How YOU Can Legally Drive A Cop Car!
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There are some really cool things about these old Crown Vics. They're slightly higher than their civilian counterparts so that they can mount curbs without damaging the oil pan. The wheels, tires and suspension are designed to hit a curb at 35 mph without taking damage. While not a particularly powerful engine, the 4.6 V8 is such a long lived engine that it's pretty regular to see them hit 1 million miles or more.
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Hi Alex, quick Carly question. Can you just leave it plugged into your OBD slot all the time and use it to see real-time oil pressure/temp, trans temp, and other stats you'd want to know but aren't on your car's dash? If not then do you know of a product that allows you to do so?
Thanks and I've been really enjoying your channel. It's easy to see that you've been putting in the work, so I'm glad it's been taking off so quickly. You deserve it.
@@Shortstuffjo yes you can but it costs £125 PER YEAR
Best decision you ever made moving away from CT to do your own thing, you are absolutely killing it! keep up the great work
He does still work with them but on a freelance basis
That's your opinion
The less you know 🌈
@@EnglishDrifts69GTxRED that is entirely irrelevant as he still has his own channel where he chooses the content he makes. that's what the cg dude is saying.
@@CreamAle yeah but he hasnt technically moved away from CT
Apparently a lot of US cops really miss the old Crown Vics now that they've mostly been phased out. Pretty much the last full-size, body-on-frame V8 sedan and very much a dinosaur in that regard now that most departments have moved over to SUVs and Chargers etc. This one came from small town Mass so the worst it will likely have had to deal with is their brutal winters!
Our winters but also the roads in mass are complete shit. Insane potholes and mass refuses to fix them. Cop cars usually have under coatings done each winter so I’d imagine it’s just dirty under but the suspension will prob be the first ticket item to be taken care of.
It’s because they’re absolute tanks and super easy to fix on top of being quite powerful, if you hit something it usually won’t even touch the suspension because they’re body on frame
I own the civilian version. Obviously not sporty or fuel efficient, but it's the easiest car to work on and parts are the cheapest of any car I've owned. it's just a reliable, tough, comfortable, v8 powered tank.
It's true. I've asked multiple officers myself if they like the Taurus/Charger and not one has said 'Yes'. The rear visibility is poor in the Taurus and the Charger is too small to have a proper divider and room for those in the back.
Where I live, the Crown Vic has mostly been replaced by F150s. Also body on frame 4 doors with big trunks...
I love this channel so much. Alex is even better than he was on CT, bringing Taylor into a lot of content is immense and the production value and subject matter of the videos are all unreal.
Thanks so much for releasing the content that genuinely makes me do a jig of excitement when I see a new upload.
Miss the old CT crew. CT quality has really dropped since Alex left and I wish we could see more of him on CT
@@usmanfarooq96 yemen, true its good for him but CT is never gonna be the same
Tehre is so much energy coming from his vids ... love it!! makes me smile every time!! :D
Seeing how happy Alex was whilst driving this old cop car has truly brightened my day!
Hi Alex, I can promise you driving a Crown Vic without the lights and markings on top is still brilliant and massive fun - mines an unmarked car that was driven by a sergeant in Ohio for 15 years before I imported it and every drive is a treat!
Hey Matt, good to see you here! I hope your Crown Vic is doing well! :)
Still have to watch your latest video on the new Mini arrival! ;)
@@OdykKayne Hi Kody, yeah the CV is still going great, and still loving it! The Mini wood fit in the boot, even easy when its swept up off the floor...
@@furiousdriving Glad to hear it mate! :D
As a vic owner myself, this is golden to see how excited alex is about the vic!
Can't believe how much content you're pumping out at the moment Alex. Bravo! Really enjoying it!
Yeah take note SAM! 😂
I was one of those comments Alex mentioned in the video about working in the cars he bought, but I must say that this is the kind of content that makes the channel special, a unique car, with a unique story and some comedy in between 👏
I was one also
I used to live in Lunenburg Massachusetts. That’s amazing! And I don’t want to burst your bubble, but Lunenburg is a fairly quiet little farm type town so, probably not a lot of serious criminals in the back of that car. If it was just one town over, it may be a different story (I’m looking at you Fitchburg) 😅😊
Crown Vics are some of the best cars money can buy, I absolutely loved mine and absolutely plan on buying another in the future. The Panther platform is some of Fords finest work, the old 80s ones are my favorite, just absolutely wonderful cruising car and unbelievably comfortable. Glad you loved it Alex!
