Vehicle Gallery - Discussion Thread

punisher5112

I see the latest batch of i40 have new red/blue combo in rear windows now.

I sent a complaint in about how poor the rear lights were when on as you couldn't see them.

California Dreamer

source wrote: »

New purchase X5s

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1677392145645802&id=788120951239597

Hopefully the sirens will be better than the Q7's!

punisher5112

California Dreamer wrote: »

Hopefully the sirens will be better than the Q7's!

They are quite poor.

I find one of the best sirens here were the Mondeo and the ones fitted to the transit connects.

heffomike54

California Dreamer wrote: »

Hopefully the sirens will be better than the Q7's!

Ditto this, one of the Q7's went past me at the junction of the Ratharnham Road and Dodder Park Road at around 7am, the sirens were awful! Even as it went through the junction which was when it was closest to me, it was so hard to hear and the the traffic was pretty light

punisher5112

Interesting to see the BMW i3


Be a bit like the segways....

punchdrunk

punisher5112 wrote: »

Interesting to see the BMW i3


Be a bit like the segways....

Have these been purchased or is this for a film shoot?

maybe this?
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7134096/

punisher5112

They do buy in used UK vehicles and this could be just from BMW themselves as a test vehicle.

POGAN

They have being trial BMW 2 Series recently

California Dreamer

2 things I have noticed over the past 24 hours. I saw the X5 in Dublin City Centre on blues/twos and the siren was nice and loud. Blue/White strobes in the grill.

Now not to take away from the tragic events of Saturday night and the loss of life on the N4 at Lucan but I was coming home and passed by the scene. There was no less than 15 squad cars at the location. 1 accident tied up so many units.

D Trent

California Dreamer wrote: »

2 things I have noticed over the past 24 hours. I saw the X5 in Dublin City Centre on blues/twos and the siren was nice and loud. Blue/White strobes in the grill.

Now not to take away from the tragic events of Saturday night and the loss of life on the N4 at Lucan but I was coming home and passed by the scene. There was no less than 15 squad cars at the location. 1 accident tied up so many units.

Do you think was it a chase ?

TallGlass

What force was that i3 with in the UK? Was it the MET?

CharlieCroker

TallGlass wrote: »

What force was that i3 with in the UK? Was it the MET?

Met and LFB both use them. That particular car was only registered in October though

TallGlass

CharlieCroker wrote: »

Met and LFB both use them. That particular car was only registered in October though

Yeah, I Googled it, says it has 8000 miles on it. Bit odd they are ditching it? Strange that it's kitted out coming over here. Usually that is done here and they usually come over as Police.

CharlieCroker

TallGlass wrote: »

Yeah, I Googled it, says it has 8000 miles on it. Bit odd they are ditching it? Strange that it's kitted out coming over here. Usually that is done here and they usually come over as Police.

It's easy enough to do the graphics. It's an investment if they order a few

heffomike54

Wonder where the I3 will be based? I think it would be a nice vehicle for a city centre community police unit given the small (ish) area they would cover, especially compared to a commmunity police unit in the subarbs or down the country. Although, it will mean installing an charging station at Garda station now too

heffomike54

heffomike54 wrote: »

Wonder where the I3 will be based? I think it would be a nice vehicle for a city centre community police unit given the small (ish) area they would cover, especially compared to a commmunity police unit in the subarbs or down the country. Although, it will mean installing an charging station at Garda station now too

It's not going to be stationed anywhere. It's over to show to purchasing. Just like a few years back when we go the five series estate and x5 over. Both marked up as Garda cars, did the rounds with traffic around the country and disappeared never to be seen again.

And it's said that they can't be driven by most members due to driving restrictions.

California Dreamer

source wrote: »

New purchase X5s

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1677392145645802&id=788120951239597

Got chatting to a couple of lads last night in the new X5. Standard SE spec X5 but has a better pick and load carrying than the Q7. They said it handles better too.

D Trent

California Dreamer wrote: »

Got chatting to a couple of lads last night in the new X5. Standard SE spec X5 but has a better pick and load carrying than the Q7. They said it handles better too.

It even looks like it could move quicker than the Q7
The Q7 just looks sluggish and really heavy, not what you want when responding to an armed attack sharpish

CharlieCroker

X5 has air suspension, Q7 doesn't. That's the biggest difference

roadmaster

I think this is the closest tread to post my question in as i dont want to start a new one. I was driving the M3 a few weeks ago and i met an unusual emergency van. It was a Navy/ Dark blue passenger transit with the same blue lights as normal garda van going flat out with lights flashing. What service out of pure curiosity would it belong to?

punisher5112

roadmaster wrote: »

I think this is the closest tread to post my question in as i dont want to start a new one. I was driving the M3 a few weeks ago and i met an unusual emergency van. It was a Navy/ Dark blue passenger transit with the same blue lights as normal garda van going flat out with lights flashing. What service out of pure curiosity would it belong to?

Sort of like the UK where they would have room for more in the rear such as riot squad, crowd control drug busts etc.

roadmaster

punisher5112 wrote: »

Sort of like the UK where they would have room for more in the rear such as riot squad, crowd control drug busts etc.

I don't think it was it a Garda well I never seen one that colour before. There was no markings on it just blue lights on the roof and back windows

carzony

roadmaster wrote: »

I think this is the closest tread to post my question in as i dont want to start a new one. I was driving the M3 a few weeks ago and i met an unusual emergency van. It was a Navy/ Dark blue passenger transit with the same blue lights as normal garda van going flat out with lights flashing. What service out of pure curiosity would it belong to?

That transit also has a siren. It flew past me a few weeks ago. I thought I was seeing things it was the weirdest looking van I ever seen.

Unmarked but with a huge light bar to the front of it.

punisher5112

roadmaster wrote: »

I don't think it was it a Garda well I never seen one that colour before. There was no markings on it just blue lights on the roof and back windows

Garda have any number of vehicles even vehicles not necessarily with D registered either.

Customs would have many also.

It is most likely a Garda one though they don't have to have markings.

I believe it belongs to G.N.I.B.

Panjandrums

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easygoing1982

roadmaster wrote: »

I think this is the closest tread to post my question in as i dont want to start a new one. I was driving the M3 a few weeks ago and i met an unusual emergency van. It was a Navy/ Dark blue passenger transit with the same blue lights as normal garda van going flat out with lights flashing. What service out of pure curiosity would it belong to?

It's the assisted admissions team. I think it's ran by either medilink or mediline.

https://alliedadmissions.ie/

Capri

easygoing1982 wrote: »

It's the assisted admissions team. I think it's ran by either medilink or mediline.

https://alliedadmissions.ie/

Bit like a scene from an Indian movie...a 'vehicle' with nurses with needles arrived to kidnap a girl who had ID'd a corrupt cop :eek:

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California Dreamer

Saw a marked Nissan Terrano on Saturday night out the Maynooth direction. Could it be 2006?

I have driven those machines and it handles like a hippo on skates on an ice rink.

BTW I was watching Cop Car Workshop on Dave. Interesting viewing. Do Garda cars get the same treatment as the UK?

flazio

It probably belonged to a special unit like mounted or sub aqua but came out of that to assist in the snow.