Good thing crown vics top out @ 132

I was on my way home from the broads house and I was going about 100mph. I came around a curve and there was a statey. My initial reaction was let off the throttle but i was going 100 and as soon as I cam around the turn he put his lights on. At that point I panicked and mashed the throttle. Mainly because I thought i would lose my lisence for going 45 over the limit. Next thing i knew i had the speedo @ 155. I keep looking in the mirror and the lights are just getting farther and farther away. Luckily I got around a large curve and was coming up on triple split and I went the way i would normally go home and was out of his sight before he came around the curve. So i killed a police interceptor crown vic. Do you think he had his car topped out? Or did he not pursue because of the high speeds? Also the speedo in our cars goes to 155 if you go over 155 will the needle go past 155 or will it stay there. I could have sworn i was still accelerating but the needle wasn't going past 155.

You are a genius!

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I was on my way home from the broads house and I was going about 100mph. I came around a curve and there was a statey. My initial reaction was let off the throttle but i was going 100 and as soon as I cam around the turn he put his lights on. At that point I panicked and mashed the throttle. Mainly because I thought i would lose my lisence for going 45 over the limit. Next thing i knew i had the speedo @ 155. I keep looking in the mirror and the lights are just getting farther and farther away. Luckily I got around a large curve and was coming up on triple split and I went the way i would normally go home and was out of his sight before he came around the curve. So i killed a police interceptor crown vic. Do you think he had his car topped out? Or did he not pursue because of the high speeds? Also the speedo in our cars goes to 155 if you go over 155 will the needle go past 155 or will it stay there. I could have sworn i was still accelerating but the needle wasn't going past 155.

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Depending upon your gear ratio you can go faster than 155 but I have 3.23's and mine is dyno verified at 155ish top end. The 2.73's can go higher but you have to have some decent mods to allow for the motor to rev high enough.


In either case, I would let ur car lay low for a while. Its not particularly a good thing that you just outran a state patrol car. :toetap:

hahahaha thats great . . . i had a buddy in a 96 z try to out run a cop like that on the interstate at like 3 in the morn. he was drunk and said he had her up to 140-150. he said the cop disappeared so my buddy got off an exit. and when he was almost home he saw headlights and cop lights turn on right on his ass. he thinks the cop was followin him with no headlights the whole time . . pretty funny story except he got his license taken away and he had to sell the z lol

I know the car can go faster than 155. My question was does the speedo stop at 155, or will it go past the 155 mark and keep going. Kind of like when you fill your gas tank and the needle goes past the full mark.

Anyway I don't know what i was thinking because i normally pull over. But it was 100 in a 55 so i panicked. There was maybe one car i passed the whole time. I did 155 then slowed to 95 at the split and then back up to 155 no problem. I was surprised how well the car handled the whole time.

I won't be driving my car for a while, it's snowing here now and I won't take it out. I have a POS isuzu trooper for dd. But the brake lights don't light up when you brake so i'm gonna get pulled over in that eventually anyway.

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You are a genius!

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That's me.

ya i was doin 90 the other day in my T/A and passed one of those big suburban statey's and i have a terrible record so i almost punched it cuz those things gotta only b able to 90 or 100 and ive hit 150 in my car and she had plenty more but unfortunately i pulled over and got 85 in a 70 so well see what happens

Yea after i gunned it i was like WTF am i doing. And he knew i was on it cuz my exhaust is loud.

ya my exhaust is loud as fuck plus i knew i could outrun the one suburban but you cant outrun the motorola radios

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Originally Posted by Heartbreak1

Depending upon your gear ratio you can go faster than 155 but I have 3.23's and mine is dyno verified at 155ish top end. The 2.73's can go higher but you have to have some decent mods to allow for the motor to rev high enough.

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If you had the power to pull through...your top speed in 4th gear is 209MPH. 3.23's and A4 redlining at 6200RPM's
2.73 would be 248MPH.


Of course, you won't EVER see that. Even with all the power in the world in our cars. At least not in a streetable version.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

If you had the power to pull through...your top speed in 4th gear is 209MPH. 3.23's and A4 redlining at 6200RPM's
2.73 would be 248MPH.


Of course, you won't EVER see that. Even with all the power in the world in our cars. At least not in a streetable version.

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I wasn't factoring the speed you could hit if there was no drag coefficient. ;)

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I know the car can go faster than 155. My question was does the speedo stop at 155, or will it go past the 155 mark and keep going. Kind of like when you fill your gas tank and the needle goes past the full mark.

