Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

Capri · 22-12-2012 03:21AM

Garda 'special orders'

Victor 3.3's FD/FE Blue / Maroon

Granada 2.8 L's SSI 910 seems to be the only surviving example around

Renault 18Turbo Beige

Opel Ascona 2.0i's

Fiat 132's :eek:

Customs/Army also had a special order of Opel Rekord 2.2i's SI ....

mr.2 · 25-12-2012 12:55AM

Do the Guards still auction off cars? Or the likes of Customs for that matter? Has anyone bought any decent ex-Garda vehicles for every day use?

They seem to drive pretty much anything these days. I saw a couple of Gardai using a 2000 reg Toyota Camry recently. Used to see a Fiat Punto around also...

dahamsta · 25-12-2012 01:00AM

There was a thread about ex-Garda cars recently somewhere, apparently they drive them to 300k these days and then scrap them.

Capri · 25-12-2012 02:30AM

I think Wilsons do the auctions, but I've seen a few 'plain clothes' Garda cars getting lights/stripes so i reckon cutbacks mean stretching what they've got

Silvera · 26-12-2012 06:27PM

Anan1 wrote: »

Is that definitely true? I always remember having seen a dark red Garda car as a kid, but i'd managed to convince myself that i'd imagined it.

I came across this pic online some time ago ...confirms your 'red' sighting!

Capri · 26-12-2012 09:42PM

Silvera wrote: »

I came across this pic online some time ago ...confirms your 'red' sighting!

They also had dark red/maroon Vauxhall Victor FE's

http://www.flickr.com/photos/imagetaker1/5982406470/

Anan1 · 27-12-2012 09:55AM

My memory is of a big Vauxhall, but darker red than Capri's pic - more of a wine colour.

Capri · 27-12-2012 06:08PM

Anan1 wrote: »

My memory is of a big Vauxhall, but darker red than Capri's pic - more of a wine colour.

AFAICR there was both red and maroon Victor 3.3's on the fleet

porsche959 · 01-01-2013 11:26PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Just goes to show there was a fair bit of money floating around back then.

Thing is most of the owners probably still have a healthy bank account.

Old money and plenty of life experience.

The funny thing is though, someone driving the likes of a 911 or Jag XJS convertible would probably have been considered a nouveau arriviste at the time!;)

Great pics all the same - I remember seeing some of these motors around the place the time, not all though. Great seeing the number of 928's what a shame there are so few still on the roads.

porsche959 · 01-01-2013 11:43PM

Dades wrote: »

I think that may have been Lochlann Quinn's Ferrari (nice reg!). That's Ailsbury Road and he used to be parked there frequently in those days. He still lives nearby on Nutley Road and still has some awesome cars.

Could well be. I remember seeing that motor around a few times in the early 90s. He had a blue 456 subsequently. In more recent years I've seen him in a 599.

porsche959 · 01-01-2013 11:51PM

Mac 3 wrote: »

HI SCH

HIS CH

Charlie Haughey??

Mac 3 · 02-01-2013 12:03AM

I think it someone to do with Dromoland Castle had the Lagonda. There was a few Astons over there at one stage.

Mac 3 · 02-01-2013 12:08AM

Another Lagonda close to Shannon. (I wasnt old enough to drive so Im in the back:D)

kev1.3s · 02-01-2013 01:02AM

as much as I try to like the Lagonda I just can't! They just look awkward from too many angles for me I'd be probably be more excited by the 405 you're auld fella's driving.

Mac 3 · 02-01-2013 01:25AM

kev1.3s wrote: »

as much as I try to like the Lagonda I just can't! They just look awkward from too many angles for me I'd be probably be more excited by the 405 you're auld fella's driving.

405. Well Spotted Kev, Id never seen a Lagonda before that, twas a strange looking thing alright. It mightnt have been to everyones taste but Aston had the balls to build it all the same.

kev1.3s · 02-01-2013 01:35AM

Don't know why I don't like it to be honest because I was a fan of the "wedge" I suppose it just represented a time in British motor history that doesn't appeal to me, if there balls were so big why O why didn't they build this?
http://cars-database.com/aston-martin-bulldog.html

Tzar Chasm · 02-01-2013 10:02AM

Saw a White 83 reg Sierra in ferrybank Waterford this morning, looked fairly shiny, as if the guy was taking her on a maiden voyage.

didnt get a photo as I was driving.

so anyone else spot a 'new' classic yet

mb1725 · 02-01-2013 01:01PM

porsche959 wrote: »

HI SCH

HIS CH

Charlie Haughey??

I see from Cartell that the plate is on a Fiat 500 now.

hi5 · 03-01-2013 01:05AM

Is this the same one,
In Durrow 2009?

Mac 3 · 03-01-2013 01:13AM

Dont think theyre the same car, I saw the one in Durrow, shes more green than blue.

Heres a few more of the same Lagonda in a different spot.

Capri · 03-01-2013 01:25AM

Mac 3 wrote: »

Dont think theyre the same car, I saw the one in Durrow, shes more green than blue.

Heres a few more of the same Lagonda in a different spot.

That green one's usually around Hume St / Ely place

carchaeologist · 03-01-2013 01:27AM

One of the ****test looking cars ever i reckon!

dahamsta · 03-01-2013 01:35AM

I love 'em. Gimme boxy any day. My 850 makes me moist.

w124man · 03-01-2013 07:24PM

dahamsta wrote: »

I love 'em. Gimme boxy any day. My 850 makes me moist.

Close the sunroof then !!

Thinkingaboutit · 03-01-2013 07:31PM

hi5 wrote: »

Is this the same one,
In Durrow 2009?

I like it.

Marty McFly · 03-01-2013 08:08PM

Sorry for the poor quality pic

took a quick pic sitting at a red light. Seen in Dun Laoighre parked on the side of the street at 3a.m

2cv · 03-01-2013 08:18PM

Marty McFly wrote: »

Sorry for the poor quality pic took a quick pic sitting at a red light. Seen in Dun Laoighre parked on the side of the street at 3a.m

Nice beetle

Capri · 03-01-2013 09:46PM

Well past it's bedtime - too dangerous on the streets after 9pm :rolleyes:

Marty McFly · 03-01-2013 10:26PM

Capri wrote: »

Well past it's bedtime - too dangerous on the streets after 9pm :rolleyes:

:rolleyes: I was pointing out the time because I dont know about you but I wouldnt park a car like that on the side of the street with a soft top for fear of some scumbag deciding it was an easy target. But hey roll your eyes all you want :cool:.

Grimreaper666 · 04-01-2013 01:12AM

Does anyone else think that the day has come where by you should be able to tax your "large engined car that's not quite a classic yet" just for weekend use at a reduced rate? It seems crazy that so many luxury cars are worthless here due to the ludicrous road tax here in Ireland. Isn't it about time that a restricted road tax was brought in at a reduced rate so you could use the car for weekends only? What do ye think?

Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread!

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