NEAT PIECE OF FHP Two Tone PAINT INFO

[FHP#1118]

Taken from a 1999 "justification review" report on the cost efectiveness of the florida highway patrol Talk of going to a one color car, I guess it never happended but it is a cool piece of info. See the full report at

http://www.oppaga.state.fl.us/reports/pdf/9887rpt.pdf

Changing to a Single Standard FHP Car Color
Would Save the State $219,820 Annually
While black and cream patrol cars are an FHP tradition, the twotone
paint on these vehicles costs taxpayers thousands of dollars
every year. The custom paint job inflates the purchase price of
each car and deflates its resale value. The patrol could drive cars
distinguishable as FHP vehicles and save approximately $219,820
annually by changing its vehicle color scheme.
As shown in Exhibit 3-3, the patrol spends $657 per car to
custom paint and apply decals to approximately 290 marked
patrol vehicles every year. After the useful life of the cars (about
five years) they are sold at government sales. Prior to sale, the
patrol defaces the cars so that they cannot be misconstrued as
official law enforcement vehicles. The defaced, two-tone paint
deflates each car's resale value by approximately $400.
Exhibit 3-3
Using Standard Color Cars Would Save $219,820 Annually
Two-Tone Car vs Car in One Standard Color Savings
Custom two-tone paint
and decals $ 657
Standard color with
decals includes labor $ 300 $ 357
Resale preparation
costs (deface and
remove decals) 101
Resale preparation
costs (remove
decals) 100 1
Resale loss due to
defaced vehicles 400
Resale loss due to
defaced vehicles 0 400
Total Cost Per Car $ 1,158 Total Cost Per Car $ 400 $ 758
Total for 290 Cars $335,820 Total for 290 Cars $116,000 $219,820
Source: Department of Management Services contract prices, prices paid by other law
enforcement agencies, and OPPAGA analysis.
Other law enforcement agencies have realized cost savings by
purchasing cars painted in one manufacturer standard color and
applying agency-identifying decals. For example, the Capitol
Police, law enforcement officers in the Department of
Transportation's Motor Carrier Compliance Program, and some
15 For the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999-2000, the savings would occur
in general appropriations item number 1683E.
Two-tone cars cost
more to buy and sell