As an owner of a vic myself its great to see one of these overseas in the uk
And this vic looks almost identical to mine minus the paint job and my lights are red, white, and amber
I'm also not surprised England won the siren competition the siren on that Vic was actually pretty tame usually most police cars have more than one siren all individually controlled some even have what's called rumblers which work with the siren and make such a tone you can literally feel it "rumbling" your body my personal Vic has three individually controlled sirens and it is deafeningly loud with all of them on
Absolutely insane videos you're making lately, loving the content!
Agree
Cheers Jay!
How have I never included a crown vic in my most desirable car list, what a beast.
These engines were built to run long durations at max speeds and long idle.
The chassis and springs were built to spec to cope with bad conditions and driving.
Truly legendary and the last of its kind.
Love your content Alex and mates.
Again, truly one of its kind!
the engine wasn't made specifically for that but it is great at that. :)
I stripped out the last Crown Vic in my city’s fleet to be sold at auction and when I drove it, I fell in love with it. I’ve had a soft spot for the Vics ever since. The later ones have 250 hp.
They dont have 260hp. 240 at most…they started with 215 and with some factory options you could see 235-240.
@@foxhedalphaI mean the very late ones with the Flex Fuel. 250 was the output excuse me.
always impressed me, how American cars with big engine's from that era, can have so few HP
@@zillo38 Lazy V8s, that's why...
@@zillo38 the same reason why those engines are bulletproof...
I worked on canadian cop (RCMP) versions of these from 1995 till2017, the later versions were much better, customer ones had air rear suspension but police got coils and true dual exhaust. They took extreme abuse very well and were easy to fix.
I got a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis in Helsinki Finland that I have had as my daily driver for the last 6 years. It is a wonderful car, soo smooth and quiet, its roomy, nice and relaxing to drive, has okay power and is effortless to drive, it is also really cheap to own and the Panther platform cars are bulletproof and can easily do over 400000miles with just basic maintenance.
I used to work and deliver around Dartford from around 2000 to 2010 and there was always an American cop car parked up on one road.
It had the classic black and white livery you most often see in films and TV.
I live in Dartford, do you remember whereabouts are you used to see it?
@@BillyCabrio1985 Queens Gardens up on the Fleet Estate. As I say, that was a long time ago so no idea if it is still about
@@caphowdy666 I’ll have a look at some point during the week when I’m home, you never know!
I had an ex-police car in the late 80's (Plymouth Gran Fury) that was black and white. Great on expressways as people would move out of the fast lane to let me through. Terrible on two-lane roads as they would all slow down to below the speed limit. 2nd best car I've ever owned (1st was a MK1 GTI).
The P7B (2010-11, pre 2010 was P71) build code made the Ford Police Interceptor a bit different than regular Panther platform vehicles. Stiffer springs, thicker sway bars, and rear end from the old full sized Ford Bronco. It also had a 300 Amp alternator, larger radiator and cooling fans, and attional fuse boxes in the front passenger foot well. The was designed to sit and idle for hours as well as have a top speed of 140 mph and will corner flat instead of lean over like other Panther platform cars. The backing on the front seats are stab proof and the car was designed to go over a 4" curb at 40 mph without any damage.
I have a decommissioned 2011 Police Interceptor as my commuter car that was a county Sherrif's car. Very durable and if you set the cruise at normal hwy speeds it gets 24 mpg. And yes. Older drivers still get nervous when they see my car. So many years of Crown Victorias being used for law enforcement still have them nervous.
This was a lot of fun! I really want to see you do some NYC taxi shenanigans now!
I’m a UK watcher, and I’ve wanted a Crown Victoria since I was 11, back at the start of secondary school - for me, the biggest challenge is finding a test slot so I can actually get a license! There’s quite a substantial fan club for the Vic here in the UK, and a lot have been exported to this side of the Atlantic for use by film companies and private individuals. I’m definitely gonna own one some day, it’s effectively my ‘affordable dream car’ :)
The Panther platform has so much you can do with it. Manual swap, engine swap and parts are crazy cheap!
or go for the pink panther upgrade pack
Can’t help thinking that somewhere in America there must be a guy that’s imported an diesel Astra panda car😂
Can you imagine 😂
I worked on police interceptors for 6 years in new England. We had some come in with well over 300k, some of the taxis in NYC easily 500k. Cheap to maintain, cheap to buy and bulletproof if you take care of it. They were phased out due to new regulations :).