Anyway I don't know what i was thinking because i normally pull over. But it was 100 in a 55 so i panicked. There was maybe one car i passed the whole time. I did 155 then slowed to 95 at the split and then back up to 155 no problem. I was surprised how well the car handled the whole time.

I won't be driving my car for a while, it's snowing here now and I won't take it out. I have a POS isuzu trooper for dd. But the brake lights don't light up when you brake so i'm gonna get pulled over in that eventually anyway.

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Hopefully the state troopers don't have the common sense to check car forums after something like this happens. If they do, it won't be hard to find you. You probably shouldn't be bragging about this.

I have ran once, and it was on my bike. It was a huge rush, but I dont want to do it again. Glad to hear you got away.

I outran cops before in my 300ZX, thank god for nissan and their handling hehe

Damn thats nuts that happend to me while racing a friend in his Mustang, cop flips a bitch and goes after the cloesest car to him.....Thank god I went with a TA and not a slow ass GT lol.....So stuid tho and never agin unless im on my death bed or something haha !

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Damn thats nuts that happend to me while racing a friend in his Mustang, cop flips a bitch and goes after the cloesest car to him.....Thank god I went with a TA and not a slow ass GT lol.....So stuid tho and never agin unless im on my death bed or something haha !

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ya i was racing a sloobalt SS my first week up here at school and somehow there was a cop behind us he also went for the slow car. i booked it into a sidestreet and switched drivers cuz i had a full car and wasnt allowed to drive people

restricted liscense

SS=Super Slow lol ok im lame.....

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I was on my way home from the broads house and I was going about 100mph. I came around a curve and there was a statey. My initial reaction was let off the throttle but i was going 100 and as soon as I cam around the turn he put his lights on. At that point I panicked and mashed the throttle. Mainly because I thought i would lose my lisence for going 45 over the limit. Next thing i knew i had the speedo @ 155. I keep looking in the mirror and the lights are just getting farther and farther away. Luckily I got around a large curve and was coming up on triple split and I went the way i would normally go home and was out of his sight before he came around the curve. So i killed a police interceptor crown vic. Do you think he had his car topped out? Or did he not pursue because of the high speeds? Also the speedo in our cars goes to 155 if you go over 155 will the needle go past 155 or will it stay there. I could have sworn i was still accelerating but the needle wasn't going past 155.

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well glad nothing serious happened. and I hope you waved at him, last encounter I had I got hit by a laser going 100 in a 50. I drew a blank so I threw him a wave, his facial expression was priceless. I didn't floor it though I just took the next offramp around the bend and went and hung out at the local speed shop for a good half hour. best part was when I finally got back on the highway I passed the same trooper going the opposite direction and all he did is point at me. I love divided highways..

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Hopefully the state troopers don't have the common sense to check car forums after something like this happens. If they do, it won't be hard to find you. You probably shouldn't be bragging about this.

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You watch too many movies...

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well glad nothing serious happened. and I hope you waved at him, last encounter I had I got hit by a laser going 100 in a 50. I drew a blank so I threw him a wave, his facial expression was priceless. I didn't floor it though I just took the next offramp around the bend and went and hung out at the local speed shop for a good half hour. best part was when I finally got back on the highway I passed the same trooper going the opposite direction and all he did is point at me. I love divided highways..

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Lol thats cool. Some cops are lazy, he may have been an f-bod owner.

this thread is too funny. in high school, my buddy out-ran a cop in his z28. so when i was speeding in my 1989 ford tempo (i was doing 60 in what i thought was a 40) and a cop swung a u-turn when i passed so i put the hammer down to make my get away. i know, i know, in a ford tempo!?!:screwy:i ducked into a housing development and tried to speed away. i probably kept going for about a good minute until he was right on my tail so then i pulled over. he wasnt too happy and asked why i was running. he then searched my car and let me go with a warning. :woot2:

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Originally Posted by 02ultraZ

I know the car can go faster than 155. My question was does the speedo stop at 155, or will it go past the 155 mark and keep going. Kind of like when you fill your gas tank and the needle goes past the full mark.

Anyway I don't know what i was thinking because i normally pull over. But it was 100 in a 55 so i panicked. There was maybe one car i passed the whole time. I did 155 then slowed to 95 at the split and then back up to 155 no problem. I was surprised how well the car handled the whole time.

I won't be driving my car for a while, it's snowing here now and I won't take it out. I have a POS isuzu trooper for dd. But the brake lights don't light up when you brake so i'm gonna get pulled over in that eventually anyway.

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it'll go past it a little bit, yes

The needle will keep going until it gets stuck.....


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That's me.

