Vehicle Gallery - Discussion Thread

punisher5112 wrote: »

Id say stick on for a laugh or to try go stealth.

It's like many you would see with NCT disc of some other car and sometimes even an out of date insurance disc just to blend in more.

Whenever you would see the single holder with just tax it was a give away.

Looked at one with an insurance disc, 'State Claims Agency' is the 'insurer' https://stateclaims.ie/

California Dreamer wrote: »

Is the static blue light on the hyundai's standard practise now or a 'fashion statement'?

It used to be a thing back in the early 00's on some of the cars.

According to the programme 'Police Garage' they fitted the static blue option to stop toll / speeding fines being issued to police cars who were not on emergency calls, seemingly even when they were on a call the split second the camera took the shot the strobes might be off.... As for AGS, well we just copy what the UK does even thought NTR/GoSafe would never issue fines to AGS :rolleyes:

Watching Dublin Murders - would make you nostalgic for the old Mondeos!!!

California Dreamer wrote: »

Was there any need to blank out the reg on an ES vehicle?

Was there any need to question it?:p:pac:

California Dreamer wrote: »

Curious and seeing as how this is the discussion thread I thought this would be the forum to ask.

But cheers for your input!

:mad::mad:

Oh my god im so sorry, I didnt mean to upset you so much!

To answer your question, some people just blur the reg out of courtesy I guess.

Borgo wrote: »

Whats the story here? Unmarked jeep with a Garda sticker? haha

What’s funny about it?

Heard about that Cupra Alteca a couple of weeks back from somebody. Is that a tertra aerial on it ?

That Ateca is not owned by AGS or even a member of AGS...

The car is parked in my workplace most days and owned by a lad working here. Looking at it recently there appears to be a beacon in the back window and the front which the post on FB suggests it flashes blue. This is trouble waiting to happen, AGS take impersonation very seriously and it’s an offence which carries a jail sentence.

Walter Mitty anyone ??

Yeah pretty strange alright I just seen the pic on Facebook. Apparently there is a video of it doing the rounds with the blues on aswell but cant find it. Reminds me of yer man in England a few years ago arrested for driving around pretending to be an Ambulance.

Borgo wrote: »

Whats the story here? Unmarked jeep with a Garda sticker? haha

I seen that car in coolock roughly three weeks ago the lad driving was a heavy set lad and was most definitely no a member. There are LED bars on the boot board in the back and in the grill in the front of it.

punisher5112 wrote: »

I would say he could well be looking for the wrong attention and seems to have got some.

Wonder will he be pulled up on it.

Not difficult with his reg number.

It’s gotten a lot of attention so I’d say he’ll get pulled on it eventually. Pity about owning something different like that, had it been a bog std. Ateca I doubt many would have taken much notice of it.

I presume with the HSE rangers they are for rural and upland areas of the country where a car would struggle or am I presuming wrongly

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

At first glance I thought it was one of the cars from the anti burglary units. I walked by fairly close there was no comms units in it no displays that are regularly found in patrol cars. To an untrained eye someone could be con’d into thinking it was a unmarked. I’m actually raging I erased the photos I have of it, should be backed up somewhere

I hope something is done about it....

2007 umarked Mondeo seen on the Naas road about an hour ago. Must be one of the last 'active' Mondeos left.

darragh o meara wrote: »

Is this the Ateca your talking about? Didn’t see it at work last week so presumed it may have been confiscated.

Yeah the Seat Ateca Cupra. I am told he gathered a lot of unwanted attention by the criminal faction too but then again it’s Chinese whispers in the job. Hopefully it’s off the road he’s not doing himself any favours. Personally speaking the lad knows what he was at.