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carzony wrote: »

surely if you can handle a manual you can handle an auto?

Completely different driving style required to drive an auto fast

1922 wrote: »

quick question folks...

has anyone ever seen a van (i.e. Public Order van) livered up in Traffic Battenburg?

I think Pearse St traffic have (had) a Renault Traffic van, but I don't think it has the Battenburg

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Some of the Garda owned gatso vans have it. Think the fiat in cork has it. Attached to traffic unit there.

Do you mean the marked up traffic van they got in Anglesea St last year?

If so there is no Battenberg on it, just the normal stripes and 2 light bars on the roof.
All Gatso vans are unmarked, unless the magnetic signage is put on.

fiverfriday wrote: »

Incorrect. DMR Traffic have two permanently marked up Gatso vans with batten burg.

My apologies I was referring to Anglesea Street.

D Trent wrote: »

I think the only reason the Depot would have gone for Auto is simply because it's a slightly higher spec than its manual counterpart. It's that bit quicker.

I mean had the tender gone to Ford or Toyota they could have got 1.9/2.0/2.2 engine.
However with i40 you can only get the 1.7 litre engine- there isn't a 2.0 on offer.
So they were forced to work with what they got

In Germany there's a 2.0 GDi with 177 hp, but they seem to supply UK forces with the diesel so they must be ok for the beancounters

Hyundai is proud to supply vehicles to 40 out of the 57 police forces in the UK, as well as both fire & rescue and ambulance services.

We gained acceptance onto the PITO Framework Agreement in October 2010 and have since delivered many different models to these services. As a result of another successful tender, we also work with approved converters to turn base vehicles into fully liveried, equipped and operational police vehicles.

carzony wrote: »

Silver transit looks really well. That'll be the last of that shape transit to join the fleet i'd say.. front is covered with lights... would a transit like that be used very often?

They probably got agood deal from Ford on old model Transits, maybe a few Mondeos as well seeing as they need to shift the old models as well.
http://www.ford.co.uk/FordFleet/SalesSupport/FleetPurchaseSupport/SpecialistFleet Don't see much wrong with the Ford range so I wonder how Hyundai got the gig when Ford is on our doorstep so to speak

I noticed on etenders during this last week that the Gardai are looking for 2 second hand family cars with less than 60k on their clocks and in show room condition.

kub wrote: »

I noticed on etenders during this last week that the Gardai are looking for 2 second hand family cars with less than 60k on their clocks and in show room condition.

Why would you even go to the bother of having a tender for TWO second hand cars.

More to the point - why didn't they get THESE two cars as part of a wider tender.

I wonder what exactly do they mean by family cars????.

Id argue that a Skoda VRs 170 is a family car

Or a Superb 170 tdi Estate

But my suspicion is that for this tender - a 1.6 Avensis probably qualifies :rolleyes:

carzony wrote: »

you can spot most of the unmarked cars by the cage in the back now I seen a pure white one today which wasn't very nice colour..

Sccchhh, don't state the obvious about the cages. I suppose the reason is health and safety.

City of London police - wonder why Land Rover lost out to BMW for the 4wd's (same parent co. tho' ) and VW got the personnel carrier over a Transit 17 seater . ( I'd say there's some jockeying for those contracts :rolleyes: )