to non emergency call 🙄
@@KniFz yeah. I did a short ride along with a cop I knew who was off duty at the time. We ran out to park for some halfass reason. The 4.6 CVs were new and he just had to show me how fast it was. I was surprised, it was much quicker the the 5.0s. Not impressed with the any excuse to drive super fast mentality.
Zero rust? 400 is a fantastic deal!!!
Scotty is the king of getting the most watch time out of one video. He basically went over the same material at least 3 times. I know the info for sure now. Lol. Love the videos Scotty!!!! Taught me so much about cars that my dad wasn’t able too. May he Rest In Peace. He was a Toyota man himself. He got that right.
It looked like he stiched together a few videos he made previously about the police.
@@BigBeans710 think he was talking about his dad
Taughty Kilmer🤓
Scotty forgot to mention that for some reason most people who drive retired cop cars look like they used to be thrown in the back of them.
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The 94, 95 and 96 Chevy Caprice 9C1 package. With the Corvette LT1. Was a hell of a police car. Would run 150 plus. With a tall light bar on top. Had a blast driving those cars.
Very true I have all 3 currently,great cars
True, that LT1 was whooping them 96 impala. Possy rear end baby. Only cars gave me problems keeping up gt mustangs, and corvettes!
I have 3. A 94/95/96.i have a pic of the digital speedo at 172.unmodified just raised the speed limiter and engine limits rpm,fuel cut off and shift rpm
Just came from a 2015 Scotty video and its so cool to see his progression. His early videos were straight car stuff, propably edited by him or someone close to him. These new videos are almost documenatary-like with scripts, graphics, animations, stock photos, voice over. The money has to be good. Keep it up Scotty.
Scotty is worth a lot of money. yet he is still sharing his knowledge with us. Thank you Scotty.
That kilmer earned what he has...hard earned.
One thing I noticed in this one that bugged me is how much information was repeated later in the video, and the 2nd time it was introduced as if it were being said for the first time
@@kusucks991 I think that was a recap list at the end to go over what he'd said throughout the entire video.
@@jeffrygagnon5506 Whatever makes you feel superior bud
I remember back in the 1960's the Calif Highway Patrol in Los Angeles had a few "Freeway Pursuit" vehicles. I think they were Chrysler 300 something with many race-car like features such as racing seats, roll bars, big tires and who knows what else. Were in use for only a short time.
Yes I remember these vehicles..they were awesome looking...
@@xXBrianBelloxX yup! One of the counties here in Ga has a few police package 392/ Helkats. You cant even imagine how bad they run down some of these high powered vehicles out here. Most are extreme situations; weekends, 2-5 am, chases, etc.
@@xXBrianBelloxX though they never seem to use imports for undercover
@@briank10101 I think it’s because the government contracts company’s in their own country.
There is the interceptor package and the pursuit package on the Crown Vics. The pursuit package supposedly has no emmision controls for better mileage and other mods for long pursuit applications.
This was super interesting, now I want a police alternator. Decades ago I had an RX7 with a 4 barrel Holley carburator and I think it was an RK turbo. Was a nurse and got called in for an emergency. Cop pulled me over, told him I was going to an emergency. He says I couldn't drive that fast without lights a sirens. Apparently the wrong thing to say was, where can I get some. Told my mechanic the story who mostly worked on race cars and he asked why I stopped because the cop wouldn't have been able to catch me. I would have never done that even if I'd known.
Yrs ago i saw a cop flip his disco lights on. I pulled over like a dummy. Cop said he wouldnt have caught me if i didnt stop. Well after that i just kept going. Country kid of the 80s and early 90s. Many many miles of open roads and only a few cops. Now we have way too much govt over reach into our lives and too many cops. Cops are the reason for crime. More cops equals more crime then media makes criminals famous so more reason to do high speed chasses to become famous
The alternator is only for the extra electrical usage. Many guys that do subwoofer stuff use the same methods.
@@Momentaryghost Worse than that. Actually takes more power away from the engine. I've known some guys who prepared cars for track days and would make really a lot of power from an engine. They said they even change wheels to change ratio on alternator's gear to make it run on lower rpms, and thus to save power.
@@piotrmalewski8178 You change the pulley, not the wheels...
