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Vehicle Gallery - Discussion Thread

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  • #102
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    goldie fish wrote: »
    Are you SURE it was garda?

    I was a little thrown at first to be honest, but when I looked past the Taxi plate and kids in the back, and seen the driver's blue shirt collar, I knew it was a Garda car.


    :p


    Ah no, seriously, I'm fairly certain, alright. Had the console on the dashboard and it was in the town near the courthouse (which usually sees an influx of various Garda vehicles at different times). Was also the light blue-ish colour, 07 and Dublin reg.

    Driver was on the phone at the time, so I didn't bother to stop and ask. Bad enough interrupting their day to ask them pointless questions; don't want to be interrupting their phone calls, aswell. :(


  • #103
    kub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    I have seen a few unmarked Mondeos just like that, I wonder are they from a certain unit or something? Its operational so an answer to this I would imagine is not on.

    I have seen one in full flight also, I was impressed with the little blue flashers embedded within the rear reversing lights.


  • #104
    Mister Jingles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Mister Jingles


    kub wrote: »
    I have seen one in full flight also, I was impressed with the little blue flashers embedded within the rear reversing lights.

    Saw one of them too recently, but it wasn't just your basic LX Mondeo and I doubt it was Traffic either.......

    Noticed as well when I saw heard it that it hadn't got a normal garda siren and but instead one that sounded like an ambulance or the newer Toyota's.


  • #105
    Mister Jingles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Mister Jingles


    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Ford/Mondeo/3.0-ST-2/713262126749660/advert?channel=CARS

    Re the above, I always thought the gardaí keep cars until 300,000 kms, where as that ST is just over a 3rd of 300k ?


  • #106
    Hooch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    Mister Jingles wrote: »
    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Ford/Mondeo/3.0-ST-2/713262126749660/advert?channel=CARS

    Re the above, I always thought the gardaí keep cars until 300,000 kms, where as that ST is just over a 3rd of 300k ?

    Who said that was a Garda car??


  • #107
    msg11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭msg11


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=77310568&postcount=1179

    Anyone know what happened to the jeep, looks like someone rolled it over ..

    Also would they try and repair it ?


  • #108
    POGAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    could be the jeep rtc in Barigone, Askeaton, Co Limerick couple weeks ago

    hope they wouldnt repair it not worth putting more into it than its worth its 06 jeep..

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0129/limerick.html


  • #109
    POGAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    Hooch wrote: »
    Who said that was a Garda car??

    that 03 st220 is still in service so thats not a garda car just D reg mondeo


  • #110
    Hooch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    POGAN wrote: »
    that 03 st220 is still in service so thats not a garda car just D reg mondeo

    Exactly......


  • #111
    Tango Alpha 51
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 435 ✭✭Tango Alpha 51


    msg11 wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=77310568&postcount=1179

    Anyone know what happened to the jeep, looks like someone rolled it over ..

    Also would they try and repair it ?

    Wasn't rolled buddy. As stated it was the jeep involved in the rtc in Co. Limerick. As its an ongoing investigation I wont comment further :)


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  • #112
    kub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    buzzman wrote: »
    Wasn't rolled buddy. As stated it was the jeep involved in the rtc in Co. Limerick. As its an ongoing investigation I wont comment further :)

    With respect to the above comment, I shall not mention the actual incident and just wonder. Its a nice 4 x 4 now damaged, with the cutbacks and the fact that traffic have to gift their vehicles to the regular units.
    Whats the story with a replacement, I mean will there be one? Or are we now looking at Traffis lads on the beat?

    Also that nice 3ltr Silver Mondeo doing the rounds in North Cork, was that vehicle seized off some scum bag like the BMW jeep was?


  • #113
    POGAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    kub wrote: »
    buzzman wrote: »
    Wasn't rolled buddy. As stated it was the jeep involved in the rtc in Co. Limerick. As its an ongoing investigation I wont comment further :)

    With respect to the above comment, I shall not mention the actual incident and just wonder. Its a nice 4 x 4 now damaged, with the cutbacks and the fact that traffic have to gift their vehicles to the regular units.
    Whats the story with a replacement, I mean will there be one? Or are we now looking at Traffis lads on the beat?

    Also that nice 3ltr Silver Mondeo doing the rounds in North Cork, was that vehicle seized off some scum bag like the BMW jeep was?


    Well there be no quickly replacement, have manage with what they have currently.

    Yes I have seen traffic Garda on the beat on sat night.

    Yes it was seized very nice car should be done a lot more tbh


  • #114
    source
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭source


    POGAN wrote: »
    Well there be no quickly replacement, have manage with what they have currently.

    Yes I have seen traffic Garda on the beat on sat night.