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LOL I learned the heard way. Its cheaper to pull over, trust me. :ughlaugh:

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Originally Posted by Tyler_LS1

The needle will keep going until it gets stuck.....

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:lmao: Thanks for clearing that up for me...How come the engine is still cold if you are revving it at 8k?

Lol, my needles spike on cold start-up too. Nice job snappin a shot that quick, haha.

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The needle will keep going until it gets stuck.....

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damn... aparrently i do not have the cojones to push it that far....lol

i have ran from the cops a few times, some times on the bike and a few in one of my cars, never been caught but i finally smartened up,

fyi if you are running and the dumb ass pig chasing you hits someone and they die its just like you killed them, so then you go away for manslaughter, just remember that the next time you wanna run, just pull over and man up.

Well i ran under the circumstances that were at hand. I did pass on car from where i saw the cop and got to my house. It was late at night and i know there was no way he saw my plates. Like i said in the OP i normally pull over and respect cops, I don't get smart with them or bitch unless they try to pin me for something I didn't do. Even then i talk to them respectfully and try to solve the situation instead of being a dick and making it worse.

yeah man i know, i wasnt directing my comment at you i was just saying, i have talked to you before on here and your a cool guy,

btw my 99ss has been gps'd at 168mph.

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The needle will keep going until it gets stuck.....

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Hauling ass...in my garage. :lol:
http://www.arbybean.com/ar/images/Swap086-2.JPG

My GrandAm does that...must be a Pontiac thing.

yea my girls grand am does that shit but tyler ls1's maro does it. My Z doesn't do it though, it's an 02...

Yea, my Z is a 98 and it doesn't do it either.

after i installed my diablo sport tuner, my camaro did that, i dont know why kinda weird.

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yeah man i know, i wasnt directing my comment at you i was just saying, i have talked to you before on here and your a cool guy,

btw my 99ss has been gps'd at 168mph.

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:eek: that's damn fast man. So did the speedo needle get stuck on the volt meter?

yeah pretty much, the day before my buddy drove my car cause he really wanted to and he had his gf in the back seat, and we came down a really straight long section of road and he asked if he could floor it i said hell yeah, i was shocked that it got up to 140 so quickly and had more in it, so the next day i had to see what it would do lol

haha nice, but i will be the only one driving my car. EVAR. Unless i can't for some reason like i lose my legs.

lol, my 99 eh, my 02 hell yeah, i barely let people sit in it haha lol,

Well.. I guess Ill add my couple of stories..
First...i was doing about 125 racing a couple of buds on the parkway in the middle of the night in my military blazer...i was like 1/4 mile from the exit so we started easing off and then a car way off in the distance pulls into the median. and i see someone jump out... and then i notice is a crown vic... with a giant KY seal on the side.. so we know were screwed. he pulls in behind me (i was in the middle) and my bud gets on the cops butt.. anyway i use all the signals and look while exiting and he turns on his spotlight and starts to pass me on the shoulder.. Then my bud behind him run the stopsign at the exit ramp and drifts around it... so the cop does a uturn and snags him.. so running the sign.. so i punched it and disappeared into suburbia for about 30 minutes..i get a phone call and find out that the cop gave him a ticket for running the stop sign but he knows his parents so if his parents call him..(hes like 23) hell get rid of the ticket.. and he tells him that his two friends needs to slow the "fudge" down...lucky lucky we are.
about a mile from my house there is a truck stop and i was doing about 85 in a 35 at 3 oclock in the morning.. again... when i see about 6 stateboys hidin in the middle of two truck trailer... i see blue illuminate the adjacent area so i just punch it and dont let off until i hit the driveway and i turn off my car and about 10 seconds later see them scream by the driveway. w00t

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:lmao: Thanks for clearing that up for me...How come the engine is still cold if you are revving it at 8k?

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Lol, my needles spike on cold start-up too. Nice job snappin a shot that quick, haha.

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damn... aparrently i do not have the cojones to push it that far....lol

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That pic was taken after i had recked, that was on my Black 99 SS.
I couldnt help but snap a pic.

The Speedo got caught on the voltage meter or it may have gone a bit farther lol

The reason the Gauges sweep is either you need to charge the batt. or check connections, My current SS did that until i put it on a batt. tender for the night and it went a way

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Hauling ass...in my garage. :lol:

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did you catch yours on the sweep?

You are hit with a sudden, should I floor it or stop question which burns in your brain for a long time. It is now or never. Once you floor it, you have to do some death defying stunts that have a 90% chance of putting you in your grave. Or suck it up, puss out, and take the massive ticket.

