Gardai battle crime gangs in rental cars

27-07-2010 03:20PM

Andrew33 wrote: »

I don't know where you're based (nor do I want to!) but drive by Pearse St station any night of the week and you'll see patrol cars (and unmarked mondeos) parked up for hours on end so I'd question your statement re Garda cars being on the go 24/7.

The point being made is that the cars being used by the regular units are on the go for almost every hour out of 24. You do not have the option of taking another units car just because you want to spread the mileage out nicely across a stations fleet. :rolleyes:

Andrew33 · 27-07-2010 03:36PM

foreign wrote: »

The point being made is that the cars being used by the regular units are on the go for almost every hour out of 24. You do not have the option of taking another units car just because you want to spread the mileage out nicely across a stations fleet. :rolleyes:

Whats with the roll eyes?
Are you trying to tell me that a unit couldn't take a car that was sitting outside the door if their own car was unavailable. Horse apples.

opti76 · 27-07-2010 04:10PM

Andrew33 wrote: »

Whats with the roll eyes?
Are you trying to tell me that a unit couldn't take a car that was sitting outside the door if their own car was unavailable. Horse apples.

thats exactly the situation. regular cant use branch cars .traffic cant use regular cars and vice versa.

Andrew33 · 27-07-2010 04:51PM

opti76 wrote: »

thats exactly the situation. regular cant use branch cars .traffic cant use regular cars and vice versa.

Fair enough.

Zambia · 27-07-2010 10:19PM

deadwood wrote: »

A new ute? Streuth. Only seems loike a wiggleboogle in the billabong since we bought the laaaaaaaaast one, cobbah?

fyp all aussies end their sentences with a question. Well it sounds that way.

Zambia · 27-07-2010 10:55PM

opti76 wrote: »

thats exactly the situation. regular cant use branch cars .traffic cant use regular cars and vice versa.

What are all the keys not in a big bowl at the front desk ....:D

Next you will be telling us K-9 cant use a yaris ?

29-07-2010 03:22PM

Zambia232 wrote: »

What are all the keys not in a big bowl at the front desk ....:D

Next you will be telling us K-9 cant use a yaris ?

Of course they can't. Dogs can't drive stupid. :P

Andrew33 · 29-07-2010 05:21PM

opti76 wrote: »

thats exactly the situation. regular cant use branch cars .traffic cant use regular cars and vice versa.

Just coming back on that, I've seen uniforms on patrol in an unmarked car on more than one occasion, what's that about?

Hooch · 29-07-2010 05:47PM

Andrew33 wrote: »

Just coming back on that, I've seen uniforms on patrol in an unmarked car on more than one occasion, what's that about?

Unmarked cars are attached to regular units and Traffic units......

Terrontress · 02-08-2010 06:14PM

Andrew33 wrote: »

What rental company in their right mind would rent a fleet to a police force???

The sort which will inspect the car afterwards and present an itemised bill for each piece of damage, running in to the thousands.

Andrew33 · 02-08-2010 08:35PM

Terrontress wrote: »

The sort which will inspect the car afterwards and present an itemised bill for each piece of damage, running in to the thousands.

Na, I still don't buy it. But! if it turns out to be true, the genius in whichever dept(finance or justice??) who signed off on this should be sacked without pension. You can be sure that the final bill for a rental car after 3 years would be much higher than the cost of purchasing and maintaining a car over the same period, specially when the rental company knows its being paid for from the public purse.

deltaromeo82 · 02-08-2010 09:06PM

Our car is in for repair every week. The other night we had to push start it in front of members of the public on a public road. What an embaressment

Zambia · 02-08-2010 10:53PM

deltaromeo82 wrote: »

Our car is in for repair every week. The other night we had to push start it in front of members of the public on a public road. What an embaressment

Oh thats bad .....:o

ivabiggon · 02-08-2010 11:23PM

sorry correct me if i'm wrong but did i read some where on Boards.ie that this is common practice in britain, not rental cars but fleet leasing, and when they reach a certain milage they're returned and sold off, hence the reason for the silver colour patrol cars,(better resale value). so why wouldn't that work here if done correctly?

http://www.leaseexperts.com/POLICE_CAR_LEASING.htm

fatcontroler · 03-08-2010 01:53AM

The met police have tested Skoda's for use in their force.
All car have passed their test's so why arent we using them they are alot cheaper to purchase than ford or toyota's and can be done on 3 year lease deals. Have alook at the following link for met test results

http://www.skoda.co.uk/PDF/emergency-services-report.pdf

Delancey · 03-08-2010 02:15AM

The P.S.N.I. have used Skoda Octavias for some time now and I believe have found they perform well.

