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POGAN · 22-06-2013 1:51pm

Old diesel wrote: »

This is the unmarked Mondeo that i was on about earlier that i had seen in Mallow

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanecasey51/5670465315/

That's the fermoy st220 it was on loan to mallow traffic for a Time last year!! It's was lovely car pitty it's not around anymore!!

jagged · 22-06-2013 1:51pm

kub wrote: »

That is a North Cork Div unmarked car, can be seen anywhere from the west of Mallow all the way over to Youghal. Based in Fermoy Afaik.
It was seized by Cab and given to AGS.

Spot on

Old diesel · 22-06-2013 3:57pm

Mister Jingles wrote: »

I doubt Ford even offer them engines here for standard cars. Everything today is DIESEL DIESEL DIESEL. The Octavia vRS would be the best suited car to traffic, many uk forces are using them now.

Good point - but im just thinking now that Ford produced a police spec Focus ST in estate form some months back. Should be easy enough to get them to produce a few of them for Garda use - im sure they wouldn't turn down the business.

I shall see if i can find a picture of it

22-06-2013 4:03pm

Old diesel wrote: »

Good point - but im just thinking now that Ford produced a police spec Focus ST in estate form some months back. Should be easy enough to get them to produce a few of them for Garda use - im sure they wouldn't turn down the business.

I shall see if i can find a picture of it

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Old diesel · 22-06-2013 4:12pm

Thanks a million for finding that Foreign.

Fine looking machine - definitely a potential option as a high performance Garda patrol car.

Should be no bother to get one in on demo and get a few ordered when Ford are already supplying garda cars this year.

POGAN · 22-06-2013 8:25pm

Old diesel wrote: »

Good point - but im just thinking now that Ford produced a police spec Focus ST in estate form some months back. Should be easy enough to get them to produce a few of them for Garda use - im sure they wouldn't turn down the business.

I shall see if i can find a picture of it

They turned down bmws 5 series estates even tho they where very cheap because it would look bad to public

Capri · 22-06-2013 9:19pm

Mister Jingles wrote: »

I doubt Ford even offer them engines here for standard cars. Everything today is DIESEL DIESEL DIESEL. The Octavia vRS would be the best suited car to traffic, many uk forces are using them now.

PSNI have Octavia vRS's, RUC in the old days pioneered Mini Cooper S's as unmarked cars AFIR

I can understand the thinking behind buying plain cars - even if we need a 'Mad Max' every now and again, but we can't have Focus RS's parked and waiting every 40km in the country - remember, radio waves travel faster than any supercar :P:P And a good driver can make any car into a pursuit car :cool:

Some unmarked cars -
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Unmarked_policecar_slovakia_passat_b5_2.jpg :cool:

http://www.britishv8.org/articles/Images-V15-3/PolicePhoto.jpg :eek:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3085/2597912880_bf29e2d899_z.jpg :cool:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/homer----simpson/4607837241/

POGAN · 22-06-2013 9:45pm

Old diesel wrote: »

Thanks a million for finding that Foreign.

Fine looking machine - definitely a potential option as a high performance Garda patrol car.

Should be no bother to get one in on demo and get a few ordered when Ford are already supplying garda cars this year.

There's 190 bhp mondeos being kitted at the mo for advance cars

Mister Jingles · 23-06-2013 12:04am

Those ST Focus's would be great traffic cars, lighter then a mondeo/5 series, can still carry a bit of gear in the rear and put many high performance bmw/audis to shame. Doubt they'd ever be bought though.

POGAN wrote: »

They turned down bmws 5 series estates even tho they where very cheap because it would look bad to public

Was this the case or just a Chinese whisper that grew around the internet ?

Mr Simpson · 23-06-2013 1:18am

Mister Jingles wrote: »

Was this the case or just a Chinese whisper that grew around the internet ?

It was the case, confirmed on a different site

Capri · 23-06-2013 1:45am

Old 'BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA POLICE MOTOR TRANSPORT' (Rhodesia / Zimbabwe ) cars

http://www.rhodesianforces.org/BSAPvehicles.htm

http://www.sa-transport.co.za/police_and_riot/police.html

24-06-2013 10:50am

You know that garda car that looked like it was belong to RTE? With the strange lightbar that seemed out of place on a Garda vehicle?

