You’re probably thinking that converting the front doors of your car to Lamborghini style scissors would be pricey, but you’re wrong.
What are you waiting for? Make sure to spring for the automatic option - you’ve got to keep things classy.
A stunning orange Chrysler 300C on 24th Street:
via fredsharples of Orange Design, Inc. Is this blushing orange, tangerine/cream triple beam lyrical dream Fred’s new company car? Let’s hope so.
In these days hybrid buses, cars and everything else, it’s interesting to see the OFFICIAL BUSINESS of a City and County vehicle, such as this SFPD Dodge Charger R/T in a plain wrapper, being powered by such a non-hybriddy engine like a 5.7 litre V-8 HEMI.
So, this explains the MY NEXT POLICE CAR IS GOING TO HAVE A HEMI bumper stickers seen around town. What’s left a mystery is why these engines are called Hemi’s anyway.
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“Hemi” stands for hemispherical combustion chamber, but the term as used these days is “little more than a copyrighted word that bears little meaning, descriptively, for the engines designated as such.” Or, in other words, ”that thing got a Hemi? No, not really.”
On the other hand, your 1975 Toyota Corolla just might have an actual hemi, if not the boss HEMI logo on the side.
Choose wisely
This genuine San Francisco Police Department Ford Crown Victoria prowler sports a bumper sticker that states:
“MY NEXT POLICE CAR IS GONNA TO HAVE A HEMI“
This is a reference to the hemispherical combustion chambers of the 5.7 litre engine of the Dodge Charger Police Interceptor. So, did the S.F.P.D. place an order for Daimler-Chrysler squad cars?
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Signs point to “yes.” So soon, the SFPD might start looking like the CHP.
Poor Ford!