@@piotrmalewski8178 yeah but the amount of power that would steal is very small, Turbos and superchargers would steal more at slower speeds
My dad was a police officer. Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s I washed many Ford Crown Vics and Chevy Caprice in the driveway (amongst other chores). This history lesson has been really fun and interesting.
The Ford Crown Victoria / Interceptor was my ride for my career. It was slow off the start but lived at 110 to 131 mph. 4850 RPM and all day long. We had 500 on the fleet and only one engine fall apart in years. Just an amazing engine and car. In around 2004 the overdrive would fail a lot at 100,000 miles but this was fixed in about two years.
Yeah, I have a 99-04 mustang with the same 4.6L engine as the crown Vic
LOVE MY `00 CROWN VIC LX w/ a 4.6L V8. It's tough as nails 2. Remember, you don't "DRIVE" a VIC, it "FLOATS" you! 😲
I strongly feel these engines lasted so long because they were severely detunned so no matter how hard you beat on them you couldn't stress them out .
Thank You for your service.
@@Nicholas211 Thank you very much!
I absolutely love that he does these history of or educational type videos now and then they are so interesting and you learn about things that you most likely would never research the topic yourself but is highly entertaining and interesting! Scott really does an amazing job with content! He should win an Emmy or something for his content!!
Well said Adam ..
I think the award for You Tube car stuff should be called a Hemmy!
When I bought my 2013 Ford Police Interceptor Sedan I found some interesting things hiding under the spare tire that they officers must’ve lost down there. Some of the officers contact cards, a full bag of breathalyzer tips, tactical gloves that said police on them, and a few 9MM shells. It’s always like a fun little treasure hunt to clean these vehicles out after you get them!
Did you contact the officers?
@@Mika-ph6ku Of course not! He's wearing them gloves LOL. Besides, if it was a big deal, the auction would have had to look in the car to find "lost items", thereby moving the responsibility to the auction, not him.
True! I found several registrations in the sunglass compartment in one I had. Another had "police evidence" tags, a 9mm and 223 round, gloves, etc.
Any dope? the one they plant on innocent victims
I remember watching Scotty a loooong time ago. Glad to see he's still around. Surprised to see he's up to 6mil subs now, but that's a good thing.
I like how Scotty uploads several times a day and it's actually good content.
i hope hes got a team now
@@5gramwood644 Yeah, he really should have some help and stop doing this all by himself. 🤣
Such high quality editing and content! High high value info and entertaining. Best channel I watch
🤣
Is he gonna stay in New England?
My mom bought a retired Iowa State hwy pastrol car in the late 1950s. Great engine and suspension. She gave it to me when I got my license, and I enjoyed it for years.
That's awesome dude!
did you sell it or did it break down finally
I bought a reconditioned CHP Crown Victoria once. Most of its high performance items had been swapped out, but not the brake calipers. When those wore out, the cost to replace them was 5x the average, and to convert to the 'normal' version would have required replacing the entire wheel assembly, at a great cost.
I actually owned a Chevy impala police package, I imagine it might have been undercover car as the car was blue and did not seem to have ever been repainted, but when I bought it we noticed the color code for paint was odd as it didn’t say a ordinary color code but rather used a sort of rare paint code. When reading through all badging on the car we ended up noticing that it was indeed police package vehicle, although the suspension on it was was rough house feel just about every bump but it didn’t feel as though you would lose speed or traction despite that
Cool channel Scotty. Yes I have owned an ex cop car. It was a 1982 Holden (GM) VH Commodore 5 litre V8. South Australian spec sky blue in colour. It was what we call in Australia, a "poverty pack", like all police cars were or still are (?) here. This meant no optional extras. These were vinyl seats, no radio, no electric windows, etc. Oh, the only option that was ticked was aircon. It was my second car and I loved it! It was faster than a normal car. Transmission was stronger and shifted quickly. (Squeal tyres going into second). Everything an adolescent shouldn't be driving. It had the range of a motorbike. At less than 200km (120mi) I was looking for the next fuel station. Next car was a 1989 red 3.9 litre EA Ford Falcon wagon ex Western Australia fire department, with a range of 700km. No problems with either car. Former was traded for the latter because of fuel consumption and the latter was stolen. Anyway enough of my nostalgic rant, but you did ask.
Damn that ford gets about double what my 2014 chrysler 200 gets on a full tank of gas.
