C4 Police chase at 165mph
09-19-2005, 09:09 AM
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09-19-2005, 09:34 AM
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Oh ya...this one has been debated to death too...
I'm one of those "the speed was more like 65 instead of 165" because a C4 *might* get that fast with a long, flat road that you can hold it to the floor for miles downhill with a tail wind...and the Crown Vics wouldn't have been able to keep up at 165.
More "Deadliest Police Chases" dramatics and very little fact.
I'm one of those "the speed was more like 65 instead of 165" because a C4 *might* get that fast with a long, flat road that you can hold it to the floor for miles downhill with a tail wind...and the Crown Vics wouldn't have been able to keep up at 165.
More "Deadliest Police Chases" dramatics and very little fact.
09-19-2005, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by MinnesotaWhite
I'm one of those "the speed was more like 65 instead of 165" because a C4 *might* get that fast with a long, flat road that you can hold it to the floor for miles downhill with a tail wind...and the Crown Vics wouldn't have been able to keep up at 165.
Great video though...even if it is an oldie!
09-19-2005, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by CMYC4GO
165MPH is nothing with the right mods. With the grainy video, how do you know it wasn't a ZR1?
b) Do you think that a Crown Vic would keep up?
09-19-2005, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by MinnesotaWhite
Oh ya...this one has been debated to death too...
I'm one of those "the speed was more like 65 instead of 165" because a C4 *might* get that fast with a long, flat road that you can hold it to the floor for miles downhill with a tail wind...and the Crown Vics wouldn't have been able to keep up at 165.
More "Deadliest Police Chases" dramatics and very little fact.
I'm one of those "the speed was more like 65 instead of 165" because a C4 *might* get that fast with a long, flat road that you can hold it to the floor for miles downhill with a tail wind...and the Crown Vics wouldn't have been able to keep up at 165.
More "Deadliest Police Chases" dramatics and very little fact.
I don't think he was doing 165 during this clip!
09-19-2005, 10:36 AM
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St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by aboatguy
I don't think he was doing 165 during this clip! 165? No way, maybe at one point, but not in that vid. Wasn't one of the patrol cars a Taurus?
Pretty much
09-19-2005, 10:48 AM
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When I saw it on TV, it appeared the back tire was flattened also, which would explain why he spun around so easily...
09-19-2005, 11:19 AM
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St. Jude Donor '03
Originally Posted by 87 Ragtop
When I saw it on TV, it appeared the back tire was flattened also, which would explain why he spun around so easily...
The back tire is definitly flat. So the 165 is
09-19-2005, 11:21 AM
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As I recall it was an L98 car (91) but I definetly remember both rear tires were flat. They always overhype these chases. In another they were chasing an M3 and John bunell says it has 240 horses, well sure M3's had 240 but not in 89 which is about what year this one was, and they had 190. One of my favorites, he kept calling this one car an economy sports car, he was playing up the handling, and that it was quick since it was light. They were chasing a GEO metro. If they did OJ's chase they would probably say, The powerful SUV keeps the high performance police cars way behind.
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09-19-2005, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by BRICHC4
I've seen that before, why didn't the idiot stay in the left lane, no trucks there. And crown vic's top out at 140.
09-19-2005, 03:19 PM
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Crown vics do not do 140. At the time the fastest full size sedan used for police work was the 94+ Caprice classic which could go about 135 according to michegan state police findings. Crown vics I can't remember, but it was under 130. 