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Depends but, nowadays it skews towards know. There are 2 kinds of P71, the Patrol car and the detective car. Patrol cars are the most common and they've been absolutely ragged to hell. Ford says 1 hour of idling is roughly equivalent to 30 miles of driving. So, they're much more worn out than the mileage would initially imply. Detective cars are more sought after because they were mainly used to ferry Detectives to and from crime scenes so, they're generally less worn out and also in better condition since they don't generally do anything rough and tumble and the car hasn't been cut up to install the lighbar and cage. The catch is Ford stopped making the CVPI in 2011 and a lot of departments have already phased out their CVPI's, there's also a sort of "Crown vic tax" because back when Police agency's were offloading crown vics for pennies on the dollar, Youtubers and Social media fags couldn't stop spouting on about "muh cheap and reliable daily driver" which inflated the prices (even on ragged patrol cars) because people got the idea that Crown vics were desirable.
Anyway Detective cars are generally the most sought after, they're a lot rarer these days and most susceptible to mark-ups and people trying to pass of their Ex Unmarked traffic cars as detective cars (they're not the same) so, you should be careful about that.
If you can get a decent price on a Detective car in decent nick then you should go for it but, you should be aware that these cars are getting older and older and the mileage on them is only gonna go up.
Idk about Taxis desu. I'd think to stay away from them because they probably idle a lot like patrol cars and Since Taxi companies are businesses I think they only get rid of cars when they're on their last legs.
As a daily the P71 is alright, it rides well, the steering is good and most of them had air con especially if you live in a hot state. The fuel economy isn't spectacular though it's a 4.7L v8 and the intake manifolds crack
