Hey Scotty I’ve been watching your channel for about 3yrs. I recently bought a 2013 Taurus Interceptor with the 3.7 non-turbo engine. I bought it for $4k with 202k miles straight from the municipality, is there anything I should look out for on these?
also in general, are buying PPV (police pursuit vehicles) from municipalities a good ideas? I’ve seen a lot of crown vics, Taurus interceptors and even the Chevy Caprice PPVs (option with 3.6L V6 or 6.0 Aussie V8) for under $7k? I’ve heard it’s a good idea overall since they’re taken care of well with taxpayer money but the only issue with them is watching the ball joints and suspension parts since these babies get a lot of wear and tear. What’s your opinion?
It is not a good idea to buy a cop car. These cars were driven hard and idles a lot.
I think you paid too much. Those have significant wear and tear on them.
See below regarding PPV: best to avoid (it had a hard life) and not worth the gamble.
https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/qa/ford-crown-victoria-police-interceptor/#post-64508
Also that Ford Taurus with the 3.7L Cyclone (or Duratec) V6 engine had the water pump located behind timing chain cover and the water pump was driven by a timing chain, so if water pump leaked then worst case could take out the whole engine. It was a poor design decision by Ford. If yours has not been changed, it is on burrowed time.
See below:
It was done about 30k miles previously I believe that was for 3.5 which I was told to avoid like the plague
It's far better to ask these questions before you've bought this type of vehicle.
