Lovely white mondeo

davycc

split from bangeromics

colm_mcm wrote: »

Woop woop, thats the sound of da police

Im suprised he isnt chancing his arm with the whole 1 lady owner from new BS like half the bluffers on dungdeal;)

bear1

colm_mcm wrote: »

Woop woop, thats the sound of da police

Genuine question, but what gives you the impression it's an ex Garda car?
Because of the number plate?

JohnBoy26

bear1 wrote: »

Genuine question, but what gives you the impression it's an ex Garda car?
Because of the number plate?

It's white for a start

colm_mcm

bear1 wrote: »

Genuine question, but what gives you the impression it's an ex Garda car?
Because of the number plate?

Garda plates have a slightly thicker font to normal. You can see this on the rear plate. LX badge is missing off the boot. Also its white, D reg and with intergalactic mileage.

Also, its reg 77031.
05D77032 is a mondeo 1.8
05D77033 is a mondeo 1.8
05D77034 is a mondeo 1.8
05D77035 is a mondeo 1.8
05D77036 is a mondeo 1.8
05D77037 is a mondeo 1.8
05D77038 is a mondeo 1.8

zapata

Are these ex-garda cars not sent to recycle paradise when taken out of service? End of life etc?

Jesus.

Was there not a more powerful engine in that Mondeo Colm? The Cops would have the top spec I would have thought?

Interslice

colm_mcm wrote: »

Woop woop, thats the sound of da police

sold!

colm_mcm

Interslice wrote: »

sold!

Wow, that was quick....

power pants

Jesus. wrote: »

Was there not a more powerful engine in that Mondeo Colm? The Cops would have the top spec I would have thought?

not for a normal unmarked one. some of the ones for higher ranking are big engined/specced mondeos

TheNog

colm_mcm wrote: »

Woop woop, thats the sound of da police

Can't see that being ex Garda car cos there is only 200k on the clock. Retirement age is 300k unless it was so badly damaged, sold for parts, fixed up and sold. I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.

davycc

power pants wrote: »

not for a normal unmarked one. some of the ones for higher ranking are big engined/specced mondeos

yea some units get the 2.5v6 model mondeo but 99% of the Guards mondeos are the base model lowest CC . sereral mk2 cop mondeos I was in the back seat of were just 1.6 "Aspen" with manual windows and NO spec.

a disgrace for our gardai to be lumbered with these slow unsuitable for modern policing POS bog standard family wagons:o

Mycroft H

Worse still, they've Hyundai's now and had the Avensis for a while too.

Mister Jingles

davycc wrote: »

yea some units get the 2.5v6 model mondeo but 99% of the Guards mondeos are the base model lowest CC . sereral mk2 cop mondeos I was in the back seat of were just 1.6 "Aspen" with manual windows and NO spec.

a disgrace for our gardai to be lumbered with these slow unsuitable for modern policing POS bog standard family wagons:o

You say that and that is fair enough but the mondeo is considered one of the best cars the garda have ever had. Especially the 2.0 traffic cars.

carzony

Imagine the looks you'd get driving it though. I'd actually expect to find that burnt it it was parked in a dodgy area.,.

D Trent

carzony wrote: »

Imagine the looks you'd get driving it though. I'd actually expect to find that burnt it it was parked in a dodgy area.,.

Maybe thats why it was sold so quick, nice insurance payout for new owner

SleeperService

Jesus. wrote: »

Was there not a more powerful engine in that Mondeo Colm? The Cops would have the top spec I would have thought?

ROFL. If there was a special endura powered mondeo going cheap they would have been landed with that I'd say.

SleeperService

Mister Jingles wrote: »

You say that and that is fair enough but the mondeo is considered one of the best cars the garda have ever had. Especially the 2.0 traffic cars.

RARR! Feel da powwwerrrrrr! No wonder they need to do a special driving course.

Not a swipe at your post, I just feel the gardai are poorly equipped in general.
The 2.0 should have been the base model.

sawdoubters

300k on garda cars

Marcin_diy

davycc wrote: »

99% of the Guards mondeos are the base model lowest CC . sereral mk2 cop mondeos I was in the back seat of were just 1.6 "Aspen" with manual windows and NO spec.

a disgrace for our gardai to be lumbered with these slow unsuitable for modern policing POS bog standard family wagons:o

In a country of 1L Nissan Micra there is no need for more powerful cops cars.

