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    #3932
    Sexual Chocolate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,060 ✭✭✭Sexual Chocolate


    ST wasn't in maintenance last Friday afternoon.


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    #3933
    Sgt. Bilko 09
    Registered Users Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭Sgt. Bilko 09


    I’d love to actually no what they have left on that unit considering the ST is in maintenance, golf is wrote off and the OPC done.


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    #3934
    Capri
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    Crash helmets... Noticed a lot of EU police using flip up front helmets, better than the Garda issue full face?


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    #3935
    California Dreamer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,522 ✭✭✭California Dreamer


    Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »
    golf is wrote off

    Do you 100% know that?

    I was told that the damage was less severe than first thought.

    Damaged repairable!


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    #3936
    Bigus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭Bigus


    I hear there’s a gang of burglars out running the boys in blue in an AMG a45 with cloned plates Lately around Dublin 15 .


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    #3937
    POGAN
    Registered Users Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    California Dreamer wrote: »
    Do you 100% know that?

    I was told that the damage was less severe than first thought.

    Damaged repairable!

    Been repaired


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    #3938
    Silent Running
    Registered Users Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭Silent Running


    POGAN wrote: »
    Been repaired

    The OPC doesn't look too bad either, but it's probably too long in the tooth to repair. :(


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    #3939
    Sgt. Bilko 09
    Registered Users Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭Sgt. Bilko 09


    Bigus wrote: »
    I hear there’s a gang of burglars out running the boys in blue in an AMG a45 with cloned plates Lately around Dublin 15 .

    Thats true, they have a lovely culture let’s just say...


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    #3940
    darragh o meara
    Registered Users Posts: 3,221 ✭✭✭darragh o meara


    Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »
    Thats true, they have a lovely culture let’s just say...

    Same crowd that were around in the RS6 a few weeks ago?


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    #3941
    Sgt. Bilko 09
    Registered Users Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭Sgt. Bilko 09


    darragh o meara wrote: »
    Same crowd that were around in the RS6 a few weeks ago?

    The silver one


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    #3942
    POGAN
    Registered Users Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    Silent Running wrote: »
    The OPC doesn't look too bad either, but it's probably too long in the tooth to repair. :(

    That OPC goes to 500k as it’s police spec is what I am told! Nearly at that tho I would think


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    #3943
    carzony
    Registered Users Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭carzony


    POGAN wrote: »
    That OPC goes to 500k as it’s police spec is what I am told! Nearly at that tho I would think

    Would it have been bought new or a second-hand job from the uk?


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    #3944
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    carzony wrote: »
    Would it have been bought new or a second-hand job from the uk?

    Came from psni


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    #3945
    bigdaddymac
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭bigdaddymac


    With all the changes they talk about will AGS be driving fit for purpose cars anytime soon?


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    #3946
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    bigdaddymac wrote: »
    With all the changes they talk about will AGS be driving fit for purpose cars anytime soon?

    No


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    #3947
    bigdaddymac
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭bigdaddymac


    Why so?


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    #3948
    carzony
    Registered Users Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭carzony


    bigdaddymac wrote: »
    Why so?

    $$$$$$


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    #3949
    bigdaddymac
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭bigdaddymac


    carzony wrote: »
    $$$$$$


    Feck sake and yet the car is how they do there job


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    #3950
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    bigdaddymac wrote: »
    Feck sake and yet the car is how they do there job

    The i40 is grand for most of the work. We need more units with higher spec cars. RPU should be in higher spec than regular units.


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    #3951
    POGAN
    Registered Users Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    foreign wrote: »
    The i40 is grand for most of the work. We need more units with higher spec cars. RPU should be in higher spec than regular units.

    New 192 i40 are 1.6 with ad blue ( going to be fun to see how that goes) Tucson on rpu aren’t bad but driving courses are issues who can drive bmw or Audi cbd3 only!