My son is a Police Officer and sometimes I do small maintenance on it like tire leaks, helping him customize his interior for his equipment.
On doing such small modification, I noticed extra frame stiffeners welded throughout the car for rough terrain. More under “the hood” than you would think. He drives the Explorer 2021 Interceptor … he says it can outrun his 2006 GTO with the LS2.
central I'm running on electrons need assistance so I can go charge🤣
Wheres981 escapes police all the time lol
@@LisaAnn777 yeah I mean he's like no one can out run or loose the police and that is so not true cause drivers have done it multiple time already and the police lost them for various reasons🤣🤣
You live in a weak area 😂😂😂
@@LisaAnn777 I drop his dox once and he'll be done for lol
Scotty. You are a film maker as well as mechanic. I just watched this whole video that did not show you it just showed well edited clips and well written narration. Just wonderful education entertainment and captivating.
Scotty Kilmer
PRODUCER//WRITTER//ACTOR//TEACHER//FILM MAKER
Well done!!
I have a 2013 ford interception utility. I absolutely love it. It drives great, plenty of power and not to bad on gas for a AWD. To my surprise it drives as nice as it looks.
Have you had to replace many parts on it? How many miles?
Cop car: can’t outrun the law
Tuner: “hold my turbo chargers”
rolling anti lag for the win lol
@@theyweredeadwhenigotthere1391 ?
@@theyweredeadwhenigotthere1391 you replied with ... so i replied a ? to your ... reply
More like hold my laptop
@@theyweredeadwhenigotthere1391 i honestly didnt see them this is the only one that i see consistantly pop up from you.
Sure the radio is fast but over the yrs I've not been impressed with their ability. MotorBike cops are a different breed however. Props to those lunatics for their unique skills
Motorcycle officers are some crazy mothers
Omm you can't outrun them hoes a chopper tho please weaaaaak....
its not the raido is anpr cams u gotta worry about
yea they are nuts ive seen chp bikers lane split stopped traffic at 100+ mph
Enjoyed your program on transmissions and police cars. I will never forget a California Highway Patrol car that had pulled in to a gas station. He left his engine running I was SUPER impressed. The engine loped as it sat there. I found out the engine had a FULL RACE CAM. Wow, what a great sound. A year or so later I was cruising down the interstate, oh, around 80mpph or so, when all of a sudden a CHP passed me as if I was sitting still. You are doing a great job!!!
Your channel gets memed a lot, and this is the first video of yours I've watched, but I must say you delivered the information in a captivating, straightforward and interesting manner. Great work on the editing, pairing of information with visual examples, and overall presentation.
I had a neighbor who bought a used FBI car at a state auction in the late 70's. He worked as a mechanic caring for post office vehicles and said the unmarked FBI car was a better deal than most used police cars because of less wear and tear. I can't remember if it was a Dodge or Plymouth, but it was a good looking car.
Whenever I need any vehicular info, I look to Scotty's wealth of knowledge. I highly honor his sources and input. Best thing to do, reliable and diverse. Thx
I have outrun police many times and so have my friends. This dude is full of it.
a lot of discrepancies and false info in the vid.. he definitely gets an A for effort though!
Great video, lots of knowledge! I have owned two interceptors. First one I bought in 2007. It was a 2004 Crown Victoria. I bought it with 90k miles for 2800$. That car was the best 2800$ Ive ever spent. It went to 300k miles with only a battery and radiator replacement. Very solid, durable car with a 4.6liter. Pulled my boat with a smile. Second was a 2006 impala 9C1, also an incredible car! The suspension on both were like an army tank! Although my girlfriend wouldn’t ride in it, I suggest having a regular car for taking girls on dates!
I bought a 2010 charger from a county auction. It still had the push bar and window bars in the back. It's been extremely reliable and I've not been nice to it the last 5 years I've had it. There were some noises when I first got it but after fishing about $80 worth of unused shotgun shells from under the floor panels it stopped.
Adjacent to an underprivileged neighbourhood.
@@philip5940 what does underprivileged mean. Is that the same as lazy people who don’t like to work?
We grew up with a used patty wagon owned by our father. My big brother and I would play with the siren (no light bar) all the time sitting in McDonalds parking lots and at his work. He was a mechanic too so we had lots of cars. That van was also super fun to hang out in the back in when we drove to Reno for winter trips. Back in the 80s when things were different...
