WRX cop car
Bart
morning and I saw a white WRX in NSW Police markings complete with the red
and blue lights on the roof. It was a magnificent looking beastie.
Makes me wonder though, do the cops fight over who gets to drive it? Is
kind of like Mad Max who gets the pride of the police fleet? I Wonder how
many the police bought?
Michael
Bart
Matthew McDonald
I read that only 15 drivers of the 1XX drivers in the Highway patrol
were going to be trained to drive them. I believe they are getting 8
or 10?
Regards
Matthew
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andrew hebron
Laurence
>
> My bro' down south told me about them too.Well,if ya can't beat > 'em....
I'm in Melboune and I can't remember the last reported incident of any
crime at all (esp. ramraid) involving a WRX. Speeding being the obvious
exception.
I think it's just a Subie marketing / insurance firm conspiracy.
Laurence
Bart
morning and I saw a white WRX in NSW Police markings complete with the red
and blue lights on the roof. It was a magnificent looking beastie.
Makes me wonder though, do the cops fight over who gets to drive it? Is
kind of like Mad Max who gets the pride of the police fleet? I Wonder how
many the police bought?
Michael
Kieron Murphy
Canberra, and HAD WRX's a while back, but decided to get rid of them
due to mechanical unreliability, expense of fixing them and high
initial purchase cost (probably don't give as big a discount as
Ford/Holden), they are now back to XR6/8's.
Kieron
forg
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> Just spoke to my sister in law about these as shes a Federal Cop in
> Canberra, and HAD WRX's a while back, but decided to get rid of them
> due to mechanical unreliability, expense of fixing them
They would've been manuals back then, I imagine; and probably without
turbo-timers too. So I can imagine they would have turbo coked-solid and
stuffed 2nd gear within weeks; even cops that aren't in a hurry cane
cars!
...
> and high
> initial purchase cost (probably don't give as big a discount as
> Ford/Holden)
...
Yep, I reckon that would be true; Falcodores are ridiculously cheap for
government departments, even local government even though they have to
pay sales tax on them now!
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Matthew McDonald
wrote:
>What are our cops chasing them for anyway? It only results in another
>road death. If it's just a theif, no problems, but they usually kill a
>by-stander.
<sarcasm>
Yes, of course, we should let them get away..
</sarcasm>
Mike Jones
> Just spoke to my sister in law about these as shes a Federal Cop in
> Canberra, and HAD WRX's a while back, but decided to get rid of them
> initial purchase cost (probably don't give as big a discount as
>
> Kieron
I have heard the same thing. Falcodores seem to go over medium strips
with more reliability. A standard WRX falls to bits after a while where
as a falcodore can stick together just that little bit longer to give
the govt. a bit more value. As if they don't get enough money out of us
already. BASTARDS!!! :-)
Theives seem to love WRX's, not for use in ram raids, just getting away
in.
What are our cops chasing them for anyway? It only results in another
road death. If it's just a theif, no problems, but they usually kill a
by-stander.
Mike.
Kieron Murphy
>Kieron Murphy wrote:
>...
>> Just spoke to my sister in law about these as shes a Federal Cop in
>> Canberra, and HAD WRX's a while back, but decided to get rid of them
>> due to mechanical unreliability, expense of fixing them
>...
>
>They would've been manuals back then, I imagine; and probably without
>turbo-timers too. So I can imagine they would have turbo coked-solid and
>stuffed 2nd gear within weeks; even cops that aren't in a hurry cane
>cars!
>
Just had a further chat with her and yep they are manuals and she used
to drive them for a while, Subaru apparently gave the cops them for
test persuit vehicles, they in fact still have them but are now used
for general duties cars along with V6 Camrys.
Holden have also given them 'test persuit Commodores' where she is
based and they have also been consigned to general duties, XR6/8's are
the choice car much to the disgust of many Holden fan cops who drive
them. Apparently these 'Holden fan cops' thrash the XR's to try and
prove they are unreliable!!!!, but guess what, it doesn't work ;-)
Kieron
Damien
Matthew McDonald wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Dec 1998 14:13:14 +1100, Mike Jones <mjo...@au1.ibm.com>
> wrote:
>
> >What are our cops chasing them for anyway? It only results in another
> >road death. If it's just a theif, no problems, but they usually kill a
> >by-stander.
>
> <sarcasm>
>
> Yes, of course, we should let them get away..
>
> </sarcasm>
Geez, you are even bad at sarcasm....you just dont stop being crap do you?
And anyway, they shouldnt chase thieves if it endangers innocent
bystanders' lives as a sustained high speed chase does...especially if the
thieves are in a WRX (I read in the local paper that recently the police
were outrun twice in one night by the same stolen WRX).
> Regards
> Matthew
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Dion Mikkelsen
wrote, with the use of a cucumber dipped in blackberry sauce:
>
>
>Matthew McDonald wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 07 Dec 1998 14:13:14 +1100, Mike Jones <mjo...@au1.ibm.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >What are our cops chasing them for anyway? It only results in another
>> >road death. If it's just a theif, no problems, but they usually kill a
>> >by-stander.
>>
>> <sarcasm>
>>
>> Yes, of course, we should let them get away..
>>
>> </sarcasm>
>
>Geez, you are even bad at sarcasm....you just dont stop being crap do you?
ROTFL x 10 !
