Back in 2004, I was doing a typical East Bay highway commute to my job writing software documentation. Ten miles each way in a Tercel (I had my choice of an ’85 wagon or a ’90 hatch), and the ever-increasing numbers of badly-driven SUVs on the Dreaded Nimitz were making me feel quite vulnerable in my little rice-burners. I needed a more substantial daily driver, and it damn sure wasn’t going to be an 8-MPG truck with 64-ouncer cup holders. What I needed, I decided, was an ex-cop Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor! (Read More…)
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Tagged as 1990s, 1997, 1997 Ford Crown Victoria, Auctions, car auctions, crown victoria, crown victoria p71, Ford, Ford Crown Victoria, ford panther, I-5, Interstate 5, p71, panther love, Road Trip, Road Trips
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