classic car

I forgot to tell you yesterday that I saw way too many Ford Crown Victorias, Mercury Grand Marquis', and Lincoln Town Cars yesterday (in case you didn't know, those are all variations on the Crown Vic). They were everywhere, absolutely everywhere. We stopped at a major intersection, and there were three of them lined up in a row. As anyone who has read a month or more back on this blog knows, this pretty much blows my theory about "undercover" cop cars out of the water, but I'm still searching for reasons to justify that claim about nobody buying them. One point I make is that half of these cars were retired cop cars, still with the Police Interceptor badges attached, but with no lights, sirens, or giveaway "Official" license plates. Another point is that they were all at least three years old, with the exception of one Lincoln Town Car. The police buy new ones until Ford stops making them, and though I lament about how the styling on these cars never changes, they do change subtly year to year, and if you catch the differences, you can tell that almost nobody is buying these new anymore.