    Yes it was seized very nice car should be done a lot more tbh

    It's already been replaced with an ancient marked Isuzu trooper, with a blue coloured spare wheel cover with a Garda sticker slapped on it. It was parked outside Henry Street last week.


  • #115
    source
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭source


    Met that "ambulance" again (Pictures) It appears to be owned by a private first aid training company as stated earlier in the thread.

    Not sure if legal, but the company's website claims they can provide EMT's for events at a cost.


  • #116
    SARBOY
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭SARBOY


    source wrote: »
    Met that "ambulance" again (Pictures) It appears to be owned by a private first aid training company as stated earlier in the thread.

    Not sure if legal, but the company's website claims they can provide EMT's for events at a cost.

    Windows look very shaded! Are they trying to hide:)


  • #117
    kub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    SARBOY wrote: »
    Windows look very shaded! Are they trying to hide:)

    Surely AGS can pull that car over and find out why it has blue lights on the roof. What exactly anyway is the legal story with these, is it only an offence if the blue lights are actually on and flashing?

    Its just that these doctor groups which now share resources and cover on call, 'SouthDoc' etc,. I have noticed that their marked cars have green light bars on their roofs.
    Now surely if a doctor is rushing to a patient and is only entitiled to Green flashers then surely a private ambulance car should be the same.

    I just think it is cheeky of them.


  • #118
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,250 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    I'm sure it's appropriate to report it here as no doubt quite a few of the pics in the main thread came from his site.
    Eddie Gentles, the founder of the website blues-twos.com has passed away according to Athlone Fire service's facebook page.
    May he rest in peace.


  • #119
    EIDW
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭EIDW


    Hooch wrote: »
    Who said that was a Garda car??

    its the same car in the video that was posted and iv have never heard of any garda station useing a ford mondeo st220 i know there was a few Zetec S models and ghia


  • #120
    POGAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    EIDW wrote: »
    Hooch wrote: »
    Who said that was a Garda car??

    its the same car in the video that was posted and iv have never heard of any garda station useing a ford mondeo st220 i know there was a few Zetec S models and ghia


    I know the station that is based in, still as of today


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  • #121
    Hooch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    EIDW wrote: »
    its the same car in the video that was posted and iv have never heard of any garda station useing a ford mondeo st220 i know there was a few Zetec S models and ghia

    No its not. As stated above there is an unmarked ST220 attached to a Traffic Corps and still is attached to them today.....but we won't mention where.


  • #122
    kub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    POGAN wrote: »
    Well there be no quickly replacement, have manage with what they have currently.

    Yes I have seen traffic Garda on the beat on sat night.

    Yes it was seized very nice car should be done a lot more tbh

    Today i thought I saw a brand new....yes new, traffic motorbike. So I am now wondering do these new bikes allow for pillion passangers/ prisoners?

    Just imagine it :D


  • #123
    POGAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    kub wrote: »
    POGAN wrote: »
    Well there be no quickly replacement, have manage with what they have currently.

    Yes I have seen traffic Garda on the beat on sat night.

    Yes it was seized very nice car should be done a lot more tbh

    Today i thought I saw a brand new....yes new, traffic motorbike. So I am now wondering do these new bikes allow for pillion passangers/ prisoners?

    Just imagine it :D

    No Pillons alowed a wise man told me :-)


  • #124
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    kub wrote: »
    Today i thought I saw a brand new....yes new, traffic motorbike. So I am now wondering do these new bikes allow for pillion passangers/ prisoners?

    Just imagine it :D
    Honda won the most recent tender for supply of Garda Motorcycles. The only way i'd carry a prisoner on a bike is tied to a ten foot rope, running behind the bike.


  • #125
    kub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    goldie fish wrote: »
    Honda won the most recent tender for supply of Garda Motorcycles. The only way i'd carry a prisoner on a bike is tied to a ten foot rope, running behind the bike.

    :D Pure Class- just imagine the civil liberty brigade howling on about that, mind you i suppose it could be said that AGS had no choice due to cutbacks etc.

    I am sure the general populace of this land would think this a very fitting way to transport a scumbag.


  • #126
    kub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    Hooch wrote: »
    No its not. As stated above there is an unmarked ST220 attached to a Traffic Corps and still is attached to them today.....but we won't mention where.

    I saw it in person today, in literally, traffic. Infairness outside of its own district/ division, may have been heading to a certain courthouse.

    Wow what a car :cool:.


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  • #127
    POGAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    kub wrote: »
    Hooch wrote: »
    No its not. As stated above there is an unmarked ST220 attached to a Traffic Corps and still is attached to them today.....but we won't mention where.

    I saw it in person today, in literally, traffic. Infairness outside of its own district/ division, may have been heading to a certain courthouse.

    Wow what a car :cool:.

    Have to say marked 3l cars look great for 07s


  • #128
    kub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    Well to the untrained eye, one traffic marked Mondeo looks the same as the next.

