Crikey! It (used to be) the Rozzers. 330d

Crikey! It (used to be) the Rozzers. 330d

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carinaman

21,291 posts

172 months

Saturday 22nd February 2014
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Congratulations. As the driver training car it's probably not had people with communicable diseases in it.

Eighteeteewhy

Original Poster:

7,259 posts

168 months

Sunday 23rd February 2014
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Well I picked it up today!

Made it all the way home with no problems so the signs are good. Pulls nicely and drives smooth. The most impressive thing by far though are the brakes! Would the Police have had them upgraded? It does stop on a penny.

Some poor pics, I'll get some better ones up when I've given it a clean and polish. smile

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Lack of badges from where the stripes used to be
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Some screws in the dash from it's previous life, but the dealer has ordered and replacing. smile


Tape deck FFS! hehe

littlebasher

3,780 posts

171 months

Sunday 23rd February 2014
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Eighteeteewhy

Original Poster:

7,259 posts

168 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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A better pic of the car,



A clue to its previous life,



This doesn't look standard,



Twin battery set up, ithankyouverymuch biggrin



A connector in the wheel well with some interesting options!



I had the swirl flaps removed and a clean of inlet manifold etc.

This is one that came out, it fell apart in the mechanics hand as he was removing it!




It's going great so far, a bit different to the 100bhp Audi 80 it's replacing! biggrin

Max M4X WW

4,795 posts

182 months

Sunday 9th March 2014
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Looks great, love the extra connector!!

jimmyjimjim

7,339 posts

238 months

Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Out of interest, can any current or ex trafpol explain why the weapon holders need power?

fiatpower

3,033 posts

171 months

Tuesday 11th March 2014
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jimmyjimjim said:
Out of interest, can any current or ex trafpol explain why the weapon holders need power?
Lights i'd imagine?

Neil.D

2,878 posts

206 months

Tuesday 11th March 2014
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fiatpower said:
Lights i'd imagine?
Probably just gun box lights.

Eighteeteewhy

Original Poster:

7,259 posts

168 months

Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Do Tazera/Stun Guns have to be kept on charge?

Neil.D

2,878 posts

206 months

Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Eighteeteewhy said:
Do Tazera/Stun Guns have to be kept on charge?
No. Battery is just changed periodically.



Edited by Neil.D on Tuesday 11th March 11:54

anonymous-user

54 months

Tuesday 11th March 2014
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WHAT? Three whole pages and no one has done this.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yil9wlfa0yo


Back in the 1970s, whenever my dad was skint (which was always) he would go through a phase of buying ex Panda cars, so we always had light blue Fords with holes in the headlining.

Eighteeteewhy

Original Poster:

7,259 posts

168 months

Wednesday 19th March 2014
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£20 to replace the dash trims. Almost no signs of its previous life left now. smile


Eighteeteewhy

Original Poster:

7,259 posts

168 months

Thursday 27th March 2014
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I had the front wishbone bushes changed as they were on the way out.

Then four wheel alignment...



Some impressive tyre changing equipment.



Kev T360

366 posts

151 months

Friday 28th March 2014
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I'm likeing this car quite a lot. I would like to see it with some CSl alloys on.

BE57 TOY

2,628 posts

147 months

Sunday 30th March 2014
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Looks good. Keep us updated with how it goes long term? Always wondered if police cars are a good buy or not!

Max M4X WW

4,795 posts

182 months

Sunday 30th March 2014
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Kev T360 said:
I'm likeing this car quite a lot. I would like to see it with some CSl alloys on.
Ex police too..


Duke Thrust

1,680 posts

239 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Max M4X WW said:
Ex police too..

Bottom left, that can't be safe.


Mastodon2

13,826 posts

165 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Max M4X WW said:
Ex police too..

That poor car.

ManOpener

12,467 posts

169 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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19"s on the non-M E46 are all kinds of wrong. Just don't fit, hence the stretch and associated unsafeness/crapness.
One of the few occasions where 18" properly staggered replicas would look infinitely better. And probably be infinitely better.

A 215 profile tyre on a 9.5" wheel is just idiotic.

Eighteeteewhy

Original Poster:

7,259 posts

168 months

Wednesday 30th July 2014
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Just a little update.

I recently had the car re-mapped at Viezu Technologies. I went for a more economical map, a little more power and torque. It's now showing well over 40mpg and drives a lot smoother.






The boss was in!