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Vehicle Gallery - Discussion Thread

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    #2642
    Mister Jingles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Mister Jingles


    The new mondeos look much better without the chrome front grill I think, seen a photo of one the other day with the grill in black and it looked well.


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    #2643
    carzony
    Registered Users Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭carzony


    D Trent wrote: »
    Face lifted Avensis would rival it.

    Not a fan of new Mondeo

    I really don't like those facelift avensis myself. The DRL'S make them look a bit odd. The Mondeo has been the same shape for to long now without much significant change.. They just look outdated at this stage.


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    #2644
    heffomike54
    Registered Users Posts: 433 ✭✭heffomike54


    Just looking at the pictures of the "new" Volvo, I wonder what mileage is on these second hand cars, seems to me to be very silly buying a car which probably has quite high mileage on it already, not very cost effective I would of thought but then again this is Ireland....


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    #2645
    Terrontress
    Registered Users Posts: 3,888 ✭✭✭Terrontress


    heffomike54 wrote: »
    Just looking at the pictures of the "new" Volvo, I wonder what mileage is on these second hand cars, seems to me to be very silly buying a car which probably has quite high mileage on it already, not very cost effective I would of thought but then again this is Ireland....

    It is a difficult one to understand. Presumably the English forces don't want them any more as they are no longer suitable for the role for which they were bought. So why do AGS then take them?

    It's probably good to get a car already marked and with blues and sirens, but buying second hand seems wrong to me.


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    #2646
    POGAN
    Registered Users Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    Terrontress wrote: »
    It is a difficult one to understand. Presumably the English forces don't want them any more as they are no longer suitable for the role for which they were bought. So why do AGS then take them?

    It's probably good to get a car already marked and with blues and sirens, but buying second hand seems wrong to me.


    It had under 100,000 miles on it, it's police spec car so it's not normal car that goes off the road 180,000 or 300,000 like the xc70

    It was needed not best thing buying second hand cars but if helps the members on the ground all for it

    Looks like BMW will get the RSU tender with x5 is the rumour


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    #2647
    Terrontress
    Registered Users Posts: 3,888 ✭✭✭Terrontress


    POGAN wrote: »
    It had under 100,000 miles on it, it's police spec car so it's not normal car that goes off the road 180,000 or 300,000 like the xc70

    It was needed not best thing buying second hand cars but if helps the members on the ground all for it

    Looks like BMW will get the RSU tender with x5 is the rumour

    100,000 of the toughest miles a Volvo is ever likely to see.

    Why do the English not want them? Is it because they get rid of their cars, even though they are fully functioning?

    It just seems to me that an English force make the decision that a car is not fit for purpose. Uneconomical maybe, no longer up to the job, or even dangerous. Get rid of it and who buys it?


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    #2648
    CharlieCroker
    Registered Users Posts: 8,451 ✭✭✭CharlieCroker


    Terrontress wrote: »
    100,000 of the toughest miles a Volvo is ever likely to see.

    Why do the English not want them? Is it because they get rid of their cars, even though they are fully functioning?

    It just seems to me that an English force make the decision that a car is not fit for purpose. Uneconomical maybe, no longer up to the job, or even dangerous. Get rid of it and who buys it?

    UK forces lease most of their vehicles for 2-4 years so in all likelihood, that V70 was coming off lease and going back to Volvo UK. AGS prob made a bid to Volvo to then buy it, with the equipment in place.

    That's one of the reasons UK forces can have some nicer vehicles, they're paying a set monthly/quarterly fee to the manufacturer for all inclusive maintinence instead of paying for the vehicle fully up front.


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    #2649
    Capri
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    V70's to replace XC70's ? , seems like a comedown unless the XC70's were over spec for what they were used for (maybe bought after the snows of 09/10 in case they were needed ).

    http://www.expolicecar.co.uk/
    Direct sales of refurbished ex-police cars
    These cars offer a fantastic value-for-money investment, giving you the opportunity to own a fully maintained car, with no hidden history and the reassurance that only trained police drivers have commanded the vehicle

    http://www.expolicecar.co.uk/bikes.asp


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    #2650
    Markcheese
    Registered Users Posts: 8,428 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    Would it be a precedent worth following - get hold of a few big engined- well maintained low milage,relatively cheap 06-07 cars , and use em to get over a hump -
    Yes they'd have to be inspected properly but they be a better bet than fixing up a super high milage 1.6 diesel that's on it's last legs and needs thousands to get it back on the road-

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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    #2651
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,212 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    https://twitter.com/michellehtweet/status/640105558901657600

    Are these mostly based in Dublin?

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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    #2652
    [Deleted User]
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    The Black Oil wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/michellehtweet/status/640105558901657600

    Are these mostly based in Dublin?

