Gardaí smash travelling gang.

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

Dunno, literally translated its "Operation Teeth" and it sure looks like the Gardaí did more than just bear them. Fair play!

Thanks for this, I had been under the impression that the operation was called after a brand of toothpaste, indeed I was looking forward to Operation Sensodyne ( for particularly sensitive cases) or Operation Oral-B for, well....you know yourself.

donvito99 wrote: »

Apparently the engine of a patrol car blew up during the pursuit inbound on the M7. Says it all about the state of either the standard of drivers' training provided or the state of patrol cars. I'm guessing that it is more so the latter.

Believe me the Guards that go through pursuit training will only be lost if their car fails. Anyway, that wouldnt be remotely surprising. In Tipp myself and garda equipment is... obsolete to say the least... Actually saw a 07 Ford Mondeo a few weeks back. Body panels mis-matched in colour and with huge gaps, still with dents and scrapes. An obvious as day buckle in a front wheel and cable ties between the passengers wing and bumper. It really was a warhorse on wheels. The thing would probably have had over 250 thousand miles on it and given just how arduous "wide open throttle" driving really is I would fully expect a jaunt with the pedal to the floor, beginning in Tipp to end before Laoise.

Greenmachine wrote: »

Pussy foot work by the police in this case. Chase should not have gone on nearly that long. It should have ended with the perps full of bullets.

It was... Roundabout but armed guards are difficult to get due to there numbers and there is just no point in a normal Guard tackling a man armed with a shotgun. Its very commendable but it will only end one way. Anyhow as far as I know the the first aru available had set up in Dublin to greet them.

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

Believe me the Guards that go through pursuit training will only be lost if their car fails. Anyway, that wouldnt be remotely surprising. In Tipp myself and garda equipment is... obsolete to say the least... Actually saw a 07 Ford Mondeo a few weeks back. Body panels mis-matched in colour and with huge gaps, still with dents and scrapes. An obvious as day buckle in a front wheel and cable ties between the passengers wing and bumper. It really was a warhorse on wheels. The thing would probably have had over 250 thousand miles on it and given just how arduous "wide open throttle" driving really is I would fully expect a jaunt with the pedal to the floor, beginning in Tipp to end before Laoise.

yeah it doesn't look great, but....It's got a cop motor, a four hundred and forty cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks, it's a model made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas.

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

:eek::eek: Its got a 1.8 or mabye a 2.0 litre 4-pot. Mabye a remapped ecu, standard springs and shocks because a hardened set up will open the state to legal action for Guards with sore backs after years of patrolling, they have to keep restrictive emissions systems in place as only the military are emissions exempt. Top level tyres but not much else.

coffee cup and cream bun holders surely? :pac: