Vehicle Gallery - Discussion Thread

kooga

kooga wrote: »

I think there would of been a lot of security detail if it was his car down in cork - plus would he not have CD plates

case solved - car is parked outside the Fire Station this morning in Cork

punisher5112

California Dreamer wrote: »

I know a few guys that would take one of these over a Kona!!! ðŸ˜ðŸ˜

Such a let down I thought it was going to be an actual motorcycle.... Kitted out

Aaron1416

California Dreamer wrote: »

I know a few guys that would take one of these over a Kona!!! ðŸ˜ðŸ˜

In a news message today, it stated Kona were a one off addition! And the new Tucson’s look very good marked up,

California Dreamer

Aaron1416 wrote: »

In a news message today, it stated Kona were a one off addition! And the new Tucson’s look very good marked up,

Spotted a Tuscon today with the static blue light on and in fairness it did look very good especially with all the battenburg on it as well.

POGAN

California Dreamer wrote: »

Spotted a Tuscon today with the static blue light on and in fairness it did look very good especially with all the battenburg on it as well.

They are higher spec and really nice tbh!

New bikes coming replacing Hondas

punisher5112

POGAN wrote: »

They are higher spec and really nice tbh!

New bikes coming replacing Hondas

Which honda is left?
Haven't seen any in years.
The pans were the main choice till the new model have the death wobble so they were dumped.
The UK police binned them too. Too dangerous.

BaronVon

BMW 750 GS A bunch of them have been delivered, but I've not seen any out and about. The bike has a de-tuned 850cc engine, so I'd say driving courses are an issue, because the standard biker is limited to 700cc. They're also chain driven, so need more maintenance.

POGAN

BaronVon wrote: »

BMW 750 GS A bunch of them have been delivered, but I've not seen any out and about. The bike has a de-tuned 850cc engine, so I'd say driving courses are an issue, because the standard biker is limited to 700cc. They're also chain driven, so need more maintenance.

Yes them 10 in depot

ratracer

Nice looking bike that BMW in Tipp. Is that going to be the replacement for the DullVilles or is it just in trial?

POGAN

ratracer wrote: »

Nice looking bike that BMW in Tipp. Is that going to be the replacement for the DullVilles or is it just in trial?

Replacement

California Dreamer

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058099685

Wait till you see a load of LWB Pajeros making an appearence! :D

California Dreamer

For those of your serving, was there any cars that were small in numbers but loved? The Renault Laguna or the Saab 93?

source

California Dreamer wrote: »

For those of your serving, was there any cars that were small in numbers but loved? The Renault Laguna or the Saab 93?

I'm gone a long time now, but the only car I recall as being universally loved wasn't bought in small numbers. It was the 07/08 Mondeo. That thing had loads of power and just didn't let go of the road.

I was in a mondeo one night going to an RTC on the M8 and at times the needle was hitting 200+ (I wasn't the driver), apart from the road noise and speed of the scenery going past you wouldn't have realised.

Sgt. Bilko 09

California Dreamer wrote: »

For those of your serving, was there any cars that were small in numbers but loved? The Renault Laguna or the Saab 93?

I am not sure how many were out on the fleet I know it was a low amount but the Camry was the best rare model. One of the lads I was in the college with loved the Silver unmarked Volvo, he was driving it when it was wrote off in City centre.

DAVE1972

not a member but i do remember unmarked Alfa 156 2.5v6 black in fermoy traffic circa 99D , they were quite rare , also i do
remember an opel ascona marked around the 80s , very scarce also

BaronVon

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

I am not sure how many were out on the fleet I know it was a low amount but the Camry was the best rare model. One of the lads I was in the college with loved the Silver unmarked Volvo, he was driving it when it was wrote off in City centre.

Yeah, the Camry was a nice comfortable car, with a bit of straight line poke!

Sgt. Bilko 09

BaronVon wrote: »

Yeah, the Camry was a nice comfortable car, with a bit of straight line poke!

Yeah, I reckon that’s why it stayed mainly on M50 and Ashbourne/finglas road, going through dunsink at speed was very fun/frightening

kooga

DAVE1972 wrote: »

not a member but i do remember unmarked Alfa 156 2.5v6 black in fermoy traffic circa 99D , they were quite rare , also i do
remember an opel ascona marked around the 80s , very scarce also

There's a blast from the past the Alfa 156 - also i remember Traffic on the mallow - cork road having the 2.2 litre camry 99 reg and a navy megane saloon.

punisher5112

Remember seeing a 95 Jap import Celica been used....

Borgo

Ronanstown had a wine coloured unmarked Citroen Xsara. Mid 2000s it was used.

California Dreamer

Borgo wrote: »

Ronanstown had a wine coloured unmarked Citroen Xsara. Mid 2000s it was used.

Think i would prefer the Hyundai Kona!!! :D:D:D

POGAN

DAVE1972 wrote: »

not a member but i do remember unmarked Alfa 156 2.5v6 black in fermoy traffic circa 99D , they were quite rare , also i do
remember an opel ascona marked around the 80s , very scarce also

Love that Alfa... it crash on the n20

POGAN

kooga wrote: »

There's a blast from the past the Alfa 156 - also i remember Traffic on the mallow - cork road having the 2.2 litre camry 99 reg and a navy megane saloon.

Mallows rpu would love that not with the current ....

POGAN

California Dreamer wrote: »

Think i would prefer the Hyundai Kona!!! :D:D:D

I hear compol units are loving there new cars... getting new konas 😂

veetwin

There was an unmarked Ford Scorpio 2.9L going around Crumlin in the early noughties.

Sgt. Bilko 09

POGAN wrote: »

I hear compol units are loving there new cars... getting new konas 😂

That’s compol in a nutshell lol

punisher5112

Sgt. Bilko 09 wrote: »

That’s compol in a nutshell lol

Oh they smell new and shiny.... Wait till they see a corner or anyone ove 5foot needs to fit in the back....

punisher5112

Madness fitting white on the rear biko, sirens louder then hear so thats a plus.... Pun intended.... Hear

carzony

Was the 2007 - 2008 Fiestas not seen as a decent yoke? I think they had a bit of poke too?

California Dreamer

POGAN wrote: »

I hear compol units are loving there new cars... getting new konas ��

Did Compol not use the Toyota Yaris? So I assume this would be a step up?

punisher5112

carzony wrote: »

Was the 2007 - 2008 Fiestas not seen as a decent yoke? I think they had a bit of poke too?

Great for side streets and narrow ones but fast no.... Especially with 2 or 3 onboard.
They were the 1.25 version where as the zetec s would have been the job.....

CharlieCroker

punisher5112 wrote: »

Great for side streets and narrow ones but fast no.... Especially with 2 or 3 onboard.
They were the 1.25 version where as the zetec s would have been the job.....

The 1.25 is a great engine. Nippy and just enough poke.

Unfortunately, the Garda ones were the ancient 1.3 pushrod that wouldn't pull you out of bed.

punisher5112

CharlieCroker wrote: »

The 1.25 is a great engine. Nippy and just enough poke.

Unfortunately, the Garda ones were the ancient 1.3 pushrod that wouldn't pull you out of bed.

Not all of them.... They had some 1.3 Yaris too....

Aaron1416

I see Naas Traffic got a top spec i40, black with black tints and alloys, very discreet with the tinted windows, it’s been very active on m7 last few weeks

Borgo

Aaron1416 wrote: »

I see Naas Traffic got a top spec i40, black with black tints and alloys, very discreet with the tinted windows, it’s been very active on m7 last few weeks

Yeah seen that, nice looking unit. It was pictured on the garda Twitter page about 4 days ago.

punisher5112

On the pickup, it's spaced out as the last 3 digits are obviously 999 as the couldn't get it without it been 4999 on the reg.....

irishgti

punisher5112 wrote: »

On the pickup, it's spaced out as the last 3 digits are obviously 999 as the couldn't get it without it been 4999 on the reg.....

What exactly is it does anybody know?

punisher5112

irishgti wrote: »

What exactly is it does anybody know?

Guessing here it is fire chief or likes of mountain rescue but siding more with fire, defibrillator in rear.

mpc

irishgti wrote: »

What exactly is it does anybody know?

Community Rapid Response?

West Cork are fitting out what looks to be an Isuzu at the moment

Stephen Strange

Aaron1416 wrote: »

I see Naas Traffic got a top spec i40, black with black tints and alloys, very discreet with the tinted windows, it’s been very active on m7 last few weeks

Yeah, it's been on the N7 lots lately. I think they also have a nice white mondeo as well, I've seen it a bit lately

Sexual Chocolate

Good episode of Traffic Cops that went up on YouTube tonight.

https://youtu.be/pLqgVWxn77k

Police 330d maxed out at over 150 mph chasing an A3/S3 and still unable to catch it.

Out of curiosity what would an i40 max out at will all the gear in the back ? 190 kmh if lucky ?

Sgt. Bilko 09

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

Good episode of Traffic Cops that went up on YouTube tonight.

https://youtu.be/pLqgVWxn77k

Police 330d maxed out at over 150 mph chasing an A3/S3 and still unable to catch it.

Out of curiosity what would an i40 max out at will all the gear in the back ? 190 kmh if lucky ?

185 Kmh, at least ours is, takes a decade to get there though

irishgti

I seen that last night it was just a normal A3.
At one stage both cars were at 155mph and nobody was gaining

Borgo

Little unmarked i20 doing bits today in Ballyfermot. Many of them around? Ive only seen this one twice.

Sgt. Bilko 09

Borgo wrote: »

Little unmarked i20 doing bits today in Ballyfermot. Many of them around? Ive only seen this one twice.

Oh noooooo please tell me your messing?

punisher5112

Borgo wrote: »

Little unmarked i20 doing bits today in Ballyfermot. Many of them around? Ive only seen this one twice.

Haven't seen any i20 but sure they're high powered speed machines so they'll do...

Borgo

Not messing ha i seen it once attending an old ambulance on fire at cherry orchard hospital and just there had a few lads pulled in on horses. Both times i seen it there was just one detective in it.

Aaron1416

Borgo wrote: »

Not messing ha i seen it once attending an old ambulance on fire at cherry orchard hospital and just there had a few lads pulled in on horses. Both times i seen it there was just one detective in it.

Probably all it could fit! I haven’t seen any around myself or heard of any

Sexual Chocolate

It's a gold i30 hatch 172. Seen it earlier.

carzony

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

It's a gold i30 hatch 172. Seen it earlier.

It's a clean little car with a very discreet light setup, very unusual choice.