    Store Street and Pearse Street only. Paid for by the Dublin Business Improvement District.


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    #2653
    Capri
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    Let's see the A/C's going around on them first seeing as they probably approved them :rolleyes: Cutbacks there too :P http://mewanty.net/solowheel-electric-unicycle/


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    #2654
    belacqua_
    Registered Users Posts: 257 ✭✭belacqua_


    Wouldn't be too unnecessarily embarrassed by this, it's not an uncommon sight on the continent and stateside.


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    #2655
    Hogzy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭Hogzy


    Saw the new model Garda BMW X5 on the N7 last night. Great looking car.


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    #2656
    Capri
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    New 151 Fiat Traffic corps van outside Pearse st (spare parts for the 131 Public order Fiat ??? :P )


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    #2657
    POGAN
    Registered Users Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    Capri wrote: »
    New 151 Fiat Traffic corps van outside Pearse st (spare parts for the 131 Public order Fiat ??? :P )


    Cork got one too replace the renualt traffic 02 that was in awful way

    It's for cones and Barriers but can be used for checkpoints


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    #2658
    Capri
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    151D Dacia Duster 'HARBOUR POLICE 'at Loughlinstown lunchtime, maybe at HSE Ambulance base 'showing it off '!


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    #2659
    D Trent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,341 ✭✭✭D Trent


    Capri wrote: »
    151D Dacia Duster 'HARBOUR POLICE 'at Loughlinstown lunchtime, maybe at HSE Ambulance base 'showing it off '!

    Eh ........wtf is there to show off?


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    #2660
    Capri
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    Dacia is a cheap Renault is a cheap Nissan! That Duster is marketed in some markets as a 'Nissan Terrano ' ! ! ! Could have been worse, a Lada Niva :(


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    #2661
    Markcheese
    Registered Users Posts: 8,428 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    It's a vehicle to do a job - if it does the job safely and cheaply then grand -
    It wouldn't bother me if non pursuit Garda cars were Dacia dusters - and the money saved went to better traffic corp cars and area pursuit cars -
    Hell, I think more urban gardai should do routine patrols and calls on bicycles.

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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    #2662
    Preset No.3
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭Preset No.3


    I am sure it has been talked about before but a search has revealed nothing.

    There is an unmarked Volvo S60 that goes up and down the M50. Seems like its a bit out of the ordinary. Was the Volvo a seizure or part of a bigger purchase plan? I have never seen an S60 anywhere else.


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    #2663
    Boaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 615 ✭✭✭Boaty


    I really don't think it should be talked about either, trying to stay under the radar?


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    #2664
    Preset No.3
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭Preset No.3


    Then it's doing a really bad job at staying under the radar with the blues on, uniformed members and the anpr on it!

    It was at the scene of an accident on the M50 last night with the directional arrows on the side of the car but yeh it's REALLY staying under the radar!!!!!


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    #2665
    Mister Jingles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Mister Jingles


    Didn't they use that in traffic blues on rte years a few years back, hardly that much of a secret ?


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    #2666
    Boaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 615 ✭✭✭Boaty


    I assumed it was trying to stay undercover due to the make of the car, you usually don't see one off cars in regular/traffic units?


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    #2667
    Terrontress
    Registered Users Posts: 3,888 ✭✭✭Terrontress


    Boaty wrote: »
    I assumed it was trying to stay undercover due to the make of the car, you usually don't see one off cars in regular/traffic units?

    There is a difference between an undercover and an unmarked car.

    The chances are you won't spot an undercover car unless you are very switched on.


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    #2668
    Markcheese
    Registered Users Posts: 8,428 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    It's a good idea to have loads of different unmarked traffic cars- sure if you just had unmarked mondeo everyone would just behave when overtaking a mondeo -
    I've seen unmarked subarus - BMW - insignia - Hyundai and of course the mondeo - no bad thing to move them round -

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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    #2669
    flazio
    Registered Users Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    Was a HSE Emergency Ambulance part of that convoy? Seriously?


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    #2670
    CharlieCroker
    Registered Users Posts: 8,451 ✭✭✭CharlieCroker


    flazio wrote: »
    Was a HSE Emergency Ambulance part of that convoy? Seriously?

    First visit to Ireland by an Indian premier since 1982, and bear in mind India has its fair share of domestic conflict as well as being in a state of aggression with Pakistan, I reckon its a prudent precaution to make.

    I'd rather have it and not need it rather than the other way around.


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    #2671
    kub
    Registered Users Posts: 6,528 ✭✭✭kub


    I agree about the use of the ambulance, I just hope the HSE invoice the Dept Of Justice for it.


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