What the...?!?
Why don't we have any of these?
Seriously....a CFD Mustang? Who's driving these, Battalion Chiefs?
Bought or leased?
Meanwhile, remember what the guys on the north side are driving:
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
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CPD does have some mustangs. Take a look in the lot at 35th St. Back in 2022, Ford could not produce the amount of explorers needed. CPD start taking Escapes, mustangs, and pickups for non-patrol duties. All Ford products
Mustang: how jealous would you be if it was a E-Mustang?
It’s not really a Mustang. It’s an EV that identifies as a Mustang.
Some M plated Tesla Model Y's seen on the west side too. That SS supervisor on long and palmer still has her brand new Ford Lightning truck
To be fair it’s an electric mustang 2. They are pretty much giving them away right now.
Looks like the Mustang EV, why not?? When you absolutely need to get to a fire, the vehicle runs out of power. The Chicago Way! Meanwhile much of the actual firefighting equipment is in disrepair and parked in storage lots until they rust and will be sold for scrap metal.
Let's not quibble about the charging stations. See if you can get the former Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttpacker, to advise on costs of the charging stations. He could recommend the company that he contracted putting in a dozen stations for $84M. The city can afford it. Just another spending boondoggle and another reason not to fund our pensions.
Just my very old and humble opinion.
I saw these at the O'Hare AMC building about 2 months ago. They're city owned not leased. They also got about 6 electric f150 lightnings at the AMC for motor truck driver supervisor use. (Along with a charging station INSIDE the AMC)
Electric garbage.
Imagine if the carjacking task force guys had these or tac or CST , imagine all the high speeds not chasing but following from blocks away would happen with mustangs .
Majority of the burbs have a “ ghost or unmarked durango now , Niles and Norridge both do , @CPD continues cars with seats falling apart and rust
Bring back CFD ambulances and Fire dept. cars that are black over red with gold lettering.
The Chicago Fire Dept. colors have been that way since the horse and buggy days in the 1870s. These bastards have to change everything.
At least someone is buying those, probably at a much higher price than your average customer would pay.
Judging by the unit number, I’d guess you’re right - Battalion 7
That picture displays poor training on the part of the mechanics. That rim fell apart because the wrench was set to too high of a setting. The mope probably meant well, making sure the tire didn't fall off by making the lugs tighter. Tighter isn't always better. Over torquing the lugs is just as dangerous as under torquing.
I've never seen a CFD mustang in the wild. I have seen a few city vehicles with out of state plates. What's up with that? No city sticker too. Should've wrote it a parker.
Electric Vehicle
Sutton Ford in Mattson, couldnt buy a city vehicle in the city?
Just another waste of taxpayers money!!!
Only a democrat and or idiot would buy an electric car
Even worse, why isn’t conehead being driven around in electric cars? He said he is green against climate change nonsense. He has a fleet of suburban’s and Tahoe‘s so many guys if they make the Secret Service protection on the president of the United States pale in comparison! Typical Democrat, all they do is lie
Not enough ambulances
Not enough ladder trucks
Not enough preventive maintenance to keep wheels on
But lets
Let's buy a cool ride!
There you go says...
This is proof that the CTU President needs ride,...something in style, rims, spinners...showing his status...
Give away? Dream on.
No doubt attached to a 'diesel generator'...
It's a Mustang Mach-E, It's a fully electric 4 door. They start at $40k. This one looks like it came from Sutton Ford in Matteson, IL, not part of a fleet purchase from Ford, like they do with CPD/CFD/pool Explorers & Streets & San F150's.
If there is a way to waste money, Chicago will find it.
Fire hazards when charging have to leave them outside for fear of burning down the house
Perfect description
Exactly!!!
Double Exactly!!!
That's an electric Mustang. Do you really want one of those?
Ford, the company who gave 8 million dollars to “Defund The Police”.
What does it matter? Governmental agencies don't pay any tax on purchases.
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Maybe this is some of the reason why so many fire trucks are down. Private equity.
there was a recent fire at a bus recharging depot/station in another municipality...If the cards fall right, we could have another Chicago fire breakout and our firefighting equipment being in the condition it is currently in...well you know the story...
Intoxicated drivers have rated the electric Mustang best in handling for 2025.
Because CFD can race to jobs, unlike CPD.
Nothing in that photo identifies it as battalion 7.
