Have you guys noticed so many "ghetto" people driving Crown Vics
Ever since the State Auctions a few years back. I have seen more and more "ghetto" looking people driving the ex-police cruisers.
No offense to "Moo" or anyone else who bought these cars because they are cheap, reliable and safe, but I keep seeing individuals that should be riding in the back of them driving them instead. :D |
Some of the hoopties I've rolled C3 in did not feel reliable or safe. The auction buyers can have 'em.
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I saw a old police cruiser with 24" rims pained like a " life saver candy" in Oceanside lol.
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Those cars can be had for cheap. Fairly reliable transportation without having to pay a fortune. Besides, oh nevermind!!
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I got mine from an auction in Maricopa County, AZ - a very nice dectives car with low mileage and CNG - so carpool solo with a police interceptor!!
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Ghettos love these because they're sold cheap at auction and they're familiar with riding in them.....granted mostly in the backseat!
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LoL. I bought mine for 10k (low miles det. car WITH plush seats AND cruise control w/tinted windows in navy blue) from a dealer to use for weekend work or other work that a big white city truck would not do or that my blue 89 ford ranger would not look good for (Code Enforcement). Then I got laid off and I still have the cvpi. Hey it is a comfy car, you guys have it nice. :) I just hate how I have to keep it washed all the time and since the lay off I do not have a group of guys to wash it for me every othyer day now... |
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Maybe they were so used to riding in the back, they wanted to see what it was like to ride up front?
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Calguns code word
Ghetto = non white |
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My wife drove a 96 Impala SS with racing stripes and loud *** flowmaster exhaust... She is non-ghetto
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Honestly, I think they are not bad looking cars and the fact that they are almost bulletproof and can run past 200k miles without much maintenance is a great selling factor for anyone in the market for cheap transportation.
Besides, the recognition factor in the car is a lot of fun when people move out of your way or scatter like roaches when you come around the corner. I had an older plain CVPI as my commuter because it was familiar and cheap and I don't care getting it all dinged up because it wasn't going to lower its value any. I lent it to my friend and he said it was the most fun he ever had cruising around doing nothing in particular but watching people's reactions. You can easily get low to mid 20mpg in this big V8 car and the ride is plush so what else can you ask for? |
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I'm not white. :shrug: Does that mean I'm ghetto? I always assumed ghetto was a culture of those in a certain socio-economic category regardless of race. You even have those in the suburbs trying to act ghetto, I guess they could be white or asian, but the suburbs I grew up in were Latino, white, asian, even some blacks. Go figure.. Ghetto was also first associated with white European Jews who lived in Venice outside of the city walls. They took care of their old, educated the young, fed their poor and sick. Maybe ghetto isn't such a bad word at all ;) |
I had a buddy buy one just cause it was big fast and cheap.
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Lot of them here in Florida too. Most of them white with dark tinted windows. Darn, i hate to slow down and find out it ain't the po-po. I think they should be made to strip the tint off the windows before driving the car.
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How much code 3 equipment is actually removed when these cars are de-commissioned?
Spotlights (not really code 3) remain on a lot of these cars. |
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Non-restricted items such as cages, spotlights, shotgun racks, etc., can remain and sometimes do because it's not worth the time and money to salvage. |
Ghetto Lookin?
[QUOTE=eyeruh;9698000]Ever since the State Auctions a few years back. I have seen more and more "ghetto" looking people driving the ex-police cruisers.
I was just reading an article last nite about terms racist folks use to underscore their bigotry by using the term 'ghetto' to describe certain minorities (Black and Latino specifically). I guess you would be one of them. Here is a GHETTo fact...Most of the people you see driving those cars are MILITARY. Most of those military folks are from the SOUTH;i.e Texas, GA, Alabama etc... AMERICAN made cars are popular among EVERYONE there of all ages, especially Fords and Chevys. Where are the comments about ridiculously lifted trucks with turbo chargers driven by "redneckish" lookin people? Are you assuming ALL these people are ghetto who drive these cars or did you ever think that many of these people like myself who own such cars could be successful people with better credit than the "non-ghetto" looking people? What is your definition of ghetto? Last time I checked it was a word to describe a Jewish borough during the Great Depression era in New York... Its stereotypes and attitudes such as these that cause the rest of the world to hate us. We must stop the "if its different, its wrong" thought processes. :oji: |
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Please use paragraphs and read the other posts in this thread that specifically answers the questions you asked. I won't even get started with your grammar or spelling. For everyone else get a thicker skin to if you think making an observation and sharing it in the LEO forum with those who patrol these neighborhoods aren't going to notice the same thing on their beats is something "racist." We aren't in the South. LEOs don't drive lifted trucks while on patrol or a turbo rice rocket (let me guess that term may offend you too). They drive Crown Vics, so when you see a CV on the freeway or the street then you see this: http://www.saturnfans.com/photos/dat.../ghettoVic.jpg or this: http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...4004_large.jpg or this: http://www.tuningfever.fr/pics-med-1...toria-donk.jpg found under the search term "ghetto crown victoria" you better label all of them bigots too. |
I don't know if I want a crown vic after a cop having it. They torture those things to death lol
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I would say everyone that came in here to troll, get off your high horse. Ghetto is used more as a term for people based on their behavior. Less and less is it being used to describe race or socio economic status. And the behavior is not the good kind.
To another poster's definition of ghetto and it's origin, yeah ashamed what the word has evolved to. |
haha for a speeder like me, those cars suck, because I see the headlights in my rearview and have to slow to figure out if its LEO or not; usually its not, occasionally its a low profile LEO without overheads.
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Funny as I am not a LEO, I to notice the folks driving these. Just yesterday I was cruising down 101 and a Honda civic was coming up fast on my left. One of these CV's was right in front of me. I could tell it wasn't a service vehicle because it had two older Hispanic ladies driving it, it didn't have a separator, or barrels sticking up between the seats. It did have the spot lights still attached. The civic came up quite fast next to me and then caught eyes of the CV and hit the brakes LOL! Moved in behind me and promptly followed the prescribed speed limit! I like these vehicles being out there! Stops at least some of the jack wagons from driving stupid and endangering my life and others
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Detective/Plain wrap duty cars, maybe. Transport and admin cars, not so much. |
my favorite thing about driving my crown vic is everyone lets me go first at stop signs even when the other car clearly gets there first
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Another nice car turned into a joke. Well at least they're going to be paying through the nose on gas :D
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man this thread makes me want a mercury marauder
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It's because they can't afford Impalas and the Caprices have all dried up.
So many 9C1's were hacked into donk-mobiles, that they are using the P71's now. Quote:
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Oh and another thing, if it was just black guys driving these CVs or just white women driving CVs on 24s or just asian guys driving them then I'd say it.
I couldn't careless what color the person is driving. If they look ghetto, put 24s on their cars, or even refer to themselves as ghetto I'm going to call it as I see it. Thicker skin. |
yup can be had at auctions for a few thousand bucks, v8 rwd and reliable, seen a lot of em lately
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Where I work its all 90's Caprices and CVPI's being driven by hood folk. Welcome to the ghetto underbelly of the West Coast to those who take offense.
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