Misfits, Dad's Army Types et al...

[BossHogg]

I was at Goose Green, not until 1991 though! I've also creeped the reep as I was based in Fally and used to do foot patrols with the German Civil Police at the weekend, that was an eye opener I can assure!

[BossHogg]

Crossflow Kid said:

The Tiguan has proved a runaway success with another organisation so the VW might be a safe bet.
;-)

I don't think its big enough for our requirements, we shift some big stuff with our current fleet.

[wildcat45]

I do like the Discos. I once got driven around in one of the Tyne Tunnel ones. I r call it had buffers on the front to push cars out of the way.

[Jimmy Recard]

BossHogg said:

Nothing whatsoever, we don't do enforcement or pursuits, any incidents we attend is within the speed limit as we don't have the authority to exceed them.

I was using the word 'pursuit' to mean 'sitting behind another car on the motorway that's travelling at 65mph'. A true Walt would want to jazz something that mundane up by using dramatic language

[Willy Nilly]

BossHogg said:

Willy Nilly said:

I do hope you are not exceeding the MAM or what ever it's called of your vehicle

All done within the law, all our vehicles have the rear suspension adapted during conversion to make sure it remains legal with all the kit we carry.

Are they cars or commercials? silly of JLR to stop making them, and I'd not hold your breath for a new Defender. You can't even get proper Land Cruisers here any more

[ApOrbital]

Saw nine of them parked outside a house in london this morning.

[Willy Nilly]

ApOrbital said:

Saw nine of them parked outside a house in london this morning.

Surely one of them would have started

[BossHogg]

Willy Nilly said:

Are they cars or commercials? silly of JLR to stop making them, and I'd not hold your breath for a new Defender. You can't even get proper Land Cruisers here any more

Cars with uprated rear suspension.

[Jimmy Recard]

Willy Nilly said:

Are they cars or commercials? silly of JLR to stop making them, and I'd not hold your breath for a new Defender. You can't even get proper Land Cruisers here any more

If it's a commercial, it's got a different bulkhead/mesh guard to mine

ETA: I've just spotted that BossHogg replied before me, so you can ignore this

[BossHogg]

Jimmy Recard said:

I was using the word 'pursuit' to mean 'sitting behind another car on the motorway that's travelling at 65mph'. A true Walt would want to jazz something that mundane up by using dramatic language

Oh No! I'm not a Walt! I just do routine patrol or tasked to deal with something!

[Jimmy Recard]

BossHogg said:

Oh No! I'm not a Walt! I just do routine patrol or tasked to deal with something!

I know you're not a Walt! I don't think my humour is coming across well. I was trying to pretend to be a vicarious Walt

[BossHogg]

Willy Nilly said:

Are they cars or commercials? silly of JLR to stop making them, and I'd not hold your breath for a new Defender. You can't even get proper Land Cruisers here any more

If you're ever in Cumbria and I'm on duty, I'll give you a guided tour of the patrol car to show you our toys.

[BossHogg]

Jimmy Recard said:

I know you're not a Walt! I don't think my humour is coming across well. I was trying to pretend to be a vicarious Walt

Oh it is, that's why I was laughing at the end of my post!

[OzzyR1]

PurpleAki said:

BossHogg said:

I have the necessary formal training and equipment to allow me to do my job.

Cones.

And two gallons of Coca Cola for cleaning blood off the road obviously.

I read it on the internet so it must be true.

[BossHogg]

Clean the road, ooh no, we have staff for that!

[AW111]

BossHogg said:

20

Surely that pic needed a warning!

I'm still trembling a little, and my heart is racing.

[wildcat45]

AW111 said:

Surely that pic needed a warning!

I'm still trembling a little, and my heart is racing.

As a former student and once proud owner of a British Gas flashing roadworks light I have to wonder what the average pissed undergraduate would give for the contents of that Disco. You could decorate so many bedrooms!

[uncinqsix]

BossHogg said:

We've been trialling the BMW X5 and VW Touareg. I don't know if any will make it into service, I've also heard whispers about the new Defender. We'll have to wait and see.

I would have thought something like a Ford Ranger would be the obvious choice.

[egor110]

wildcat45 said:

AW111 said:

Surely that pic needed a warning!

I'm still trembling a little, and my heart is racing.

As a former student and once proud owner of a British Gas flashing roadworks light I have to wonder what the average pissed undergraduate would give for the contents of that Disco. You could decorate so many bedrooms!

How would you carry the cones home?

Obviously one you wear like a hat , 1 you carry and use like a megaphone , a 5 cone stack on your head would break your neck!

[DonkeyApple]

BossHogg said:

I was at Goose Green, not until 1991 though! I've also creeped the reep as I was based in Fally and used to do foot patrols with the German Civil Police at the weekend, that was an eye opener I can assure!

I remember seeing it in the early 90s when apparently it was an absolute shadow of what it had been.