Great Idea! Let's trade dimwitted Conehead with Dolton for their in house genius Tiffany Henyard. Love them or hate them, you have to admit these two morons are entertaining as all hell. Apparently, being competent and honest precludes one from membership in the Democrat Party.
Those electric Mustangs are POS. You don't want them. Ford can't give them away, which might be how CFD got them.
The fire chief back then had a shipping co(boats) also and that's how they were painted also. then he put red & green navigation lights (like on the boats) on the CFD that's why CFD gas green lights on units
Not only CFD but all the city departments EXCEPT CPD! 51 Wentworth got about 100 when they 1st came out.
CFD probably has twice number of sidelined ladder trucks than LAFD. We're lucky there hasn't been a catastrophic fire here.
I think they buy at Sutton Ford to check the DEI box. Owner/CEO Nate Sutton is African American and completed the Ford Minority Dealer Training Program in 1989 and opened his first dealership Olympia Fields Ford before relocating to Matteson, Illinois in 2000 and renaming it Sutton Ford.
The CFD problem is just the same as CPD. They beat the hell out of their trucks also and don’t care. We get new cars and by 5k miles they are totaled because young cowboys drive 100 into oncoming traffic. CFD breaks theirs because they don’t slow down for anything either. Just like our cars that are hybrids they are more technological and can break easier. A lot of new fire trucks also have electronics including electronic valves and other technologies that if used roughly or the wrong way will break. This technology for the fire and police side aren’t practical for the extreme use that we give them. The electronics in the fire trucks are great for suburban and volunteer Dads who have a fire once a month or even longer. But when you’re using all this crap everyday and using it hard, it breaks. The problem with fire department equipment manufacturers is that they hire tons of retired small town chiefs who come up with things that “make the job easier” such as technology like electronic valves made with plastic internals and gauges, screens etc etc. again, great for the small department doing a fire a month, but getting used hard every day multiple times it’s going to break quick. For the big departments with heavy use you need traditional pressure gauges, steel dials, levers and valves. Otherwise all this crap will just keep breaking. Same with us in CPD, we need simple cars without all the electronics and hybrid crap. Make them easier to fix and less things that can break.. that will result in a cheaper upfront price to buy and a cheaper price to fix down the road with less chances of things breaking. The ford explorer hybrids are crap. Maybe the worst vehicle we have ever had. Non hybrid explorers are a little better at least but dump the hybrid crap.
There is NO REASON for The City to purchase a Ford Mustang. It has zero use for the taxPAYERS! Whoever approved the PO should be fired.
please bring the washington sc fire chief to chicago
real leadership
Over-torqued is half broken.
EV's have pretty much been proven to be quite useless for fleet duty....
Imagine thinking you could diagnose that as over-tightened lugs causing it by just a single grainy picture. There are many things that could cause what appears to have happened in that picture, and over-tightened lugs isn't even near the top of the list. Did they just torque that one wheel too much? Why didn't all the rest fall off? Why aren't all the vehicles they worked on having the same issue? My guess would be someone missed a shitload of rust damage that rotted straight through, which could point to poor training or lazy mechanics. In any case, I'd be willing to bet your assessment is completely wrong. Unless you're stripping everything or shearing studs, overtorquing didn't cause that. And it wouldn't look like that.
Ford is losing 100k per ev. They have backed off on their battery plant and ev lines. Same with gm. Huge ford dealer near me has a lot full nobody wants them.dealers are telling ford no more. Gubmint is always the buyer of last resort. Big Corp can't sell their junk just see the local senator and bring a trunk full of cash and wala you have a buyer. The feds loaded up big time with Chrysler crap in the 80s when they went bankrupt. Army is always willing to help out and buy tons of trucks they never use. 20 year old 100k trucks with 1500 miles on them. Let the market decide what people want and not some pigster type who has never had a real job. Cpd kids today would love the old boy chebbies with screaming 350s you could hear blocks away. But I guess that would pass off Kerry and Greta and kill the polar bears 🐻
These were all bought with federal grant money.
Remember the Orange Man is now in charge of the Feds and I don't see him approving any EV purchase in the next 4 years, even if they are free. Possible customers are the local governments with short budget money being awarded a few of these pieces of shit.
Just my humble opinion, but I could be wrong.
Ambulances have been red on white for fifty years, which is longer than they were black over red.
It's not like anybody's going to stop or pull over for them no matter what color you paint them.
Fleet purchases go through a dealership.
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