Well I was just crossing the road an hour ago in Drogheda and a siren took my attention. A very similar car (looked like the same lightbar, very UK-style) came belting up the road and flew past me. Of course I didn't have the camera at the time (always the way) but I only really copped the lightbar when it's back was to me (chunky red and blue lights looked quite well, actually).

Hooch · 24-06-2013 12:47pm

Like this?? These light bars were trailed on a couple of 07 mondeos.

24-06-2013 2:50pm

Hooch wrote: »

Like this?? These light bars were trailed on a couple of 07 mondeos.

And Santry's Vectra.

POGAN · 24-06-2013 3:10pm

Hooch wrote: »

Like this?? These light bars were trailed on a couple of 07 mondeos.

Love them light bars

Hooch · 24-06-2013 3:15pm

POGAN wrote: »

Love them light bars

I used to like them too but LED technology is after totally surpassing strobes, making these redundant

24-06-2013 3:27pm

Hooch wrote: »

I used to like them too but LED technology is after totally surpassing strobes, making these redundant

Think this is strobe. Saw it one day on the M50 and the lights were crap.

DesertCreat_15 · 24-06-2013 6:35pm

Are these bulbs or LED foreign, i assume LED? They are a rare shape IMO, they look like the old cheap rotating bulb lightbars !

Hooch · 24-06-2013 8:07pm

That looks CACK 4N!!! Jesus they went backwards with that one

24-06-2013 8:32pm

DesertCreat_15 wrote: »

Are these bulbs or LED foreign, i assume LED? They are a rare shape IMO, they look like the old cheap rotating bulb lightbars !

Strobe if I remember correctly. Not led because I hardly noticed them

Hooch wrote: »

That looks CACK 4N!!! Jesus they went backwards with that one

Seems to be the only one with it. There is a matrix and the light bar. It's tiny and hard to see in daylight.

Here it is from when we were pimping out the country a couple of weeks ago.

DesertCreat_15 · 25-06-2013 1:39pm

That's super troopers material right there KKV, it doesn't matter what happened before that IMO, but as badass as it looked there was no need to lift the handbrake.... :pac:

Capri · 25-06-2013 3:07pm

DesertCreat_15 wrote: »

That's super troopers material right there KKV, it doesn't matter what happened before that IMO, but as badass as it looked there was no need to lift the handbrake.... :pac:

Pot calling the kettle black - no matter what provocation, it's up to the GS to control themselves at the very least and try to behave professionally :mad:

When members behave like those they're supposed to be policing (pulling a handbraker, then talking about HIS driving ), then the rule of law is going out the window and those members will be disciplined

(Speaking of 'handbreakers' , I had a member on his rothar do it beside me, front brake jammed on and back wheel up in the air :rolleyes: lucky it didn't clip my car :mad: )

Capri · 25-06-2013 3:09pm

foreign wrote: »

Strobe if I remember correctly. Not led because I hardly noticed them

Seems to be the only one with it. There is a matrix and the light bar. It's tiny and hard to see in daylight.

Here it is from when we were pimping out the country a couple of weeks ago.

Gas, our lads in the suits, and the SS :eek: in 'Hamptons casual' chinos :cool:
Wonder they didn't try to get the X5 in the door of Finnegans, the Super might have got knocked down :P

POGAN · 25-06-2013 3:13pm

Well going on what the mule said he failed to stop when asked above, he did not provide the video before that so I'm guessing it isn't really as he stated on Facebook!

About the manner of driving the tango didn't know what to expect other than car failing to stop, all traffic are trained drivers at the end of day spilt second decision are made by them to stop the car!!

