• Hildegarde@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Anyone driving a black or white ford explorer is worry some. The tell is the antennas. Cop cars have big antennas on the roof that normal cars don’t have.

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      6 months ago

      And the wheels. I get the homage nod to the past, but that big shiny hubcap is a huge tell that isn’t offered on the non-police models.

      Murdered out police insignia and shorty antennas only go so far when you floating on that chrome

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      6 months ago

      Antennas, that cage on the front bumper, black on black lettering, and no hub caps around my neck of the woods.

      Mostly SUVs and Chargers.

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      6 months ago

      Also just having a new explorer is enough, my parents got a new explorer a few years ago and one time I was driving them somewhere and got into the carpool lane, then I noticed everyone in front just kept getting out of the way and I realized they all thought we were cops