	Anonymous wrote:	Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 23:08
	First, LAPD went through a very tough budget problem where they didn't get new cars for years. The commission who studied the problems that led up to the King incident recommended that the city start properly funding their police once again. Prime examples were cars that were so old and raggedy that the window frames were barely attached to the doors. Or doors would just fall off when opened. And these were front line units. I seem to remember hearing that at the time, LAPD had not bought new cars in 10 years. After the recommendations, the city bought nearly a whole new fleet of Caprices. As for why you didn't see the new cars in the riots, I'm sure they took the ratty cars to the front line, since the order of the day was burn the cop cars.

	Guest Chris wrote:	Friday, July 8, 2005 - 13:24
	Actually, somebody did answer the question about the Diplomat, I checked. Besides, I barely discovered the site this weekend which I will call a great site even though the people who run it aren't too friendly. You could have just said you didn't know but instead you basically indirectly called me stupid, which seems to be a hobby for you to do to people on this site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What I said was that this must be stupid question week again. If you took that to mean that you are stupid, then that's your opinion. Don't look to me to disagree. I told you where to go to get the answer to your questions yet you still come back here looking for more. Is this how I deal with people on the street? What difference does it make to you whether I work at a PD, Taco Bell or Chase-Manhattan Bank? I have my opinions. Deal with it. Greg copcar dot com

	Guest Chris wrote:	Thursday, July 7, 2005 - 23:03
	All you could have said was that you didn't know. Boy, I wonder if this is how you respond to people on the job. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just the ones who ask stupid questions. And this was not the first time you asked about it. You left a similar comment on a photo of an NYPD Diplomat asking the same thing. No one answered then either. I'm guessing you're the same guy who left the comment last week chastising the LAPD's Toyota pick-up truck and said it couldn't take the pounding that an American truck could. Take your burning questions about LAPD cars of 20yrs ago and ask them directly and see if you get an answer. Then come back and tell us. That way you'll be adding content to this site ... Greg copcar dot com

	Guest Chris wrote:	Wednesday, July 6, 2005 - 11:43
	I'm looking at this picture and seeing that all of the patrol cars were new chevys, for the time of course. Yet I remember the LA riots and remember that the LAPD still drove old vehicles and did not have these cars. Was it that it did not meet their standards or they just did not have the money? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How in the hell are we supposed to know that? Jeez. Why don't you direct your question to the LAPD as to why they didn't buy a particular model of car? Do you think there was some standardized law enforcement mandate that required PDs to buy Diplomats and Gran Furys in the 80s? Chrysler Corp would have loved that, huh? This must be stupid question week again. Boy, it sure seems to come often around here.... Greg copcar dot com

	Anonymous wrote:	Sunday, July 3, 2005 - 23:50
	Guess this kind of dispels that old saying "one riot - one ranger". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Except that these aren't Texas Rangers...... Greg copcar dot com

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