sumo

Had a conversation with a traffic cop friend of mine last night, he told me that our local traffic men are getting two Evo 8's to play with, he did'nt know what model but needless to say he's exited at the prospect of a move up from his volvo. Turns out that the boss man who's just 'resigned' was the bloke who got rid of the forces two scoobies, obviously they didnt waste any time getting thier order in to the dark side.
he says he will give me a run for my money, I can't wait

bits'n'pieces

If you go down the A1 towards Stevenage, you may see the evo 8 they've had for ages, it looks pretty good and I'll bet it's the FQ360 ....and look at Dorset Police

Dorset Police News
The cars are the stars


Dorset Police has some unusual and valuable vehicles - all provided free of charge by 35 different vehicle manufacturers in support of the Dorset policing operation.

This year the Force has 110 vehicles, from a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 to four electric scooters from the ScootElectric range, including the SWAP and Magic models

The limited edition Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 is half marked up as a World Rally Car and the other half in police livery to celebrate its full Home Office approval of the Evo 8 for police use.

The electric-powered scooters, which are run on batteries, are designed to reduce both noise and air pollution. To charge the scooters up to full power again they are simply plugged in to a 3-amp socket on over night charge.
Sgt Steve Quill of Dorset Police, who has been using one of the scooters, said: "These scooters are extremely quiet and surprisingly quick. I usually ride a 100bhp Honda Pan European ST1100 so the scooters are slightly different.

"We would need to carry out further testing but first impressions are that they could be ideal for beat duties," he added.

The fleet, which has both marked and unmarked cars, also includes two Volkswagen Phaeton worth £70,000 each. Other cars on loan include a Honda Civic dual fuel petrol and electric car and a convertible Volkswagen Beetle.

Chief Inspector Tony Dymott, Deputy Co-ordinator for Operation Pegasus, said: "We are extremely grateful to all the manufacturers that have supported the policing. The opportunity to use new and different vehicles and alternative fuels is extremely useful and their support has been of great value."

In total, the vehicles on loan to Dorset Police are worth £2.5 million at retail cost and have made savings to the Force of approximately £90,000 in hire costs.

All marked police vehicles provide a highly visible and reassuring presence during the conference week and also help officers to police the town more efficiently and effectively.

Sticky Stuff

If yer gonna try it on, you'd best make sure it's a straight road

Bubba po

If he's getting an Evo 8 to play with, why has he exited? I'd have stuck around if I was him.

sumo

Having only had a test drive in an evo 8 (can't remember what FQ), I cannot really comment on thier differences on the twisties, but I am more than happy with my purchase, having said that, if there are any sections where the car goes a bit light on our duel, then I may be a worried as this bring a very peculiar sensation where the car seems to do a bit of a speed wobble until sorting itself out.

SirFozzalot

Saw a silver Evo VIII on Southend seafront last Saturday with Essex Police badges and blue lights! Watch out!

They were all magnetic stickers too (pretty sure lights weren't a permanent fixture either!), so I assume it could very quickly become an un-marked vehicle

messiah

The cumbrian peelers have been getting a couple too - followed one the other day and its the new "Bottom of the range" job - ie - midget spoiler.

David_Wallis

sumo.. what area?

corradoboy

Scary...


Very scary....

sumo

I assume hull and east riding, as my mate works in east riding....Sumo

ARM-Scooby

3 sti 7's in leicester.

Been followed by one b4

CustomScoobyIOM

White STI8 (f*ck it, it is an STI8) in Whitshire

BOB.T

We've had Scoobs in various guises for ages in Skipton, we've also got the fancy Volvo things, Octavia RSs and Focus TDIs

Oh and an unmarked Hyabusa!

BOB.T

Oh and we had an Escort cossie before them aswell as a Mondingo ST24

NotoriousREV

We've got Vauxhall Meriva's here in Cheshire

P20SPD

iTrader: (1)

North Yorks a cunning drivers too. I overtook a stream of traffic on the A59 outside Harrogate to find the front 50mph car to be the blue unmarked scoob they had.

It will be Hull, as the guy who Blunkett has just made resign, removed all special performance patrol cars. He even put a ban on chasing stolen cars over the speed limit. That was until, his own BMW was stolen!

Guess the hull lads will have to be careful now, allthough i somehow feel that wont make a jot of difference to some of them.

David_Wallis

Harrogate dont have any speed cameras at all apparently, they rely on high performance cars to catch you.. or not catch you if your in a midly modified car doing around double the limit and meet them..

David

W 12 X T C

yeah i have seen that one two. the driver used to have a red integra type r. comes flying up behind you. naughty naughty.

scrappydoo

Theres no such thing as an FQ360 mate. Maybe at the end of the year i think mitsi will be bringing out their 380 model and naming it the VFQ380 but dont quote me on this.

It will be one hell of a machine if they did decide to bring it out.

billythekid

Last decent car I saw on test near us was a Porker 4x4 thingy. We have a few bug eye wrx's here.