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Old 11-13-11, 10:36 AM
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Great job Columbia. Why couldn't the CPP do that to the Lexus IS-F rather than turning it into a cube or the same goes for the FBI for wrapping a Ferrari F50 around a tree
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Old 11-13-11, 04:33 PM
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Should have sold it to feed some people instead.
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Old 11-13-11, 04:49 PM
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the maintenane alone will be in a##. they shoud have just sold it..
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They will probably wreck it soon enough. Shame.
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Old 11-13-11, 05:06 PM
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those testarosas aren't the fast either
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That particular one is not very "quick" and is a maintenance nightmare with a high running price tag for upkeep. Best our boys in blue stick to domestics.
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Old 11-13-11, 05:30 PM
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I would not want to be a cop driving a confiscated drug lord's car. Might end up a target for revenge.
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Old 11-13-11, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by bad co
those testarosas aren't the fast either


It's just an old 348 - BFD.
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its a prop car.....used for display/marketing/promoting the PD and its accomplishments more than actual police work...
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It's a 348. It's worth less than a brand new police car. That and the publicity of using a drug lords car as well as a Ferrari is what they were after.
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Old 11-13-11, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by PureDrifter
its a prop car.....used for display/marketing/promoting the PD and its accomplishments more than actual police work...
well said
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I didn't know the 348 was such a controversial Ferrari until I heard Clarkson's comments on it. Regardless, this will be for sale before the first scheduled maintenance.
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Old 11-13-11, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by PureDrifter
its a prop car.....used for display/marketing/promoting the PD and its accomplishments more than actual police work...
I was gonna say, there probably aren't too many roads in Columbia that this car could handle
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this is why most drug dealers these days lease their cars......
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Old 11-14-11, 05:59 PM
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^LOL yup. :P
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