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General Discussion Area => Corvette Related Chat => Topic started by: yolo on July 24, 2009, 07:29:20 AM

Title: NC sheriff's deputy uses Corvette to stop speeders
Post by: yolo on July 24, 2009, 07:29:20 AM

NC sheriff's deputy uses Corvette to stop speeders
   


RALEIGH, N.C. – At least one sheriff's deputy in North Carolina won't have any trouble catching speeders. Multiple media outlets reported Wednesday that the Wake County Sheriff's Department has a Chevrolet Corvette Z06. Chevrolet said the car has a top track speed of 198 mph, with a base sticker price of $74,875. Its V8 racing engine generates 505 horsepower.

Sheriff's spokeswoman Phyllis Stevens said the car didn't cost the county any money since it was seized from a drug dealer.

Wake County isn't the first to used souped up cars.

Former Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege once had a Chevrolet Impala SS with a Corvette engine

Former Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Barker used several Camaro Z28s for traffic enforcement.

Title: NC sheriff's deputy uses Corvette to stop speeders
Post by: 72vet on July 24, 2009, 01:30:20 PM

Click HERE (http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/video?id=6928487) to watch the ABC11 news report

Title: NC sheriff's deputy uses Corvette to stop speeders
Post by: gtc on July 24, 2009, 01:49:24 PM

"People may think it's a blue light bandit, and be afraid to stop"

Now, there's an excuse.

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