I had a 1976 Ford Custom 500 ( Plain Jane LTD) with the 460 interceptor. The car ran and handled great!! I kept it for years! I wish I would have kept it! I bought it in 1981 and got rid of it around 2004🙂
Cool. I have a 2010 CVPI that I bought 7 years ago, had less than 75,000 miles on it at the time, just broke 170,000 last week.
Those Interceptor motors were beasts! Had a Crown Vic that saved my life in a crash, got hit at the firewall, driver side. Still miss the old gal 😔
A local traffic cop got the idea of using a very old Crown Vic ghost car to rejoin the fleet.
Hugely successful. No one expects an old faded, dented car to be a police car.
Undercover police love the, Ford Taurus all the jump out boys drive them down here in , New Orleans
With a 4 cam 4.6?
LOL... I almost got busted in Utah by a cop driving a blacked out Charger, unwashed and with round shouldered tires. Traffic was bunching up into a pack and ramping up to 100 mph like a nascar race. I decided is was safer to be in front of the pack of cars so I got out of the pack and sped up to around 115 mph in my Volvo, I got about a quarter of a mile ahead of the pack and noticed that the charger was keeping up with me.... and then.... red lights in the windshield LOL. Of course I stopped. I explained to the cop exactly why I was going so fast was to get far enough ahead of the pack to create a safetey buffer between me and the pack. Fortuneatly... I was in uniform for my own job as a driver. I had all of my information available and insurance right where I needed. The cop let me go, but he said.... next time just leave home early. LOL...
@2000bigruss lol they have twin turbos in them and my base 370 still smokes them. I'm starting to think they're not even trying..
1979 Dodge St Regis. It was a highway car so no repaint was needed. I loved how cars would move aside when they saw me in their mirrors.
Yeah, the good old days.
Now they'll shoot at you.
No respect.
Bought a 2012 6.0L V8 Caprice PPV.
Absolutely love it.
Scotty, you should see the mileage that police BMW’s get in the UK. Easily upwards of 100k and some at 200k in 3 years of use. Pretty insane!
thats not insane, that should be easily normal on every car and bmws still cost a fortune to keep up and running and toyotas still way more convenient
@@monkeh55 it is in the UK, especially given people complain about BMW reliability. For police work though, it’s the way to go as a lot of others don’t have cars durable enough. And we are talking about 100k in two years of use for normal traffic policing BMW’s, for older ones or motorway police it can be much higher if they don’t send them to auction too quickly. Toyota police cars would be useless in this country, you would be better off with not pursuing.
Yeah, the cops want to make sure that everyone knows that they are our overlords
VERY TRUE. ALSO IN TEXAS 100K MILES IS ONLY ONE YEAR OF SERVICE.
@@CHUBBYAMERICAN interesting. We have police for each constabulary so for example Devon and Cornwall police for that area or West Midlands police which covers those cities, that being said though, they aren’t anything large compared to the US, you are probably looking at less than an hour end to end of each forces area. I assume they are running cars near 24/7 given the mileage as it’s quite a feat, especially when you are policing in the city as the MET police vehicles also have high mileage
I’ve seen police cars get left in the dust plenty of times. Those who run away from the police know what their car is capable of
It’s pretty hard to outrun a radio though.
Exactly. That's why police need to inves in faster cars.
@@Hadouken5150 Then again people have outrun the police in their cars. Hondas, Mustangs, Dodge's, and no one has, but it was tested that a Tesla Model 3 could outrun a standard Ford Explorer and Dodge Charger (most common police vehicles).
@@mannyislikethat that’s just not realistic. You really think departments can afford that? They can’t even afford to properly train their officers and you think they can afford better cars. This isn’t Dubai.
@@mannyislikethat tesla model 3 isn’t even fast either is just has quick 0-60 but once it reaches speed it accelerates much slower. a decent sports car 500hp will outrun a cop as well as any sport bike
Nice video Scotty. It makes sense that a lot of the HotRod community had ties to the criminal element even into the 80's- early 90's in the USA. My father was one of the most well known custom car builders where we are from and he made a lot of money doing it. Having to outrun these machines, explains a lot. My dad had contracts at his business with our towns police to work on the fleet. So he was one of the few people with the knowledge like this in our town at the time. Good work bro.
