2005 Ford Crown Victoria PI from North America - Comments

Needed front bumper replaced from ramming a car in a pursuit.

Already replaced brake pads once and tires once.

Needed a new radiator, not bad just damaged from a pursuit.

First off I'd like to say that I am a police officer in a mid sized town in ohio a 17 year veteran.

I like the 05' Crown Vic PI it is a little more powerful than the last crown vic I had.

In 1999 when I got my last crown vic I hated it so much, that I got rid of it and got a 1996 caprice LT1 which is still the best police car ever built.

But then it got old and in 01' I got an interceptor which was much better that the 99.

The new 2005 Interceptor is pretty fast it handles pretty good, and isn't too bad on snow (with the proper tires)

It will lay a pretty good line of rubber when you punch it.

I only get about 14 mpg the way I drive it.

One thing that it is really good in is interior size/comfort, I can easily fall asleep in the car.

2 years ago we tested the impala police cars and bough 4 of them, they have all been sold because they fall apart.

I would have to say that the 05' CVPI is the closest thing to the caprice LT1 yet and we do still have 2 LT1's on the force, but my crown victoria is good enough to pursue the bad guys.

AND to sleep in!

Falling asleep! I just had an experience in my 99 PI and it affirms why I runs these machines. I travel 550 miles a week just to work on an interstate and 4 miles on a rural windy road. Unfortunately, I fell asleep at the wheel at 45 mph on the rural road in returning home from work. In reviewing the accident scene (bounced off a rock outcrop then got airborne landing on another boulder) and looking at the damage on the car, I am amazed at how sturdy the frame and suspension is. Any other smaller car would have been totaled.

She will soon be back on the road to save me from myself, but in the mean time I am running my 94PI. They are a hell of a car.

Wow, theres a testament to the solidity of the car if I've ever heard one! Glad to hear that you're OK. I've driven my friends 1994 Vic, which I fell in love with instantly, and now I'm in the process of purchasing a used 2003 Interceptor from a specialty retailer in Wisconsin. I live in Northwest Ohio, but I don't mind driving the extra distance to find a car that's been properly reconditioned after police use... there are plenty of used and abused third and fourth-owner interceptors around here that people slap a Maaco paintjob on and call "reconditioned". Even though these cars will last forever, you still have to maintain them properly... without doing that, they'll crap out just like any other car you abuse. I'd rather buy a car that has come straight from a department, where I know it's been maintained the right way. And trust me, if they ARE maintained the right way, they'll last a loooong time - my buddies '94 had over 200K miles on when it randomly self-destructed...no lie! It was just sitting in his driveway one night, when a short in the electrical system started a fire in the dash, and it progressed from there. Talk about going out with a bang! Lets just hope that with all the driving I do for work, I don't find myself in an accident, too!

I agree that there are a lot of retailers who buy up these units at police auctions dozens at a time, do some minimal cosmetic and minor repairs, maybe throw on a set of cheap tires, then advertise them as "reconditioned" at prices 3x-4x what they paid for them! See how many CVPI's there are for sale on fleabay.

The drawback to buying one yourself at auction, of course, is the limited opportunity to check it out mechanically.

Hope the one you are getting at least comes with some sort of warranty!

...and go to the donut shop in!

The ford crown vic hasn't got the charm or charisma of earlier rear drive v8 sedans such as diplomats or gran furys FULL STOP.

Weren't those old Diplomats/Gran Furys based on the Aspen/Volare chassis?

Hmm, say no more.

I have a 1995 CV owned it since new and have about 375 000 kilometers on it I have done nothing much to it, but change the tires a few times and the muffler once and a few other things that are expected on a car with higher mileage.I'm in the market for a new one (police interceptor) but I love my car would buy nothing, but another cv and plan to keep my current one until it will no longer run. P.S. it runs the same now as it did the day I drove it off the lot.

I love the CV. It is the last of the breed, so you all better enjoy 'em while you can. Frame on full size rear wheel will be gone soon, and these babies are still a throwback to the '50s and '60s full size land barges.

They are an office on wheels that you can nap in, and they have legs to run on the highway. I superstocked one for fun once that had 8" rims, goodyear eagles, racing suspension (moog, trw) heavy bars, etc. and the thing that impressed me was how well the body handled all those goodies. With a few grand in mods, these things really come to life.

But stock, pi, whatever... the CV is a great car, period.

To the previous poster: Are you a member of Crownvic.net or Grandmarq.net?

I own a 9C1 and I can say that those P71's will run in the most horrible conditions ever. In a race 9c1's are faster, but I've seen P71's with over 300,000 miles that have lost compression and power that still drive everyday! They just don't die.