In rec.autos.driving John S. wrote:
(about the Crown Vic)
> That's an excellent choice, as is Chevy's counterpart.
By Chevy's counterpart, you mean the 1992-1997 Caprice, not the new
"Impala" which is basically a glorified Lumina, right? The first car is
awesome (I had a 1992 Caprice wagon for a while, it lasted 190k miles, got
stolen, and is probably still runnin' around somewhere), but the second is
a stop-gap pile of dreck thrown together by GM so they'd have *something*
to sell to cops after they discontinued the Caprice so they could build
more SUVs.
Unfortunately, I think the original poster is looking for a new car. If
he weren't, I'd highly recommend any Volvo 940 made up to 1996 or so.
Same bulletproof engine as the 240 wagons (good amount of power if you get
a turbo), comfortable inside, huge interior, etc... Unfortunately, not
available with a manual tranny, but the auto trannies that came with those
cars (71L made by Aisin-Warner or Borg-Warner IIRC) were very strong and
troublefree.
A 90s Bimmer 5-series also wouldn't be a bad choice (this was before
Bimmers got obscenely overcomplicated).
-Andrew
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