New Garda car Colours

drunkmonkey

Just spotted a new Garda car this morning, shiny new "Silver" Avensis.

Are they starting to move away from white? I presume were now going to have to keep the eyes peeled for Silver & White cars.

djimi

Yup new Garda cars in my area anyway are silver rather than white.

godtabh

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I presume were now going to have to keep the eyes peeled for Silver & White cars.

and blue flashy lights (might be to late at that stage).

ronaneire

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Just spotted a new Garda car this morning, shiny new "Silver" Avensis.

Are they starting to move away from white? I presume were now going to have to keep the eyes peeled for Silver & White cars.

Traffic core?

S28382

Been silver in Kilkenny for over a year either that or else I'm going colour blind

ahlad

Makes them easier to re-sell I guess?

Johntegr

New traffic corp are silver alright. Haven't seen any of the squads in silver so I dunno. Definitely a bit trickier to see, especially at night.

djimi

Johntegr wrote: »

Definitely a bit trickier to see, especially at night.

I was actually going to say the opposite to be honest. Its the yellow stickers I see, not the base color, and to me the yellow stickers are more obvious against the silver than they are against the white background.

johnayo

ahlad wrote: »

Makes them easier to re-sell I guess?

With the mileage all of these cars do, I'm sure they are probably worthless by time they are sold.

Johntegr

djimi wrote: »

I was actually going to say the opposite to be honest. Its the yellow stickers I see, not the base color, and to me the yellow stickers are more obvious against the silver than they are against the white background.

Coming head on I think they're harder to see but from the sides and rear they're spotted easy enough alright.

Alan 1990

Makes them harder to spot.

creedp

johnayo wrote: »

With the mileage all of these cars do, I'm sure they are probably worthless by time they are sold.

All that 2nd gear revving and tyre scrabbing as they make their away along residential streets doesn't help either

Mr Simpson

Theyre traffic corps, it was dicussed a while ago in the emergency services forum, as far as I remember its simply because toyota were able to supply them quicker in silver.

creedp

mmcn90 wrote: »

Theyre traffic corps, it was dicussed a while ago in the emergency services forum, as far as I remember its simply because toyota were able to supply them quicker in silver.

Good to see that Toyota consider that the customer is always right .. you can have as many Avensis's as you can buy so long as they are in silver..

Mr Simpson

creedp wrote: »

mmcn90 wrote: »

Theyre traffic corps, it was dicussed a while ago in the emergency services forum, as far as I remember its simply because toyota were able to supply them quicker in silver.

Good to see that Toyota consider that the customer is always right .. you can have as many Avensis's as you can buy so long as they are in silver..

I assume the Gardai were told it would be quicker to supply silver, but could have white if they were willing to wait.

The silver looks better anyway, all new garda cars should be silver imho. Anyway the new avensis is totally unfit for purpose and completely underpowered (standard patrol car, traffic car is more powerful).

MugMugs

mmcn90 wrote: »

Anyway the new avensis is totally unfit for purpose and completely underpowered (standard patrol car, traffic car is more powerful).

Not wanting to stray too far off topic but is that a problem? I was under the impression, Gardai are not really promoted to chase IIRC so why would they need a lot of power?

Berty

Johntegr wrote: »

New traffic corp are silver alright. Haven't seen any of the squads in silver so I dunno. Definitely a bit trickier to see, especially at night.

Locals squad cars are silver as well. My local village has a silver 11 Avensis.

Samba

That would be really tough to spot from a rear view mirror at night time. IMG source - Wikipedia

keithclancy

Samba wrote: »

That would be really tough to spot from a rear view mirror at night time. IMG source - Wikipedia

F*ck me .. savage cloaking device on that thing alright:D

Mr Simpson

MugMugs wrote: »

mmcn90 wrote: »

Anyway the new avensis is totally unfit for purpose and completely underpowered (standard patrol car, traffic car is more powerful).

Not wanting to stray too far off topic but is that a problem? I was under the impression, Gardai are not really promoted to chase IIRC so why would they need a lot of power?

Im not really sure, I'm not a guard, I'm just going from what I've heard. Whether they are discouraged from chases or not, I'd imagine there are situations where a chase would be unavoidable.

AltAccount

A lot (if not all) the UK switched from white to silver a decade ago, so I'd say there's more to it than Toyota Ireland colour availability problems.

challengemaster

MugMugs wrote: »

Not wanting to stray too far off topic but is that a problem? I was under the impression, Gardai are not really promoted to chase IIRC so why would they need a lot of power?

So basically if you see a garda car, put the shoe in and you'll be grand yeah? :pac::D

They've had the silver yokes for some time now...

Mycroft H

If they don't need a lot of power, why are there T5 Volvos and V6 mondeos then?

Or the unmarked high power BMWs and volvos?

RandomAccess

BX 19 wrote: »

If they don't need a lot of power, why are there T5 Volvos and V6 mondeos then?

Or the unmarked high power BMWs and volvos?

I think some of those vehicles are used by the ARU (Armed Response Unit) so safer rapid response capability might be a requirement.

MugMugs

challengemaster wrote: »

So basically if you see a garda car, put the shoe in and you'll be grand yeah? :pac::D

Break for the border!

Just remember a Garda telling me they generally don't Chase as it isn't really wanted from the powers above.

Hellrazer

johnayo wrote: »

With the mileage all of these cars do, I'm sure they are probably worthless by time they are sold.

Id gladly buy an ex-cop car.Best looked after cars on the road.Some of them are serviced every 8 weeks depending on the mileage.Every 160k they get a complete suspension rebuild front and rear--4 new shocks + shock mounts,springs,2 wishbones,4 drop links,all bushes and all associated parts.New steering rack,track rod ends,new engine mounts etc.Theyre like a new car after that.


Might have to fix the holes in the dash/body where the equipment was mounted though

Mar4ix

Hellrazer wrote: »

Id gladly buy an ex-cop car.Best looked after cars on the road.Some of them are serviced every 8 weeks depending on the mileage.Every 160k they get a complete suspension rebuild front and rear--4 new shocks + shock mounts,springs,2 wishbones,4 drop links,all bushes and all associated parts.New steering rack,track rod ends,new engine mounts etc.Theyre like a new car after that.


Might have to fix the holes in the dash/body where the equipment was mounted though

I think they have chip tuning done also.