    But that unmarked one is a sexy beast. I am just imaging some boy racer out and about in his souped up 85 Toyota Starlet, with the chunky tyres, big exhaust, extended aerial and thick head.

    He is motoring along some dual carrageway/ motorway and he notices this beautiful machine and decides to tease the driver as he wants to have a race.

    Now thats a chase video I'd say would not last too long.


  • #129
    POGAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    kub wrote: »
    Well to the untrained eye, one traffic marked Mondeo looks the same as the next.

    But that unmarked one is a sexy beast. I am just imaging some boy racer out and about in his souped up 85 Toyota Starlet, with the chunky tyres, big exhaust, extended aerial and thick head.

    He is motoring along some dual carrageway/ motorway and he notices this beautiful machine and decides to tease the driver as he wants to have a race.

    Now thats a chase video I'd say would not last too long.

    I know what u mean :-) won't be long happening


  • #130
    Zambia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭Zambia


    Lads does this traffic unit have two Fast forward buttons on the doors

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=77471270&postcount=1184

    WTF ...do they light up ??


  • #131
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    Is that a joke question? :pac:


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  • #132
    Bosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Bosh


    Zambia wrote: »
    Lads does this traffic unit have two Fast forward buttons on the doors

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=77471270&postcount=1184

    WTF ...do they light up ??

    If you look at the direction they are pointing they are actually rewind buttons... :p

    Magnetic stick on & yeah they do light up.


  • #133
    POGAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    Bosh wrote: »
    Zambia wrote: »
    Lads does this traffic unit have two Fast forward buttons on the doors

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=77471270&postcount=1184

    WTF ...do they light up ??

    If you look at the direction they are pointing they are actually rewind buttons... :p

    Magnetic stick on & yeah they do light up.

    They look really well, seen used couple times at MAT checkpoints.

    Ps have to say for 07 car it looks great


  • #134
    Zambia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭Zambia


    No they go in the direction of the car so fast forward ....

    Bugger never seen that before good little piece of kit that


  • #135
    Terrontress
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,903 ✭✭✭Terrontress


    Bosh wrote: »
    Zambia wrote: »
    Lads does this traffic unit have two Fast forward buttons on the doors

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=77471270&postcount=1184

    WTF ...do they light up ??

    If you look at the direction they are pointing they are actually rewind buttons... :p

    Magnetic stick on & yeah they do light up.

    Would Battenburg markings not provide the same function but not require an additional piece of equipment carried round?


  • #136
    source
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭source


    Terrontress wrote: »
    Bosh wrote: »
    Zambia wrote: »
    Lads does this traffic unit have two Fast forward buttons on the doors

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=77471270&postcount=1184

    WTF ...do they light up ??

    If you look at the direction they are pointing they are actually rewind buttons... :p

    Magnetic stick on & yeah they do light up.

    Would Battenburg markings not provide the same function but not require an additional piece of equipment carried round?

    No battenburg are squares of yellow and blue, which highlight the presence of the vehicle. The arrows are directional signs, telling motorists they must drive a certain direction.


  • #137
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Terrontress wrote: »
    Would Battenburg markings not provide the same function but not require an additional piece of equipment carried round?

    Battenburg are just squares. The arrows show a driver which way to move. You sometimes see them on checkpoints showing when a lane is closed.


  • #138
    Hooch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    foreign wrote: »
    Battenburg are just squares. The arrows show a driver which way to move. You sometimes see them on checkpoints showing when a lane is closed.

    And the LEDs within each arrow light up in sequence indicating the direction of travel required.


  • #139
    Zambia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭Zambia


    Suppose it beats standing there and pointing...


  • #140
    Bosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Bosh


    And they will still ask:

    "Can I not go down that way Guard?"

    or

    "Is there something going on Guard?"

    As the Guard stands there in the pisses of rain... :rolleyes: :P


  • #141
    POGAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    Silver regular car, thre was two of them in wilkar being kitted out, dont like them with regular markings at all

    1.6 petrol were being used for unmarked cars when the first lot were bought, I know there is a traffic estate 11 reg avenais based in Dublin that's 1.6 pertol that def has no power


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  • #142
    d3exile
    Registered Users Posts: 175 ✭✭d3exile


    POGAN wrote: »
    Silver regular car, thre was two of them in wilkar being kitted out, dont like them with regular markings at all

    1.6 petrol were being used for unmarked cars when the first lot were bought, I know there is a traffic estate 11 reg avenais based in Dublin that's 1.6 pertol that def has no power

    Supposedly our supt is trying to put this one in traffic which is a bit daft as our traffic unit has about 3 working at any one time but they have 1 unmarked avensis, 2 marked mondeos, a land cruiser and 5 bikes... We'd get one of the ex traffic 06/07 mondeos by default...

