Garda cars. If you were in charge!

C_Breeze

maoleary wrote: »

break down more often than an alfa running on orange juice

:D HAHA good one

Think i'll use that one myself from now one !!*






* (i may also pass it off as my own gag)

Marcus.Aurelius

C_Breeze wrote: »

* (i may also pass it off as my own gag)

ah crap. Ah........(c) Maoleary's Brilliant Idea #0000001. All Rights Reserved.


HA HA HA its all mine again!!!

timmywex

seamus wrote: »

The newer Garda cars apparently are coming with cameras and inbuilt reg plate detection. Only about ten years behind, but it's about time.

yeh, they are actualy, and run locks on them and the headlights are premently on when the engine is, the camera footage can be kinda cool, only watched it the other day and hapened to be in one of the cars with it (beemer 3series)

Max_Damage

I'd go for a Crown Vic too.

maoleary wrote: »

break down more often than an alfa running on orange juice.

Incorrect. They are actually very relaible cars (big underpowered V8). When the police forces in America are done with them, many are then bought up as taxi's. I've seen many Crown Vics go over 250,000 miles with little to no problems.

Tipsy Mac

mvpr wrote: »

Do the Gardai have to pay VRT, being a Government vehicle...?

Yes and no, basically they pay the VRT to themselves

vengeance52

maoleary wrote: »

For 34 k, you could buy great stuff. Big Honda Accords with 2.2 CTDI engines for the town units, Opel Vectra V6s/ Mondeo 3.0 V6s/ Mazda 6 2.3 MPS etc for the Traffic Corps.

Totall agree here, esp with the accord since i got one Monedo V6 would be excellent.

DublinWriter

lightening wrote: »

The budget per car is 34K Per car. What would be good for all round use, traffic, catching bad people, carting bad people around?

The auld Mondeo is a reliable enough bus for them.

A friend of a friend told me that BMW were over in the park last week demoing some of their heavily modified marked 3Ms currently in use with the German version of the ERU.

Zonda999

I know for a fact that the guards have some octavia vrs's but there unmarked..

yayamark

their actually bringing in the new mondeos as well in the 1.6 version, most of the fleet now have had now run lock for a while very handy.

The volvo t5 is been brought in as well, an unmarked version will be used for a new rapid response unit been set up.

Seth Brundle

Would this be over budget?

mac500

kbannon wrote: »

Would this be over budget?

mad max???

Seth Brundle

Yup!
1973 Ford XB GT Falcon Hardtop (XB GT Falcon Coupe)
Build your own...

Marcus.Aurelius

What is RUN LOCK anyway? I've seen it on some of the new machines coming down from Dublin to replace the older patrol cars.

pa990

RUN LOCK

Allows engine to keep running, even if you remove the key from the ignition. so you can lock the car and keep the lights going without running down the battery.


The Car will cut out if you take the handbrake off or put it in gear, theis prevents it from being driven without the key.

yayamark

pa990 wrote: »

RUN LOCK

Allows engine to keep running, even if you remove the key from the ignition. so you can lock the car and keep the lights going without running down the battery.


The Car will cut out if you take the handbrake off or put it in gear, theis prevents it from being driven without the key.

yes as above its handy if u have to leave the car a distance away and need the lights on. The run lock button is usually on the 999 dials just press it and take the key out. The gougers cant "wob" it then.

Mr.Boots

Definetly not a secondhand...imagine what the general public would say??
also, i dont think speed is the key here, there are many other factors to take into acount first.

Not a golf gti ...suspension to low. vw's questionable reliabilty
not a VRS for same reasons as golf
Mondeo v6??...Would a Tdci not make more sense?
saabs, bm's ect would be a waste of tax payers money (huge premium just for a badge and image that the cops dont need)

in my opinion a Subaru Forester....its fast enough, automatic, very reliable, high suspension, good visibilty, big boot, chunky tyres, good image, good resale.

BTW Ive seen a 07 "beige" BMW pulling cars on the N11 around the gorey area.

