Ford can deny its cars to sheriff, judge rules

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Moparmike:

Saying that the chances are 100% doesn't necessarily mean that it WILL happen. Just saying that it COULD. There are plenty of us out there who are trained to handle vehicles in high speed in stressful situations, but for the average driver in your everyday passenger car/truck/SUV, that's probably a pretty good statistic.

I just know I wouldn't want to wreck at that speed, no matter what I was driving (short of a race car with a LOT of safety measures).

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Saying that the chances are 100% doesn't necessarily mean that it WILL happen.
:scrutiny: Uh, ok....

What are you talking about, getting into an accident at 100+ or dying in an accident at 100+?

My Fairmont is capable of 140:D I'll never drive it that fast again though.
 
When I worked as a Director Of Campus Safety for a law school about 5 1/2 years ago, my patrol vehicle was a 1994 Caprice with "police package" (a retired LE vehicle). Acceleration was impressive, as well as braking. It even had a nice soft ride to it. Unfortunately, the handling seemed "loose", and the cornering abilities of the car were very sloppy, as any corner attempted faster than 25 MPH wanted to kick the rear tires loose from the road. On wet roads, it was worse: it ALWAYS spun it's rear tires from a standing stop, unless you pressed the accelerator with a "feather-light" touch - this was even with high-quality "wet traction" tires.

1. You can't judge the handling of a cruiser by running an old one. Cops beat the holy heck out of the suspensions in their cars, and Fleet Maintenance rarely bothers to fix them properly. I've been in CVs and Caprices that feel like you're rolling around on a pumpkin when your corner. I've also driven ones that were tight and firm. The Caprice that I drove was a reconditioned one, but it obviously had a redone and well-tuned suspension that we had not yet managed to beat back into the ground. Still, a modern CV handles better than a Caprice in good shape- at least in my experience.

2. The Caprice will break its rear wheels loose pretty easily. More easily than a CV. This has a lot to do with why it is also quicker in accelleration than a CV. TANSTAAFL. ;)

3. For everyone sneering about the possibility of there being a safety issue, consider: Ford is retrofitting the CVs to avoid this issue. To me, this means that there is something to this issue. Possibly not as much as the PDs are claiming, but at least something. Cars shouldn't burst into flames in accidents, even high speed ones.

4. Shouldn't we be talking about the legal/rights issues more thn cars? Yes, yes...mea culpa. :D

Mike

PS Btw, CVs handle pretty well at about 135mph :D
 
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