Vehicle Gallery - Discussion Thread

California Dreamer · 13-12-2020 02:10PM

Sorry lads, its not my intention to derail the thread. You may wear the uniform but you are also human at the end of the day and today you may be on a checkpoint in the freezing cold but tomorrow you may be pulling a body out of a ditch. If a cup of coffee is my way of saying thanks well so be it.

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 13-12-2020 04:25PM

California Dreamer wrote: »

Sorry lads, its not my intention to derail the thread. You may wear the uniform but you are also human at the end of the day and today you may be on a checkpoint in the freezing cold but tomorrow you may be pulling a body out of a ditch. If a cup of coffee is my way of saying thanks well so be it.

Agreed on that. We bought coffees for DFB ambulance lads two nights ago. It’s courtesy....

13-12-2020 05:01PM

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

Agreed on that. We bought coffees for DFB ambulance lads two nights ago. It’s courtesy....

Was the handover hard with them always flying around on blues apparently?

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 13-12-2020 06:02PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Was the handover hard with them always flying around on blues apparently?

Handover of what lad? We bought them coffees because there was a brawl in a house and one them got hit with a full bottle of coke, we were leaving and drove by a costa and turned back

13-12-2020 11:30PM

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

Handover of what lad? We bought them coffees because there was a brawl in a house and one them got hit with a full bottle of coke, we were leaving and drove by a costa and turned back

Coffee. I was referring to the post in the siren thread.

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 21-12-2020 06:10PM

The eye sore(kona) of the district is gone it didn’t last long 3 months to be exact it’s now in a station far far away

California Dreamer · 21-12-2020 06:15PM

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

The eye sore(kona) of the district is gone it didn’t last long 3 months to be exact it’s now in a station far far away

Every time I see one, I just think Aw Bless!!!!

California Dreamer · 21-12-2020 06:30PM

Dohvolle wrote: »

Do ye not remember fiesta vans?

I would take a Yaris over the Kona!

sparrowcar · 21-12-2020 07:13PM

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

The eye sore(kona) of the district is gone it didn’t last long 3 months to be exact it’s now in a station far far away

Kona on a checkpoint at Lissenhall, Swords the past 2 weeks. God awful looking Garda car.

21-12-2020 07:27PM

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

At a scene last year in the freezing cold sitting in the van, a lady came out of her house after ordering a take away she gave me a bag of chips with a few slices of buttered bread and a coffee.

Jaysis, you will be accused of corruption if you do this in future!!!

Capri · 22-12-2020 12:43AM

Kona in Donnybrook, bit like the UK Panda car, good for D4 community policing. Saw a black, marked Tucson, reminded me of a better time when there was just GARDA on the cars, not a plethora of multi colour stickers.. ðŸ˜Ž

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 22-12-2020 10:20AM

Capri wrote: »

Kona in Donnybrook, bit like the UK Panda car, good for D4 community policing. Saw a black, marked Tucson, reminded me of a better time when there was just GARDA on the cars, not a plethora of multi colour stickers.. &#55357;&#56846;

the recent got rid of the 07 focus saloon marked for that I believe, they also inherited the pearse street combo van.

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 22-12-2020 10:25AM

bubblypop wrote: »

Jaysis, you will be accused of corruption if you do this in future!!!

judge I didn’t see the stolen car there was to much steam from chips, fogged the windows up in the van, we aren’t allowed leave the ac on because we get sleepy. (My way out pre planned)

23-12-2020 07:00PM

That Merc could be a demonstrator;

https://www.cmspecialistvehicles.co.uk/gallery/electrical-installations/

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 23-12-2020 07:17PM

foreign wrote: »

That Merc could be a demonstrator;

https://www.cmspecialistvehicles.co.uk/gallery/electrical-installations/

Good spot, but yeah it started as a demo hybrid, it is now in full service with Surrey RPU

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 23-12-2020 08:30PM

Dohvolle wrote: »

Police Vehicles don't need MOTs apparently. Their own roadworthiness test is more stringent, but it does not show on the normal database as being tested. However once they are disposed of at auction, a full test history magically appears.

