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Lancer Police Cars?
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:40 pm
by nicholas
Was cruising over to the shops today, and saw a new Lancer go past the other way fully kitted out in NSW police livery.
Just wondering, does anyone know whether they are using these as general duties, or HWP? Mainly, do they have radar fitted?
Re: Lancer Police Cars?
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:22 pm
by da_msta_chizz
nicholas wrote:Was cruising over to the shops today, and saw a new Lancer go past the other way fully kitted out in NSW police livery.
Just wondering, does anyone know whether they are using these as general duties, or HWP? Mainly, do they have radar fitted?
They're just town cars.
we have a couple around where i live..
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:40 pm
by xSlurpee
Some drive 06 wrx sti's ... soooo jealous
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:44 pm
by Sinalot
Saw one this evening going down monovale road in Sydney. It didn't have radar thingo installed
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:05 am
by Taeivon_Rep
saw an evo 9 HWP car in woolgoolga (just outside coffs) parked infront of the station it was just passing through apparently but looked damn nice but had radar fitted
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:08 am
by Bennoz
Cops used to drive old Mini Cooper S's! Old man was also booked by a cop in an 84 Cordia turbo.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:53 am
by nikhan
Im not surprised really...they need these cars to catch those souped up cars esp those racing. U need these jap cars for high speed chasing on cornerings. In singapore they use WRX's and in Italy the lamboghini as HWP
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:57 am
by Tippin
nikhan wrote:Im not surprised really...they need these cars to catch those souped up cars esp those racing. you need these jap cars for high speed chasing on cornerings. In singapore they use WRX's and in Italy the lamboghini as HWP
so why do they have hummer police cars in victoria?
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:12 pm
by da_msta_chizz
tippin9 wrote:nikhan wrote:Im not surprised really...they need these cars to catch those souped up cars esp those racing. you need these jap cars for high speed chasing on cornerings. In singapore they use WRX's and in Italy the lamboghini as HWP
so why do they have hummer police cars in victoria?
So all the people that try to run in small/compact cars are easy to catch.
they just drive over them.
And yeah..they're not EVO's.
They're just basic front wheel drive lancer..
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:23 pm
by nicholas
Yes, nikhan I think you're off the mark.
The police have been under pressure for years because high speed chases are considered to be too dangerous, and it is considered 'safer' to let people get away if certain speeds are exceeded.
These days, cars like Evo 10s are in the fleet for the same reason as Hummers are; they're on demo from car manufacturers, and they are used to raise the profile of both the police force and that car manufacturer... but they only do general duties. Saying that they'd use the Evo 10 for HWP is like saying they'd use the Hummer for riot control... it'd do the job perfectly, but I doubt it'd happen!
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:20 pm
by nikhan
lol..they have hummer police cars in vic? i've never seen them before. Welll...i tot they used those cars to do high speed chase. Nvm then...pretty noob of me
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:55 pm
by Tippin
the hummer po-po cars were shown on top gear australia on monday night. I dont think there is many of them anyway
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:58 pm
by nicholas
Yeah just a publicity stunt. f**k I hate hummers.
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:11 am
by louiszhu
I saw those f*ckers driving S15 ....Can u believe it ?It's a nightmare for those racers..
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:30 am
by da_msta_chizz
I'm just waiting for them to finally screw everything else and just run N1 spec R34's or something.
Honestly..who would try to run from a modified R34?
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:56 am
by nicholas
Jesus, it's not FF3 you know!
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:27 pm
by Tippin
ive seen undercover (and full done up) wrx's, supras, evo 7's and rx7's. Mostly around the bankstown area
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:47 am
by louiszhu
tippin9 wrote:ive seen undercover (and full done up) wrx's, supras, evo 7's and rx7's. Mostly around the bankstown area
Wish them crash each other..
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:04 pm
by nicholas
tippin9 wrote:ive seen undercover (and full done up) wrx's, supras, evo 7's and rx7's. Mostly around the bankstown area
Hmm, when people say things like that to me, I have to laugh.
You can't really have a 'full done up' import that is all legal / complied, and the police themselves wouldn't want to get caught by other police with illegally modified cars...
so which are you saying; that they're not actually 'full done up', that perhaps police weren't in fact driving them... or perhaps that you like to embellish stories somewhat?
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:34 pm
by oodLes
The police have been using already modified cars for a while now, usually they're confiscated via hoon laws (dunno what they do with all the VL's though)