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POGAN · 12-04-2016 05:29AM

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

Agree with you fully! Although i hope the tender goes back to ford or Toyota the avenesis were decent enough could take belting when it was needed.
Miss the Mondeos though particularly the 2004-07 models.

Having said that i seen a couple of minutes ago an avensis saloon regular car (not traffic) in coolock with anpr on it. The rear cam on the boot looks like its being held on with chewing gum or some sort putty. Looks like a quick fix...or a bad transition.

Toyota from 2011 where awful

heffomike54 · 12-04-2016 08:07AM

punisher5112 wrote: »

some probably will but will have had a fortune spent on them.

Mondeo I was say from experience is one of the best suited standard cars they ever had.
Great handling machines.

Caught a glimse of motorway cops old old series last night and a Octavia estate vRS against police 3series.

The vRS left them sitting as the cornering capabilities was huge compared to there over weight machine.
Great for motorway straight lines but on back roads had huge trouble.

It will be interesting to see when new tender is put out will they stick with Hyundai from now on.

Ford have lost out big.

Number one concern will be, as always, price over suitability. If Lego put in a tender at the right price, they would be supplying the next fleet!

12-04-2016 08:20AM

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

Agree with you fully! Although i hope the tender goes back to ford or Toyota the avenesis were decent enough could take belting when it was needed.
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No no no. Grand car for spinning around in, not responding though. The estates were underpowered, the siren panel was sh1t. And whatever clown thought it was appropriate to buy vehicles with electronic parking breaks for patrol cars wants their head examined! And they repeated that with the i40's.

Some enterprising person should have bought the rights to the 07 Mondeo. I've never heard a single negative comment about them.

Capri · 12-04-2016 09:01AM

heffomike54 wrote: »

Number one concern will be, as always, price over suitability. If Lego put in a tender at the right price, they would be supplying the next fleet!

Next vans ?? :eek:

flyingsnail · 12-04-2016 10:04AM

heffomike54 wrote: »

Number one concern will be, as always, price over suitability. If Lego put in a tender at the right price, they would be supplying the next fleet!

I can’t remember where I heard it but it is a good quote ( I think it was something to do with London Fire Brigade) “Remember, your PPE is provided by the lowest bidder”

punisher5112 · 12-04-2016 10:43AM

Capri wrote: »

Next vans ?? :eek:

Doubt it but anything is possible.

An post have taken on a huge fleet of them and seen a few fiat also.

Big change from ford and vw.

POGAN · 12-04-2016 10:53AM

Capri wrote: »

Next vans ?? :eek:

Where you see them? Primo?

12-04-2016 12:01PM

POGAN wrote: »

Where you see them? Primo?

The two yards in Hino Harris are full of them. LDV.

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 12-04-2016 03:53PM

Capri wrote: »

Next vans ?? :eek:

Thats a bunch LDV's isn't it

punisher5112 · 12-04-2016 06:19PM

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

Thats a bunch LDV's isn't it

Correct

Preset No.3 · 12-04-2016 08:24PM

POGAN wrote: »

Look at Toyotas 2011 very few left now

I was just going to ask, what happened to that large fleet of silver cars? I have seen 1 silver Ford Focus marked in Malahide but thats about it. Were the 2011 Toyotas not silver as well?

punisher5112 · 12-04-2016 08:25PM

Preset No.3 wrote: »

I was just going to ask, what happened to that large fleet of silver cars? I have seen 1 silver Ford Focus marked in Malahide but thats about it. Were the 2011 Toyotas not silver as well?

Only a few were non metallic silver/grey.

Most were actually white.

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 12-04-2016 09:29PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

Correct

Why are they doing this...lol, who in management thinks this is sensible decision and they are clearly penny pincher i have never seen such muck being purchased

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 12-04-2016 09:32PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

Only a few were non metallic silver/grey.

Most were actually white.

Yeah its raheny station at moment it seems to be Compol for raheny and coolock by the looks of it.

Mister Jingles · 12-04-2016 10:45PM

Preset No.3 wrote: »

I was just going to ask, what happened to that large fleet of silver cars? I have seen 1 silver Ford Focus marked in Malahide but thats about it. Were the 2011 Toyotas not silver as well?

Think it was said here before regarding that Focus originally being unmarked and marked up. Didn't they do the same with an advance mondeo as well ?

D Trent · 12-04-2016 11:11PM

Mister Jingles wrote: »

Think it was said here before regarding that Focus originally being unmarked and marked up. Didn't they do the same with an advance mondeo as well ?

Yeah this is one of them. There's another newer model silver Traffic Corps I think it might be attached to Roscommon saw it on M6 Galway once

Mister Jingles · 12-04-2016 11:28PM

From a distance that looks a lot like a psni car.

POGAN · 13-04-2016 07:01AM

D Trent wrote: »

Yeah this is one of them. There's another newer model silver Traffic Corps I think it might be attached to Roscommon saw it on M6 Galway once

It's one the remarks that got called back 2011/2012 anything with low mileage on it took lot from cork I remember that.

Ex AC 2.5 Mondeo was remarked an given to Wexford traffic too it's silver

heffomike54 · 13-04-2016 08:14AM

foreign wrote: »

No no no. Grand car for spinning around in, not responding though. The estates were underpowered, the siren panel was sh1t. And whatever clown thought it was appropriate to buy vehicles with electronic parking breaks for patrol cars wants their head examined! And they repeated that with the i40's.

Some enterprising person should have bought the rights to the 07 Mondeo. I've never heard a single negative comment about them.

Didn't know the Garda cars had those electronic breaks, they are tricky at the best of times, can't imagine how bad they are if you are in a rush or under pressure

punisher5112 · 13-04-2016 11:56AM

I thought they removed electronic braking.

They did on insignias

Sgt. Bilko 09 · 13-04-2016 09:46PM

D Trent wrote: »

Yeah this is one of them. There's another newer model silver Traffic Corps I think it might be attached to Roscommon saw it on M6 Galway once

That looks like one of the batch management got from psni the lightbar hasnt changed.

D Trent · 13-04-2016 10:02PM

https://www.flickr.com/photos/61432778@N03/9093796983/in/pool-gardasiochana/

14-04-2016 08:39AM

punisher5112 wrote: »

I thought they removed electronic braking.

They did on insignias

Nope, the Avenue and now the i40's have them. No place in patrol cars. You can't just jump in a go. Seatbelt has to be on or you have to hold buttons and press pedals.

14-04-2016 08:40AM

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

Why are they doing this...lol, who in management thinks this is sensible decision and they are clearly penny pincher i have never seen such muck being purchased

The word is we are getting transits. Public order unit got a few new ones recently.

POGAN · 14-04-2016 08:51AM

foreign wrote: »

The word is we are getting transits. Public order unit got a few new ones recently.

Rumour I have heard to which I think is true

flazio · 14-04-2016 09:23AM

Full size transits or connects?

14-04-2016 09:39AM

flazio wrote: »

Full size transits or connects?

Full size.

heffomike54 · 14-04-2016 10:47AM

foreign wrote: »

The word is we are getting transits. Public order unit got a few new ones recently.

I personally think the new shape transits look terrible but once they drive well i guess that's all that matters.

14-04-2016 05:04PM

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

Are the gates on Windows seen PO van full size recent at the IFSC its a big intimidating bus if you but a kit on it

Don't really understand what you are saying here.

flazio · 14-04-2016 07:27PM

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

Are the gates on Windows seen PO van full size recent at the IFSC its a big intimidating bus if you but a kit on it

Sorry, what?

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