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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 07:16 PM
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Default Italian Polizia Lambo is dead

Funny how this car got brought up in another thread just recently. Sad to see...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/3...ice-lamborghini



When the Italian police unveiled their state-of-the-art Lamborghini patrol cars, they cannot have been short of volunteers itching to take the supercars in pursuit of speeding criminals.

A team of elite drivers was trained to chase down speeding motorists and deliver urgently-needed transplant organs in the futuristic vehicles, capable of reaching more than 200mph.

What they apparently were not prepared for was a distracted motorist who pulled out of a petrol station without looking.......[more]
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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wow that sucks
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 08:07 PM
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damn.. that sucks
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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that is exactly why you don't let police drive fast expensive cars. just stick with crown vic.
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by madkimchi,Nov 30 2009, 09:12 PM
that is exactly why you don't let police drive fast expensive cars. just stick with crown vic.
Totally irrelevant to Italian police but okay.
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by wraith5,Nov 30 2009, 09:20 PM
Totally irrelevant to Italian police but okay.
Um, he didn't say it was about Italian police. I think he meant in GENERAL police should be driving cheap cars since police cars get damaged often to begin w/
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Lice Locket,Nov 30 2009, 09:28 PM
Um, he didn't say it was about Italian police. I think he meant in GENERAL police should be driving cheap cars since police cars get damaged often to begin w/
And my point was... brilliant generalization just to make a smartass comment. The comment also implies the police was at fault, and well, reading comprehension says it wasn't.
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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SUV: 1. Policia: 0.
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Old Nov 30, 2009 | 10:29 PM
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damn
i would be a cop if i got to drive one of those around!
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 01:24 AM
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It'll buff out easy.
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