What are the main cars Guards Drive?

lisaloo

as above does anyone know the main cars the guards here drive??

msg11

Ford
Nissan
Subaru (limited)
Mitsubshi (1)
Volvo (limited)

There only one or two more I think.

SV

What Nissans do they drive?
and what Mitsubishi ?

Thanks..

antodeco

BMW
Toyota
Honda
FIAT

Many many more. They pretty much drive everyday cars now

sgt.bilko

traffic corp have nissan patrol jeeps and i think mitsubishi lancers

biggus

Gunmetal Bmw 318 d 2007 and silver Traffic
ScooobyForester
Bmw 535d
Black Landcruisers
Alfas but i think they couldn't stand the work
Garda
Got a bit of sense in the last two years they have all sorts and country reg s now aswell

SV

So not all Garda cars are Dublin reg now?

Good idea...sort out their aerial issue and they might actually catch some people.

antodeco

ClioV6 wrote: »

sort out their aerial issue and they might actually catch some people.

You'll be surprised what they have now...

Fey!

Don't forget the Isuzu Troopers, the BMW X5s (I think that they have "specialist" usage), the Opel Vectras, the Fiat Puntos, Ford Transits, Fiestas, Foci, and Mondeos (I especially like the unmarked Mondeos with the blue lights screwed to the sides of the front bumpers!), and a few other odds and ends.

Seth Brundle

Merc S class (seen one with an E60 BMW on the N4) - possibly political usage
Toyota Yaris, Corolla, Avensis & Camrys
Opel Corsa and Vectra

SV

antodeco wrote: »

You'll be surprised what they have now...

I hope so!

Sick of seeing yaris' and punto garda cars..

what's the point..

Tails142

ClioV6 wrote: »

I hope so!

Sick of seeing yaris' and punto garda cars..

what's the point..

eh...... travelling to and from the scene of crimes?

SV

Tails142 wrote: »

eh...... travelling to and from the scene of crimes?

ahhh I mean the ones on patrol on the national roads...

Seth Brundle

ClioV6 wrote: »

I hope so!

Sick of seeing yaris' and punto garda cars..

what's the point..

Very little of the gardais time is spent in high speed chases.
Is a 155mph capable car needed for routine community work, responding to burgalries, etc.?

ClioV6 wrote: »

ahhh I mean the ones on patrol on the national roads...

When they are out on the main road then you don't know exactly why they are there!

biggus

Very hard to out run radio waves

SV

kbannon wrote: »

Very little of the gardais time is spent in high speed chases.
Is a 155mph capable car needed for routine community work, responding to burgalries, etc.?


When they are out on the main road then you don't know exactly why they are there!

It isn't needed for community work! I'm not saying we shouldn't have those cars in service but these are the cars we(being me and friends) always see on the main road from ballon to carlow (which is notorious for racing).
I just think it's a bit ridiculous.

The Real B-man

Uk counterparts

R.O.R

Heard a Siren outside the window ealrier so peeped out to see a Grey, new Mondeo pulling up next to a van. He seemed to point at the occupant of the van, throw his head back and laugh then speed off in to the industrial estate.

Not sure if it was someone messing with a friend (guy in the van started laughing when he saw who was in the Mondeo) or the 1st unmarked new model Mondeo I've seen. Didn't get a long enough look to check for the extra lights on the wings / stubby ariels, but it didn't seem like the sort of car someone would throw a siren in to for a laugh.

Sizzler

Saw a guy in an Alfa 146 get pulled in by a grey Volvo S60 on sat afternoon last on the M50, blue lights on the back and front window, a first for me ! A uniformed garda driving it too.

gman2k

The boys in blue drive nearly everything these days, as previous posts say,
Mondeos, Corollas are the main ones, but you can get a bit of everything else.
Still a few Camrys knocking around - one is always with the Black S350 (I presume that's Brian's now!!!)
How to recognise an undercover?
OK, the the three aerials (two of which will be stumps)
Number plate holders have no garage identification
No garage stickers in back window
Dash and parcel shelf fixed strobe units
PJ and PJ up front!!!!

-Chris-

gman2k wrote: »

The boys in blue drive nearly everything these days, as previous posts say,
Mondeos, Corollas are the main ones, but you can get a bit of everything else.
Still a few Camrys knocking around - one is always with the Black S350 (I presume that's Brian's now!!!)
How to recognise an undercover?
OK, the the three aerials (two of which will be stumps)
Number plate holders have no garage identification
No garage stickers in back window
Dash and parcel shelf fixed strobe units
PJ and PJ up front!!!!

The aerials are getting smaller and I've seen some with garage plate surrounds (and insurance disks), what's giving them away to me now is that the middle LED in the high-level rear brake light is missing/dead/blocked by a tiny strobe.

Of course, by the time you're close enough to see that they've already seen you!

I agree, the best way to spot a Garda car is PJ & PJ!!

Deicida

Ford Mondeo's Dublin registration usually 5 didgets! thats down south anyway

E92

gman2k wrote: »

Still a few Camrys knocking around - one is always with the Black S350 (I presume that's Brian's now!!!)

Indeed it is! Only the Taoiseach gets a car in that class, and he has a 06 S350.

All future state cars, including the Ministerial ones will be diesel powered.

astraboy

E92 wrote: »

All future state cars, including the Ministerial ones will be diesel powered.

Why is this, emissions?

I have seen a volvo S40 Guarda car in cork I think, and I saw a Saab 93 a few years back but that was only a trial, a few were purchased but no more have been since. Actually the volvo may have been a V70? Not sure.

O and the cops drive Fiat vans(paddywagons) now too along with the transits.

ninty9er

E92 wrote: »

Indeed it is! Only the Taoiseach gets a car in that class, and he has a 06 S350.

All future state cars, including the Ministerial ones will be diesel powered.

Mary also has one, excpet hers has wing mounted Tricolour and Presidential Standard. She had an S-Class before An Taoiseach having had a 99 previous to the identical order in 2006.

They also have an unmarked Renault Espace floating around somewhere, saw it at an Ard-Fheis in recent years.

I've seen the 3 Series and a White Ssanyong Rexton on the N7 outside Naas. There's a few mid 2000s Xsaras doing the rounds too. The new stock has only the factory arial though, so the days of 3 arials giving the game away are gone.

Esel

gman2k wrote: »

How to recognise an undercover?

Make that 'unmarked' and you are close. You forgot: no insurance disk, tax disc states 'Exempt'. A couple of other indications too, but I'm staying schtum.

If you spot an undercover car, the guys who prepared it didn't do their job well.

Ferris

New shape Lexus GS300 in black with no aerials, only blue strobes in the front and rear windows.
Blue Subaru Forrester Turbo.
Red Transit Minibus with blacked out windows around Dundalk.

miju

lollers some of the replies in this thread are funny

S.I.R

every guard car i see is corrolla/mondeo but if they where'nt slow enough they've even got yaris/micra's and an unmarked 55 hp fait punto....



lets just hope they Train the drivers before buying a new fleet of under powered over weight Fwd saloons.

niceirishfella

They even have a small iveco rigid HORSEBOX truck! Saw it one day on the main Dublin/Limerick Road.

I wonder what vehicle they use to move the gear around for their Orchestra? Transit probably!

WHITE_P

They have quite a few Subaru Foresters, got close to one recently at a set of traffic lights.

Gold colour, 06-D plate, tiny little camera mounted beside the rear high level brake light, and blue LED lights (about the size of an old pound coin) mounted to a dog guard behind the rear seats.

PJ and PJ up front, neither of them wearing a seat belt, until they decided to chase after a car going the opposite way.