As a former contractor for an automotive paint distributor , indeed, some of those bright pigments like red or green can cost up to $1000 a GALLON.. so he’s not exaggerating
@@PortlandFleetServiceEVEN IF ALL THE PAINT COLORS DID COST THE SAME..... TAKING TIME TO TAPE OFF COVER AND SPRAY DIFF COLORS COST MORE MONEY IN LABOR. ITS ECONOMICS, BUT SINCE U VOTED FOR SLEEPY U DONT KNOW BOUT THAT OBVIOUSLY.
My fire dept switched from a 2 tone color scheme (Lime Green & White) to all white and it saved around $10,000 a truck for a pumper to $15,000 for a ladder truck.
0:40 - even the green and white cars are inconsistent. See the tail end of both SUVs. One has a white roof and back end, the other has a green roof and back end.
Rudy Giuliani as mayor of New York city instituted a similar change For the NYPD and certain vehicles within the Fire Department And other city agencies saving millions of dollars in custom livery cost
Maybe save older units and paint or wrap em in green. Take off markings and possibly license plates. Sort of like green Ford Falcons with no license plates during Argentina's political upheavals in the 1970s.
Companies stopped offering police package sedans ever since they stopped selling the more simply and reliable body-on frame units like the caprice and the crown Vic. Also the Tahoe is an SUV, not a van, but police departments are pretty much forced to make an SUV switch thanks to the automakers deciding to literally stop producing good sedans.
@@dayeverydae I think Police have given the Explorers a try and trust the Tahoe best maybe because the Tahoes are most like the old cars and have got tried-and-true reliability.
If you don’t abuse the car, and have a good maintenance program, they should last 20 years. The problem is, people want the latest and greatest at taxpayer expense.
@@smorris281 you aware these cars are on the road 24/7 right? They run on idle a lot and driven hard. When they're sold at auction they're ran thrue. 5 years with 300 000 miles on them.
Its smart 2 use white because of police chases its easier to see white rather than dark green at night time. My reason is better than the police chiefs
In Hillsborough county we pay for the name of the sheriff himself on every vehicle. It is like an ongoing political campaign…. How much does that cost to add? Delete? Should there be a law against that??/??
Savings for tax payers? Do you not know how little, or less, cops driving around our streets really care about us tax payers? Try walking into one of our police stations, oh I meant their police stations to ask a question..... Yeah, they want to save us tax payers dollars. Tell our pockets that and our dignity after were beat up and slammed into the back seat of one of those pretty low cost cruisers. Thank you for saving us money.
First off, he’s not saving the taxpayers any money the money he’s saving is gonna be put into a different project in the department second off you took a perfectly uniform department where all vehicles matched and now they’re not gonna be matching for at least 5 to 10 years and the green and white looks way better in my opinion
As a former contractor for an automotive paint distributor , indeed, some of those bright pigments like red or green can cost up to $1000 a GALLON.. so he’s not exaggerating
lol okay bud. Napa has only been selling whatever color you want in custom mixed single stage paint for less than $300 per gallon for 20 years only…
@@PortlandFleetServiceONE COLOR CARS ARE FASTER CHEAPER EASIER TO PAINT PERIOD!
U KNOW NOTHING OF WHAT U SPEAK
@@PortlandFleetServiceEVEN IF ALL THE PAINT COLORS DID COST THE SAME..... TAKING TIME TO TAPE OFF COVER AND SPRAY DIFF COLORS COST MORE MONEY IN LABOR.
ITS ECONOMICS, BUT SINCE U VOTED FOR SLEEPY U DONT KNOW BOUT THAT OBVIOUSLY.
@@PortlandFleetServiceU CAN APOLOGIZE NOW FOR YOUR IGNORANCE
@@YELLTELL are you okay? Take it easy.
My fire dept switched from a 2 tone color scheme (Lime Green & White) to all white and it saved around $10,000 a truck for a pumper to $15,000 for a ladder truck.
Good job Escambia county! Thanks for saving tax dollars!
0:40 - even the green and white cars are inconsistent. See the tail end of both SUVs. One has a white roof and back end, the other has a green roof and back end.
Rudy Giuliani as mayor of New York city instituted a similar change For the NYPD and certain vehicles within the Fire Department And other city agencies saving millions of dollars in custom livery cost
The new white looks hideous. Not because of it being white but the design itself is ugly
Welcome to 2010. Every other department in the USA switched to solid color cars over a decade ago.