12 MPG though? Wow. I think Saturn 5 got better fuel mileage.
Reason why Ford stop manufacturing them it's because I'm 2012 the government required all new vehicles to have electronic stability control which for Ford it was cheaper to ax off the Crown Vic because it was more efficient to kill it off then try to put that on a 20 plus year old chassis
@@tSp289 that’s the American MPG number, the UK number will be about 14.5 MPG. Still terrible but a little better
@@WarrenF Still, if I was getting 14.5mpg I'd be checking the fuel tank for holes
@@Natd0gsef . The roof didn't pass the new safety standard so the car was axed. They all moved to chargers and explorers.
My daily driver is a 2005 Crown vic P71
Hands down the most fun I've had in such a cheap amazing car. Literally constant fun! So happy to see this video!
Not surprised Alex’s videos get on the trending page. This is so well written.
Legit on par with og top gear
the modular 4.6 was a good engine for Crown Vic Interceptors because they were cheap and fairly reliable. but they were underpowered for the weight of the car, especially after strapping on a ton of those accessories. police interceptor fords came with an aluminum roof skin instead of steel like the regular Vic, because it helped reduce weight up high, to counteract the weight of the light bars. many cops of the era preferred the old Caprice police cars, the really bubbly shaped ones, because they had really spicy 5.7 liter LT V8s in them, and were extremely tough and quick. due to cars becoming more and more capable of high speeds, american police cars have gone towards Dodge for the Charger, with the 5.7 liter "hemi" engine, because the Crown Vics were just too slow. i once outran a Vic on an interstate, flat-straight-no traffic, in my 1987 golf gti 16v. they simply didnt have the power to push much over about 120mph, whereas many cars, including my crappy little light weight hot hatch, could run well north of 140mph when you just left the noisy pedal on the floor. the Chargers are capable of somewhere near 150mph on an open and flat highway. and more modern LED lighting has allowed them to handle better due to the reduced weight that is mounted high on the car. many of them actually mount the light bars inside the car, at the front and rear of the head-liner facing outwards, so that there is no wind drag and they have a more sleek and hidden look. "under cover" or "unmarked" police cars often do this
Made my afternoon seeing this posted "3 minutes ago" whilst at home with man flu 😭
Amazing content as usual!
In terms of sirens, the cruiser won by a landslide, a nice clear loud tone siren but the ambulance sounded like there was an electrical fault with the siren and was grumbling.
Just a suggestion. Can you arrange a head to head between european equivalent of police car and usa one . This should be interesting.
The British equivalent is just a BMW 530d. Nothing particularly special or interesting.
Fun vehicles. Had several of them across the road from us a few days when the local cops were visiting the neighbours over there. Great videos mate.
I live in Massachusetts just down the road from Lunenburg. I shared this video with the police dept. On their Facebook page. Great video!
Did they love it?
They stopped producing the Crown Victoria in 2011. Now they are using the Ford Police Interceptor Sedan (Taurus) and the Interceptor Utility (Explorer) they are both AWD. I myself have a 2013 3.5L eco boost Interceptor Sedan (basically a stripped out SHO) and I love it!
@AutoalexCars I’ve built many emergency service vehicle’s after spending 15 years of my life dedicated to them, you should so build one for the channel. The last ones I built were on traffic cops. Keep up the good work
The Ford 4.6L, Modular V8 is an amazing engine, I have the exact same in my JDM ‘03 Explorer and the 3 valve “mustang” engine can be found in the rear drive Rover 75 MG ZTT.
*2v version sadly
As a man that followed through with my own dream car... do it if you can. I have 2 custom hearses that I daily drive and absolutely love it. Ironically one of them has an even beefier engine than the Crown Vic
Love your work on Taylor and Rory’s channel.👍
The coolest car EVERRR , You Guys are just so entertaining !!😂😂
That’s crazy I live about 20 minutes from the town in Massachusetts where this car came from lol
I grew up about 20 mins from there too lol
Dream Come true stuff getting to drive a US police car around a town and getting on the Radio telling people there is a traffic warden behind!
Great content and production as always a big 👍
I really want one of these!
These American police cars are constantly outside the greggs shop I work at in South wales, they tour all the time around the uk, first seen them in Cardiff but they moved all the way to Newport. There’s a crown Victoria in white and black and also a challenger, aswell and a Chevrolet jeep patrol car
The Jeeps are used for traffic and parking, and Ive only ever seen them in California🤷♀️
I owned a 2008 Crown Vic P71 (the cop version) in Dubai for a while. Sold it to a Saudi guy who sent it back there. Really hard to come by now here - frequently around $3000 - when they do come up.
