Gravity Collapse » cars http://www.gravitycollapse.com from Marc's brain to yours Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:58:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Down with Crown Vics http://www.gravitycollapse.com/2009/08/down-with-crown-vics http://www.gravitycollapse.com/2009/08/down-with-crown-vics#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:27:26 +0000 gravitycollapse http://www.gravitycollapse.com/?p=150 As an expat I don’t do much driving in the U.S. these days, but in May I went back for a visit, and after a little drive through 5 states, I was reminded of a problem that needs to be addressed: civilian Ford Crown Victorias.

I can’t for the life of me figure out why anyone wants one anyway; they’re huge, unattractive, gas-guzzling beasts, and unless you’re getting the policeman’s special in a used car auction, they’re not especially fast or nimble, either. As far as I can tell from my admittedly unscientific study of the situation, three groups of people buy Crown Vics: police departments, NY taxi companies and old men.

Image courtesy of JLaw45 at flickr.com

Image courtesy of JLaw45

So, I have a message for my fellow Americans: stop buying Crown Vics. Like the picture above, leave them for the Secret Service and police. You’ll be doing a service for the rest of us.

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