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    #3952
    Old diesel
    Registered Users Posts: 5,788 ✭✭✭Old diesel


    POGAN wrote: »
    New 192 i40 are 1.6 with ad blue ( going to be fun to see how that goes) Tucson on rpu aren’t bad but driving courses are issues who can drive bmw or Audi cbd3 only!

    If you mean the adblue when you say "going to be fun to see how that goes" - the reality is that adblue is going to be a big thing on diesels now.

    So the Gardai will have to adapt to it.


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    #3953
    CharlieCroker
    Registered Users Posts: 8,451 ✭✭✭CharlieCroker


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    The i40 is grand for most of the work. We need more units with higher spec cars. RPU should be in higher spec than regular units.

    The i40s are balls of sh1te for police work!!! Things spend more time in the garage nearly as much as the 11 Avensis.

    Crap to drive, seats are awful for 8-10 hours a day, hard ride, build quality is poor. As a family car/rep mobile then they might be ok but they were only bought as patrol cars because they're cheap. I preferred the previous focus we had every time and they weren't perfect either.
    POGAN wrote: »
    New 192 i40 are 1.6 with ad blue ( going to be fun to see how that goes) Tucson on rpu aren’t bad but driving courses are issues who can drive bmw or Audi cbd3 only!

    I think the Tuscon course is only a one day refresher for CBD2. Plenty of RPU lads here driving it on CBD2.


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    #3954
    Sgt. Bilko 09
    Registered Users Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭Sgt. Bilko 09


    bigdaddymac wrote: »
    Why so?

    One thing HQ are utterly careless at is cash management.
    Everything is on the cheap.
    Family estates for front line response cars is ridiculous.


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    #3955
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »
    One thing HQ are utterly careless at is cash management.
    Everything is on the cheap.
    Family estates for front line response cars is ridiculous.

    100%

    So many other makes/models that would fit much better.


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    #3956
    POGAN
    Registered Users Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    CharlieCroker wrote: »
    The i40s are balls of sh1te for police work!!! Things spend more time in the garage nearly as much as the 11 Avensis.

    Crap to drive, seats are awful for 8-10 hours a day, hard ride, build quality is poor. As a family car/rep mobile then they might be ok but they were only bought as patrol cars because they're cheap. I preferred the previous focus we had every time and they weren't perfect either.



    I think the Tuscon course is only a one day refresher for CBD2. Plenty of RPU lads here driving it on CBD2.

    It is one day course and yes it’s cbd2 but for high speed stuff like BMW’s ( we won’t talk about 5 2016 estates in depot and college only used for asu training)

    New Skodas coming no one knows who getting them... rpu, branch or specialist! DOCB have few already


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    #3957
    California Dreamer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,522 ✭✭✭California Dreamer


    But someone think thats 100 crap cars are better than 50 decent cars.


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    #3958
    Bigus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭Bigus


    California Dreamer wrote: »
    But someone think thats 100 crap cars are better than 50 decent cars.

    Seems logical enough to me for 95% of the use , but then agin I’ve never been outrun by a gangster.


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    #3959
    CharlieCroker
    Registered Users Posts: 8,451 ✭✭✭CharlieCroker


    POGAN wrote: »
    It is one day course and yes it’s cbd2 but for high speed stuff like BMW’s ( we won’t talk about 5 2016 estates in depot and college only used for asu training)

    New Skodas coming no one knows who getting them... rpu, branch or specialist! DOCB have few already

    Sorry, I misread your post.

    Fair enough that the 530 and Q7 are cbd3 only. They're not needed for the regular.

    Hopefully they'll buy a ball of 2.0 mondeos before they go out of production like they did in 07.


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    #3960
    carzony
    Registered Users Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭carzony


    Am I right in saying the Garda have always prefered the Fords of any generation rather than other brands?


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    #3961
    bigdaddymac
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭bigdaddymac


    Why don’t the lease the cars more effective way the major haulage companies do it from the manufacturers.


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