Just heading home from work along lower Thames street in London and spotted a full white and blue liveried L405 Met Police 17 plate on the back of a low loader. Didn’t realise the Met still had Rangies in full uniform and never seen a 405. Was running so didn’t manage to get photo unfortunately Current Fleet:-
2018 Discovery 5 3.0 HSE
2021 Ford Ranger Wildtrack
2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt 5.0 V8
1993 Defender 90 200TDI Pickup

Gone - not forgotten
2016 L405 4.4 SDV8 Vogue SE
2012 L322 4.4 Westminster
2004 L322 4.4 V8 Autobiography LE
2000 P38 RR 4.0 HSE (ex Clarkson test car)

No expense spared in London then...our boyz in the sticks started to use Toyota pick ups

Bill Filters are in fact so good that in certain circumstances, when the ambient air is already polluted, a diesel car will tend to extract more particles from the air than it emits. Emissions Analytics worked with........etc etc

He who dies with the most toys wins...

And my lot in the real sticks have ford kugas! Current Fleet:-
2018 Discovery 5 3.0 HSE
2021 Ford Ranger Wildtrack
2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt 5.0 V8
1993 Defender 90 200TDI Pickup

Gone - not forgotten
2016 L405 4.4 SDV8 Vogue SE
2012 L322 4.4 Westminster
2004 L322 4.4 V8 Autobiography LE
2000 P38 RR 4.0 HSE (ex Clarkson test car)

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Down in Devon & Cornwall they get given BMW’s. They must dream of getting given a L405 or, for that matter, a Ford Kuga!

Saw a silver L405 Range Rover with Met police signage. It was a 67 plate.
Strangely it was near High Wycombe on the roundabout over J4 of M40. Last week I think, or week before. Time flies when you’re having fun.

I believe they are part of either RPG or DPG......Royalty/Diplomatic Protection Group.

Some years ago, the bomb squad had fatties as well because the BMWs at the time didn't have the load carrying capacity weight wise; don't know if that's still the case.

Don’t DPG & RPG still run red ones - or has that all changed now ?

Special Escort Group still run RR’s

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

Now all they need to do is sort those motorcycles out and chop those out for something half decent too!

nicksaab wrote:

And my lot in the real stocks have ford kugas!

I always knew Wimbledon was in the out skirts of London, I didn’t realise it was so far out it’s classified as the sticks :  Filters are in fact so good that in certain circumstances, when the ambient air is already polluted, a diesel car will tend to extract more particles from the air than it emits. Emissions Analytics worked with........etc etc

He who dies with the most toys wins...

Wimbledon is definately out in the sticks - some evenings it can be nigh on impossible to source an avocado!

No, my rural lot in west wales seem to have a real mix of bizarre panda cars but the kugas seem most common Current Fleet:-
2018 Discovery 5 3.0 HSE
2021 Ford Ranger Wildtrack
2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt 5.0 V8
1993 Defender 90 200TDI Pickup

Gone - not forgotten
2016 L405 4.4 SDV8 Vogue SE
2012 L322 4.4 Westminster
2004 L322 4.4 V8 Autobiography LE
2000 P38 RR 4.0 HSE (ex Clarkson test car)

Clearly we are all scum up in't north. My police force drive around in Peugeot vans! Guess they'll arrive eventually if the need arrises.

In Devon all the police have is a hoop and a stick .

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"  2011 (MY12) 4.4 TDV8 Vogue
2016 Golf GTI PP

Gone
Audi A4
VW Passat
VW Corrado G60
VW Golf GTI
BMW E30
Mini
Vauxhall Chvette

362bkr wrote:

In Devon all the police have is a hoop and a stick .