Please, we have black and whites, a lot of agencies still do.
Here in Indiana most county agencies are brown and tan. Some are all white because of cost as well. That brown and tan speaks sheriffs departments.
Why do you think the British took the White or Silver cars and just put sticker decals on them…. Cos it’s lot easier to replace them.
Maybe save older units and paint or wrap em in green. Take off markings and possibly license plates. Sort of like green Ford Falcons with no license plates during Argentina's political upheavals in the 1970s.
It will be cooler, for canines and humans! (I can't imagine Florida in August! ) 🇺🇸🙏
the green and white look way better
Ugh. Hardest color to keep clean. It shows EVERYTHING. Money you save on the front end will be spent if car washes on the back end.
No. Black is the hardest color to keep clean.
That’s why my PD changed to B&W 20 years ago.
Tome for a down grade? Here in Pasadena Texas, we lost our style of cruisers years ago and they now look like plain lettering on newsprint.
If they wanted to save money. They coulda used house paint.
Wrap is much cheaper than paint.
But a smaller sticker is cheaper when you put it on a factory white car.
But white keeps the vehicle temperature cooler in the summertime ☀️
It’s really not MUCH cheaper
1000 to 2500 dollar a vehicle
White keeps the vehicle temperature cooler also.
so does your mom
will it save us on vehicle insurance 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Save more money by buying actual fuel efficient sedans instead of the Tahoe vans.
Who makes a sedan that’s suitable anymore ?
Companies stopped offering police package sedans ever since they stopped selling the more simply and reliable body-on frame units like the caprice and the crown Vic. Also the Tahoe is an SUV, not a van, but police departments are pretty much forced to make an SUV switch thanks to the automakers deciding to literally stop producing good sedans.
@@dayeverydae I think Police have given the Explorers a try and trust the Tahoe best maybe because the Tahoes are most like the old cars and have got tried-and-true reliability.
Can spend 100,000s of $ on lights and equipment but can't spend $1000 to make it look nice.
Plain white looks nice. It’s a tax payer funded police car, they are doing it to save money. What’s wrong with that?
How about you keep using old cars, an stop getting new cars. Now that would save a lot of money
If you don’t abuse the car, and have a good maintenance program, they should last 20 years. The problem is, people want the latest and greatest at taxpayer expense.
@@smorris281 you aware these cars are on the road 24/7 right? They run on idle a lot and driven hard. When they're sold at auction they're ran thrue. 5 years with 300 000 miles on them.
Its smart 2 use white because of police chases its easier to see white rather than dark green at night time. My reason is better than the police chiefs
In Hillsborough county we pay for the name of the sheriff himself on every vehicle. It is like an ongoing political campaign…. How much does that cost to add? Delete? Should there be a law against that??/??
How about places that put in God we trust on law enforcement units?
@centredoorplugsthornton4112 there shouldn't be any words like that
@@Tracy-m3n tell it to the police and sheriffs who do that.
@centredoorplugsthornton4112 o I do just like I tell tampa we all hate the blue line flag on front license plate spot
$2,500 for green paint? That seems kinda high. Was someone getting kickbacks?
They’re harder to differentiate from civilian car.. that’s the point .
Yep can't collect tax payers $ if they see it coming
Savings for tax payers? Do you not know how little, or less, cops driving around our streets really care about us tax payers? Try walking into one of our police stations, oh I meant their police stations to ask a question..... Yeah, they want to save us tax payers dollars. Tell our pockets that and our dignity after were beat up and slammed into the back seat of one of those pretty low cost cruisers. Thank you for saving us money.
The reality is that they want cruisers that aren't as easily spotted. How clever of them to spin it like they're doing us all a favor though.
well law abiding people aren't looking for the police. 😀
@jefferyhubbard3532 law abiding people also get harassed by the police too.
If that were the case, they'd just use unmarked cruisers
First off, he’s not saving the taxpayers any money the money he’s saving is gonna be put into a different project in the department second off you took a perfectly uniform department where all vehicles matched and now they’re not gonna be matching for at least 5 to 10 years and the green and white looks way better in my opinion
That's the whole point. They want to be "less visible" to get more tax payers $