03-08-2010 07:59PM

deltaromeo82 wrote: »

Our car is in for repair every week. The other night we had to push start it in front of members of the public on a public road. What an embaressment

Just outta interest, what generally goes wrong with it?

Is it the engine, gearbox, or what?

That is a joke though, having to push start it in public - I guess the starter motor packed in??

Terrontress · 05-08-2010 07:28AM

fatcontroler wrote: »

The met police have tested Skoda's for use in their force.
All car have passed their test's so why arent we using them they are alot cheaper to purchase than ford or toyota's and can be done on 3 year lease deals. Have alook at the following link for met test results

http://www.skoda.co.uk/PDF/emergency-services-report.pdf

You put out a tender and you go with the company who can best meet the terms of that tender. Skoda Ireland are a different company to Skoda UK, Who knows what parts availability is like and if servicing is done as part of the tender, would Skoda have the range to cover the whole country and the capacity to take in Garda cars when needed?

You would probably find Opel and Mercedes-Benz to be best able to fulfil the brief after Ford and Toyota due to the reasons listed above.

trad · 05-08-2010 08:41AM

How come the force never had VW's? Always puzzled me. We had Mercedes in abundance for the ministers and a smattering of audi's but never recall a vw in my time or since.

Mr Jinx · 05-08-2010 10:37AM

Andrew33 wrote: »

Na, I still don't buy it. But! if it turns out to be true, the genius in whichever dept(finance or justice??) who signed off on this should be sacked without pension. You can be sure that the final bill for a rental car after 3 years would be much higher than the cost of purchasing and maintaining a car over the same period, specially when the rental company knows its being paid for from the public purse.

My understanding of this situation is that these rentals are short term rentals, ie, couple of weeks or months during serious investigation when extra cars are needed. These cars are standard cars and are not fitted out with lights or sirens.

Delancey · 05-08-2010 01:11PM

trad wrote: »

How come the force never had VW's? Always puzzled me. We had Mercedes in abundance for the ministers and a smattering of audi's but never recall a vw in my time or since.

Probably cost - I dunno up to date prices but VW can hardly be called '' Peoples Car '' in terms of price.

trad · 05-08-2010 02:06PM

Re VW's I never thought cost was a factor. They wouldn't have been much dearer than the other cars we had in my time in the force. Might have been MDL was getting their slice of the cake with the mercs.

Terrontress · 05-08-2010 09:19PM

trad wrote: »

Re VW's I never thought cost was a factor. They wouldn't have been much dearer than the other cars we had in my time in the force. Might have been MDL was getting their slice of the cake with the mercs.

PSNI had some lovely W8 Passats which VW put out in the run up to the launch of the Veyron to test the W (two V4) technology.

I also have seen a Golf R32 around Banbridge.

Delancey · 05-08-2010 09:40PM

trad wrote: »

Re VW's I never thought cost was a factor. They wouldn't have been much dearer than the other cars we had in my time in the force. Might have been MDL was getting their slice of the cake with the mercs.

Perhaps you're right but I would have thought a 2 litre Passat vs. Mondeo and you would be looking at a few grand extra ? Maybe a ' petrol head ' could advise ?

gu10 · 09-08-2010 11:07PM

foreign wrote: »

Whoever is driving that is a fúckíng idiot. The manufacturer won't stand over the cars after 300k so why would anybody be stupid enough to drive that? If it is because of a threat to withdraw somebodies chiefs then they have no idea.

if you have any cars that you refuse to drive because there are more than 300,000km on it i'll take them off your hands if you want

cushtac · 10-08-2010 05:51PM

gu10 wrote: »

if you have any cars that you refuse to drive because there are more than 300,000km on it i'll take them off your hands if you want

It's not just the mileage, it's the manner of their use that's the issue.

The Black Oil · 12-08-2010 01:59PM

Presumably the vans aren't in the best of condition, either.

12-08-2010 07:31PM

gu10 wrote: »

if you have any cars that you refuse to drive because there are more than 300,000km on it i'll take them off your hands if you want

And what would you use it for? Scrap?

shampon · 12-08-2010 09:30PM

foreign wrote: »

And what would you use it for? Scrap?

That's all it would be good for.

Shield · 12-08-2010 11:07PM

Don't knock scrap. People making a living off of scrap yards!

Gardai battle crime gangs in rental cars

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