Buying an ex Police Car: good idea?

[agent006]

Agree on most not being modified. Thames Valley had a batch of modified Omegas (manual + LSD and various others) a few years back but that's about all.

[sniff petrol]

[welshsurferdude]

Id love one of those american police cars, is there anywhere in the UK u can get hold of one?

[sniff petrol]

The one above used to belong to a PistonHeader.

[lost in espace]

Had an ex Manchester plod 530d on an X. Cracking car. No problems. Sold it in case I did get any problems. Especially water ingress through the 3 holes in the roof.

[jatinder]

sniff petrol said:

The one above used to belong to a PistonHeader.

I saw that in chigwell a couple of months back.

It was pretty big!

[babelfish]

have you looked here: http://www.expolicecar.co.uk/

[carrotchomper]

Land Rover
2004 54 Land Rover Range Rover SE TD6, diesel, automatic, 106k miles, metalic grey, full black unmarked leather seats, fully tinted windows, heated seats, CD, air, taxed, car phone, all the extras! £15,500

Alloys
Sat nav
TV & DVD
CUMBRIAN POLICE CHIEFS CHAUFFER DRIVEN CAR

[babelfish]

that did catch my eye....

[Neil.D]

There are companies that can neatly plug the holes in the dash for a few hundred quid.
If you do buy one of these things, be it a focus or BMW, you are taking a gamble. My only experiences are the 330d that always ran awful when cold as it had always been hot for its 4 or so years constant use in the city. But the V70 t5 traffic car that was bought by its regular user after it retired as he knew it was in good condition.

If you do want to get one, the exterior will probably neve have seen a wax and will require some work to smarten it up.
Please get the interior steam cleaned, the vile people who would have been sat in the back does not bare comprehension.

Swampie? You're not even close.

[yellowbentines]

babelfish said:

have you looked here: http://www.expolicecar.co.uk/

They have a Suzuki Jimny for sale, now that's a sleeper of a police car if ever I saw one.

[JaymzDead]

babelfish said:

have you looked here: http://www.expolicecar.co.uk/

The ex driver training BMW 330i with 72K on the clock for £4700 looks worth a punt.

[gary11]

surely at the bottom of the pile of carefull owners,no way pedro!

[nps]

I cant say were I recently bought a car but it was not as described and has had mechanical problems form day one. be careful.