    I reckon silver looks well with either markings but does this mean they've made up their mind on the colour of AGS fleet?

    1.6 is brutally underpowered... It's a big heavy car


  • #143
    kub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    POGAN wrote: »
    Silver regular car, thre was two of them in wilkar being kitted out, dont like them with regular markings at all

    1.6 petrol were being used for unmarked cars when the first lot were bought, I know there is a traffic estate 11 reg avenais based in Dublin that's 1.6 pertol that def has no power

    Maybe the powers that be, are being optimistic, thinking perhaps that the scumbags which these 1.6 petrol Toyotas are pursuing, will stick to the speed limit.

    Infairness in general and in the mechanical world, engineers always specify something which will perform better than what is acceptable. But Garda vehicles with 1.6 petrol engines?
    I think the Toyota dealers service departments will be busy.


  • #144
    POGAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    d3exile wrote: »
    POGAN wrote: »
    Silver regular car, thre was two of them in wilkar being kitted out, dont like them with regular markings at all

    1.6 petrol were being used for unmarked cars when the first lot were bought, I know there is a traffic estate 11 reg avenais based in Dublin that's 1.6 pertol that def has no power

    Supposedly our supt is trying to put this one in traffic which is a bit daft as our traffic unit has about 3 working at any one time but they have 1 unmarked avensis, 2 marked mondeos, a land cruiser and 5 bikes... We'd get one of the ex traffic 06/07 mondeos by default...

    I reckon silver looks well with either markings but does this mean they've made up their mind on the colour of AGS fleet?

    1.6 is brutally underpowered... It's a big heavy car

    They haven't yet as there is a black octiva vrs in the college at mo being tested so no colour agreed

    That bull with taking the car to traffic really batterburg markings are traffic, regular need a good car


  • #145
    savagecabbages
    Registered Users Posts: 871 ✭✭✭savagecabbages


    Not sure if here is the appropriate place to discuss, but the repossessed X5 got me wondering how many repossessed vehicles AGS would have in the fleet?

    Saw an unmarked car recently which def didn't look the same as all other unmarked cars, even though it was the same model as one used. Basically it looked like something a traveller might have had beforehand:p

    *Dont think i'm going into opsec territory here as it was a car on what seemed to be patrol with the occupants wearing fluorescent jackets and chatting to uniform gardai, rather than it being an undercover car which i doubt anyone would notice(or mention here;))...


  • #146
    POGAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    savagecabbages wrote: »
    Not sure if here is the appropriate place to discuss, but the repossessed X5 got me wondering how many repossessed vehicles AGS would have in the fleet?

    Saw an unmarked car recently which def didn't look the same as all other unmarked cars, even though it was the same model as one used. Basically it looked like something a traveller might have had beforehand:p

    *Dont think i'm going into opsec territory here as it was a car on what seemed to be patrol with the occupants wearing fluorescent jackets and chatting to uniform gardai, rather than it being an undercover car which i doubt anyone would notice(or mention here;))...

    Tangos ( traffic) have a lot of different unmarked cars...we won't say what or where they are keep them as a surprise for some pillars of the community ;-)

    I think they should be using the seized or even section 41 cars a lot more but they seem to like making money off cars


  • #147
    gardatrafficop
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭gardatrafficop


    D3exil


    Take a look at that Sliver car again in the yard
    Its 2ltr. :)


  • #148
    kub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    gardatrafficop wrote: »
    D3exil


    Take a look at that Sliver car again in the yard
    Its 2ltr. :)

    How can you tell from that angle? Is it the alloys?

    Also that Mk 3 Ford Cortina, I have heard a rumour that AGS management are currently scouring museums and scrap yards in order to get them back on the fleet :D


  • #149
    gardatrafficop
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭gardatrafficop


    kub wrote: »
    How can you tell from that angle? Is it the alloys?

    Also that Mk 3 Ford Cortina, I have heard a rumour that AGS management are currently scouring museums and scrap yards in order to get them back on the fleet :D


    There Hub Caps & i know as i was looking under the bonnett of that exact car when it arrived :):):):)


  • #150
    POGAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭POGAN


    kub wrote: »
    gardatrafficop wrote: »
    D3exil


    Take a look at that Sliver car again in the yard
    Its 2ltr. :)

    How can you tell from that angle? Is it the alloys?

    Also that Mk 3 Ford Cortina, I have heard a rumour that AGS management are currently scouring museums and scrap yards in order to get them back on the fleet :D

    Police spec cars only way to go to be honest


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  • #151
    Mister Jingles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Mister Jingles


    If that Avensis is a 1.8 I would hardly call a 147 bhp petrol under powered (think these are only Auto btw). The 2.0L diesels I would though.


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