Given it was a demo car and not an official police patrol car it is still technically a private car. MOT is three years so I would assume it was MOT’d prior to purchasing.

23-12-2020 09:18PM

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

Good spot, but yeah it started as a demo hybrid, it is now in full service with Surrey RPU

There's a 67 Reg Merc like that in the last season of Line of Duty too. I wonder if its that same car?

The Kia film police cars never seemed to catch on.

California Dreamer · 24-12-2020 01:11PM

Did the coffee thing for the lads near my neighborhood again today.

I felt sorry for them on 2 fronts. It’s f**king freezing and they were driving a KONA!!!

Happy Christmas!!!

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 24-12-2020 03:40PM

foreign wrote: »

There's a 67 Reg Merc like that in the last season of Line of Duty too. I wonder if its that same car?

The Kia film police cars never seemed to catch on.

Yeah a relative who’s an officer over told me the Kia Optima from
Batman was a new purchase lol, but yeah i adamant the merc is legit

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 24-12-2020 03:41PM

California Dreamer wrote: »

Did the coffee thing for the lads near my neighborhood again today.

I felt sorry for them on 2 fronts. It’s f**king freezing and they were driving a KONA!!!

Happy Christmas!!!

Happy Christmas lad

punisher5112 · 24-12-2020 04:27PM

Happy Christmas to all in the emergency services, you all do a wonderful job except for the few bad apples as# hats but luckily those are low in numbers.....

Happy New Year also and hope we get out of this covid crap.

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 24-12-2020 09:35PM

Merry Christmas everyone stay safe

punisher5112 · 28-12-2020 04:08PM

Dohvolle wrote: »

CVRT disk is not required on garda vehicles, but would be found on other State owned vehicles (who may be blue light). If in doubt, the tax disk is a giveaway, but it definitely should not have an insurance disk.
"Undercover" could have fake disks but not blue lights.
The Crash bar screams Irish indigenous ethnic minority to me.
Some guys put blue solid leds in the grille for decoration, it's fine in other EU countries, but not here.

I wonder did he hit the switch by accident or was it done to throw off parking attendant.....

Bull bar screams that alright as they're totally illegal from2005 or 06 can't recall.....

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 28-12-2020 04:50PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

I wonder did he hit the switch by accident or was it done to throw off parking attendant.....

Bull bar screams that alright as they're totally illegal from2005 or 06 can't recall.....

You are correct, and I was thinking the same thing.

POGAN · 28-12-2020 09:16PM

That van is not in the fleet

Sexual Chocolate · 28-12-2020 10:06PM

Bull bars are illegal ?

Leo Demidov · 28-12-2020 10:54PM

POGAN wrote:

That van is not in the fleet

I really want to find out the full story here. (Could be that a full week at home has taken it's toll!)

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 28-12-2020 11:15PM

POGAN wrote: »

That van is not in the fleet

Not in any fleet from any state organ. 100% fake. The unedited reg is needed

punisher5112 · 29-12-2020 11:09AM

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

Bull bars are illegal ?

Yes after 2005/6 you can fit pedestrian friendly ones though.....

It shouldn't pass a cvrt or NCT depending on vehicle.....

Capri · 29-12-2020 12:24PM

Dohvolle wrote: »

CVRT disk is not required on garda vehicles, but would be found on other State owned vehicles (who may be blue light). If in doubt, the tax disk is a giveaway, but it definitely should not have an insurance disk.
"Undercover" could have fake disks but not blue lights.
The Crash bar screams Irish indigenous ethnic minority to me.
Some guys put blue solid leds in the grille for decoration, it's fine in other EU countries, but not here.

I've seen 'State Claims Agency' Insurance discs on some official cars so they do exist

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