New Charger Cop Cars

[MOTOR51]

About three weeks ago my wife and I were traveling to Houston. There were four “ghost” troopers working the area between Grosse Tête and the Atchafalaya bridges: 2 Tahoes and 2 Chargers. At the time they had pulled over 2 different out of state-ers.


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I don’t think they are looking for speeders, that’s more of a criminal patrol I believe.


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[Magdump]

About three weeks ago my wife and I were traveling to Houston. There were four “ghost” troopers working the area between Grosse Tête and the Atchafalaya bridges: 2 Tahoes and 2 Chargers. At the time they had pulled over 2 different out of state-ers.


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They prolly profiling for drugs. I mean, stopping suspicious looking people to seize their cash. No, wait.. ok, yeah. Prolly both.

 

[Bangswitch]

Well I would attempt to participate in this conversation further but I’m not going to convince those who are adamantly for these sleepers. And since none of us really have the power to change things individually it’s a waste of my effort. Perez and Motor we agree on plenty we don’t have to agree on this one. Luckily for me I haven’t been seeing any of these units in the areas my family frequents, so at the moment it doesn’t really affect us.

 

[MOTOR51]

Well I would attempt to participate in this conversation further but I’m not going to convince those who are adamantly for these sleepers. And since none of us really have the power to change things individually it’s a waste of my effort. Perez and Motor we agree on plenty we don’t have to agree on this one. Luckily for me I haven’t been seeing any of these units in the areas my family frequents, so at the moment it doesn’t really affect us.

I agree


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[340six]

I don’t think they are looking for speeders, that’s more of a criminal patrol I believe.


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Toss on some 24s and Creep Around Town?

 

[340six]

Plain Brown Wrapper has been a thing as,far back as I remember.
Then complained about Bike Patrols as they just are sneaky.
I still hear some complian about Horse.
I ask them Poilce on a Horse is new?
That is what thry used before cars were invented

 

[jdindadell]

You don't have to worry too much about cops in chargers.

1st, its a dodge product, so don't expect it to last

2nd, these will have the MDS system in them, and that worthless setup is known to kill lifters and cams. So they will be at the dealership getting overhauled, slowly. And probably not put back together properly either, if my experience is anything to go by.

Not a snowballs chance in hell I am pulling over for an unmarked car...

 

[MOTOR51]

You don't have to worry too much about cops in chargers.

1st, its a dodge product, so don't expect it to last

2nd, these will have the MDS system in them, and that worthless setup is known to kill lifters and cams. So they will be at the dealership getting overhauled, slowly. And probably not put back together properly either, if my experience is anything to go by.

Not a snowballs chance in hell I am pulling over for an unmarked car...

My first pursuit charger lasted over 100k miles with me behind the wheel and is still being driven by a newer officer. The only problem I had was the front end needed to be overhauled about every 40k miles. That’s seems to be the norm from what I’ve seen. A few had engine problems but it was due to the “special” oil the city went into a contract with. I had 2 different newer model explorers and they were horrible. I’ll take the charger over any LE vehicle I’ve had in my 20+ years. The Tahoe’s are nice but they are no charger.


One last thing, my new one is an AWD model so that might be a different animal all together. Only time will tell.

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[MOTOR51]

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[charlie12]

My first pursuit charger lasted over 100k miles with me behind the wheel and is still being driven by a newer officer. The only problem I had was the front end needed to be overhauled about every 40k miles. That’s seems to be the norm from what I’ve seen. A few had engine problems but it was due to the *special* oil the city went into a contract with. I had 2 different newer model explorers and they were horrible. I’ll take the charger over any LE vehicle I’ve had in my 20+ years. The Tahoe’s are nice but they are no charger.


One last thing, my new one is an AWD model so that might be a different animal all together. Only time will tell.

