The gards are getting wiser

Eric Cartman

a car just pulled into our work carpark and a uniformed gard got out , strobe on the dash, 3 antennas, 04-D focus, but it had fort motors dealer plates,

the typical mondeo, no hubcaps, no dealer plates is no longer the best way to tell

Johnny Utah

The light on the dash is still fairly easy to spot tbh.

peasant

Eric Cartman wrote: »

04-D focus, ...the typical mondeo

that's the ultimate undercover car

niceirishfella

no big news here, move along please..............


shure they have locally registered car unmarked cars too - like they have a BM 318d LS reg car based in Portlaoise.

timmywex

Ah yeh, theyre getting them now a days, and the insurance discs for some random other car just shoved in the holder!

Berty

I saw a Volvo S80 pass through Castleisland covered in flashing strobes. It had a "Koping" number plate surround which means it was a leased car.

WTF?

54kroc

Thats a balls man, Living in cork it's a bit easier to spot although i almost got caught by a wine coloured skoda octavia a few weeks back

Berty

I also saw a Laois registered Camry outside of Fermoy.

mle1324

special branch drive the top of the range dark blue mondeos with alloys and foglights

Dankoozy

Berty wrote: »

I also saw a Laois registered Camry outside of Fermoy.

why do so many of them come from laois?

mondeoman

I saw a 2009 mondeo in dundrum recently with No ariels just a strobe in the front windscreen & just a tax disc.
also a Black Audi A6 on N11 on thursday morning near UCD,no Ariels either,:)

mle1324

mondeoman wrote: »

I saw a 2009 mondeo in dundrum recently with No ariels just a strobe in the front windscreen & just a tax disc.
also a Black Audi A6 on N11 on thursday morning near UCD,no Ariels either,:)

An audi A6?:eek:

Lou.m

If they were getting wiser you would not be able to tell..they are trying harder!:)

But still they are guards!God love em

Dankoozy

if they were really trying theyd buy a few skangermobiles. nobody ever expects a skangermobile to be an unmarked garda car

mle1324

Dankoozy wrote: »

if they were really trying theyd buy a few skangermobiles. nobody ever expects a skangermobile to be an unmarked garda car

true...a couple of Accords or IS200/300 would do them well

Guy:Incognito

They wouldnt even have to buy anything. They should be makign use of any unclaimed cars they have lying around. Even if they only last a few weeks sure they were free anyway.

dazberry

Dankoozy wrote: »

if they were really trying theyd buy a few skangermobiles. nobody ever expects a skangermobile to be an unmarked garda car

Yeah but then they'd start pulling each other over - can you imagine the confusion...

D.

Dankoozy

Stekelly wrote: »

They wouldnt even have to buy anything. They should be makign use of any unclaimed cars they have lying around. Even if they only last a few weeks sure they were free anyway.

modern sayfutti laws say they would have spend a lot of money to make a car like that roadworthy and good enough for a guard

cashmni1

Apart from serious speeding, I actually have no problem with undercover cars, they are looking for dealers and scumbags. If you aren't acting the maggot, you should have no problem.
By this I mean overtaking a line of cars on the hard shoulder or doing over the ton. I often speed, on main roads where it is safe to do so. I often break speed limits, in different areas. We all do. But, when you take on a dangerous maneuver at a junction or do something stupid in traffic, that's where the undercover car comes in.
Unless the undercover car is set up in a trap, for speeders, or something to that effect, you should be ok.
These days, there is so much traffic on the roads that you will always see cars in your mirror and in front of you. I generally keep to the speed of my fellow road users. I like to think that I am aware of other drivers around me. I will however pass a driver that I think is slow whenever I can and wherever it's safe to do so. But taking risks in an underpowered car that makes the passengers in all the other cars get nervous, is just stupid. Showing off is dangerous. Don't get me wrong, I like to move along and I hate dithering slow drivers. I think they are dangerous. But overtaking on corners and bad aggressive driving is far too common now. Too many people just don't know the rules of the road. Everyday I see the evident display of ignorance towards the common rules of the road.
Acting the maggot might deserve the undercover car, but have pity on us normal drivers who just want to get to work. (or wherever)

Eric Cartman

mle1324 wrote: »

true...a couple of Accords or IS200/300 would do them well

2 fat gards in a 'glanza'

L-M

There's a white Berlingo undercover van going around Limerick.

junkyard

They've got a scruffy white Ford Fiesta courier van in Mallow, seen it a few times in action, it's the last thing you'd expect to see as a Garda car tbh. Also in Durrow i've seen a 07 silver 3 series saloon and an estate with flashing dash lights, LS reg too if I remember correctly.

