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Pumpkin-smashing a Crown Vic
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
This, really, is how all Ford Crown Victorias should be retired.
Residents in Damariscotta, Maine, observed the splattered carnage of a 650-pound pumpkin after it fell 200 feet on top of a town police cruiser. And it wasn't the last pumpkin missile to hit the old Vic, either (more pumpkin smashing in this photo gallery).
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Boston.com reports the latest trends, auto shows and wrings out the newest cars in our city's hellish maze - and across the great roads of New England.
Clifford Atiyeh edits the Cars section on Boston.com and is an automotive correspondent for The Boston Globe. He has spent his entire life driving cars he doesn't own.
In the garage: 2008 MBTA Zone 1A monthly pass, 1995 21-speed Iron Horse. Bill Griffith is an automotive correspondent for The Boston Globe and has reviewed cars for 10 years. He was also the Globe's assistant sports editor for 25 years and the paper's sports media columnist.
In the garage (over the years): 1956 T-Bird, 1959 Nash Metropolitan, 1980 El Camino, 1997 supercharged Camry TRD.
In the garage: 2008 MBTA Zone 1A monthly pass, 1995 21-speed Iron Horse. Bill Griffith is an automotive correspondent for The Boston Globe and has reviewed cars for 10 years. He was also the Globe's assistant sports editor for 25 years and the paper's sports media columnist.
In the garage (over the years): 1956 T-Bird, 1959 Nash Metropolitan, 1980 El Camino, 1997 supercharged Camry TRD.
