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Silver Marked Garda Car

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  • #122
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    goldie fish wrote: »
    Did the same people in the depot explain how the GS ended up with Subaru foresters?

    I wasn't asking. But I'm sure there was a reason. It's not like they were widely issued though.


  • #123
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    foreign wrote: »
    I wasn't asking. But I'm sure there was a reason. It's not like they were widely issued though.

    Ask em, for the laugh.:)


  • #124
    ivabiggon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭ivabiggon


    goldie fish wrote: »
    Ask em, for the laugh.:)

    prey tel goldie, you obviously know..please share


  • #125
    Zambia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭Zambia


    You all realise this informations primary source is a car dealer. So if you had to assess how good it was?


  • #126
    BrianD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭BrianD


    So silver is the new black then.

    I'd imagine the resale value of any police car is pretty low regardless of colour - outlines of the decals, hole in the dashboard ...


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  • #127
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    BrianD wrote: »
    So silver is the new black then.

    I'd imagine the resale value of any police car is pretty low regardless of colour - outlines of the decals, hole in the dashboard ...

    ..... not to mention the staggering mileage run up.


  • #128
    Zambia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭Zambia


    Not exactly one carefull owner either.


  • #129
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    ivabiggon wrote: »
    prey tel goldie, you obviously know..please share

    No way am I posting it on the interweb,


  • #130
    Bosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Bosh


    'tis a good story tho ;)


  • #131
    FGR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭FGR


    NGA wrote: »

    No policy decision made yet

    Hopefully there's someone in the depot who thinks this is the future. Excellent decal even for differentiating TC from Regular.


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  • #132
    belacqua_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 257 ✭✭belacqua_


    foreign wrote: »
    The only reason for the silver ones is down to the fact Toyota couldn't supply enough white ones. Thats from people in the depot.

    That's the most rational explanation. Do you know if it's the first time this has happened? I saw what looked like a silver-grey 08/09 traffic Opel estate on the M1 on Saturday.


  • #133
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    belacqua_ wrote: »
    That's the most rational explanation. Do you know if it's the first time this has happened? I saw what looked like a silver-grey 08/09 traffic Opel estate on the M1 on Saturday.

    Which part of the M1. There is a white Vectra estate based in Santry.


  • #134
    belacqua_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 257 ✭✭belacqua_


    foreign wrote: »
    Which part of the M1. There is a white Vectra estate based in Santry.

    It was around Dunleer I think, north of the Boyne bridge anyway. It looked kind of off-white, could well have been white reflective strips on the bodywork giving that impression though.


  • #135
    Hooch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    belacqua_ wrote: »
    It was around Dunleer I think, north of the Boyne bridge anyway. It looked kind of off-white, could well have been white reflective strips on the bodywork giving that impression though.

    There is one silver traffic estate insignia floating around I think


  • #136
    Bosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Bosh


    Moate Traffic have a white one, I think there was only one, for evaluation?


  • #137
    d3exile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭d3exile


    Bosh wrote: »
    Moate Traffic have a white one, I think there was only one, for evaluation?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055424268&page=51

    ta-da!

    lovely car i'd love to have a go.. we gots the '11 avensis which is pokey, smooth and comfy but dont see it being as hard wearing as the mondeos were...

    i'd heard the traffic cars were silver as just another differentiation between them as the chosen ones and us mere mortals


  • #138
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    Got a close look inside the New Avensis in Cork West today. How long have you had the PTT button on the wheel?
    Simple, but genius. Well done to whoever finally put it in place.


  • #139
    source
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,358 ✭✭✭source


    goldie fish wrote: »
    Got a close look inside the New Avensis in Cork West today. How long have you had the PTT button on the wheel?
    Simple, but genius. Well done to whoever finally put it in place.

    Ah that would be since we got the avensis.


  • #140
    Hooch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    goldie fish wrote: »
    Got a close look inside the New Avensis in Cork West today. How long have you had the PTT button on the wheel?
    Simple, but genius. Well done to whoever finally put it in place.

    Since tetra we have a hands free type system. In every other car it's a stalk with PTT on top. That's great as it stays in place meaning you can talk and steer a bend and can let go at any stage and you dong have a mic falling all over the place etc.

    Seems the new avensis is a pain as you can't talk and turn any sharp corner as you have to let go of the button to rotate the wheel more than half way......if you can follow that


  • #141
    Locust
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 319 ✭✭Locust


    +1 Using that PTT button on anything more than a 90 degree turn surmounts to driving without reasonable consideration and a hilarious radio transmission!


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  • #142
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    Its better than hanging yourself with the handset...


  • #143
    d3exile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭d3exile


    goldie fish wrote: »
    Its better than hanging yourself with the handset...
    Not necessarily, left hand radio -right hand wheel is easier than pressing the feckin ptt on the wheel while turning it... I reckon those stalks with the ptt on top of em we got when the tetra came in first were the best option, silly looking but practical


  • #144
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,323 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Maybe use a knee-switch? Your legs aren't going to be flailing about too much no matter how wildly you're swinging the steering wheel, and both hands remain fully engaged on the wheel.

    NTM


  • #145
    Hooch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    Manic Moran wrote: »
    Maybe use a knee-switch? Your legs aren't going to be flailing about too much no matter how wildly you're swinging the steering wheel, and both hands remain fully engaged on the wheel.

    NTM

    We don't drive autos like in the states though.....so they would be impractical on manual shift cars as you are moving both legs.


  • #146
    Johnny Kash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭Johnny Kash


    The reason some Garda cars are silver is because the manufacturer didn't have enough white at the time to fulfil the order.


  • #147
    TallGlass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,906 ✭✭✭TallGlass


    Johnny Kash wrote: »
    The reason some Garda cars are silver is because the manufacturer didn't have enough white at the time to fulfil the order.

    If that is the case, considering white is the most popular car colour in the world. I imagine someone is with out a job with a blunder like that !


  • #148
    mikeecho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    TallGlass wrote: »
    If that is the case, considering white is the most popular car colour in the world. I imagine someone is with out a job with a blunder like that !

    You'd make a great employer


  • #149
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Lock the thread!


  • #150
    mikeecho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    foreign wrote: »
    Lock the thread!

    i reported it as a zombie thread a few days ago.. nothing happened


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  • #151
    Turner
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,933 Mod ✭✭✭✭Turner


    Thanks.

    Zombie Thread.


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