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General Lee 01 Senior Enthusiast

General Lee 01

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But since I'm a car buff, I must say something.

 

On the news with this sniper, the whole time they're tellin' us "Be on the lookout for a chevy ASTRO van, and then they say Tommorow a "sketch" of the chevy ASTRO van will be released.

 

Well, tommorow comes, and they say it's a sketch of a chevy  ASTRO van, but is it? NO! It's a chevy EXPRESS van.

 

GET IT RIGHT PEOPLE!!! :angry:

 

All this time people have been calling in tips on ASTRO vans when all this time we're REALLY supposed to be looking for the Full-sized vans.

 

I hate it when these News people are so clueless!

hogger999 Enthusiast

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So who screwed up? Has it been described to police as an Astro van and someone else give the sketch artist the wrong description. Or is like you said and the media is just saying things at random. Sometimes it's like they don't even care what or how they are reporting as long as they get to be in front of the camera.

 

 

BTW my mother in law calls my sister in laws Suburban a van.  :cheers:  :flag:

chevy4x4trucks Senior Enthusiast

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That's nothing, the last pic they showed of the "Astro Van" was a grey GMC Safari and it was a pic off of ebay.  I know this for a fact because a buddy of mine was looking for one and it was the exact same picture that we phtochopped.  I've probably got it saved on my hard drive somewhere.
sk Senior Enthusiast

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I thought the same thing the minute I saw it.  It's a pet peeve of mine too, but the "average" person who isn't big into vehicles wouldn't know the difference anyway.

 

What really scares me is that the police -- the people who are ALWAYS looking for and tracking law offenders -- don't seem to know the difference between 2 vehicles.  Seems to me these are the folks who would need to know it for their job !!!

 

 

Scott

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Seems like alot of crimes are tied to a man driving a "white van". I think that tip is BS anyway. and what makes it even worse is that now, when somebody does get shot, people are going to be so busy looking for the infamous white van, they will miss everything else going on around them. I mean the sniper is not a real dumbass, Iam sure he has enough sense not to drive around in the same ride especially if it is all over the news. DUH! :cheers:
99silveradoz71 Senior Enthusiast

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Sometimes it's like they don't even care what or how they are reporting as long as they get to be in front of the camera.

We were telling war stories while working traffic blocking off the street at a fire scene this afternoon.  When we had our homicide in March, 1 of our guys said the reporter was hoping fences in the backyards in a suit trying to see if he could get a straight view across the street.  Nothing is sacred.

SnakeEyeSS Senior Enthusiast

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you should read my school magazine's auto part. I was almost pulling my hari out, he got the silverado base price 9000 over, and said the top engine offered was the 5.7. he didn't even list the 4.3 as an offering. it just got worse from there
fenderbender Enthusiast

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I don't think they have a clue what kind of vehicle it is. Someone just happened to see something and told someone it was a Chevy van. I blame a lots of it on the media. Too nosey sometimes
99silveradoz71 Senior Enthusiast

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It's amazing how people can botch up the plate that they say they're certain about too.  "Well I got the license plate..."  So the dispatchers run it and it comes back on a Toyota when the guy describes the car as a Ford...Witnesses are not always too sharp.  It all happens quick.
TxDoc Senior Enthusiast

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They don't seem to understand the difference between automatic and semi-automatic, or a .22 LR and a .223 or a 22-250, etc.
varmint2506 Enthusiast

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The local boys just nailed a guy sitting in a white van talking on the pay phone this morning. This wasn't one of those, please step out of the car either. They literally dragged him out onto the ground in the rain. Hopefully if they didn't get the guy today, they will soon!
varmint2506 Enthusiast

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And the van was neither one of the ones mentioned before.  It was a white Plymouth Voyager :)

Before its over, this dude will be in a beat up old station wagon or something.  :angry:

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