Interceptor

Thats not an ex cop car. Theres no Baile Atha Cliath on the rear plate, the front plate is in a non-garda font, the radio aerial grommit is missing from the roof, its got alloys - I could go on. It might be Customs and Excise or other service vehicle but its not Garda active service.

BMJD

davycc wrote: »

. sereral mk2 cop mondeos I was in the back seat of

Moar details

bear1

I have seen some nicely powered Garda cars around Galway, a Subaru (Forrester 2.0 turbo I think), Volvo XC70?

spank_inferno

I remember the government made a huge hoopla over buying a few Volvo XC70, I think for use by the rapid response units.

No press release had "state of the art" written more often.

zapata

Interceptor wrote: »

Thats not an ex cop car. Theres no Baile Atha Cliath on the rear plate, the front plate is in a non-garda font, the radio aerial grommit is missing from the roof, its got alloys - I could go on. It might be Customs and Excise or other service vehicle but its not Garda active service.

The aerial stubs need to be removed from the roof for the nct due to being sharp edged if a pedestrian slid across the roof. :rolleyes:
(Probably removed to lose the cop look though)
The plates can easily be changed and the non Baile Atha Cliath would be an nct fail - so probably just faded from all the car washes that the guards have to do to look presentable.
Alloys are also easily changed. (I thought they were wheel trims myself).

tossy

Marcin_diy wrote: »

In a country of 1L Nissan Micra there is no need for more powerful cops cars.

:rolleyes:

No Pants

Marcin_diy wrote: »

In a country of 1L Nissan Micra there is no need for more powerful cops cars.

Not everyone drives one of them, certainly not around where I live.

Jesus.

Mister Jingles wrote: »

You say that and that is fair enough but the mondeo is considered one of the best cars the garda have ever had. Especially the 2.0 traffic cars.

Man if Cops from other parts of the World heard that they'd wet their pants laughing.

Traffic Cops are supposed to have high-performance vehicles to go after Crims in fast cars, not average family Sedans.

SleeperService

I agree with interceptor, public service but not a day to day garda car. IMO

Mister Jingles

Jesus. wrote: »

Man if Cops from other parts of the World heard that they'd wet their pants laughing.

Traffic Cops are supposed to have high-performance vehicles to go after Crims in fast cars, not average family Sedans.

Not my words as such though, it's been said many a time on the emergency services forums. The 11 avensis are considered miles behind of the older mondeos.

Supergurrier

bear1 wrote: »

I have seen some nicely powered Garda cars around Galway, a Subaru (Forrester 2.0 turbo I think), Volvo XC70?

The traffic corps volvos are the 2.4 5 cylinder diesels remapped to 230bhp or so. Was talking to a garda driving one wondering if it was a petrol.

He looked at me like I was mad when I thought it wasn't diesel

bear1

Supergurrier wrote: »

The traffic corps volvos are the 2.4 5 cylinder diesels remapped to 230bhp or so. Was talking to a garda driving one wondering if it was a petrol.

He looked at me like I was mad when I thought it wasn't diesel

Well I didn't know they were remapped!
2 countries pop into my head when it comes to serious horsepower and that's Italy and Germany.

davycc

BMJD wrote: »

Moar details

Nothing exciting just getting late nite lifts home and to the chipper:o

although I did get a proper fast active spin when I as a 18yr old was the victim of an attempted aggravated robbery at work by 3, 16 and 17yr old lads..

2 of them had run away after trying their best to cave my skull in when the security finally came to my rescue..(I was very angry as a 18yr old and gave as good as I got.nearly broke my foot kicking one of them in the head .had done some informal taekwondo too in my teens.. I wouldnt fight my way out of a paper bag now though:o)

the 3rd lad I had tackled him and and wanst about to let him go. he.ended up walking into some glass doors repeatly :pac: and crying for his mammy when he was on his own in the security office lol

when the cops came I handed the scummer over to them and then we went for a high revs if not high speed hunt around the local streets to see if they would pick up the other 2 scummers..sadly they had gone to ground..

on the plus side I got a half day off work and got my jacket replaced which they had almost ripped off me.. I also was full of adreneline for a week lol:cool:

Noccy_Mondy

I have yet to see a top spec garda car in this country. They are all bog spec from what I can see. Just like that white one above.

carzony

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

I have yet to see a top spec garda car in this country. They are all bog spec from what I can see. Just like that white one above.