I have had the crown Vic and mustang police packages and love them both. The intimidation Factor is something to take stock in, because it's real. People that had known me for years wondered seriously whether I was a cop.
Scotty: “You can’t outrun a police car.”
Me: “Oh, yeah?”
Last time I outran a cop car, I was in a fiat panda.. .
You can't out run the radio.
@@noahway13 no, but you can outsmart the folks using the radio.
@@hireahitCA It happens on occasion. People also win big in Vegas. The odds will catch up with you eventually.
@@houseofbloom509 it’s mass we all outrun them 😂😂😂
I love that you take the time to create these types of videos Scotty. You’re the man!
Seriously, his dedication to graphics and good editing is astounding and so so appreciated, he's one of the few subscriptions I have.
Scotty, it’s amazing how far your channel has come in such a short amount of time (I’m sure it didn’t feel that way to you, lol). But your channel is one of my favorites hands down and I’m not really an auto enthusiast. Your content is just that well presented and interesting! Keep it up bud, your viewers appreciate ya!
I recently got my hands on a retired state trooper 2017 Pursuit.
Absolutely love it.
I bought a Ford F-150 previously owned by the local Sheriff's department over the summer. It runs well, but there seem to have been a few mistakes while they were uninstalling the electrical gizmos. The Driver side stereo speaker in the door was not reconnected properly, the cargo/reverse light over the bed were not reinstalled properly and did not have bulbs, and there were a few holes drilled into the dashboard to mount equipment.
So far, all of the issues are relatively small things (even the dashboard holes) that can be easily fixed, and I was able to get the vehicle for a fraction of what I would have paid for a similar model with a "civilian" owner.
Well, you can outrun a police car no matter what your driving, the most escapes i've seen was by motorbikes, the main thing that helps you escape is your tactics, as Dominic Torreto said- “The only thing that matters is who is behind the wheel.”
very true
Very true... (you can't outrun a radio) well my uncle always told me that even if it's your vehicle in your name the cops can't prove who is driving it without pulling you out of it. Otherwise you can play dumb. Even if it doesn't make sense. They can't prove anything if you got away. And he outran cops on and off his whole life up until his 50's. So up until around 5 years ago. It's definitely possible.
Not really U don't know what
Your talking about.
@@PatrickFrerking-u8r thay just
Take the car and lose no matter what .
@@PatrickFrerking-u8r plate flipper?
I owned an old clapped-out 2004 Vic patrol car. It was my first car, and it served me well for the nearly 7 years I owned it. Best damn $900 I've ever spent. I recently gifted it to my younger sister who is just old enough to start driving as her first car. Being a midwest car, I expect rust to take it sooner rather than later, but mechanically, it's been perfect. That being said, the frame has held up surprisingly well, the issues it has are mostly cosmetic, with the fenders being pretty bad (but it is making its way towards the cab). If she wants to get that stuff taken care of, I wouldn't be surprised if she could get it to 300k miles and beyond. It even survived a highway speed deer collision due to the bump-bar that was left on it. You can see where it hit the bar, but it just bounced right up and over the car with no other damage.
It was a little wallow-y, you definitely felt the weight of it while turning, but it was comfortable and it sounded awesome when it got over 3500k rpm, plus the trunk is huge. You could seriously store multiple bodies in it if you wanted; it's that big. If there were any for sale near where I moved, I would have bought another one without hesitation.
"You can story multiple bodies in there. Trust me, I've tried!"
This was 1970s or 1980s, I bought a used Chevy Nova police car. There was a metal bracket at the bottom of the auto-transmission preventing user from shift into the 1st gear (drag racing it). The 2 back doors can not be open from the inside. The metal rods inside the doors were removed and taped to the inside of car door (preventing back seat people from jumping out).
I really enjoyed this video. Being a retired cop I’ve been in quite a few different police vehicles over the years. The crown Victoria was a great and robust vehicle but when I retired my last vehicle was a 2015 Ford Explorer police interceptor. I have to say that this was my favorite of all. The V6 had over 300 horsepower and handled excellent. Great video
yep. those crown vics are the ultimate sedan but they were designed in the 90s
an SUV is way better
My car could easily outrun any US police car, now Dubai is a different story
@@NexisGamesATX cap
Loved the video - reminded me for some reason about an experience in Coventry England some years ago. A police car went by which had the usual "Police" logo on the side of the doors. Except, in this case, the front door had been in an accident and was in the process of being repainted, having an undercoat rendered on it. This only left the back door with the remnants of the logo, which read "lice". Loved it.
