Police Range Rovers
Discussion
Depending on how old you are looking at.............. the Classic Rangies were base model petrols i.e. 3.9 with cloth no air-con, in the P38 model they used the base 4.0 models manual or auto, with cloth trim, sometimes air-con sometimes not depending on model year they bought. There maybe exceptions to this depending on if it was for motorway patrol or for the top brass to use! My old Classic 1994 3.9 was ex-police and was superb, due to excellent maintenance had covered 170k and drove like 30k.
zumbruk said:
Does anyone know which model Range Rovers the police tend to use?
I need a big family car and quite fancy an ex-police motor...
They're usually sub-poverty spec, full of odd holes in strange places and will
have done inter-galactic mileages. Not worth the trouble.
As opposed to a normal classic which will be well speced, full of odd holes in strange places and will
have done inter-galactic mileages. Whether it is worth the trouble is a personal opinion.
Liszt said:
Does anyone know which model Range Rovers the police tend to use?
I need a big family car and quite fancy an ex-police motor...
They're usually sub-poverty spec, full of odd holes in strange places and will
have done inter-galactic mileages. Not worth the trouble.
As opposed to a normal classic which will be well speced, full of odd holes in strange places and will
have done inter-galactic mileages. Whether it is worth the trouble is a personal opinion.
I'm after an L322 (new RR). My Dad had an ex-police SD1 decades ago and it was cracking.
I have no problems with a few holes - trim can always be replaced, and as to the spec, I don't know, but one thing worth considering - in an SD1 or Discovery or old RR there was the option of putting in manual windows, a non-aircon heater etc becuase these things all existed in the product range. I doubt they exist for the L322, so the police L322 may well be relatively pluch (for a police car!)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/05-RANGE-ROVER-4-4-V8-AUTO-S...
One on ebay, ex PM chase car. I think you'll struggle to find many newer? Costs will meen that they'll be used for a while before theyre disposed of and more local forces are using Discos now, again probably due to costs. Can't remember seeing a white stickered up late Rangie?
One on ebay, ex PM chase car. I think you'll struggle to find many newer? Costs will meen that they'll be used for a while before theyre disposed of and more local forces are using Discos now, again probably due to costs. Can't remember seeing a white stickered up late Rangie?
If you find the video of Gordon Brown calling that fine lady a Bigot you can see him driving off and being followed by a dark Range Rover, unsure if or how you could ever say it was that car due to the blured view.
How ever for that sort of money there are plenty of post 2002 cars around, so no real saving getting an ex police, and i'd rather have a better spec'd car with factory nav etc. That system looks "bodged"
my money would go somewhere like this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2003-53-Land-Rover-Range-Rov... with a bag of sand spare for some "extras".
How ever for that sort of money there are plenty of post 2002 cars around, so no real saving getting an ex police, and i'd rather have a better spec'd car with factory nav etc. That system looks "bodged"
my money would go somewhere like this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2003-53-Land-Rover-Range-Rov... with a bag of sand spare for some "extras".
Edited by Geordie boy on Sunday 19th September 20:41
Geordie boy said:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/05-RANGE-ROVER-4-4-V8-AUTO-S...
One on ebay, ex PM chase car. I think you'll struggle to find many newer? Costs will meen that they'll be used for a while before theyre disposed of and more local forces are using Discos now, again probably due to costs. Can't remember seeing a white stickered up late Rangie?
Surrey have got a few (single figures I think) in silver as traffic units, and that champion of Rozzer Range Rovers, GMP, still use (six of?) them too.One on ebay, ex PM chase car. I think you'll struggle to find many newer? Costs will meen that they'll be used for a while before theyre disposed of and more local forces are using Discos now, again probably due to costs. Can't remember seeing a white stickered up late Rangie?
The Met, who favoured the classic RR for years, now have Jap 4x4s for motorway work :-(
As for the eBay "that lady's a bigot" car, I'm highly doubtful. It just strikes me as too standard for an ex-Special Branch wagon - which are usually disposed of elsewhere too AFAIK.
My mate has an 04 plate ex Northhumbrian L322 Vogue 'grey colour'...had a couple of years with no problems.....mileage was 85k when purchased .... interior has no holes... only give away is 2 grommets in front bumper where blue lights must of been fitted and a calibrated speedo --- I would say a good buy and more likely get his money back today on the purchased price.
Zeonalarm said:
http://www.xpcarsales.co.uk/#/range-rover-44-auto-se/4535394669, facelifted Vogue SE, Stick the supercharged Grils on it (£400), nice ret of later wheels (ebay for about £800-1500), few hundred quids worth of colour coding on it and you have a footballer special that looks every bit of a £30-40k car.
NickHKent said:
It's a bit leggy isn't it?
Are they reliable at these sort of mileages?
Generaly speaking they seem to be ok, as with any car you'll have problems, but if it is well maintained then they will be sound. 166K is alot, but being a patrol car it will likely to all be motorway miles and will of been maintained regardless of cost!Are they reliable at these sort of mileages?
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