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RJH wrote:
Alistair wrote:
Just found this article saying the Met bought 30 RR’s ‘to fight terrorism’



"Some of the cars, which retail at more than £50,000 each, will be on the road by Autumn."

Didn't think dealers we giving that kind of discounts, must have a lot of stock to clear.


Also considered at a "Spot HSE" Rolling with laughter


I tell you what they’ll be a good used buy when they get to auction

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Merchy



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In the North Wales area they have a right mix with a lot of BMW's, Hi-lux, Kuga, loads of Peugeots.
They used to have a very interesting unmarked collection, including a Scooby and an unmarked Evo Shocked ask me how I knew about the Evo Whistle

Mind you, one of our previous police chiefs was Brunstrom, aka 'The mad mullah of the speed taliban'
Thankfully the idiot is now retired.

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away I was plod. I worked in the city but we had quite a few villages and towns covered by sub stations.

A new unit was set up to cover rising crime in the city centre and they were equipped, believe it or not, with 2 spanking new fully liveried 110 Defenders (I’m guessing 300Tdi’s) however nobody could drive them as they didn’t have 4X4 authorisation. Several Officers were then sent off to complete a 1 week 4X4 driving course.

The 110’s were a disaster. They were slow, too big for the streets, noisy and not good to transport prisoners in.

One of the out stations threw their toys out of the pram and demanded that they be given a 4X4 to patrol the villages. We had just had 2 winters with significant snow fall and they had struggled in the Cavalier SRI’s that they were driving. They even offered to swap one of their response cars for one of the city centre unit 110’s.

The arguments were listened to and a decision was made to give the outer station a 4X4. They couldn’t have one of the city centre 110’s as these were ring fenced so a brand new 4X4 was ordered. 4X4 driver training was booked and Officers waited in anticipation.

The new 4X4 patrol vehicle arrived………. It was a white Fiat Panda 4X4. It had a single rotating blue light, a 1” wide yellow stripe down the sides and 2’ high “POLICE” stickers on the bonnet, boot and doors……. There were tantrums……

The control room started receiving calls about people impersonating Police Officers in a home made Fiat Panda Police car. Officers would arrive at incidents and victims, offenders and onlookers would burst into hysterical laughter. The car became so unpopular that Officers had to be ordered to drive it…..

After 8 weeks of ridicule, in the early hours of a cold winters morning a brave soul by the name of Colin took the Fiat on its last patrol. He drove it down the bypass and wound it up to as fast as it would go. Then he selected 1st gear and released the clutch………….

2 months later the outer station was given one of the city centre units 110 Defenders. Apparently the Fiat was deemed to have not been a suitable Police patrol vehicle. On top of this there were also concerns about the reliability of the gearbox…..

Jim

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Red Merle



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That’s really funny! Laughing

Thanks for sharing Thumbs Up

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And it's not just L405s that Mr Plod have. This has just popped up on YouTube...

 Kev

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Broadoakboy



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Here is a Met Police RR in the flesh, seen this morning at Beaconsfield Services.

Sorry for the poor image, was trying to take a photo without the 6 SEG outriders spotting me!

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nobody special about then? ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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Probably on the way to or from Chequers

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