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Yesterday I saw a sight that would have been unimaginable a few years ago... Southbound on the M11, just South of Stansted Airport, the Police had stopped someone for speeding...the Police pursuit car was an unmarked burgundy Skoda Octavia estate...it just had blue lights in the back window!
Top choise as far as i'm concerned!
Fast & VW build quality while being cheaper. I fancy one myself!
I'd much sooner they got Skodas to BMW 5 series estates. I know they get them at knock down prices, but the skoda still has to be cheaper and if it'll do the job...it has to be a good choise.
Fast & VW build quality while being cheaper. I fancy one myself!
I'd much sooner they got Skodas to BMW 5 series estates. I know they get them at knock down prices, but the skoda still has to be cheaper and if it'll do the job...it has to be a good choise.
Comments about Skodas.
Station officer local brigade lives few doors up, they notice how much more difficult it is to cut people out of wrecked Skodas due to excellent body strength. It's all relative as their kit easily copes regardless.
Rally preparation workshop prepares (amongst other greater exotics) both Polos and Fabias, more or less same car in many ways. 2 can carry a bare Polo shell after Weetabix consumption, takes four with a Fabia regardless.
Guess which car Mrs Fif drives,... clue not a Polo.
Also as Ted points out, many many Skodas engaged in plod use in functions and specifications which would surprise many. Suffice to say scrotes beware.
Station officer local brigade lives few doors up, they notice how much more difficult it is to cut people out of wrecked Skodas due to excellent body strength. It's all relative as their kit easily copes regardless.
Rally preparation workshop prepares (amongst other greater exotics) both Polos and Fabias, more or less same car in many ways. 2 can carry a bare Polo shell after Weetabix consumption, takes four with a Fabia regardless.
Guess which car Mrs Fif drives,... clue not a Polo.
Also as Ted points out, many many Skodas engaged in plod use in functions and specifications which would surprise many. Suffice to say scrotes beware.
LexSport said:
Not entirely sure on the truth of it, but the local Skoda dealer tells me all the traffic Octavia vRSs sold to TVP are remapped from the standard 180 to 220 ish.
Possibly. They do buy quite a few standard ones, which like most VW group motors are readily chipped. There are a few special vehicles but they are not uber beasts, just uprated load carriers
Any chipping would be carried out locally and are not part of a Skoda Uk deal.
All In my not so humble Opinion
gRsf12 said:
Cleveland Police are currently using a silver (note the unusual-for-the-police metallic colour) Octavia vRS to great effect.
More than one
2 or 3 fully marked with "Battenburg" hi-vis stickers.
And 2 or 3 un-marked in Silver...all identical to mine.
Oh the fun i have with the local max-muppets, they suddenly drive like they're on a driving test when i zoom up behind them
As for the Burgundy estate, it's not an RS as they don't come in burgundy. More likely to be a chipped 4x4 or 1.8T estate, both highly effective as traffic cars
Can confirm that one force has had their whole fleet (not many) superchiped. Approx 210bhp.
In the old days we had Sierra Cosworth, the force purchased all the relevant computers to tinker - safe to say they were rapid!!
The latest toys are the new Audi A3 with the 3.2 DSG (unmarked)
and there was a VW Tourag thingy kicking around last time I looked.
In the old days we had Sierra Cosworth, the force purchased all the relevant computers to tinker - safe to say they were rapid!!
The latest toys are the new Audi A3 with the 3.2 DSG (unmarked)
and there was a VW Tourag thingy kicking around last time I looked.Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff