"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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I almost did buy one two years ago - a Crown Victoria, since I wanted a
rear
wheel drive car for towing. I would've preferred that car to my pickup
truck
because the gas mileage was about 25% better. But then, I read about the
feature that wasn't in the brochu The thing about the exploding gas
tank
and rear-end collisions. I realize other cars may have this problem, but
that fact had no bearing on my decision. I may look again in the future,
but
only after finding out if the issue has been dealt with. Police
departments
are happy to dispense this information.


A few did catch fire... in extreme situations, after being rear-ended while
sitting still on the side of the highway by a vehicle doing 80mph. The vast
majority of police, fire, public safety, etc. still buy Crown Vics because
there's nothing else out there that has the safety record, reliability,
capacity, and capability if the Crown Vic. Certainly nothing Toyota offers.

The SC Highway Patrol has a few BMW cruisers that BMW gave them. Painted
and marked, but with no light bar. They can sneak up on you, or you on
them, very easily. It's just not right. :-)