Top things the police needed in 2020: good lawyers.
Your "police needs good lawyers" joke is ... NOT funny !
@@warriormanmaxx8991 not funny... hilarious
They have the best lawyers💯😂 that's what makes it really funny seeing bad cops get what they deserve is even more hilarious 😂
They do if they break the law.
Race baiters need even better lawyers
Our run the coops several times over the years . Twice on bikes once in a 4x4 and another in a Camaro. It’s gotten harder to run but it can an does still happen.
I retired from MSP a couple years ago. My favorite was the 1995 Chevy Caprice fitted with a Corvette LT1 engine. Big, fast and reliable. Too bad GM is garbage now.
They were garbage in the 80s too. There's a reason the Japanese have dominated the markets since the 80s..
That's likely why MSP has Dodge cars and Ford SUVs.
That LT1 was a crazy badass engine. It would destroy a lot of transmissions but we all loved those patrol cars!
They got sold off after 60k miles. They were pretty trashed by then. The Crown Vic came next. God awful police cars.
@@theyweredeadwhenigotthere1391 Not the corvettes or trucks, so don't get it wrong next time.
Scotty Kilmer is a National Treasure. Thanks for all the things you do for us Mr. Kilmer 👍
Personally, ive never seen a better produced video come from this channel.. Good on you Scotty! You're doing well my friend.
I hope to see more like this. He could make a 2nd channel using this format and it would grow fast enough considering his current base.
@@docgray5004 i would give you more 'Likes'..but TH-cam doesn't work that way...Lol! But yes!.. I agree 167.8%.. Lol
You don't have to use speed alone to lose the police.. the key is urban environment.. combined with extremely intimate knowledge of the City.. you can lose them in less than 5 minutes if you know what you're doing
Many, many years ago, I learned that if you don't stop, drive as fast as you can safely do so, never look back, and have a planned route and destination, it's sianora. Of course, I had the fastest motorcycle in the world at that time.
I'm far too old for that now. Drive safely. Pull over. Keep both hands on the wheel. Have respect.
This is true. Not advised. But absolutely possible. Radio is no help if they can't see you.
Thank you Scotty kilmer, this was a fun well rounded fun documentary about cop cars, and the history of cars all together. Very precise.
Those aren’t donuts, they’re power rings!
Alright Sonic lmao
Yes power rings!
"By the power of Neptune...
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy UNITE!!"
@@kyletrummel69 Friggin hilarious!
@@kyletrummel69 oh yeah I remember that episode lol
Scotty, I think this was one of the best videos you've made. I was very impressed with the research, writing and the editing. Like a documentary. Awesome job!
Except he's wrong.... people out run police all the time.... Go to Houston on a nice summer night. Cops get out ran regularly all over the US. So to say this is a good video is pure stupidity.
In 2022 I bought a 2015 Dodge Charger Police Pursuit v8 AWD. Shortly after buying it a code went off for one of the fuel injectors. So I took it to a shop and they swapped two of the fuel injectors around to see if that's what the problem was while he also was checking on the lifters. Thankfully I had a warranty purchased with the vehicle so it only cost me $100 out of pocket. Soon after the water pump broke and flooded in a parking lot so I had to have it towed to the shop. The shop fixed it so there was another $100 while still saving a ton of money. Not only a week later I ended up getting into a bad accident and totaled it. I didn't have the car long but the thing I didn't know at first was to look at the idle hours. And thankfully I got the full use of my warranty. It paid off! Scotty would you recommend getting another one dependent upon the idle hours? If so, what is a good lower amount of idle hours? Typically the ones I see that show the idle hours are about half of the running hours. If I can get it at least a fraction down should I buy it?
Scotty's ability to make something so educational but equally entertaining and so in depth, just incredible.
Thank you for putting so much effort into your videos
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@@goge-k4eVery good advice 🌮
@@goge-k4e do you need an ambulance??
He's wrong though. Quit taking what he says as gospel.