54kroc

junkyard wrote: »

They've got a scruffy white Ford Fiesta courier van in Mallow, seen it a few times in action, it's the last thing you'd expect to see as a Garda car tbh. Also in Durrow i've seen a 07 silver 3 series saloon and an estate with flashing dash lights, LS reg too if I remember correctly.

I always thought they had to use d reg motors?

junkyard

I've seen Cork registered ones too and others on here have seen various other county reg numbers too by the looks of it.

D-Boy

Ha ha guards using scanger cars like GLANZAS and Civics lol!

L-M

D-Boy wrote: »

Ha ha guards using scanger cars like GLANZAS and Civics lol!

I'm fairly sure "skanger" is spelt with a K, and I'm sure that we don't need to continue on that topic at all. So please no "skanger" related posts.

D-Boy

Its not actually a word so has no real spelling :rolleyes:

Tigger

whenever i go to dublin i go mad looking at all the d regged mondeos lol

but i was pulled and brethalised (breath test me all week i approve whole heartedly just don't put up revenue cameras) by a 00lmxxx car once

in 00 of course

rebel.ranter

To be honest guys there are different levels of "under cover" cars. There are lots of non-Dublin reg, no aerial touting unmarked cars all over the country now, some nicer stuff like BMWs some more ordinary like Renault Lagunas. There are particular units that the regular Gardai themselves don't know about. The NSU look after serious crime & blend in seamlessly. From what I have heard they even have a couple of regs with associated parafanalia like tax, insurance, localized stickers (e.g. CKLR Radio) just in case. But these guys are not after you & me.
The Gardai see getting a bit of a bashing here tonight, I think they have a lot more savvy than some give them credit for. Sure there are some morons in the force but aren't they everywhere?

markmurp12

the back break light in the window on the mondeos is a good way to spot them, in the middle of it there is a little white strip that doesnt light up when they hit the breaks,
also some of the newer cars have all the airels in the back bumper, pretty soon it will be very hard to spot them

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Johnny Utah wrote: »

The light on the dash is still fairly easy to spot tbh.

Not at 100 MPH - .....open the gates to release the high horses.....

-Chris-

Berty wrote: »

I saw a Volvo S80 pass through Castleisland covered in flashing strobes. It had a "Koping" number plate surround which means it was a leased car.

WTF?

Not necessarily leased, they do retail too.

mle1324 wrote: »

An audi A6?:eek:

I've seen a blue 04 A6 and a black 08 A6 in the last while.

gofaster_s13

01 OY blue Primera around the Kildare area, the proper unmarked cars(drug squad etc) would never be recognised.

Adam Selene

They have a red Fiat Punto in Limerick, C reg.

niceirishfella

Dankoozy wrote: »

why do so many of them come from laois?

They have an administrative centtre there, not unlike the ESB who reg lots of their vehicles on LS plates.

timmywex

rebel.ranter wrote: »

To be honest guys there are different levels of "under cover" cars. There are lots of non-Dublin reg, no aerial touting unmarked cars all over the country now, some nicer stuff like BMWs some more ordinary like Renault Lagunas. There are particular units that the regular Gardai themselves don't know about. The NSU look after serious crime & blend in seamlessly. From what I have heard they even have a couple of regs with associated parafanalia like tax, insurance, localized stickers (e.g. CKLR Radio) just in case. But these guys are not after you & me.
The Gardai see getting a bit of a bashing here tonight, I think they have a lot more savvy than some give them credit for. Sure there are some morons in the force but aren't they everywhere?

True, also only 40% of the garda flight is marked!

Undercover vehicles are just that - undercover, any of the specialist units would use things as diverse as eircom vans and disguise themselves as eircom workers.

