Vehicle Gallery - Discussion Thread

Boaty wrote: »

Is the there a unmarked 151 BMW rolling around on the m50?

Saw an unmarked i40 saloon today - too quick to get a picture

kub wrote: »

That dog unit van in the photo thread, does anyone know what make and model that van is?
I know it was a UK make.

It would have been a BL/Freightrover* Sherpa

Sherpa was the model name - but because British Leyland, Austin Rover and co changed their branding - I can't remember what the exact brand name it used for the make.

Fairly sure it was Freight Rover though

Later versions were Leyland Daf - and then LDV - due to owner changes etc.

Bigus wrote: »

Maybe , but definitely a black 06 bmw 523 i

Probably the dark green 5-series with the tow bar that I posted a pic of before

Looks like a BMW, I believe they've a couple on trial.

AFAIK, the Honda Deauville is being discontinued, so AGS have to look at alternatives.....

Gardai and UK used pan european for years but remember reading somewhere about speed wobbles and UK discontinued and have since been going mostly for BMW, Yamaha.

Honda lost out big as they use to be the most bought.

FJR beats any Beamer hands down.

The Black Oil wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gardai-seize-18-bmws-for-tax-fraud-31058511.html

Can't be added to the fleet, presumably.

Was wondering that myself....

They would be a better machine then all the i30, i40 they after getting.

I really like the new Coast Guard livery, it stands out as different to other ES vehicles. The old livery was way too close to the Garda livery.

Preset No.3 wrote: »

Coast Guard get Land Rovers, Garda get Hyundais!!!! Something wrong there!

Speaking of which, I haven't seen any Hyundai 4x4's yet :rolleyes:

The Disco might have (unreliable) air suspension ??

Theanswers wrote: »

They work for the police in the UK and are a dam sight more capable than a Hyundai i40

But alas - also more expensive - which tends to be a key deciding factor in the Irish context

Extra driver training needed too??? - given that its a 4 x 4 (the Discovery).

Do the Uk police even use many Discovery/Land Rovers in general - is the X5 not the weapon of choice these days 4 x 4 wise.

Time for VAG to get the finger out and start getting some tenders in.

There should be NO NEED to run a fleet of mediocre Hyundais

foreign wrote: »

It doesn't matter who puts tenders in, at the moment it's going to come down to the cheapest, not the most appropriate.

When we got the Avensis, the Mondeo and the Insignia were trialled too. The Avensis was at the bottom of the list of recommended vehicles. But the Avensis was the cheapest.

The Avensis seems to have dissapeared now since the Hyundai's were bought.. Most of the must be gone by now?

foreign wrote: »

Very few of them left at this stage alright.

Some difference when you see how many 07 Mondeos are still around.

foreign wrote: »

The remaining Mondeo's wouldn't have been main cars. They wouldn't be on the road 24/7 so are taking longer to hit the 300k limit. Saw a 07 Avensis the other day.

I saw a 2003 unmarked avensis the other day on the Lucan bypass. It was the horrible saloon model. Only one i've even seen..

She was grey and very,very rough looking.. Probably do another few years :D

In all fairness they bought a lot more Mondeo's than avensis..

Mister Jingles wrote: »

They are and they aren't lot of them are prone to piston rings going on them.

I think on the diesels the injectors are well known to give trouble also. All in all a good car though and you still see many 01 mondeo's been driven about by the general public..

I also love the focus of that era.. I don't think Garda bought many of them though.

Terenure and Rathmines still have an 04 Focus and an 07 Mondeo, the latter of which is in excellent condition (on the outside at least).