My dad does and always has sold police lights and sirens in the US. Growing up he always had a Police Interceptor as a demo car. it was fully kitted out, bells whistles and all. The only difference between it and a police cruiser was a Police decal on the side. He would use the PA speaker to call us out of friends houses, he'd put the sirens and lights on my friends when we first got cars, and we got sooo many funny looks when I was riding shotgun. Nobody ever passed us on the highway, but we did get the finger a few times for no reason.
alex is right, they ride like sofa on wheels, but have terrible traction in the snow and poor MPG. That thing lasted forever.
As someone whos grown up in north america, It's strange seeing someone get so excited about seeing one of these as I've probably seen about a thousand of them. When you see them all the time you forget there not a common sight in lots of places in the world.
Over here in the US you see former police cars all the time. In particular these older Crown Vic style. Usually the only things still on them are the push bars and the spot light. The roof lights and other blue lights and sirens are removed.
They go up for auction all the time. For a time they were a great source of cheap power. Since they all have the v8 they were fun track day cars.
Most police now use suv's, mostly Ford Explorers called Inceptors and Chevy Tahoe and Dodge Durango. If a cop is driving a sedan it's usually a Dodge Charger. Along with some vans and pick up trucks.
Jess is a personal friend of mine, he absolutely loves that car 😅
The 4.6l modular Ford V8 is a wonderful engine. Alex if you try to buy something with it definitely get a panther platform, ie crown vic, town car, marque, and Marauder. If you want one that's fast af get a Marauder it's a turboed one made by mercury and they used them in some police stations. The panther platform was supposed to be a luxury platform before they became police cars.
I used to work at a Dodge dealership and we had the contract for the Police Dodge Charger repairs. I once had to drive a On-Duty Police car for a couple minutes just to go park it. I don't think that was even legal. I will never forget that day 😅
LUCKY
The Ford Crown Victoria is basically what the w210 Chassis Mercedes Benz is to Europe. They used that same basic, robust Chassis, they also turned them into Police and Luxury Cars. I live in the state of Georgia 🇺🇸. They're a Dime a Dozen here. Everyone knows about it and I'm glad someone in the 🇬🇧 got to experience it.
The owner should modify the car a little bit. Maybe add a door mat with some naills on them to use as a Spikes, add some paint sprays in the rear bumper to spray crims in a car chase and attach heavy metal spikes on the side of the wheels.
Then to top it off, add a livery on the side that says “Crikey, its the Rozzers!” Just a thought
Love the Crown Vic, Furious Driving you tuber drives a detective version, really smart.
I compare one of these and my Grand Marquis that are both manual swapped on my channel. So if you ever want to try one of these with 3 pedals come out to Kelowna BC!
HE SHOULD TAKE IT TO BLUE LIGHT DAY AT BROOKLANDS NEXT YEAR. BEEN THERE TWICE WITH 4X4 RESPONSE NETWORK. GREAT EVENT
I had a 2004 P71, it was my first V8 as well, got it painted a dark grey and had the windows tinted and chrome tailpipes.😎
we have a highway patrol crown vic that is driven around the isle of wight quite a lot and it just makes everyone stop and look wonderful cars
If Alex keeps working as hard as he currently is, he's going to become a multi millionaire very soon.
He deserves every penny
I had one for work. It was very comfy and the transmission shifted amazingly smoothly but it sounded like a freaking tractor going up hill and made my left eye twitch. It was actually ok in the snow with studs on.
Gotta turn off your overdrive and punch it for a more pleasant sound, even though your gas mileage would be terrible its very quick when you do that
Alex, answering questions no one asked. Great work keep it up
You can also get the 4.6 in an F150 and police version of the Ford Explorer.
Saying "over" when the people of Stratford-upon-Avon have no way of replying but with waving or the occasional middle finger(?) is kinda funny 😄
There’s a house close to me who have an American ambulance and cop car. They don’t really use them and are on the driveway (and road) but it’s always nice to see them when you drive pasto
Just bought Carly. Can’t wait to use it, first sponsor that I’ve ever bought
Ayyy Massachusetts resident here. Glad to see the crown vic made it over seas to a new life
The plate on the front windshield is from my state in USA :)!! That’s so cool
Ace video and great car!
