Coastguard Mondeo

donvito99

For all those who did not hack into my computer, here are the mondeo pics.:D

Matt

SPECIAL THANKS TO FOINSE FOR HEELP UPLOADING IMAGES

CLADA

Any chance you could reduce the size. My monitor can't handle those large high resolution pics.:D

Donvito if this is one of those sneaky eyesight tests :mad:

deadwood

CLADA wrote: »

Donvito if this is one of those sneaky eyesight tests :mad:

Looks fine to me, CLADA!

TheNog

You should take back your thanks to Foinse

The pic is fierce small. Any chance you can resize it from your end?

source

TheNog wrote: »

You should take back your thanks to Foinse

The pic is fierce small. Any chance you can resize it from your end?

i got the pic up :cool:

now how to explain image resizing

Jay112

An idea of what our polis might be using

metman

Folks could ye reduce the size of the images being posted on this thread please, these high-quality images are beginning to get on my tits....:rolleyes:

Random

Both photos seem very small and hard to view properly. Be great if you could reupload

metman

HQ pic! Simple enough.

yayamark

Now that is a sweet machine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Metman a cupla ceist.

Is that a Met car and what spec BMW 320d 320i?

What do the normal pc plod drive? Dont mean that in a dergogatory manner.

We have Ford Mondeo, Opel Vectra, Toyota Avensis as normal patrol cars what do ye use for normal day to day use?

metman

yayamark wrote: »

Now that is a sweet machine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Metman a cupla ceist.

Is that a Met car and what spec BMW 320d 320i?

What do the normal pc plod drive? Dont mean that in a dergogatory manner.

We have Ford Mondeo, Opel Vectra, Toyota Avensis as normal patrol cars what do ye use for normal day to day use?

Mark,

What you see is the new standard issue Met Area (RT) Car BMW 320i. This vehicle will be rolled out to every borough in the MPD as a standard pursuit vehicle within the next 12 months. Its the basic pursuit capable vehicle at borough level.

On division here 'PC Plod' usually drives a police spec 1.7 litre turbo diesel Astra, in the Met, or a Focus outside the Met, these are the run of the mill panda cars.

Traffic and Armed Response use higher spec vehicles, in the Met usually 5 series BMWs, outside the Met it varies but usually Saab, Ford Galaxy, Mercedes, Lexus....etc.

TheNog

metman wrote: »

BMW 320i
5 series BMWs,
Saab,
Mercedes,
Lexus....

*drowls*

deadwood

TheNog wrote: »

*drowls*

Is that drooling that hurts?

On the subject of cars, why are Garda cars almost always saloon versions?
Estates or 5 door saloons would make more sense to me. If there's exra cost involved, surely a bit of negotiating by a bulk buyer would work haggle their way out of this.

bryanmurr

we have a turbo diesel vectra estate

TheNog

deadwood wrote: »

Is that drooling that hurts?

Alright smartass I have dyslexic fingers!!

bryanmurr wrote: »

we have a turbo diesel vectra estate

What are them Vectras like to drive? There was one in my station before I arrived but it was wrote off. The lad that crashed it was treated like a hero. People habe said it was the worst car they ever drove

CLADA

Yeah Metman, we've been using those cut outs as well. But credit to the Met it does look more realistic than ours.

metman

With a budget like ours we can afford the good cardboard

Turner

metman wrote: »

HQ pic! Simple enough.

Gardai have an unmarked one of these, patrols the portlaoise bypass and surrounds.

ERU also have unmarked 530d estates. Ohh and by the way they are not "d" reg (plates are fake) and have tax and insurance discs (fake) and no aerials!!

pa990

TheNog wrote: »

.... them Vectras .....worst car.. ever ...

+1

Fookin disaster
Ours didnt go 3 weeks without a visit to the main dealer, it usually was in every forthnight

Every electrical problem you could imagine, went thru gear box's at a higher rate than normal, clutches, suspension, steering rods, bulbs, a/c, seats broke, central locking broke, alarm kept going off, wouldnt start, kept arriving back to the station on a tow truck,

All that in the first 6 months, the second 6 months got really bad

TheNog

pa990 wrote: »

+1

Fookin disaster
Ours didnt go 3 weeks without a visit to the main dealer, it usually was in every forthnight

Every electrical problem you could imagine, went thru gear box's at a higher rate than normal, clutches, suspension, steering rods, bulbs, a/c, seats broke, central locking broke, alarm kept going off, wouldnt start, kept arriving back to the station on a tow truck,

All that in the first 6 months, the second 6 months got really bad

*pa990 walks into the Supers office*

pa990: Super the car's fooked again

Super: What the fook is wrong with it now?

pa990: Spontaneous combustion. Yeah its a bitch. Im gonna miss that car. *raises his hand to hide the sly grin*

Super thinks *how the fook am I going to put that on a half sheet*

Jay112

TheNog wrote: »

*pa990 walks into the Supers office*

pa990: Super the car's fooked again

Super: What the fook is wrong with it now?

pa990: Spontaneous combustion. Yeah its a bitch. Im gonna miss that car. *raises his hand to hide the sly grin*

Super thinks *how the fook am I going to put that on a half sheet*

Hahaha Fookin brilliant, well thought up lad:D

pa990

TheNog wrote: »

*pa990 walks into the Supers office*

pa990: Super the car's fooked again

Super: What the fook is wrong with it now?

pa990: Spontaneous combustion. Yeah its a bitch. Im gonna miss that car. *raises his hand to hide the sly grin*

Super thinks *how the fook am I going to put that on a half sheet*

I knew that bastard had hidden mic's and cameras

delly

Chief--- wrote: »

ERU also have unmarked 530d estates. Ohh and by the way they are not "d" reg (plates are fake) and have tax and insurance discs (fake) and no aerials!!

I presume they'd still be traceable back to AGS tho' in the event of some form of traffic incident, and not just random regs?

deadwood

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delly

I wouldn't have thought that Passats would be ERU material :rolleyes:

donvito99

Would the 525d Passat be some Detectives personal car or would it be a proper garda commisioned one?

donvito99

Although the Vectras ( I'm hearing of) are shi*e, it is a very smart looking car, but as deadwood would know, looks can be decieving.:D

delly

I'm the sole Vectra driver in my company, the rest are Mondeos. I can honestly say I love the Vectra and wasn't too pushed on the Mondeo. The new Insignia tho' will really throw the cat among the pigeons in that category.

TheNog

delly wrote: »

The new Insignia tho' will really throw the cat among the pigeons in that category.

Who makes the Insignia?

delly

TheNog wrote: »

Who makes the Insignia?

Its the Vectra's replacement.

donvito99

delly wrote: »

Its the Vectra's replacement.

Streamlined baby.