Unmerked cars are there for when policing doesnt require high vis presence, drugs and detective units, serving warrants, trips to court in dublin etc. Traffic unmarked units are to catch out the ejits! Theyre not going to stop anyone keeping up with normal road pace but as soon as someone is totally bombing it along/stupid overtaking or similar thats where i love to see these!

mle1324

junkyard wrote: »

They've got a scruffy white Ford Fiesta courier van in Mallow, seen it a few times in action, it's the last thing you'd expect to see as a Garda car tbh. Also in Durrow i've seen a 07 silver 3 series saloon and an estate with flashing dash lights, LS reg too if I remember correctly.

that means its a garda own car and not belong to the state as all proper garda cars are regestired to the garda HQ in the park

dudara

Tigger wrote: »

whenever i go to dublin i go mad looking at all the d regged mondeos lol

Snap. Took me about a year after moving to Dublin to realise that not every D-reg Mondeo was not a cop car.

Guy:Incognito

rebel.ranter wrote: »

The Gardai see getting a bit of a bashing here tonight,

Hardly surpriseing in fairness, the word Gardai in a thread titel tends to bring in a certain type of poster

Martron

in fairness if i wanted to catch the baddies i would do it in a non white hi viz car. to catch the baddies the gards need low viz non descript cars. i still can spot them but i reckon they do their job .

man i would love an unmarked car . the look on peoples faces when you fire up the blues ant twos would be priceless

L1011

mle1324 wrote: »

as all proper garda cars are regestired to the garda HQ in the park

No, they're not. Not for some time either.

thethedev

I've seen alot of the unmarked cars in Cork because I used to cut the grass at alot of the stations.
I wont mention them all because that means people wont get caught acting like gob****es.
But there is a Subaru Forester in East cork thats decked out like a mammy mobile.
And transit connect with amber beacons and reflective markings on the back like a road works van. But it has blue lights hidden really neatly.

timmywex

Martron wrote: »

in fairness if i wanted to catch the baddies i would do it in a non white hi viz car. to catch the baddies the gards need low viz non descript cars. i still can spot them but i reckon they do their job .

man i would love an unmarked car . the look on peoples faces when you fire up the blues ant twos would be priceless

Oh yes, id love it so many times!

Ive seen people give the finger to a car, then for the car to flick on the blues and storm out and proceed to give a bollocking! Twas a classic!

farva

I saw a 2005 Lexus GS300 with flashing blue strobe lights going down Leeson St. about 2 weeks ago in a convoy with motorbikes and an S class Merc. I was shocked to see the gaurds with a Lexus GS! I've also seen a fair few black LWB Toyota Landcruisers with tinted windows and blue flashing lights behind the front grill.

Johnny Utah

Emmaline Ambitious Password wrote: »

Not at 100 MPH - .....open the gates to release the high horses.....

It's actually 120 on motorways!

Whitewater-AGS

Johnny Utah wrote: »

It's actually 120 on motorways!

Not Mph!

Johnny Utah

Whitewater-AGS wrote: »

Not Mph!

joke!

challengemaster

Whitewater-AGS wrote: »

Not Mph!

Oh...its not? Oops... :pac:

Anywho - Why not get cars that y'know, might catch something other than dust.

Johnny Utah

challengemaster wrote: »

Oh...its not? Oops... :pac:

Anywho - Why not get cars that y'know, might catch something other than dust.

Far too expensive to fuel and maintain.
Besides, there will always be a car or bike out there which will be faster. Helicopters are the way to go.

Tipsy Mac

farva wrote: »

I saw a 2005 Lexus GS300 with flashing blue strobe lights going down Leeson St. about 2 weeks ago in a convoy with motorbikes and an S class Merc. I was shocked to see the gaurds with a Lexus GS! I've also seen a fair few black LWB Toyota Landcruisers with tinted windows and blue flashing lights behind the front grill.

The Lexus is a ministerial car, there's a couple of them. I think the Landcruisers are armed response units, they usually have tax and insurance discs and also have very heavy tint on the rear which makes them appear as a commercial vehicle.

markmurp12

120 Mph yeah???