:-)
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Matthew McDonald
>
>
>Matthew McDonald wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 07 Dec 1998 14:13:14 +1100, Mike Jones <mjo...@au1.ibm.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >What are our cops chasing them for anyway? It only results in another
>> >road death. If it's just a theif, no problems, but they usually kill a
>> >by-stander.
>>
>> <sarcasm>
>>
>> Yes, of course, we should let them get away..
>>
>> </sarcasm>
>
>Geez, you are even bad at sarcasm....you just dont stop being crap do you?
>
>And anyway, they shouldnt chase thieves if it endangers innocent
>bystanders' lives as a sustained high speed chase does...especially if the
>thieves are in a WRX (I read in the local paper that recently the police
>were outrun twice in one night by the same stolen WRX).
And do you think these guys are going to slow down just because the
cops aren't actively chasing them?
Do you think these guys are going to not still kill people even if the
police are not involved?
The fact remains that the Police are here to stop criminals and arrest
them, not let them get away because the criminals are driving WRX's.
Next you're going to say that we shouldn't chase criminals/others in
other cars like Porsche, Ferrari etc, but it's ok to chase people in
Falcons etc.
Police also need to look more at other ways of stopping the cars,
things like the strips they deploy on the roads overseas, harpoons
like they use in Finland and so on.
ChrisG
>
>And do you think these guys are going to slow down just because the
>cops aren't actively chasing them?
>
>Do you think these guys are going to not still kill people even if the
>police are not involved?
>
>The fact remains that the Police are here to stop criminals and arrest
>them, not let them get away because the criminals are driving WRX's.
>Next you're going to say that we shouldn't chase criminals/others in
>other cars like Porsche, Ferrari etc, but it's ok to chase people in
>Falcons etc.
>
>Police also need to look more at other ways of stopping the cars,
>things like the strips they deploy on the roads overseas, harpoons
>like they use in Finland and so on.
Harpoons? They ever miss and catch themselves a corpse? Why not just
unload several clips from an MP5 at the car? Bound to stop it... sure would
scare thieves a little.
Chris
Benno
ChrisG wrote:
More of an effort is required by insurance companies to provide inducements to
people to make their vehicles more secure. What if the NRMA was to give
everyone an Aunger Pro Lock when they renewed their insurance. Even for people
on third party property (bomb) policies. Before you all say "AHHH ya can cut
them bastards off with a fuggin bread knife" I maintain that it would deter the
oppurtunistic thieves and save the bloodsuckers thousands.
Benno.
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Dion Mikkelsen
wrote, with the use of a cucumber dipped in blackberry sauce:
>More of an effort is required by insurance companies to provide inducements to
>people to make their vehicles more secure. What if the NRMA was to give
>everyone an Aunger Pro Lock when they renewed their insurance. Even for people
>on third party property (bomb) policies. Before you all say "AHHH ya can cut
>them bastards off with a fuggin bread knife" I maintain that it would deter the
>oppurtunistic thieves and save the bloodsuckers thousands.
True - provided people use them. So many people are in too much of a
hurry they don't use them - just leave them sitting on the floor of
the car. Fat lot of good it's going to do there ...
Then again, not many insurers give discounts for alarms anymore. I
see my latest RACQ-GIO statement mentions "a discount for an approved
alarm", but I can't see any discount. The last thing they did was
bump my premium up ... weird discount that one. Unless I got a
discount on the premium increase or something ;-)
Geoff
driven by police. in fact the feds are pretty token
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Kieron Murphy
wrote:
>I've been in canberra for three years and have never seen one of these wrx's
>driven by police. in fact the feds are pretty token
>
Sounds like they've done their job well then!!!, they only have a few
and they are plain wrappers.They are not in my SIL's division now, and
even she doesn't recognise them.
Kieron
Cousin IT
>
>>It finally happened. I was driving through the Sydney Harbour Bridge this
>>morning and I saw a white WRX in NSW Police markings complete with the red
>>and blue lights on the roof. It was a magnificent looking beastie.
>>
>>Makes me wonder though, do the cops fight over who gets to drive it? Is
>>kind of like Mad Max who gets the pride of the police fleet? I Wonder how
>>many the police bought?
>>
>Canberra, and HAD WRX's a while back, but decided to get rid of them
>initial purchase cost (probably don't give as big a discount as
>Ford/Holden), they are now back to XR6/8's.
>
>
>Kieron
How interesting...
Kieron Murphy
Here's my earlierier reply to a similar post -
Sounds like they've done their job well then!!!, they only have a few
and they are plain wrappers.They are not in my SIL's division now, and
even she doesn't recognise them.
Beleive me, they are their and she has driven them.
Kieron
Caleb Joliffe
ACT or NSW car though.
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Choc!
south island) a fully policed marked Legacy RSB came screaming towards
us. (The trusty uniden saved us) It looked ten times better than a
frigging VT or Falcon.
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Caleb Joliffe wrote in message <759vli$7n$1...@merki.connect.com.au>...
>I saw one in Canberra about six months ago. I don't remember if it was an
>ACT or NSW car though.
I got a pick of a NSW police WRX here...(current model one too!)
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~slknv/automotive/police_wrx.jpg
(sorry about the damn slowness of my ISP, cheap and nasty...)
Just waiting for the first of the diceboys to go the "riceboy" thread now...
Tim Wenas
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James
car that I see very often near my work.
This particular car was on the front page of the local news paper with some
bad ass cop standing next to it like King Shit! (As you would)
I notice that front and rear they have Dunlop stickers, I wonder what
that's all about.
Personally I think they would look pretty cheeky with "Fear This" stickers
:)
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