In my 01 Cobra the same thing happened. Coming from my ex's house one Sunday morning, a drive I knew like the back of my hand, had taken it many times not going under 100 mph for any curves. Lo and behold I come around a curve, not really killing it, but making about 90 or so, and there was a Trooper in the distance coming in the opposite direction. It was a straightaway for about a mile, and I knew he already had me clocked. He had even pulled off the road waiting for me to pass before I had even got there.

I was given the perfect opportunity to smoke the shit out of a Trooper on a practically deserted road, one that I could easily leave his ass and be at the house in 10 minutes if I topped out on the two straightaways.

I pussed out and pulled over and received an 80 in a 55. The guy turned out to be pretty cool, asking me about my car and what SVT means. Still don't know if I made the right decision. But hey, so many things could have went wrong. What if the cop had gotten killed chasing me and they would have my plates on the cops video? What if someone would have pulled out in front of me, a family going to church? I had to run two stop signs to make it free and clear. Which is pretty damn dangerous anyway.

If it would have been a deserted highway, I prolly would have taken my chances, but in that instance I thought discretion was the better part of valor.

I have outrun a cop before on a Banshee, almost flipped it twice, man what a heart-pounding thrill. But still, it was one of those "man am I glad I ain't dead" feelings. Plus he chased me down a dirt road, and I fishtailed it all the way down so he couldn't see shit. I could barely see his lights in all the dust.

Sure, it was a crazy good feeling, adrenaline pumping so hard I couldn't stop shaking, but I didn't want to do it again.

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I outran cops before in my 300ZX, thank god for nissan and their handling hehe

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ya i outran the state boys in my nissan too it will proly happen more after o get my ls1 tho lol:firedevil:

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did you catch yours on the sweep?

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Nope.

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Originally Posted by 02ultraZ

...........and was coming up on triple split........

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:hi: Was it the 322, Airport, 81 split?
Sounds like some :drivin:

when I was a teen I outrun (well got away lol) from the cops in a 1980 honda civic that wouldnt do a lick over 95 mph. arrested the next day on my job :nono:

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:hi: Was it the 322, Airport, 81 split?
Sounds like some :drivin:

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Small world....I work in Middletown and know exactly what you're talking about. unless it's late I don't think I could get away from a cop on that road, I think what I would try to do if it were late and I were the type to run is hit 81 north, then try to get one of the exits out towards hershey/lebanon and hit all the back roads.

400hp evo + twisty PA backroads = I win

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:hi: Was it the 322, Airport, 81 split?
Sounds like some :drivin:

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I was heading to harrisburg from Carlisle on 81, got to the split that you are talking about, the statey was still on the bridge when i took 322 towards my exit. You know where it's at i met you that morning before we headed to the drag strip. I had passed the trooped on 81 when i was three lanes and you can see the patriot news building on the right hand side. I had that nice straight away, then the bridge straight away, and then 322 is pretty straight. It was nice having three lanes to do it in, an i only passed one car on 322.

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It was nice having three lanes to do it in, an i only passed one car on 322.

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Bet you he messed in his pants went you flew by him :ughlaugh:

my neighbor is a cop and said his buddy clocked his magnum (cop car) at 147mph when he let off and says he can take my firehawk but wont race me. dont worry i keep my salt shaker handy. i think the crown vics are good for 140-150 but depending on what part of the country your in and the sargent on duty depends on what speeds the cop can go. if you had robbed a bank or killed someone you might have seen what that crown vic could do. i was on a dirtbike in the street when a cop saw me i dipped off in the woods and it wasnt much of a chase.

im not sure where i heard it, it may have been on here that crown vics top out at 132. I think it was another kill story about some kid that was runnin. When he pulled over the cop asked him how fast he was going because the cop had his pinned at 132. The reason he got caught was because another trooper was waiting for him at an over pass ahead of him so he pulled over...

Motor trend tested one of those magnum cop cars, and with all that extra stuff they were slow as hell. Not as slow as the Vics, but you will have no problem leaving one with a stock LS1. That is, as long as you don't have 700 lbs of stereo equipment in the back.

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Motor trend tested one of those magnum cop cars, and with all that extra stuff they were slow as hell. Not as slow as the Vics, but you will have no problem leaving one with a stock LS1. That is, as long as you don't have 700 lbs of stereo equipment in the back.

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And if i remember correctly the article said all it would take was a miata to outrun a crown vic

A miata?! I know a crown vic can accelerate faster than a miata, but it might not top out as high.

yeah, i looked it up it was the 06 mx-5 that they used against the crown vic. The MX-5's driving dynamics, power-to-weight ratio, engaging engine response, and short-throw shifter were the reasons given for it being able to beat the crown vic.