Ask him more about those Lithium Iron batteries. He’s so smart!
That was a mouthful. You sounded just like Joe Friday on a sunny fall afternoon in LA talking about cop cars, just a little raspier. Go get 'em, Scotty.
Man, that was alot of info.
Just the facts.
Got pulled over in NJ recently. I took my eyes off the rear view mirror for like less than 3 seconds, only to find him about a foot from my tail on the interstate. Yep,they are fast. Thank god with honesty, he only charged me for failure to follow “road signs”. Kudos, Scotty!
Retired Crown Vic’s have in the vin number P71 I’ve owned 5. All were very reliable, strong running cars.
Great video! Yes, I owned and or drove, extensively, a 1974 Dodge Monaco and 1976 Dodge Coronet, both with 440 V8 4 bbl engines. These were ex California Highway Patrol cars. These engines ran so hot that the exhaust manifolds would glow cherry red hot, which you could see at night, when you popped the hood! I drove these cars back in the day in the mid 70’s. I still had the push bumpers on the cars and they had white tops, but the doors were painted black. I had a blast with both the ‘74 Dodge Monaco and the ‘76 Dodge Coronet as I was driving these cars when the CHP still had these cars in service. From a distance, if I were behind you in either of these cars, you could not tell the difference between my car and an in service CHP car! As I said, tons of fun, having other drivers just peel out of your way! Not to mention the high performance of the engines and handling packages, in both cars!
My first car in HS was a '67 Coronet ... loved it but it was a land-barge
@@johnanderson1167 Yeah, they were big back then!
used to drive cab and their entire fleet were crown vic P71's, It wasn't uncommon for them to run 300-500k miles, tough as nails and fast
You CAN outrun a police car but,you CAN'T outrun their radios!
the only thing you can do if you pass one while speeding is pray theres a road and a street to the right of that road lol
You can actually lmao I may or may not have done it. Numerous times
@@theyweredeadwhenigotthere1391 they are insain... I drive an interceptor... no way your catching a modern sports bike... its not top end so much as how fast it gets to speed... of course, I have responded to my wrecks from people not knowing how to drive at speed.
My psa.. go learn to drive for real on a track and actually learn what the bikes really can do, they are amazing machines .
And 🚁
@@theyweredeadwhenigotthere1391 a guy I work with, who's early 30s same as me, comes in what seems like once or twice a week how he would blow passed a radar cop at 120+ and they would give up 5 seconds after they flick the lights...
Edit: not sure how he's not in jail or dead yet. Michigan drivers suck and helmets are optional here
Scotty, decent video overall with some good information, but those 0-60 times for the Durango Pursuit and Tahoe PPV are waaaay off. The Tahoe takes ~7 seconds whole the Durango takes ~6.5-8.6 seconds depending on powertrain.
It looks like you were comparing the Explorer's 0-60 time to their 0-100 time.
(Canada), My parents once purchased (rare at the time), and owned a retired Dodge Polaris (72) police interceptor 360 ci. engine back in the day. Special tires/rims, along with many other modifications (no interior door handles/back doors, nice family car, Lol). It was a well balanced vehicle, powerful and indestructible.
I’ve personally witnessed people outrunning cop cars and the area I’m in doesn’t have a police copter. Had a guy in a Shelby cobra blow by me at probably 200mph and the cop car was over a minute behind. The guy in the cobra was like half a mine ahead of me within about 5 seconds.
This is an interesting video, especially how people have been driving lately. I have seen so many people recently who think red lights are just suggestions
I had a recent incident where immigrants think they don't need to stop for stop signs. He ran the stop sign I ended up t-boneing him he drove over my leg after I hit the ground and now I'm disabled the rest of my life and I'm sueing him his insurance for $4,000,000.00 for future medical and pain and suffering.
@@silentdeath9237 Best of luck to you. I got hit while riding my motorcycle 🏍 and it for sure is a struggle. A life changing event.
They are. Just a very important suggestion enforced by police and judges. I recommend taking the suggestion.
@@mstrfool. .Yeah, like when my skydiving instructor tells me to pull the cord.
@@bingbongbang8895 exactly. Just a suggestion, but highly recommend. There have been more then 2 survivors not following this advice. But odds do not favor it.