The firetruck comment at the end; it's not an American one but LMM do have an old Dennis fire engine
I dalied a P71 for a few years, it was like a cheat code for commuting. It was like parting the seas.
Great footage of a great car, Jess is a great guy too and like him I own a genuine LWB New York Taxi Crown Victoiia. They are a special style of car and love the looks and smiles from the general public when I drive mine around.
What an amazing sight to see I know someone who has an Old Ford f250 which I was driven to my wedding in back in September
I'm so glad you have your own channel now! I can't wait to see how big your channel gets!!! Keep killing it my friend!
3:04 Probably to make changing wiper blades easier? On the Crown Vic you literally have to do this because the hood blocks the wiper arm from coming up far enough to change the blades.
Also, the interceptor 4.6 was tuned back up from the crown vick version, making identical power to the mustang of the time
So fun watching Alex drive a cop car, especially seeing how low he is sitting in the drivers seat! Great content man!
(Looking for a fire engine? Talk to Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels on YT; he has 2...)
There's an Aus Highway Patrol cop car getting around in America, it looks awesome over there
I'm 51 years of age, and all I am thinking about right now, is driving around Dublin (where I live) hitting that horn at traffic lights while telling lame jokes over the PA system: 'Excuse me sir, could you please remove that Micra from the roads', 'Sorry madam, but I definitely wouldn't be posting that picture on Insta, that jacket is awful', etc., etc. I am LITERALLY 19 years old right now in my head driving this!! 🤣🤣
You are so hillarious 😂😂. I love this channel. Never boring. Those cheap car buying videos are also entertaining. Why not a video of ”most fun car for least amount of money” and then selling the car/ vehicle.
P71 crown Vic one of my favourites ! 👌
Crown Vic is my favorite vehicle, my daily, and mine is a very unique build
Great video Alex!
Hello from Massachusetts, US! 😉
Not an unfamiliar sight, a VRS pd with police lights behind, just needs the belching decat smoke to finish it off
What's to stop you from stealing them?
"Trust, and a gun"
I was rolling after that
If you really need a ride in a firetruck, please visit Poland and let me know.
I love how someone aks if we can move one of our truck and then we ask "which one? what number was on a door? Is this the one with crane or the without? Renault or Man?" and then the guy is like "I don't know, it was big and red."
Glad I could be part of this.
Jess, did it cost you for registration etc as well as transporting the car, or was that all included? thanks for letting Alex play
@@kayakthelakes9770 yes it was an around £500
Needs mot and all the paper work filling out
6 moths road tax up front and £80 registration fee
Had a black CV police interceptor for a while in switzerland, was fun :-)
All the Panther platform cars are just plush, spacious. Love em all
Some say it comes with a doughnut maker, special ray ban holder, glock holster down the door and cruise control automatically targets dark coloured vehicles
Sirens in the UK are pretty much controlled by tapping the horn to change different sounds.
Different sirens for different road locations/types.
It is definitely funny how the vuxhull corsa was shaking while Alex and Rory were making out in the backseat of the corsa a few minutes before they got arrested for public indecency even the music a few minutes before they got arrested was funny
Love it. I work with someone that rents out a American cop car and it looks so fun
My friend's dad has one of the newer Ford Explorer police interceptors, and he brought it up to our local mountain road and we had a fun time trolling people with the PA as they drove by. If it wasn't for the inboard water pump which needs to be replaced (or your engine goes kaboom), I would genuinely buy one as a daily
I love my daily driver 2008 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor first thing I did with mine though was delete the mufflers and put in a new transmission
Wow, that's cool . Get the Ford taurus police interceptor sedan, and if you need one, I got 2 for sale now
You NEED 1 of these Alex for sure!
The TOMAR grills are worth a pretty penny... and highly collectable
Fab episode, made me laugh a lot, one of my favourite channels!
So in the UK it‘s legal to have blue lights and sirens on your privately owned car saying “police“ as long as you don’t use them? In Austria that‘s VERY illegal.. Great video!
You don't see them much now since they stop making them in 2011. If they think the back seat was comfortable in cop car set up, the regular version is like a sofa in the back. Rode in a regular model and that thing was like sailing on a ship.
The crown vic was made in st.thomas Ontario Canada. An 1 hour and a half from my home town .
I’m from Lunenburg Massachusetts and it’s so weird seeing our cop car in the UK haha. Although all our cop cars are now ford explorers
That’s crazy to see someone from there comment