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Probably goofy Kirby at the City Lot with the oil

 

[thperez1972]

My first pursuit charger lasted over 100k miles with me behind the wheel and is still being driven by a newer officer. The only problem I had was the front end needed to be overhauled about every 40k miles. That’s seems to be the norm from what I’ve seen. A few had engine problems but it was due to the *special* oil the city went into a contract with. I had 2 different newer model explorers and they were horrible. I’ll take the charger over any LE vehicle I’ve had in my 20+ years. The Tahoe’s are nice but they are no charger.


One last thing, my new one is an AWD model so that might be a different animal all together. Only time will tell.

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I had a 2008 Charger that was in the shop almost as much as it was out of the shop. In 2018, it racked up over $11K in repair costs with a new (refurbished) motor contributing to a good bit of that total. Maybe the problem was its age or the almost 200K miles but you can keep the Charger.

 

[Bangswitch]

I had a 2008 Charger that was in the shop almost as much as it was out of the shop. In 2018, it racked up over $11K in repair costs with a new (refurbished) motor contributing to a good bit of that total. Maybe the problem was its age or the almost 200K miles but you can keep the Charger.

Well Chrysler wasn’t really known for long lasting automobiles, and the Fiat influence has been good for the Chrysler brands. I would like to believe the newer Chargers are significantly improved in quality similar to the Ram Trucks are.

But let’s be honest even the interceptor motors aren’t made to last under severe duty I’m sure these cars are expected to preform under.

 

[RaleighReloader]

FWIW, I chatted with a EBRP Sheriff the other day about the new Ford Explorers that they're using. He said that they can't keep transmissions in them ... which is par for the course with Ford, from what I hear.

He said that the Tahoes they used to run were fantastic. Took a beating and kept on going.

mike

 

[Bangswitch]

FWIW, I chatted with a EBRP Sheriff the other day about the new Ford Explorers that they're using. He said that they can't keep transmissions in them ... which is par for the course with Ford, from what I hear.

He said that the Tahoes they used to run were fantastic. Took a beating and kept on going.

mike

It’s the platform. Full-size truck parts while take a beating especially when built to. Car and crossover parts struggle to keep up. RWD tend to hold up a little better under excessive abuse than front wheel drive or front/part-time awd

 

[thperez1972]

Well Chrysler wasn’t really known for long lasting automobiles, and the Fiat influence has been good for the Chrysler brands. I would like to believe the newer Chargers are significantly improved in quality similar to the Ram Trucks are.

But let’s be honest even the interceptor motors aren’t made to last under severe duty I’m sure these cars are expected to preform under.

We used to "hot swap" the crown vics so they ran almost 24 hours a day and only had a day off when we weren't working at a full shift. And even then most of us ran as one man cars so most of the cars still got street time. We didn't have too many in and out the shop for motor issues.

 

[Bangswitch]

We used to "hot swap" the crown vics so they ran almost 24 hours a day and only had a day off when we weren't working at a full shift. And even then most of us ran as one man cars so most of the cars still got street time. We didn't have too many in and out the shop for motor issues.

I’m always impressed when I here things like that about certain cars. I always heard good things about crown vics as taxi’s too.

Did you ever track the hours ran to miles driven? That would be interesting to see how that shakes out.

We buy AL DOT (road crew) trucks at auction and the trucks can be really new looking and be clean in and out. The biggest problem we see is the motors have ran so much at idle they have equivalent wear to trucks that have hundreds of thousands of miles.

 

[Jadams74]

Needs stickers.

And not those stickers are really hard to see like on some police cars I see. If they're doing traffic enforcement they should be required to be clearly marked and have lights on top of the car, not hidden. At least give the lead foots a chance!

 

[MOTOR51]

I’m always impressed when I here things like that about certain cars. I always heard good things about crown vics as taxi’s too.

Did you ever track the hours ran to miles driven? That would be interesting to see how that shakes out.

We buy AL DOT (road crew) trucks at auction and the trucks can be really new looking and be clean in and out. The biggest problem we see is the motors have ran so much at idle they have equivalent wear to trucks that have hundreds of thousands of miles.

Mine has 9k miles and 28:50 hours


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