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POGAN

carzony wrote: »

I read it on here I think. No big vans seemed to have been bought in the last while so it could be true... Given the huge mileage expected on the vans I'm sure they last a while..

Foreign: Read through my posts and can't find where I read they are finished buying big vans. I referenced it a good few times but not sure where I originally got that info from ;(


The ol different colour strobes are getting very popular among people outside of the emergency services not sure that's a good thing.

Is there anything illegal about using red led's for normal work vehicles? I thought they were only allowed use amber?

Rumour before when connects where coming out but that wasn't true

They need to transit like Pearse street small wheel based

carzony

New Audi Q7 on the rte news.. Look really good

POGAN

carzony wrote: »

New Audi Q7 on the rte news.. Look really good

Screen shot from it

Avada

Nice white car to stick out like a sore thumb, would they not go with silver or black like most of the Q7s in Ireland.

carzony

carzony wrote: »

New Audi Q7 on the rte news.. Look really good

Looks like something borrowed from the dealership.

POGAN

Avada wrote: »

Nice white car to stick out like a sore thumb, would they not go with silver or black like most of the Q7s in Ireland.

It will be a marked RSU vechile so can be white because of the battenburgs applied to it

It's a sample of the Audi shown others are being kitted out in German at the moment

Avada

POGAN wrote: »

It will be a marked RSU vechile so can be white because of the battenburgs applied to it

It's a sample of the Audi shown others are being kitted out in German at the moment

Cheers for clarifying pogan

carzony

foreign wrote: »

Looks like something borrowed from the dealership.

I'd say it's probably something there just for the sake of a news story. 'That's what's to come' kind of story.. Really nice alloys though.

POGAN

foreign wrote: »

Looks like something borrowed from the dealership.

Alloys will be wrecked on the country road

carzony

POGAN wrote: »

Alloys will be wrecked on the country road

I'm sure they'll be changed to something stronger eventually? Alloys like those are known to be a lot weaker, pity cause they look so good:D

Duke O Smiley

I can only imagine the alloys on the Q7 will go in favour of much smaller ones from a base spec model much like on the X5

carzony

carzony wrote: »

I'd say it's probably something there just for the sake of a news story. 'That's what's to come' kind of story.. Really nice alloys though.

Something to take away from the second hand vehicles there and the Hyundai's. I'm sure the criminals were quaking when they saw the mountain bikes!

Rawhead

I hope it's not the cynic in me, but Paul Reynolds and the rest of the PR department are effectively dressing up a planned fleet replacement and making it look like the panacea for all rural crime.
Are these admittedly nice cars not replacing the aging RSU Volvos? I predict one or two highly publicised check points on the N7 with Reynolds breathlessly reading his briefing notes from HQ with plenty of flashing blue lights and H&K's in the background.
Additional Gardai are the only solution to crime and 12 luxury SUV's are only the flimsiest of plasters.

POGAN

Rawhead wrote: »

I hope it's not the cynic in me, but Paul Reynolds and the rest of the PR department are effectively dressing up a planned fleet replacement and making it look like the panacea for all rural crime.
Are these admittedly nice cars not replacing the aging RSU Volvos? I predict one or two highly publicised check points on the N7 with Reynolds breathlessly reading his briefing notes from HQ with plenty of flashing blue lights and H&K's in the background.
Additional Gardai are the only solution to crime and 12 luxury SUV's are only the flimsiest of plasters.

Yes they are replacing xc70 and there will more Audi and BMW for others units also.

There will be new vans, bikes, 4x4s and more coming in over next couple months no they won't be BMW or audis but they are needed

It's a start for now

ratracer

POGAN wrote: »

Yes they are replacing xc70 and there will more Audi and BMW for others units also.

There will be new vans, bikes, 4x4s and more coming in over next couple months no they won't be BMW or audis but they are needed

It's a start for now

Pogan, what bikes are they going using?

D Trent

ratracer wrote: »

Pogan, what bikes are they going using?

BMW isn't it.
They were on trial first 6 months of this yr

POGAN

D Trent wrote: »

BMW isn't it.
They were on trial first 6 months of this yr

I think BMW bikes but believe it when I see it

The Black Oil

Not looking to know the technical specs or anything, but will the likes of the 141 BMW make a difference in a pursuit?

And are the replacement for the 2008 RSU Volvos simply 'new' 2012 ones?

https://twitter.com/JulietteGash/status/661129803232387072

POGAN

The Black Oil wrote: »

Not looking to know the technical specs or anything, but will the likes of the 141 BMW make a difference in a pursuit?

And are the replacement for the 2008 RSU Volvos simply 'new' 2012 ones?

https://twitter.com/JulietteGash/status/661129803232387072

Higher performance fleet is better and safer in a chase

There was 4 ex thamas valley cars puchased last year due need replace some the xc70s before mass replacement. But the Audi Q7s will replace all RSU units over coming months

Shannon757

We got it the first time:D

Shield

Mod note: ODEON123 permanently banned from the ES family of forums for re-registering a new account in order to evade the 3-month ban imposed here.

-Shield.

POGAN

It's 132 ford mondeo estate 6 or so them they are the last of 2.2 diesel mondeos

carzony

http://www.sundayworld.com/news/crimedesk/gardais-new-d4-tractors-cant-catch-hot-wheeled-burglary-gangs

some very valid points in the article.. first criticism i've seen regarding the new fleet...

Duke O Smiley

carzony wrote: »

http://www.sundayworld.com/news/crimedesk/gardais-new-d4-tractors-cant-catch-hot-wheeled-burglary-gangs

some very valid points in the article.. first criticism i've seen regarding the new fleet...

Whatever about the rationality of the purchases as opposed to re-opening rural stations or taking on more recruits, that article is utter rubbish.

A three litre twin turbo diesel with 300+ bhp from an X5 or (albeit slightly lower) 270 from the Audi with trained drivers and almost double the amounts of torque (of the Golf) will fair pretty well on a stretch of motorway up against a driver who more than likely has little or no experience in handling a car in such conditions

But yeah, lets just buy Bugatti Veyrons and Aston Martins instead, like the lads in Dubai :rolleyes:

Mister Jingles

Redicious article. Comparing 0-60 times where there is less then 2 seconds between two different cars is pointless. Under 7 seconds for the new 4x4's is very impressive.

When I was abroad in the UK recently I only seen 4 traffic cars on my travels, a 3 series, a Discovery and two X5's, the British police were never ones to chose bad cars....

flazio

Also, the Gardaí will have been trained to get the maximum performance out of the car, the criminal probably won't.
The cynical side of me thinks The Sunday World wrote up that article to encourage organised gangs to keep going because without a gangland "Love/Hate" culture in Ireland the Sunday World goes out of business.

POGAN

carzony wrote: »

http://www.sundayworld.com/news/crimedesk/gardais-new-d4-tractors-cant-catch-hot-wheeled-burglary-gangs

some very valid points in the article.. first criticism i've seen regarding the new fleet...

Ridiculous article it's not x5 they are 5 series.

It's needed resource to replace older cars.

PeteK*

Why is that X5 an import, though?

PeteK*

PeteK* wrote: »

Why is that X5 an import, though?

Ex demonstrator

kub

Did that little rag of a paper even mention the weight of the equipment that the RSU have to carry around with them?