It can't really be mistaken for a British police car

[V8forweekends]

Isn't it possible that people who know nothing about cars might be confused or misled by this woman's car?

As someone else observed, even if the rest if it's legal, the number plates aren't.

[anonymous-user]

V8forweekends said:

wolfracesonic said:

Do you think there is a soccer mom in the US who takes her kids to school in a leggy, beat up diesel Astra panda car?

No they all, everyone that is, drive brand spanking new Mustangs, Camaro's and Vipers plus they spec everything with a V8 and usually a supercharger.

Otherwise one of these...

[Devil2575]

skyrover said:

Devil2575 said:

skyrover said:

Ford Explorer: 2,067kg
Land Rover Discovery: 2,558kg

Ford Taurus: 1,821 kg
Audi A6 Quattro: 1,855 Kg

come again?

Ah yes, two well known Police cars...

Well the discovery certainly is, we have loads of them up here up north. I think it's the favored highway patrol car.

The point i'm making is the Yank car's are no heavier than their Euro equivalents, police or not.

In fact the charger is based on an e-class mercedes, the taurus and explorer are both based on Ford's D5 platform which is shared with the volvo s60 etc etc

It's a global market.

Edited by skyrover on Wednesday 18th February 07:31

I've seen a few Discoverys in Police livery but it's hardly the standard issue patrol car.

Astra or Focus is a more typical of what I see everyday.

[craig_m67]

yonex said:

Are you 300hp/ton in disguise?



Comparing generic US cars to UK cars is utterly pointless. The power output is only half the story, the other half being obvious.....

I always wondered what the difference between these two liverys (sp?) denoted, for instance is one State and the other Federal (Aust. example).

[aka_kerrly]

yonex said:

Are you 300hp/ton in disguise?

I miss that guy! It's amusing that whenever Yank cars are mentioned his name is brought up as a insult.

ManOpener said:

aka_kerrly said:

That's a brave move but I like it and expect it does generate quite a reaction from those with a slightly nervous/guilty side to them!

a chap down the road from me has a Soarer wrapped up like a police car which is always amusing to see driven about.

I used to see that all the time, but these days every time I see my parents it's just parked up looking a bit sad.

You're right it did used to spend a lot more time parked outside his house being used but I do recall the owner saying he has a storage facility down by the docks where other cars are kept.

Dave

[TooMany2cvs]

craig_m67 said:

yonex said:

Are you 300hp/ton in disguise?



Comparing generic US cars to UK cars is utterly pointless. The power output is only half the story, the other half being obvious.....

I always wondered what the difference between these two liverys (sp?) denoted, for instance is one State and the other Federal (Aust. example).

Partly different forces (all forces are regional in the UK, except for Military Police and Transport Police), partly age - the BMW "Jam Sandwich" (made more sense before they changed from white to silver cars) is the older style, the Jag "Battenburg" is newer, and similar is used on ambulances/medics (dayglo + green), fire (dayglo + red), highway authority (dayglo + grey).

[v12Legs]

DuncsGTi said:

A friend of mine has a slightly different take on this



S14 with a big ass V8 where the 2.0 4 pot used to sit

That's awful. What sort of monster would do that? They should be locked up.

I mean, using "its" when they should have used "it's". Unforgivable.