I'v often seen a 2006 ghia mondeo in lucan. driven by a few detectives. it had sunroof, rear wiper, chrome door handles ect.. best i'v seen lol

power pants

a few 3 litre if I remember right V6 mondeos, volvos high specs but these are more used by phoenix park

ninty9er

Consecutive plates and high mileage could tell a sales rep story or ex-rental either.

Edit:

It has aircon, deffo not ex-state

D Trent

Interceptor wrote: »

Thats not an ex cop car. Theres no Baile Atha Cliath on the rear plate, the front plate is in a non-garda font, the radio aerial grommit is missing from the roof, its got alloys - I could go on. It might be Customs and Excise or other service vehicle but its not Garda active service.

It is an ex Garda vehicle.
And they are hubcaps not alloys, the cheap ones u could get on Lidl/Aldi/Halfords

Mr Simpson

D Trent wrote: »

It is an ex Garda vehicle.
And they are hubcaps not alloys, the cheap ones u could get on Lidl/Aldi/Halfords

As said already, don't think so. Garda Cars aren't retired until 300k, this only has 200k.

tossy

Mr Simpson wrote: »

As said already, don't think so. Garda Cars aren't retired until 300k, this only has 200k.

Could have been retired early i.e a write off. would explain the different front plate.

zapata

ninty9er wrote: »

It has aircon, deffo not ex-state

Some patrol cars definitely had aircon over the years - seen a few at auction a few years ago.

testicle

Mr Simpson wrote: »

As said already, don't think so. Garda Cars aren't retired until 300k, this only has 200k.

Maybe the odometer has been adjusted?

power pants

Mr Simpson wrote: »

As said already, don't think so. Garda Cars aren't retired until 300k, this only has 200k.

Not always the case. This time last year-I would be able to check and confirm if the car was or wasnt

vibe666

Mr Simpson wrote: »

As said already, don't think so. Garda Cars aren't retired until 300k, this only has 200k.

having seen what the Garda are up to in the news recently, I wouldn't be surprised if it was clocked! :pac:

zapata

vibe666 wrote: »

having seen what the Garda are up to in the news recently, I wouldn't be surprised if it was clocked! :pac:

Be careful there vibe - Boards might be bugged.....

L-M

Not far off to be fair.

corktina

followed a black Mondy the other day that I suspected was Gards....highly amused to see him slow down and have a good look at my silver D reg Ford when I didn't pass him...eventually he figuered I'm not a Gard and sped off again.

mfergus

davycc wrote: »

Nothing exciting just getting late nite lifts home and to the chipper:o

although I did get a proper fast active spin when I as a 18yr old was the victim of an attempted aggravated robbery at work by 3, 16 and 17yr old lads..

2 of them had run away after trying their best to cave my skull in when the security finally came to my rescue..(I was very angry as a 18yr old and gave as good as I got.nearly broke my foot kicking one of them in the head .had done some informal taekwondo too in my teens.. I wouldnt fight my way out of a paper bag now though:o)

the 3rd lad I had tackled him and and wanst about to let him go. he.ended up walking into some glass doors repeatly :pac: and crying for his mammy when he was on his own in the security office lol

when the cops came I handed the scummer over to them and then we went for a high revs if not high speed hunt around the local streets to see if they would pick up the other 2 scummers..sadly they had gone to ground..

on the plus side I got a half day off work and got my jacket replaced which they had almost ripped off me.. I also was full of adreneline for a week lol:cool:

Random.

We're you just trying to find a suitable thread to tell your story?

bear1

mfergus wrote: »

Random.

We're you just trying to find a suitable thread to tell your story?

He was asked for more info, and he gave it.

mfergus

bear1 wrote: »

He was asked for more info, and he gave it.

Ah rite. Missed that part. Now I look pretty stupid

Noccy_Mondy

mfergus wrote: »

Ah rite. Missed that part. Now I look pretty stupid

Yes, Yes you do..... :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

davycc

mfergus wrote: »

Random.

We're you just trying to find a suitable thread to tell your story?

I do post a lot of random stuff at times in fairness