3fullback · 25-06-2013 3:48pm

A comment from the op of the video onto Facebook :

Marc Heath
i will be honest the passenger let off a small air horn going beside but thats no way to stop someone plus the the unmarked mondeo was pulling me over first so i was starting to slow down nice and easy getting ready to stop when ZOOM SKID OH **** SLAMMING THE BRAKE PEDAL and da fuq lol

So there's the reasonable cause for the technique deployed!

msg11 · 25-06-2013 4:30pm

Awful driving, someone could have came out with a serious back injury in the patrol car had the car not stopped or decided to put the foot down.

Still must be a reason he only posted up the end of the video, if he had nothing to hide he would post up the whole video. So a case of two bad drivers, one with a camera winding the Garda up and the Garda going over the top. People are trying to spin it for more than it is which is a bad traffic stop.

25-06-2013 6:44pm

I'd also like to see the full video. How long did he fail to stop?

25-06-2013 8:07pm

Hooch wrote: »

Like this?? These light bars were trailed on a couple of 07 mondeos.

foreign wrote: »

And Santry's Vectra.

That looks to be the one alright. From the front it was neither here nor there, but from behind it looked quite impressive.

As was the driving. The road they were going up is a pain in the bollocks, and they overtook a rigid truck on it, too. I was only watching from a distance and I nearly needed a change of pants. Some set of balls to drive confidently like that.

foreign wrote: »

Think this is strobe. Saw it one day on the M50 and the lights were crap.

Seen that posted on here before and it looks as bad now as it did then. Like early 90s Russia or something. Horrible kit.

Zambia · 26-06-2013 12:31am

3fullback wrote: »

A comment from the op of the video onto Facebook :
Marc Heath
i will be honest the passenger let off a small air horn going beside but thats no way to stop someone plus the the unmarked mondeo was pulling me over first so i was starting to slow down nice and easy getting ready to stop when ZOOM SKID OH **** SLAMMING THE BRAKE PEDAL and da fuq lol

So there's the reasonable cause for the technique deployed!

So the bloke was being an a()hole and is dismayed at being treated like an a()hole.

Knew there was a reason for selective video editing.

Mycroft H · 26-06-2013 1:52am

Capri wrote: »

HSE Mobile control unit entering DFB Tara St

I've seen Tullamore's mobile control unit. It's not left the garage in years and only has the milage from the suppliers-converters-station. Seem to remember it's less than 100. Thing is spotless inside.

drill · 26-06-2013 10:23am

BX 19 wrote: »

I've seen Tullamore's mobile control unit. It's not left the garage in years and only has the milage from the suppliers-converters-station. Seem to remember it's less than 100. Thing is spotless inside.

That is the Tullamore control unit

Mycroft H · 26-06-2013 12:53pm

drill wrote: »

That is the Tullamore control unit

Must have went on a trip so

27-06-2013 5:59pm

3fullback wrote: »

A comment from the op of the video onto Facebook :

Marc Heath
i will be honest the passenger let off a small air horn going beside but thats no way to stop someone plus the the unmarked mondeo was pulling me over first so i was starting to slow down nice and easy getting ready to stop when ZOOM SKID OH **** SLAMMING THE BRAKE PEDAL and da fuq lol

So there's the reasonable cause for the technique deployed!

That man wont last too long in the job. He'll be out on disability very quickly at that rate of going. Incidentally, you wont find that particular 'technique' on any of the car courses.

fiverfriday · 30-06-2013 11:33pm

Re the video of tango unit.

The guy has put the full video up on FB now, and it shows him what looks like making off at speed, his friend is heard saying in the video 'have you got your guns in the boot' or something very similar, his friend lets off an air horn... fair play tango lads..

Mister Jingles · 30-06-2013 11:35pm

fiverfriday wrote: »

Re the video of tango unit.

The guy has put the full video up on FB now, and it shows him what looks like making off at speed, his friend is heard saying in the video 'have you got your guns in the boot' or something very similar, his friend lets off an air horn... fair play tango lads..

airsoft guns ?

fiverfriday · 30-06-2013 11:45pm

Mister Jingles wrote: »

airsoft guns ?

Most likely - I'd hope!

3fullback · 30-06-2013 11:57pm

Any link ?

