[CrashTestDummy]

The wife's DD, a 1995 9C1 Caprice has right at 200K miles on it. While not a big deal these days, it's age is starting to show, and she needs a dependable car when she's on call. So, what better to replace a police car with than a police truck:

(IMG:http://images16.fotki.com/v382/photos/5/1331095/12806757/tahoe-vi.jpg)

We got it out of Florida. It's an ex-Sarasota County Sheriff's vehicle. It was apparently a supervisor's truck, as the holes for all the gear is minimal. There's two antenna holes in the roof, and a 3/4" hole in the shell of each side mirror I'll have to deal with. We also need to locate a console, since it probably had a Havas console full of radio gear. The outside and underside look barely used for a 90K mile truck, and it looks like the back seats have never been sat in. It has a little wear and tear on the driver's seat, but not much else.

It runs great, and handles better than the 9C1 it replaces. This now brings the cop car portion of our 'fleet' up to 3, including it, our 9C1 and our 92 B4C Camaro. The 9C1 will probably be relegated to 'spare' status for her should we need to have the truck down for extended service. Hopefully that's a rare occurrence for a while.

On the plus side is it even has a receiver hitch, so it could be used to tow the Firebird around a bit should our 2500HD be unavailable. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif)

Oh, and the spot light works!

[CrashTestDummy]

Well, since we're still working on our Firebird, we had to have something to run at last Sunday's regional autocross. Sooo, we decided we'd run the Tahoe. I checked and verified that the truck was not on any specific exclusion list due to roll over concerns (the civilian Tahoe is), and we loaded her up and off we went.

Now driving something on street tires that probably outweighs _anything_ else at the event by at least a factor of 2, we knew we wouldn't be competitive. We weren't. We placed DFL in PAX, although we scored a 1 and 2 in C Prepared. It WAS a ton of fun to drive. It handles surprisingly well for something it's size, and has a fair amount of power. We probably won't drive it again, primarily because it's my wife's DD, and has to be ready to run on Monday, but we still smile about it. The event was held at the driving school area of the Houston Police Academy, so it was right at home. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif)

Me:
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Her:
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Then we went home, and headed out to the gun range to sight in the new scope on our AR.

This post has been edited by CrashTestDummy: Mar 6 2014, 05:46 PM