You can access the idling hours by cycling through the button for mileage and trip usually by pressing and holding for a few seconds the run hours will show, at least on a crown Vic! I’m not sure about the explorers.
Dude I can't believe I just found your channel. Awesome video. Blew my mind a few times. Well edited and researched, and I like your voice. I'm here to stay. Thank you sir
Edit: Wait, I know you!!! You helped me fix my car a few years ago. You're awesome. You've clearly stepped up your game. Keep it up for the good of all of us!!
I just retired from the 3rd largest police dept in NY and I wish our police cars had all these goodies! Never had ballistic panels, bullet proof glass, or any interior upgrades. Cars are always breaking down and kept in service until they fall apart. Seats were always breaking, had one that was held up by a small floor jack.
Thank you for terrorizing civilians and carrying out tyrannical orders
22 1/2 years in a cruiser. Like you said, no fancy safety features. Usually fleet vehicles fitted with emergency equipment and a prisoner cage, if you’re lucky. After being driven 24/7 365, the interior is trashed, body’s beaten and the fleet mechanics do just enough to get them out of the garage and back to the precincts.
That being said, I’m recently retired and I already miss driving one.
Was it budget though? Such a large station I would imagine they would try to get as long as possible out of a vehicle. Also now if they keep cutting budgets “defund” it’s only going to bring down the quality that officers definitely need
I bought a 2013 police utility, explorer. I had to change the spark plugs when I bought it due to the constant idling. Other than that it's the best vehicle I've ever owned. It's pepe, reliable, tough, corners incredibly And great acceleration.
But I purchased it from the military police so it wasn't used much for high speed travel, mostly idling.
Well in Farmington AR this year a old Chevy Tahoe out ran a state trooper it just drove out of his life and was never caught
OMG Scotty! Where on earth to you keep all this wealth of information on everything car related! My brain couldn't store all that! You're a walking Encyclopedia! Great video on Police cruisers! Funny story, I had some red and blue LED light bars installed in my Audi Q7 as I am an UBER party SUV on the weekends and one of the light bars was across the top of the moon roof. Well...I never thought to stand out in front and see what it looked like from outside! I noticed people kept moving out of my way while I was cruising with passengers partying down the 101 towards L.A. LOL...turns out the light bars looked all too familiar to a Police light bar that are in the interior windshield on the cop cars! Oooopss! That was quickly modified before I was ever pulled over for imitating a Police cruiser! LOL
I went to a Car Auction once where about a dozen decommissioned Police Cars were being Auctioned off. I couldn't help but notice that 8 of the 12 had big dents in the left front fenders. All in about the same area. I had to find out why...
So I found the Consigner. The Consigner said he wasn't sure but figured that it was because it probably was the Cop's favorite spot to slam People's "Heads" into during Arrests....lol.
@Tommy Richardson that’s what I was about to say
Probably from performing pit maneuvers
The dents are from the officers who used the cars performing PIT maneuvers on a evading vehicle.
“ I got faith behind my high speed in this SRT “ blrrrd
@ 3:51 that Police Truck is 4 wheel drive..It does not necessarily look like and FWD Four Wheel Drive Auto Corp Either..
It's nice that Ford can produce advanced reliable cars for our police forces. To bad they can't make a regular reliable car for the people. My Grandfather, who was a life long mechanic like you Scotty, always said, "If you buy a Ford, you will have a nice car, but you will always be working on it."
2006 Ford Focus 1.6 tdci with 250k+ km, we've done nothing other than regular maintenance. That said this is an european ford, no idea how much difference that makes.
I purchased a 2013 interceptor utility with 72k miles on it. Was a K-9 unit so it was very well maintained. It is a great vehicle.
The fastest police vehicle in the USA is actually the 2011-2017 Chevrolet Caprice PPV with a top speed of 155 MPH, the Explorer is the quickest.
And this is why you can easily outrun them. I only had one 4 cylinder that could not break 160 MPH. I wonder what the 0-60 and 1/4 mile times are on those police vehicles?
@@vapemedical938 The 6.0L Caprice does 0-60 around 5.5-6.0 second range.
Yeah, you guys read a lot. We get it.
@@hornetbrown 😂😉😎
@@patrickkneitz6523 Probably not, but the Camaro was never a Police vehicle after the B4C from 1993-2002. So one could argue it’s not a real police vehicle.