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Yes there is, those fleet vehicles would have been pounded to death with a lot of hard abusive miles, raced at high speed, hard cornering and braking, I would never buy one of these, the amount of wear and tear you may not see to the chassis, suspension, axles, brake system etc etc would cost you far more to deal with.
I'd check for city;county; state auctions where those reselling them buy them. Likely a lot cheaper. You need to know which ones to attend as some keep very good maintenance ;others poor. For instance you will find cities or counties that require full brake service after all high speed chases. garages that operate 24hrs a day because of this. Others run them until they break down. Varies widely as to now they are maintained.
Most police agencies get rid of their cars because they have come to a point where it's no longer safe to be performing their duties in them. Many of the cars are cheap for a reason. If it's a chief or deputy chiefs car then I'd personally buy it but a patrol car is a different story. Remember most of them are driven at high speeds, over curbs, and through ditches. Many of them are mostly running 20 hours a day. Make sure the suspension isn't shot as well because there's a chance it could be. Many patrol cars aren't treated as great as you think. There may be food stains, worn out upholstery, and maybe even springs in the seat could be shot. I'd rather a buy a rental car to be honest. Some of them are probably worse than rental cars. Just think of how people drive rental cars...obviously many of them don't care and the car could be mistreated. One last tip...if a patrol car has 150,000 miles on it, I would guarantee with idling time it's most likely 50,000 more. I'm not going to be the one to say don't buy one but be extremely careful to what to buy. Many of them are very cheap for a reason!
I'm not sure they are that bad. Police cars I believe are aways taken out of service before they get to 100,000. Even with idling time, they should have a lot of use left in them. As for driving at high speeds, over curbs, and through ditches. Yes, but that is not the way they are normally driven on a daily basis. They are only used that way occasionally, and anyway they are designed to handle that type of activities. Example: they have upgraded heavy duty suspension systems.
So a fuel made out of 85% corn squeezin's is not a TRUE alternative fuel? It must be a false alternative fuel then?
Running juzt e85, you're going to be going to the pump more than with just regular gasoline.
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