WATERVILLE Council OKs funds to buy new cruisers

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WATERVILLE -- The city will buy three new police cruisers this year, but will explore buying a less-costly car...
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riley baxter of ANYTOWN, ME

Aug 20, 2008 1:27 PM

pittsfield had an impala it was to small once they got all their gadgets in it so they went back to the crown vic.less maint on the crown vic sure it gets a cpl miles less per gal but the maint cost off sets that.gm scred up when they stoped makeing the full size car.we have a 2007 impala and i hate it.majet front end prob and break prob.

reader of central maine, ME

Aug 20, 2008 10:37 AM

Impala's dont get 70% better fuel mileage ! Thats crazy. Fuel economy from http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/calculatorCompareSideBySide.jsp?column=1&id=23292 shows 15 city/23 highway and the impala 18 city/26 highway for the standard models. The Impala is a smaller vehicle and is a V-6 powered car from what I've seen they are constantly in the garage. The Crown Vic is a V-8 Powered, tried and true vehicle. Also, Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor is the only police
pursuit sedan on the market tested to meet 75-mph
rear-end crash tests without a fuel tank puncture. Ford
is the only vehicle manufacturer to publish results for a
75-mph test – not so for Charger and Impala. Compliments of https://www.fleet.ford.com/showroom/CVPI/pdfs/2009/09_Police_and_SSV_Brochure.pdf Three miles per gallon difference in the city is not 70%.

PeteC of Pittsfield, ME

Aug 20, 2008 10:31 AM

Hybrid police cars??? This just goes to show how totally out of touch the typical politician is. How embarrassing.

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