Anyone want to play police interceptors ?
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Just looking at WRX hatchbacks ( have a N/A hatch currently ) and look what came up
Would you ? - I wouldn't but thought it was worth posting
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-SUBARU-IMPREZA-2-5-...
Would you ? - I wouldn't but thought it was worth posting
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-SUBARU-IMPREZA-2-5-...
. You couldn't watch the TV show after buying that or you'd constantly be wincing watching it getting hammered around and crashed into stuff.bobfett said:
Driven very hard by multiple non-owners, regularly in minor/not so minor vehicle to vehicle contact, interior full of holes/alterations for police kit and serviced according to the manufacturers bare minimum requirements.
What's not to like?
I think they're pretty well cared for mechanically, but otherwise they've certainly "seen some action". What's not to like?
On one hand, it's likely to have been driven very hard, crashed and bashed. It'll have been serviced and looked after in a mechanical sense, one would imagine. Unlike a panda car, it should have had a modicum of care applied to it because the drivers of these ones treat them with a bit more care and respect.
Is it any different then, to any other Subaru on the market? Like most used cars, the history is vague at best and a bookful of paper receipts doesn't guarantee that somewhere down the line of ownership, someone was thrashing it from cold and putting it away hot most days of the week, causing wearing that might not manifest as a problem for years. This Impreza has had a new engine, no doubt because of bottom end failure.
I can see the sense in the police driving cars like this, and I'm glad they do. It's the fleets of panda cars I worry about. Up and down the country, I see knackered old pandas driving round in terrible shape. Speaking to the drivers, they often mention what a state they're in these days due to budget cuts. Previously, pandas were sold off much earlier in their lifespan, and you still see the odd ex-police Focus going round the doors. Now, I imagine they'll just scrap them once they're done with them. No-one in their right mind would pay anything for an ex-police 1.3 Astra CDTi with 150,000 miles on it, patchy servicing and mechanical wear and damage. Speaking to a mate of mine in the police force, he says the majority of Pandas he drives have in excess of 120,000 miles on the clock now, and are falling to bits. However, despite numerous faults they just about labour on to 150,000 miles, whereupon they disappear from the yard and aren't seen again. Surely it would make more sense if they bought a better car to start with, which will cost less over it's lifetime and will have some residual value once they're finished with it. I suppose this is why grey and silver traffic cars are coming back, because a silver Audi is easier to sell on than an old white Volvo.
Is it any different then, to any other Subaru on the market? Like most used cars, the history is vague at best and a bookful of paper receipts doesn't guarantee that somewhere down the line of ownership, someone was thrashing it from cold and putting it away hot most days of the week, causing wearing that might not manifest as a problem for years. This Impreza has had a new engine, no doubt because of bottom end failure.
I can see the sense in the police driving cars like this, and I'm glad they do. It's the fleets of panda cars I worry about. Up and down the country, I see knackered old pandas driving round in terrible shape. Speaking to the drivers, they often mention what a state they're in these days due to budget cuts. Previously, pandas were sold off much earlier in their lifespan, and you still see the odd ex-police Focus going round the doors. Now, I imagine they'll just scrap them once they're done with them. No-one in their right mind would pay anything for an ex-police 1.3 Astra CDTi with 150,000 miles on it, patchy servicing and mechanical wear and damage. Speaking to a mate of mine in the police force, he says the majority of Pandas he drives have in excess of 120,000 miles on the clock now, and are falling to bits. However, despite numerous faults they just about labour on to 150,000 miles, whereupon they disappear from the yard and aren't seen again. Surely it would make more sense if they bought a better car to start with, which will cost less over it's lifetime and will have some residual value once they're finished with it. I suppose this is why grey and silver traffic cars are coming back, because a silver Audi is easier to sell on than an old white Volvo.
bobfett said:
serviced according to the manufacturers bare minimum requirements.
Wrong.I have an ex-police motorbike.
The servicing routine is about the best you can imagine.
All genuine parts. They changed everything at least once a year, including coolant and brake fluid etc.
You get a nice printout saying what's been done and when (but no stamps in the book).
My bike also had a plethora of optional extras added, like heated grips and an alarm - but bizarrely, when the bike is decommissioned they return it back to factory standard. This meant simply cutting the wires! - to recommission them, I had to solder the wires back together.
DrDoofenshmirtz said:
My bike also had a plethora of optional extras added, like heated grips and an alarm - but bizarrely, when the bike is decommissioned they return it back to factory standard. This meant simply cutting the wires! - to recommission them, I had to solder the wires back together.
It's not much of an alarm if that's all it takes.DrDoofenshmirtz said:
The servicing routine is about the best you can imagine.
All genuine parts. They changed everything at least once a year, including coolant and brake fluid etc.
You get a nice printout saying what's been done and when (but no stamps in the book).
My bike also had a plethora of optional extras added, like heated grips and an alarm - but bizarrely, when the bike is decommissioned they return it back to factory standard. This meant simply cutting the wires! - to recommission them, I had to solder the wires back together.
Your tax £££s at work folks.All genuine parts. They changed everything at least once a year, including coolant and brake fluid etc.
You get a nice printout saying what's been done and when (but no stamps in the book).
My bike also had a plethora of optional extras added, like heated grips and an alarm - but bizarrely, when the bike is decommissioned they return it back to factory standard. This meant simply cutting the wires! - to recommission them, I had to solder the wires back together.
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