The city of Auburn just bought six 2001 Maxima GXEs. They are going to be used for unmarked detectives' cars. I'll try to get some pics of any equipment they get mounted in them ASAP.

 

Hmmm...

 

hmm... lets try not to race maximas nemore.

 

I'd like to see what performance mods they do to the maximas. Think you will be able to find this out?

PJ

 

quad turbo with 200shot nos... uses the button "go baby go" to activate nos.

 

You dont mean Auburn maine, im guessing? Yeah probably not, but never know,.

 

Performance-wise, police cars are almost always kept stock.

These are detective cars, not traffic units. They might have some strobes and radios, but nothing really cool.

Anyway, one of my friends is a communications supervisor for the po-po, so I can get in there and check em out up close one of these days.

This is Auburn, Alabama.

 

im very slow..why are u guys boycotting stillen??

 

in Miami, the have been using maxima's as undercover cars for years now.

 

cuz they suck goat nads.

 

I thought popo cars had upgraded sway bars (for those tail swinging, hubcap flying turns we see on TV), and heavy duty radiator and transmission coolers (for those long idles in front of the donut shop).

 

if you see this don't race it

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/rjoo/area88/z...ers/cefiro.htm

 

oo lala.. even has some v grooves... hmm..

 

For those of you in the Auburn area, they all have plates that start with

43JF8**

 

They do.

 

What kind of mods do the cops do to their cars?

They really have sway bars and the coolers?

 

For Crown Vics, Camaros, Tahoes, Suburbans, Impalas, Luminas and the old Caprices, yes. The sway bars are usually larger so that they don't have cornering issues (all of the above cars handle like crap if tossed, and the other parts are changed at the factory, because the stock ones would never hold up. Police packages are always ordered stright from the factory.

 

FBI special agent cars are heavily modded with some cool crap. My friend is in the Agency and I almost went into it also. They use Maximas and mod them heavily. Their cars have superchargers black out tail lights and all kinds of hidden stuff like James Bond. They also use cars they seize in drug raids like old Vette ZR1s, etc...

 

they chipped them or something...Something to give them more *****.


PJ

 

as far as police packages go, it's usually the suspension stuff mentioned, upgraded tires and wheels, column mounted shifters to make room for radio equipment, exhaust, upgraded electrical for the lights, siren, radio, computers etc., and the most important thing no speed limiter. here in az, they've been outfitting sheriffs and possibly phx pd patrol cars with bullet proof glass, but no maxima's as of yet.

 

Wow, remind me not to every come to your town/state. If i do, i will find myself trying to race a maxima wiht stobes and what do you know, it was a cop.

 

I think it was mentioned that it was AL. I have no idea if it's a small town or what, but Maximas would be unacceptable to any major town/municipality. To a small place without any hardfast standards, the Maxima makes sense. It costs roughly 10 grand less than a crown vic, and has probably the same or more power.

It used to be you told a cop car by the Blue Streak radials. The tires say more than anything else, as even some Crown Vics have blackwalls and wheel covers and are not cop cars. They have beefed anti-roll, usually meatier exhaust, larger radiator and tranny cooler, heavier rear axle, maybe 5.8 litres instead of 5.0. for example there are probably only 4 vehicles that can be used in NYC for cabs, crowns, oddesseys, and caprice. I think explorer was the 4th but is too expensive. you can't arbitrarily decide Maxima is selling for 19 grand retail, it's a good deal, so lets use em. Code doesn't work that way. Why you think there is so much hanky panky going on to contract with the City of New York/NYS? How the **** would they end up using Friedrich a/c?

 

Another tibit...

I know they paid $23500 each for them. Sounds like the local dealer didnt feel like cuttin a deal for the popo.