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Sgt. Bilko 09

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Spotted a marked up Kona today.

Reminds me St Raphaels has a raffle in with a Kona in it

kooga

News article on the bbc ni website and in the piece the Skoda squad car has a black bonnet with the hi viz yellow - I read the black reduces glare when the blues are on at night. I can’t upload the picture

Sgt. Bilko 09

kooga wrote: »

News article on the bbc ni website and in the piece the Skoda squad car has a black bonnet with the hi viz yellow - I read the black reduces glare when the blues are on at night. I can’t upload the picture

That anpr interceptor teams in the UK, Skoda was most likely a VRS Octavia.

California Dreamer

Met a skipper the other day and had to do a double take. He was in one of those rented cars. A Seat Alhambra. I said to him it was nice to see you in some decent cars and his response was, 'at least its not those awful Hyundai's"

Aaron1416

https://twitter.com/gardatraffic/status/1271089651281952771?s=21

Would I be correct in saying that’s a bmw 530D in the photo?

Sexual Chocolate

Don't think so. The F10 doesn't have its indicators in the mirrors. Could be a Mondeo

Borgo

Yeah looks like it could be the white unmarked Mondeo.

punisher5112

The vignale one too.....

It has the lights behind the reg to so the nose sticks out from ones side view of it and is visible.

Would love to know what it's like to go as I've heard not as good a handler as it's sister.... The infamous markIII

Aaron1416

Any idea on where those kona’s are heading for? Any idea on specs? I know they do come in a 1.6 petrol 177hp

Markcheese

Aaron1416 wrote: »

Any idea on where those kona’s are heading for? Any idea on specs? I know they do come in a 1.6 petrol 177hp

Shame they're not a bigger engine ,(or even better the E.V.)
my money would be on the Kona in terms of reliability (compared to the landrover anyway )

POGAN

Aaron1416 wrote: »

Any idea on where those kona’s are heading for? Any idea on specs? I know they do come in a 1.6 petrol 177hp

They will replace the i30s on the current tender and Hyundai Tucson for regular too

California Dreamer

Sorry meant to post that in here and then since found out by other poster that its indeed the 1.6

At a time when safety is more important you would think they would upgrade the 'one stripe' down the centre of the car.

punisher5112

I see they're coming with alloys fitted too.

California Dreamer

punisher5112 wrote: »

I see they're coming with alloys fitted too.

3 lads in that with all the gear........those poor alloys! :D:D

mpc

California Dreamer wrote: »

Sorry meant to post that in here and then since found out by other poster that its indeed the 1.6

At a time when safety is more important you would think they would upgrade the 'one stripe' down the centre of the car.

I presume the one stripe and chevrons are up to chapter 8 spec and meet the requirements from that point of view. These cars won't be used for motorway patrols so I would imagine that's the reason for the lack of battenburg - cost saving.

From a performance/beat patrol side of things, what benefit does the Kona have over the i30? I'd assume engine performance is similar in the two but boot space is bigger in the i30.

punisher5112

California Dreamer wrote: »

3 lads in that with all the gear........those poor alloys! :D:D

I'd be more concerned about crammed space as they wouldn't be the biggest car ever...

Aaron1416

Will those Tucson’s be 1.7l? Or 2L because it will make a difference with cbd certs ! I know it’s s probably been asked before but when is the current tender with Hyundai due to expire ?

Sgt. Bilko 09

Aaron1416 wrote: »

Will those Tucson’s be 1.7l? Or 2L because it will make a difference with cbd certs ! I know it’s s probably been asked before but when is the current tender with Hyundai due to expire ?

The lads in road have the 1.7s I believe. There is a unmarked 2.0 in ballyfermot that’s all I know of that would be a 2 litre in Tucson

thenightman

Do Hyundai have the AGS contract for much longer? I used to enjoy the variety of overlap that popped over the years with Mondeo/Focus/Astra/Vectra/Avensis/Fiesta even the odd unmarked Volvo etc. Majority I see out and about now marked & unmarked are the i40's.

Sgt. Bilko 09

Aaron1416 wrote: »

Will those Tucson’s be 1.7l? Or 2L because it will make a difference with cbd certs ! I know it’s s probably been asked before but when is the current tender with Hyundai due to expire ?

The lads in roads have the 1.7s I believe. There is a unmarked 2.0 in ballyfermot that’s all I know of that would be a 2 litre in Tucson

California Dreamer

Is that 530 one of the college cars?

punisher5112

California Dreamer wrote: »

Is that 530 one of the college cars?

Believe so.

roadmaster

How come Mondeos don't make the cut anymore do the Hyundai's just come in a lot cheaper on the tender?

kooga

I was in Belfast today I saw one of the new superb estates with the black bonnet - looked fab / I was driving so couldn’t take a pic, I presume they are armoured as there was another wide frame around the passenger front window which made the glass look small. The black on the bonnet is impressive

California Dreamer

roadmaster wrote: »

How come Mondeos don't make the cut anymore do the Hyundai's just come in a lot cheaper on the tender?

Pretty much.

Years of cutbacks by austerity governments led to things like this.

Some might have said better to have a fleet of new Hyundais than 5 year old Mondeos with 300k on the clock.

So now we have a fleet of suburban cars with underpowered engines having the bollocks driven out of them 20 hours a day all in the name of saving a bob or 2!!!

punisher5112

Seen a 2017 i40 armed unit race to Camden St. this morning, G4S van was there so alarm must have been hit accidentally as they had only got there and checked and we're back in the car and gone as I was coming up the road.

Engine screaming....

carzony

Even the few focus's they had seem to be very few now. I did see a 2007 unmarked mondeo in Palmerstown last week, spotless it was.

punisher5112

carzony wrote: »

Even the few focus's they had seem to be very few now. I did see a 2007 unmarked mondeo in Palmerstown last week, spotless it was.

Serious mileage up on them sure, seen a lot more out with the covid19 checks even the 2005 Corollas

eusap

EP Mooneys is starting resemble a garda station, drove past at lunch time and at least ten I40 parked on lot

thenightman

carzony wrote: »

Even the few focus's they had seem to be very few now. I did see a 2007 unmarked mondeo in Palmerstown last week, spotless it was.

They had an unmarked Mondeo parked with the band lads doing the covid checkpoint in the phoeno a few weeks back. Last time I've seen one in 'the wild' so to speak!