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I am considering purchasing a used police Dodge Charger. Has anyone purchased a used police car in the past. Are they reliable?
I have always thought that owning a used Police Charger would be cool! Thanks for your insights.
I wouldn't touch it. Ours have been nothing but problems. Front ends are garbage, top ends of the motor are garbage and the radiator fans like to blow up. We've rebuilt front ends at 30k but that's not typical more like 50k. We've had a top of issues with cams and intake manifolds going bad. Cam issue is do to oil flow. When the car has been idling and instantly is driven hard the oil doesn't have time to sufficiently lubricate the area. They've changed us to synthetic and want us to ease into acceleration rather than just floor it when running hot. My agency hasn't had a ton of problems with the radiator fans but the county has. They put a lot more miles on their cars than the city does.
Good part is maintenance is kept up very well if they were from a good department but the bad part is they are driven very very hard.
Consumer Reports recommends never buying used police cars or taxis because of the way they are driven. There's also the matter of Dodge unreliability. I'd run the other way.
https://www.consumerreports.org/car...ion/car-brands-reliability-how-they-stack-up/
A cop car would pretty much suck anyway. Everyone in front of you would go slow unless you hang some pine trees from the mirror(and they notice), or paint it a weird color. It's like your own personal traffic jam everywhere you go.or just buy a crown vic cop car for $3k or less to live out your cop car fantasy. Those have a lot more of a track record.
A cop car would pretty much suck anyway. Everyone in front of you would go slow unless you hang some pine trees from the mirror(and they notice), or paint it a weird color. It's like your own personal traffic jam everywhere you go.