Out running "The Man"...

heres some specifics i pulled from motortend about the latest crop of interceptors

chev caprice ppv 355 hp 384 lb ft,6 speed auto 0 to 60 5.7 secs,quarter mile 14.2 sec at 101 mph
dodge charger pursuit 370 hp 395 lb ft,5 speed auto 0 to 60 in 5.6 sec,quarter mile 14.1 at 102 mph
ford police interceptor sedan awd,365 hp 350 lb ft(only one with a twin turbo v6 instead of a na 8)6 speed auto 0 to 60 in5.3 seconds quarter mile of 13.9 sec at 100.9 sec
todays cop cars are not bad for a flock of four doors(used to have a 4 door lark had thought of sourcing an early 90s caprice for suspension and brakes on),and you may have them on the straight aways but i bet youd be hard pressed in the corners with their pursuit suspension and braking capabilities.so procede at your own peril.

 

it dont take a rocket scientist to figure out that you cannot outrun the radio or a helicopter.... with a radio.... most, most, pursuits are just amusement for the police.... dont be guilty of P-O-P.... pi$$ing off the police.....:Brow:

 

yeah where i live is pretty rural,helicopter support would be about an hour away at the bare minimum,and even personnel to man the radios are thin,but we are near enough to the border that the drones are able to watch the two main roads in the area and you arent gonna escape their gaze if they get the heads up in time.
for example had heard lately borderpatrol has been responsible for breaking up more high school parties out in the boonies than sherrifs, so know they have field of vision within at least a forty mile region around the town AT LEAST.

 

I remember a story my grandpa once told me. I can't remember what car it was in cause he had quite a few, possibly the Merc or one of his several old Chevy cars. Anyway, a buddy of his had just gotten out of the Navy. Well they sent him to Houston, but his bag ended up on Corpus Christi. Being that he just got out of the service he didn't have a car, so he asked my grandpa if he could borrow his. So my grandpa willingly lets him borrow the car to go get his belongings from Corpus, but warns him "Be careful in the car. She's quick and the speedo cable is broke so be mindful of your speed". Well, the guy goes down to Corpus(about 4 hours away) and gets his things and is on his way back. He is just cruising along the empty highway minding his own business at what he figured was a moderate speed. All of a sudden he starts hearing this popping noise from off in the distance. He kinda looks around and doesn't see anything. He hears it again. This time he glances in the rearview mirror and there is a cop car a good distance back with its lights on and the cop has his pistol pointed in the air and shooting. Being the law abiding young man that he is, the guy slows down and pulls over. The cop gets caught up and comes up to the window. "What did you stop for??". The boy puzzled says, "Well you had your lights on and shooting your gun in the air like you wanted me to stop." The cop says, "Yeah, but I had the car maxed out and wasn't gaining any ground!!"

No idea how fast he was really going. Must have been going near 90-100 mph if the cops ride wouldn't wind out that far.

My grandpa has a bunch of wild car stories from back in the day. Talked about all the times he would play games with the cops and get away cause his cars were faster. He was hot stuff, well until my grandma ratted on him to us grandkids about the glovebox full of tickets he had. My grandpa to this day denies that to be the truth, he didn't get tickets.

 

Back when I was in college (1972) I was working as a mechanic for Kawasaki and the new 750 H-2 three cylinder two stroke had just come out. I ran 9.2 at 142 on one with just a lengthened swing arm, jetting/open air cleaner, expansion chambers and a slick.
Anyway I was dating a girl whose dad was the chief of police in a small town south of Buffalo, New York. His wife wanted to do a surprise party for him but didn't know how to get him there. Getting the picture yet??????

So she asks me to lure him. Now he's a tough old bird and I'm thinking I'm gonna do time for this but okay, she assures me she will keep me out of trouble.

He always pulled Sunday duty so his other officers could have Sunday's with their families and I knew where he would be with his radar gun. So I go around town on some country rodes and come blasting past him at 100 mph into his town. He immediately gives chase and I let him keep me in sight till I lead him to his lieutenants house and pull in the driveway with all his officers there, his kids and his wife all singing happy birthday as he pulls up tires squealing. Now I never went really fast in his town but kept turning at every corner to keep him from running me over. He ignores them all and comes straight to me breathing fire with his wife trying to cool him off and his officers and kids laughing their behinders off (which really added fuel to his fire). By the time he gets through the crowd of officers, relatives and friends the fire coming out of his nostrils has turned to smoke and nose to nose he reads me the riot act about if I ever.......and we all have a great time.

Mikey

 

Don't know if this counts...

back in the day I had a 69 Pontiac Le mans. It had the two speed automatic. I had a job in high school that got me off work at 12:30 am friday and saturday nights. Living out in the sticks gives a young lad many opportunities to do stupid things. Like driving in excess of 100mph with the lights off. never saw a county mountie or hp during those runs.