I see. When i hear miata i immediately think of those homomobiles they made back in the early 90's that could fit in your pocket...

yeah know what ya mean. a trans am can be tight but those damn miatas feel like your in a coffen, pull out in front of another car and you might well be in one of those things. what i really love is seeing is big guys in those things just looks like a clown car to me then.

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im not sure where i heard it, it may have been on here that crown vics top out at 132. I think it was another kill story about some kid that was runnin. When he pulled over the cop asked him how fast he was going because the cop had his pinned at 132. The reason he got caught was because another trooper was waiting for him at an over pass ahead of him so he pulled over...

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132 is about right. All that equipment really is heavier than most people think. One good thing about a Crown Vic though, it's a good car to drive at higher speeds. It doesn't have many surprises and the steering is pretty neutral. It won't stick like a performance car but the cop drives it all day long, day after day. He usually can drive it to its limit for long periods without losing it. That is probably what gets more people caught - and wrecked - than anything else.

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132 is about right. All that equipment really is heavier than most people think. One good thing about a Crown Vic though, it's a good car to drive at higher speeds. It doesn't have many surprises and the steering is pretty neutral. It won't stick like a performance car but the cop drives it all day long, day after day. He usually can drive it to its limit for long periods without losing it. That is probably what gets more people caught - and wrecked - than anything else.

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Yea for sure plus they are trained for those types of situations. Fortunately 132 just doesn't cut it in all circumstances...

And they don't have great acceleration out of turns, I mean, you can really leave one on some twisties.

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And they don't have great acceleration out of turns, I mean, you can really leave one on some twisties.

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Be serious. They don't have great acceleration at any time. They have decent pick up in a straight line, but nothing to write home about.

A GOOD driver can leave one if they have a better car and can drive to its potential. You would be surprised how many can't.

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Be serious. They don't have great acceleration at any time. They have decent pick up in a straight line, but nothing to write home about.

A GOOD driver can leave one if they have a better car and can drive to its potential. You would be surprised how many can't.

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how many people can't leave one? or how many cops can't drive?

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how many people can't leave one? or how many cops can't drive?

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How many don't get away because they have more car than they can drive. They end up wrecking.

But in all fairness, some cops can't drive either. Seen that firsthand as well.

no car an out run a radio though i dont care how much power you have,

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no car an out run a radio though i dont care how much power you have,

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WORD!

I personally would never run. A speeding ticket or time in jail for that matter isn't worth wrecking my car, killing somebody, killing myself. It's only money! I'm not rich but I'd rather pay than :suicide:

In the meantime I'll enjoy all the stories posted on this and similar threads. That "Getaway Stories" thread is classic! Exciting stuff no doubt, but I'm happy to say I have nothing to contribute to those threads.

About 6 months ago I was going thru a town that is natorious for speed traps. I was peeding and knew I was going to get a speeding ticket. I was freindly, handed him the info, actually laughed about it. I went off when he came back with a ticket for running a yield sign. How do you run a yield sign. I got pulled on morning for 90 in a 55, the cop let me go.

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I went off when he came back with a ticket for running a yield sign. How do you run a yield sign.

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That's porked!

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my neighbor is a cop and said his buddy clocked his magnum (cop car) at 147mph when he let off and says he can take my firehawk but wont race me. dont worry i keep my salt shaker handy. i think the crown vics are good for 140-150 but depending on what part of the country your in and the sargent on duty depends on what speeds the cop can go. if you had robbed a bank or killed someone you might have seen what that crown vic could do. i was on a dirtbike in the street when a cop saw me i dipped off in the woods and it wasnt much of a chase.

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The only way a Crown Vic will do 140 is if you drive it off a cliff! :)

apparantly i outran the radio, but i think i got ahead fast enough and there were so many splits at the place where i lost him that he couldn't tell which way I went. Then i exited within a minute because i was going 155 and it's about 20 second per mile at that speed...

i know you know this but you're lucky!!! completely badass story to have for sure!!! i would like to do that to get that kinda rush but i dunno if i got the balls to do it:hide:

Hey ultra Z. We have the same car. Mine was kind of scary at high speed until I put konis on it. Now it's rock solid. The stockers shut off at 159-160, that's how I knew I was going that fast. ;)

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Hey ultra Z. We have the same car. Mine was kind of scary at high speed until I put konis on it. Now it's rock solid. The stockers shut off at 159-160, that's how I knew I was going that fast. ;)

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Yea man there's not too many silver one's around. I haven't seen another silver one in person...I like the color too so it's cool it's rare in my area...