POGAN · 01-07-2013 9:27am

cant find it on facebook at all!!

guttenberg · 01-07-2013 9:58am

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=348732355255455

Was posted in Motors!

flyingsnail · 01-07-2013 10:23am

That’s why I hate the shorter videos it acts like tunnel vision, focusing on a single action which lacks the context of bigger picture and the preceding actions.

Old diesel · 02-07-2013 11:17am

Is it me - or is that AP intern vehicle not very well thought out - I know its hard to verify from a photo and im not sure how much kit the AP interns and tutors etc carry - but storage doesn't seem well thought out - to me.

Would think something like a Landcruiser or an Audi A6 type machine would carry the same amount - no???.

And yes I know - cost??? - but as far as I know - the UK police etc can get great deals on Audis, BMWs and the like so should be possible to get a decent deal - no?.

Is it a weight thing (hence why I say Audi A6 type machine (heavier) - and if so - surely the way to go would be a new purpose built van.

Im probably been way too fussy and contrary though - and its probably perfect lol.

London Air ambulance seem to be able to fit everything into the boot of an Octavia hatchback???.

02-07-2013 11:24am

Old diesel wrote: »

Is it me - or is that AP intern vehicle not very well thought out - I know its hard to verify from a photo and im not sure how much kit the AP interns and tutors etc carry - but storage doesn't seem well thought out - to me.

Would think something like a Landcruiser or an Audi A6 type machine would carry the same amount - no???.

And yes I know - cost??? - but as far as I know - the UK police etc can get great deals on Audis, BMWs and the like so should be possible to get a decent deal - no?.

Is it a weight thing (hence why I say Audi A6 type machine (heavier) - and if so - surely the way to go would be a new purpose built van.

Im probably been way too fussy and contrary though - and its probably perfect lol.

London Air ambulance seem to be able to fit everything into the boot of an Octavia hatchback???.

Can't fit all the interns though.

Old diesel · 02-07-2013 11:33am

foreign wrote: »

Can't fit all the interns though.

Fair point - looks overkill to a casual observer - but if that's whats needed to get the crew in - then awesome

.

Still not keen on the storage arrangements though - doesn't look very well thought out.

How many interns and tutors are there though in a vehicle - thought it might be an intern and tutor or 2 interns and a tutor - or at most 2 interns a tutor and a driver.

02-07-2013 1:33pm

Old diesel wrote: »

Fair point - looks overkill to a casual observer - but if that's whats needed to get the crew in - then awesome .

Still not keen on the storage arrangements though - doesn't look very well thought out.

How many interns and tutors are there though in a vehicle - thought it might be an intern and tutor or 2 interns and a tutor - or at most 2 interns a tutor and a driver.

Couldn't tell you the numbers, one of the NAS lads will confirm that. And DBF use a Vito rather than the Mondeo estate that was there in the past.

maglite · 02-07-2013 5:26pm

Old diesel wrote: »

Would think something like a Landcruiser or an Audi A6 type machine would carry the same amount - no???.

But I'm frairly sure they had those vans lying around and just re-purposed them, much cheaper than buying a new 4x4

Mister Jingles · 03-07-2013 1:56am

Saw one of the new Focus estates earlier with blues and twos. Nice to hear the older siren sound from the pre 07 cars. The avensis sound too much like an ambulance.

03-07-2013 1:13pm

Mister Jingles wrote: »

Saw one of the new Focus estates earlier with blues and twos. Nice to hear the older siren sound from the pre 07 cars. The avensis sound too much like an ambulance.

That would be because they were kitted out by Wilker.

goldie fish · 03-07-2013 1:14pm

foreign wrote: »

That would be because they were kitted out by Wilker.

Who fits out the rest? Do Sonic still do it?

POGAN · 03-07-2013 10:52pm

goldie fish wrote: »

Who fits out the rest? Do Sonic still do it?

didn't the depot do most of the stuff this time, got contractors in for the stuff they couldn't do!!

carzony · 05-07-2013 6:59pm

I heard a load of sirens a while ago, must have been for that crash in town. Hope everyone is ok.. That part of town is a nightmare to drive through people just walk out infront of you and then you have cyclists and motorbikes.....

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