My brother and I bought a CopCar (one word) at a Minnesota Highway Patrol
auction a few years ago - out at MSP.

Very strange buying experience. They drive em in, one at a time, and you bid,
then they drive it out. I bet there were over 75 cars that were up for bid that
morning. At 90 seconds per transaction that's about 2 hours. Sounds about right
:-)

(1997) We bought a 1996 Crown Vic (w/102K miles) for $4,500. It lasted for 4
years until it got totaled. Insurance settled at $5,500. Car had 170K on it at
the time of its demise ... under $1,000 total repairs put into it - includes
tires.

My brother came out pretty close to even - after 4 years, and 70K miles of
driving.

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("Aviv Hod" wrote)
You should try a Crown Victoria next time. I have a 93' that was 'gently'
used by the Iowa State Patrol for 3 years and 90,000 miles, and seven years
later has 164,000 miles with nary a hickup to the core drivetrain. Very
minor rust. The cabbies run these things to 300,000 miles, rebuild, then
run another 300,000 miles. They have truly outstanding engineering and
should get more respect.

Of course, the best part is that I've got a cop motor, cop shocks, cop
tires, and it's easy to drive in the dark while wearing sunglasses :-)