Potential-Monke

Maybe we should be like the:

Japanese Police
Italian Police
Australian Police
Austrian Police
Spanish Police?

unkel

Dutch Police

1. BMW M3

http://static.autoblog.nl/images/wp2007/BMW%20M3%20Politie1.jpg

2. Porsche 911 Targa

http://static.autoblog.nl/images/wp2007/reviews/porsche_targa-4s/porsche_911_964_targa_klpd_politie.jpg


3. Spyker C8 Spyder

Marcus.Aurelius

Ford Falcon XR6

4.0 V6 Turbo

Spotted in Sydney, NSW last year. Traffic Police have the V8 version. XR8 is the spec I think.

Seth Brundle

unkel wrote: »

Dutch Police

2. Porsche 911 Targa

http://static.autoblog.nl/images/wp2007/reviews/porsche_targa-4s/porsche_911_964_targa_klpd_politie.jpg


3. Spyker C8 Spyder

What benefit are soft tops to the police?

unkel

kbannon wrote: »

What benefit are soft tops to the police?

I presume visibility?

BTW the Porsches have been around as Dutch police cars (motorway patrol) since 1960 (356C first, later replaced with several different generations of the 911 Targa) but were phased out and replaced with M3s and other cars in more recent years.

In case it wasn't obvious, the Spyker was a publicity stunt. Like the Italian polizia with their Lamborghini Gallardo

lightening

Mr.Boots wrote: »

in my opinion a Subaru Forester....its fast enough, automatic, very reliable, high suspension, good visibilty, big boot, chunky tyres, good image, good resale.

I think the Suburu would be the one. Do they actually sell off Garda cars when they are finished with them?

TychoCaine

lightening wrote: »

Do they actually sell off Garda cars when they are finished with them?

Yup. They regularly come up for sale at auction. They sell for buttons because they've done stratospheric mileage, have holes all over the dash and the roof and the wiring loom has been cut to bits for the extra lights.

yayamark

Mr.Boots wrote: »

in my opinion a Subaru Forester....its fast enough, automatic, very reliable, high suspension, good visibilty, big boot, chunky tyres, good image, good resale.

BTW Ive seen a 07 "beige" BMW pulling cars on the N11 around the gorey area.

Subaru forresters are allready in use by the gardai. Traffic Corps drive them. 2.0l turbo petrol. very fast on the straight but not good on the cornering at speed

junkyard

It has to be a Subaru Impreza Sti turbo, I have one at the moment and it's the nearest thing to motorbike as regards acceleration and sticks to the road like it's on rails.

drdre

lightening wrote: »

I think the Suburu would be the one. Do they actually sell off Garda cars when they are finished with them?

They auction them off.But usually they are in bits and not worth it.

yayamark

junkyard wrote: »

It has to be a Subaru Impreza Sti turbo, I have one at the moment and it's the nearest thing to motorbike as regards acceleration and sticks to the road like it's on rails.

Am they are defo forresters, where the ins and nct on the vehicle?;)

junkyard

yayamark wrote: »

Am they are defo forresters, where the ins and nct on the vehicle?;)

I use trade plates.;)

yayamark

junkyard wrote: »

I use trade plates.;)

ok ona serious note do u need an nct when u use trade plates? Wouldnt the car need to be certified roadworthy to be on the road?

Mr.Boots

I dont think the Guards need (or could handle) STi's.....having owned a version 8 for a year or so, i know its merits and faults.....on the subject of STi's...how about the Guards in Forester STi's.....Thought about bringing one from Japan a few years ago after seing them there but then remembered how hard it was to sell my Impreza STi and decided against it.

I know a guy who bought a blue ex Garda Ford Orion years ago at an auction...it went well....but.....almost every time he went out to where his familey lived( a part of Dublin that was very rough at the time) the car would get vandalised or bottles thrown at it ,and on one ocasion ramed by a stolen car!!! The scumbag joyriders thought it was a unmarked Garda car.