Monday 11th August 2003

Plod RX300

Lexus prepare 4x4 for police use

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[jamesc]

I am sorry the British Police should be in Land Rovers and Range Rangers and not luxury Jap stuff funded by camera money.

James

[plotloss]

Damned straight

[docevi1]

Is it not illegal to have a car in full police livery if it is not (a) a recognised police vechile and (b) driven by a recognised Police employee or associate?

And why prey would the Police want to drive a Lexus SUV? It doesn't do anything particually well enough to warrant it's existence on the force...

As for why they have them, Price. I bet Lexus are treating this as a publicity stunt (remember how people started to look at Volvo after their T5's were used) and are selling them very very cheap.

Stefan

[PetrolTed]

It's good PR for companies to have the police using their vehicles. Lexus are trying to bolster their image for reliability and a police vehicle should do just that.

[plotloss]

docevi1 said:

Is it not illegal to have a car in full police livery if it is not (a) a recognised police vechile and (b) driven by a recognised Police employee or associate?

Nope, as long as there are no force badges.

I used to have enormous fun driving around Slough Trading Estate in various police cars!

[T4R]

I wonder how many cupholders it has ?

[docevi1]

[quote]
Nope, as long as there are no force badges.

I used to have enormous fun driving around Slough Trading Estate in various police cars![/quote]

Lol, I bet you did. I never knew that the livery was legal, now theres and idea Still, I reckon you'd get pulled by police quicker if they noticed.

Stefan

[john_p]

toff roaders

[plotloss]

john_p said:

toff roaders

Top class!

That beats 'Chelsea Tractors'

[Sgt^Roc]

mabe they are planning to trap farmers in their fields

[Julian64]

9 seconds! I could do it twice in that time. Not very scarey is it, in fact kind cute. Maybe they should paint some big scarey teeth on the front with the words "you're nicked if you're a milkfloat".

[outlaw]

I say Give em a bus pass.

[hertsbiker]

I was thinking of getting some Hi-vis stripes for the VX ! - might make people more aware of a low slung car if it looks like plod.

[bilko]

Great now the police are using SUV's maybe it's to give them a fighting chance of policing the school run in Kensington.

[Deester]

In Russia the plod are running around in Mercedes SL toff roaders funded by close ties to the local mafia.

It seems Britain is going the same way.

[drover]

plotloss said:

Nope, as long as there are no force badges. I used to have enormous fun driving around Slough Trading Estate in various police cars!

It was also f***ing funny when Sussex pulled over a Met LandRover, because a couple the MPMC lads hadn't taped up, before going down to Crawley for Met-Trek a few years ago.