Is it dorky to drive a former police car?

No. It’s cool. If it’s good enough for Dan Ackroyd, it’s good enough for you.

The Blues Brothers did it, so it’s OK in my mind.

Elwood: You don’t like it?
Jake: No I don’t like it…
[Elwood Blues floors the pedal and jumps over an open drawbridge]
Jake: Car’s got a lot of pickup.
Elwood: It’s got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it’s got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good on regular gas. What do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?
[a brief thinking pause while Jake attempts to light a cigarette]
Jake: Fix the cigarette lighter.

no, but i bet you scare the crap out of people XD

Aw, my brother had an out-of-use cop car when he was a teenager… This brings back fond memories : )

And anyway, he was very cool in that car. He had a little novelty dash siren that was sitting in it, and once he and my mom came out of a store to the car being surrounded by cops. Apparently it was too convincing with the fake siren.

No, your worries are silly, this is awesome.

Are you a good driver? Because I bet it would be fun to jack-knife it every once in a while like on Starsky and Hutch in the 70s.

yes. where i live it’s not so much dorky, as you say, but just, well, ghetto. just being honest. the implications are you can’t afford a car and what you’re driving was probably auctioned off for like dirt cheap. it’s only cool in the sense of you’re driving an old cop car and you might be able to to enjoy night drivers at random slowing down for some odd reason.

Whatever works. LAPD uses Crown Vics, and every time I see one I instinctively slow down.

Don’t worry about what people think of your car. If you like it, that’s all that matters.

You’re the one fooling everybody.

They’re the dorks!

I think it’s a good idea!

Friend of mine had one several years back, it was awesome. We had tons of fun in the thing and I don’t advise you do some of these things they are bad:

1. You can speed and won’t get pulled over, we took a trip through Colorado average 95–100 never got pulled over
2. flash your lights and you can pass people who normally wouldn’t get over
3. people are more likely to let you go first at 4-way stops etc…
4. get behind people and watch them slow down.
5. illegal uturns are no big deal
6. we got an extra long CB Antannae and red and blue domes to put in the back windshield (no lights but they looked cool), also donate to the police department or go to the fair to get a badge sticker to put on the car, 1 other thing get a police hat from ebay or something and put it on your dash or back windshield.

If I drove I would love to drive one.

In Portland the Taxis are painted like cop cars. I wonder if it is a thing between the PD and the owners of cab companies. It makes it look like we have a lot of police.

I’d definitely love to have one. I see some in my town, painted all black. I definitely do a double-take.

@johnpowell that would really suck if you were all drunk and tried flaggin a cab and got a cop instead :P

What does dorky mean? Does your driving a police car fit that definition?

I seen one in a small town in Wisconsin one day, and I slowed down. It even had the spot light through the front roof brace. Then I saw the teenager driving it and he was laughing his ass off at my sudden reduction of speed. I waved at him and crept back up to my usual ten miles over the speed limit.

Dorky? Fuck no, I think its neat. I’d like to have one, just to screw with people.

i don’t think so. besides, aren’t police cars really safe, too? like as far as accidents go.
pretty awesome in my book.

Haha! I had a friend whose first car was an ex cop car. It was huge and white, and it still had the spotlight (didn’t work though) mounted next to the drivers side window. Good times! Funny thing was she never got a speeding ticket no matter how fast she drove.

I think your only problem is that the car has led a very hard life. Police use is a huge red flag on a Carfax report. But if it yanks your crank, great.

BTW – I’m not fooled by them.

Your lucky you have a car! It may make sense because I am too young to drive at the moment, but I am nonetheless offended!

Not as long as you’re on a mission from God.

If you don’t feel comfortable driving it, it’s paid for itself being parked by the side of the gas station…thwarting crime.