An unmarked Skoda?!

[miniandy]

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it parked up on the hard shoulder with its blue strobes on behind the grill! So a warning to those who use the M8 - there's a dark blue stealth-like Skoda Octavia on the prowl! Sorry I didn't get the reg - I passed it too quickly!

[julianhj]

Octavia vRS I should think. Apparently a few forces have 'em, IIRC.

Cheap, reliable and do a good job, I guess, plus you'd not immediately perceive one as unmarked plod.

[LongQ]

julianhj said:

Octavia vRS I should think. Apparently a few forces have 'em, IIRC. Cheap, reliable and do a good job, I guess, plus you'd not immediately perceive one as unmarked plod.

Leicestershire use marked ones with Fabias for the CPSO's or whatever their acronym is.

[-DeaDLocK-]

miniandy said:

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it parked up on the hard shoulder with its blue strobes on behind the grill! So a warning to those who use the M8 - there's a dark blue stealth-like Skoda Octavia on the prowl! Sorry I didn't get the reg - I passed it too quickly!

All over the place mate. Nothing new.

[kenny320]

Thanks for the headsup miniandy! Recently I wondered if there might be some unmarked skodas around, now I know

[HarryW]

They have one in Hampshire at present, beware though the oneI have seen looks like a normal dark blue Octavia boggo standard trim. However I have it on first hand information it has RS running gear underneath .

Harry

[miniandy]

-DeaDLocK- said:

All over the place mate. Nothing new.

Terribly sorry old chap, but up here in my area we have unmarked 54 plate E class Merc's!

[Mad Dave]

There are several in my area (Salisbury - Warminster). Traffic plod love 'em apparently.

[fergus]

Red one in Herts. Saw it in a 100+ pursuit of an M3 yesterday on the A10 towards Hertford....

[xxplod]

HarryW - we have 2 in Hampshire. The one you mention and a silver one. The silver one is currently working out of Farnborouigh, but they move about. I can confirm they are the VRS models.

[SotonS2]

xxplod said:

HarryW - we have 2 in Hampshire. The one you mention and a silver one. The silver one is currently working out of Farnborouigh, but they move about. I can confirm they are the VRS models.

Spotted the dark blue one with blues on making haste and parting the traffic down Hamble Lane last week. Back to Netley HQ for tea and doughnuts perhaps....

[DennisTheMenace]

Ive seen The dark blue one got a body mount ariel on the roof above the screen , he was heading eastbound doing a mobile disco impression with the strobes i was going west ........ at just over 100

[mel]

I met the crew of the Dark Blue Hampshire one at the bottom of the A3 Clanfield exit on Saturday afternoon, but it wasn't really the time or place to have a chat about how good their car was

[HarryW]

mel said:

I met the crew of the Dark Blue Hampshire one at the bottom of the A3 Clanfield exit on Saturday afternoon, but it wasn't really the time or place to have a chat about how good their car was

Was you a customer then Mel .
Plate something like GN 53 xxx if I'm not mistaken .

Harry

[mel]

HarryW said:

Was you a customer then Mel . Plate something like GN 53 xxx if I'm not mistaken . Harry

Not this time , they turned up at accident I stopped for, as explained in the "Justifiable Speeding" thread.

[princeperch]

A10 towards Hertford...


eeeek

[jvaughan]

HarryW said:

They have one in Hampshire at present, beware though the oneI have seen looks like a normal dark blue Octavia boggo standard trim. However I have it on first hand information it has RS running gear underneath . Harry

Hampshire have 14 Octavia RS's, now they have closed Whitchurch, they are split between Farnborough, Hedge End and Southampton.
They also cover the A303 with them. Seen quite a lot of speeders caught reciently

[HarryW]

jvaughan said:

HarryW said: They have one in Hampshire at present, beware though the oneI have seen looks like a normal dark blue Octavia boggo standard trim. However I have it on first hand information it has RS running gear underneath . Harry Hampshire have 14 Octavia RS's, now they have closed Whitchurch, they are split between Farnborough, Hedge End and Southampton. They also cover the A303 with them. Seen quite a lot of speeders caught reciently

14

Well I'll be givng way to every Skoda for the forseeable .

Harry

[mel]

Thats really interesting because my first thought about the one I met on Saturday was that it was Black, I accepted Dark Blue as I wasn't paying that much attention to it, but suspect it might well have been a Black one.

[Flat in Fifth]

HarryW said:

Well I'll be givng way to every Skoda for the forseeable .

and not just Octavias either,

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