RE: Met grabs itself a Lambo
Discussion
scoobiewrx said:
kieran2006 said:
A Lambo cop car?
I'd have thought something more understated and cost effective like a Monaro VXR 500 would be a more appropriate choice, albeit not as quick. I could imagine one of those with cop written up the side.
I'd have thought something more understated and cost effective like a Monaro VXR 500 would be a more appropriate choice, albeit not as quick. I could imagine one of those with cop written up the side.Aussie and Kiwi police have souped up Holdens as police cars so why not over here. I think that not only sounds like a sensible idea but a great marketing tool for Vauxhall as it just looks a more realistic prospect, and i bet Monaro's look the nuts painted up.
Any self-respecting petrolhead would look at the lambo though as a great car anyway, wether liveried or otherwise. However, imho all that the police stickers and the thought behind the marketing campaign does is simply cheapen and ridicule the car, in the knowledge that's it's never going to be real. That kind of cheap marketing doesn't turn me on in any way shape or form and the general concensus on this forum seems to basically echo that kind of sentiment.
Edited by scoobiewrx on Wednesday 1st November 13:57
Thats great that aussie police have souped up cars....Do you know they can't give chase over a certain speed, so whats the point of them then?
As for the lambo as a marketting tool its doing its job by you talking about them.
elster said:
scoobiewrx said:
kieran2006 said:
A Lambo cop car? I'd have thought something more understated and cost effective like a Monaro VXR 500 would be a more appropriate choice, albeit not as quick. I could imagine one of those with cop written up the side.
I'd have thought something more understated and cost effective like a Monaro VXR 500 would be a more appropriate choice, albeit not as quick. I could imagine one of those with cop written up the side.Aussie and Kiwi police have souped up Holdens as police cars so why not over here. I think that not only sounds like a sensible idea but a great marketing tool for Vauxhall as it just looks a more realistic prospect, and i bet Monaro's look the nuts painted up.
Any self-respecting petrolhead would look at the lambo though as a great car anyway, wether liveried or otherwise. However, imho all that the police stickers and the thought behind the marketing campaign does is simply cheapen and ridicule the car, in the knowledge that's it's never going to be real. That kind of cheap marketing doesn't turn me on in any way shape or form and the general concensus on this forum seems to basically echo that kind of sentiment.
Edited by scoobiewrx on Wednesday 1st November 13:57
Thats great that aussie police have souped up cars....Do you know they can't give chase over a certain speed, so whats the point of them then?
As for the lambo as a marketting tool its doing its job by you talking about them.
But surely that's the problem. Get's people talking but no clarity of message as the PR object just sends out confusing and conflicting messages based on our every day experience.
If it was to launch a speed does not kill campaign or that motorway restriction removed but we will patrol in these if you get carried away then maybe.
If it was anyone other than the police doing it they would be the first knocking it as yet another example of glamorising fast cars and speed.
This car would not make me want to go and visit their stand if that is their idea.
David
The Police (and government) in recent years have been bad at supporting the British Motor Industry. They hardly ever bought Rover 75 and it is nothing to with reliability - before someone decides to send a fatuous post. They used to love the Rover 3500 and the SD1 and foung the Mk1 Consuls and Granadas unreliable. Much is to do with freebies from the motor industry.
A British car, like a Noble, would be much cheaper to run. (I know the bodies come from SA and engine is from Ford). What about an XK plod??
A British car, like a Noble, would be much cheaper to run. (I know the bodies come from SA and engine is from Ford). What about an XK plod??
It states that it isn't paid for with public money, in other words your taxes, but it probably is paid for by the camera fines. I think the police using any car apart from what they actually use is plain ridiculous. They wont ever use that car because of the fuel it would eat, oh and it probably doesn’t have a storage place for their donuts. I have a massive respect for general plod, they try to do there job through mountains of Red tape and paperwork, where traffic police really p!ss me off. They can try all day to persuade us they are there to make the roads safer, but it doesn’t wash. Once in traffic, they use this as a passport for there own thrills of speeding, playing cops & robbers where they're usually out driven by the chavs in the escort, and speeding home at the end of a shift. My girlfriend lives on the main road between two stations, and I regularly come home a the same time's. 5 times I have paced traffic cars at over 90 down the carriage way (hanging back a bit obviously!) only to see them turn in to the car park at near on the hour. Pulling general Joe and giving him 3 points because the tracking is out on his car, and he hasn’t had chance to get the tyres fixed is taking the tyre wear rule to the n'th degree, instead of using it where its supposed to be used, and that’s the unregistered, un-mot'd, un-insured sheds of t!ts with no morals. They do this whilst generating funds for there own wages and jollies by fining Mr Joe Bloggs for doing 33 in a 30, doing john brown for eating a kit-kat, and fining people for not wearing a belt. If you don’t wear a belt, its you that dies, why waste police time enforcing this? Why don’t traffic police also help out on domestics till normal plod arrives too? they have a supremacy about them that means they don’t get outta there cars. I went to the cash machine at 0120am, parked fully on a 15 ft wide pavement as to not block other road users, and was told by Traffic plod "Pavements are for people, not for parking." There was only 2 other people on the street, and they were fighting down the road. The Flash of blue Lights and blip of the siren to me for parking, was intended for them to piss off so said plod didn’t have to deal with it. This also happens to be the same street of which said plod parks at dinner time when brimming with shoppers, to get his sarnies. Total Hypocrites!! That’s why nobody has any respect for them, because there Hypocrites!!!
I was on my way to Leeds not so long ago, along the A road of which I've completely forgotten (the one from Preston, has lots of Roundabouts), and when I reached one of the roundabouts saw some poor bastard who'd been pulled over by an Evo VIII (at least that's what it looked like from the other side of the roundabout).
pistolp said:
this forum is for people that like cars? wouldn't you like a lamborghini?
I'd be in two minds about it ;->
Probably fine as a Sunday afternoon toy for those
with exceedingly deep pockets, but the
serious day to day motoring is elsewhere.
Just like you wouldn't want Vindaloo every day
of the week, but an occasional one is fine.
elster said:
scoobiewrx said:
kieran2006 said:
A Lambo cop car? I'd have thought something more understated and cost effective like a Monaro VXR 500 would be a more appropriate choice, albeit not as quick. I could imagine one of those with cop written up the side.
I'd have thought something more understated and cost effective like a Monaro VXR 500 would be a more appropriate choice, albeit not as quick. I could imagine one of those with cop written up the side.Aussie and Kiwi police have souped up Holdens as police cars so why not over here. I think that not only sounds like a sensible idea but a great marketing tool for Vauxhall as it just looks a more realistic prospect, and i bet Monaro's look the nuts painted up.
Any self-respecting petrolhead would look at the lambo though as a great car anyway, wether liveried or otherwise. However, imho all that the police stickers and the thought behind the marketing campaign does is simply cheapen and ridicule the car, in the knowledge that's it's never going to be real. That kind of cheap marketing doesn't turn me on in any way shape or form and the general concensus on this forum seems to basically echo that kind of sentiment.
Edited by scoobiewrx on Wednesday 1st November 13:57
Thats great that aussie police have souped up cars....Do you know they can't give chase over a certain speed, so whats the point of them then?
As for the lambo as a marketting tool its doing its job by you talking about them.
I wasn't aware that Aussie plod can't chase over a certain speed but motorways aren't the only places they run modded Monaro's, they use them in town too so i assume the speed restrictions don't apply there and i feel even in town they would be pretty hard to shake off in a chase.
You're right about their marketing, it does have us all chatting about it, but in a mostly negative way so personally that kind of marketing is a waste of time. The idea of marketing is to promote product awareness with a positive spin thereby engaing constructive and subjective comments, that's a good thing. However, as no company wants negative comments about their product all this marketing excercise has done is shown everyone what a bunch of plonkas they are, and it's plain to see that by the majority of comments on this forum.
hugoagogo said:
Horse_Apple said:
Reminds of a story years ago when a police force in an area suffering from a large number of joy riders, bought a Sierra Cosworth in order to catch them, but within a month it was stolen, joyridden around and then torched.
in newcastle iirc, it was nicked from their compound before it was even registered (maybe an urban myth i suppose)
Don't know about it being stolen from the compound before it was registered but in the area around the silverlink and particularly the beehive road, there was a cossie piloted by an ex-rally driver policeman just to catch the numerous people who liked to joyride there. This is the exact same road where after buying myself my first half decent car last year, I was speeding along, and theres a part of the road which is a bridge/bend, where I wrote off my car after 2 weeks of ownership. The fact that this was a sharp bend and also because it went up and down really quickly made for some interesting chases on this road. Anyone who got it wrong at speed would have ended up on the huge verge on the other side. I was lucky enough to hit a telegraph pole though, lol.
As far as i am aware the car is loaned to the Met Police from Lamborghini and the stickers/lights and time is either donated or sponsored by groups or individuals - Ergo no cost to you the tax payer.
Lambocop is still at MPH setting up the stand and has assured me that he'll stop by later to put us straight on a few things.
Lambocop is still at MPH setting up the stand and has assured me that he'll stop by later to put us straight on a few things.
Edited by hughesie II on Wednesday 1st November 17:05
pistolp said:
Villain 2 - "Head for speed bumps or keep going for 20 mins and the piece of shit will break down or blow up"
this forum is for people that like cars? wouldn't you like a lamborghini?
or in your experience has your LP640 really let you down recently?
honestly, i just don't get it. sometimes it's like people have something against these cars and hate them just because they think they will never own one. thats doesn't make sense.
this forum is for people that like cars? wouldn't you like a lamborghini?
or in your experience has your LP640 really let you down recently?
honestly, i just don't get it. sometimes it's like people have something against these cars and hate them just because they think they will never own one. thats doesn't make sense.
I'm good friends with the boys at Lamborghini High Wycombe and so have a general idea on Lamborghini's reliability......it's dog shit.
greybeard said:
Since when does a Murcielago 640 need more publicity? And since when do the police?
Bel, (surnames not End is it - cos that would be unfortunate
?) believe it or not i dont think its about Publicity, i think what it does is draw many of the doomsayers and anti police to join them in some conversation and generally try and change peoples perception and attitudes of them - i happen to have seen it 1st hand with the Met Police so i may be slightly biased - But it does work and fairplay to them. Edited by hughesie II on Wednesday 1st November 17:49
Met website said:
Visitors will also be able to see a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 fully marked up as a Met Traffic car. Although the car won't be showing off it's world class skills, it will give traffic officers a chance to talk to the public about the important work that they do in keeping roads safe
Its the honey pot, used to entice us to their stand so they can preach road safety. Surely a Renault Megane with its high NCAP ratings would be better? Oh no it wouldn't, because thats too dull and boring where as a lambo isn't.
The speed kills message somehow doesn't ring home so well against the backdrop of a lambo. Its like saying guns and knifes they kill people kids, but heck, blow me look at how cool this AK47 is!
Obviously it’s just a publicity stunt. Such bollox though. A WRX would be so much more cost effective: fast, practical and 4wd for those grassy expeditions.
As for the money not coming from the public is bollox. Maybe indirectly from the public but where else do they get there money from? Even if it was a donation, it still came from the public.
As for the money not coming from the public is bollox. Maybe indirectly from the public but where else do they get there money from? Even if it was a donation, it still came from the public.
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