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3+ rally cars getting police escort on the M50S

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  • 12-12-2007 7:37pm
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    fletch
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    Anybody know what was going on? Saw what looked like 3 or more Subaru Imprezas/Mitsubishi Lancer EVOs getting a police escort down the M50 Soutbound around Cherrywood at about 5:45pm


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    Victor_M
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    You sure it wasn't a chase?;)


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    fletch
    Registered Users Posts: 7,398 ✭✭✭fletch


    Nope definitely an escort :D
    About 4+ Garda motorbikes with blue flashing lights


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    Hotwheels
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    Road testing new patrol cars maybe? :D


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    jon1981
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    i saw it too! was about 6ish this evening. have no idea what that was about, maybe escorting them to the pound!


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    Earth Worm Jim
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    I think them cars were part of that VRT scam - Customs siezed loads of high spec motors.

    Check this out -

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/raid-on-katy-driver-firm-1245164.html


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    NBar
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    If the evo's were white and had some markings on them they were siezed from Exclusive Cars in Saggart


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    S.I.R
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    seen a gardi escort 7 bmws and 4 white evos past my house a few days back.... looks like some vrt man got a nice Christmas bonus


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    Traumadoc
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    I think that was the problem, Allegedly some VRT man was getting quite a few "bonuses".


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    drdre
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    S.I.R wrote: »
    seen a gardi escort 7 bmws and 4 white evos past my house a few days back.... looks like some vrt man got a nice Christmas bonus

    What part of dublin do you live in?


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    afatbollix
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    rally cars dont have to pay vtr...

    dont ask me why or how they did it but i have never seen a rally car on irish plates...


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    drdre
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    anto-t wrote: »
    rally cars dont have to pay vtr...

    dont ask me why or how they did it but i have never seen a rally car on irish plates...


    They dont have to pay as they are not road legal, they are mainly for track use.


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    afatbollix
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    of corse rally cars are road legal they race on closed roads but use the public road to get to the next closed road to race again called a stage.

    track cars are different they are brought on a traller and are never on the public road..


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    Mr.Boots
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    drdre wrote: »
    They dont have to pay as they are not road legal, they are mainly for track use.

    Your thinking about VAT i think.....Not VRT
    All rally cars are road legal....
    I have seen plenty of Irish reg ones.


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    drdre
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    Mr.Boots wrote: »
    Your thinking about VAT i think.....Not VRT
    All rally cars are road legal....
    I have seen plenty of Irish reg ones.
    Yep I got mixed up, :)


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    S.I.R
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    the cars ar already sized , when i was working the docks in the summer we watched the new gardi sqaud cars getting unloaded.

    mainly 535d beemers but there where a couple of white lancers and such on board.


    but that was earlyier.... it might also explain the 2 white evos around the back of pearse street gardi station everyday... also the lights you can see through the grills and the gardi stickers all over it kinda help :)


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    drdre
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    S.I.R wrote: »
    the cars ar already sized , when i was working the docks in the summer we watched the new gardi sqaud cars getting unloaded.

    mainly 535d beemers but there where a couple of white lancers and such on board.


    but that was earlyier.... it might also explain the 2 white evos around the back of pearse street gardi station everyday... also the lights you can see through the grills and the gardi stickers all over it kinda help :)

    Ive also seen a Black Evo on the naas road.Theres alot of new garda cars now,Very hard to spot from a distance


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    S.I.R
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    drdre wrote: »
    Ive also seen a Black Evo on the naas road.Theres alot of new garda cars now,Very hard to spot from a distance

    not when they have GARDI on the side in the yellow and blue ;)


    only once thats hard to spot is that c*** of a m5 , its turquoise in color and can be see all over dublin over taking whenever they feel like it at 100 +.... had a few run ins with them.


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    Tabnabs
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    I saw the same convoy go southbound on the M50, "rally" cars had what looked like corporate writing (as opposed to normal logos) down the side, there was also a stretched hummer behind them, bet that was fun to drive!


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    drdre
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    S.I.R wrote: »
    not when they have GARDI on the side in the yellow and blue ;)


    only once thats hard to spot is that c*** of a m5 , its turquoise in color and can be see all over dublin over taking whenever they feel like it at 100 +.... had a few run ins with them.

    No i mean the new undercover garda cars like the Bmws', Evo's, Gs300,Subaru's and many more brand of cars...


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