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Dec 9, 2002 | 01:24 PM

moomin

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From: www.surreyscoobies.co.uk

I read a few months ago that the rozzers have finally caught on to the low resale value of white cars and were changing patrol cars to silver.

Has anyone spotted one of the new silver cop cars on the road yet?

Always helps to know what your supposed to be avoiding

Dec 9, 2002 | 01:30 PM

davy1

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lots of silver rozzer vectras in sutton and croydon

Dec 9, 2002 | 01:33 PM

sti4

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siver volvo's in Peterborough and I saw a yellow van the other day

Dec 9, 2002 | 01:34 PM

IanW

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Yup the fast resonse Vectra around Sutton (Surrey) is deffinatly silver, I had to do a bit of a double take the first time i saw it!

Dec 9, 2002 | 02:17 PM

ice_white

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From: Cheltenham

Saw a silver scoob cop car in cheltenham the other week!

Dec 9, 2002 | 02:40 PM

Mal K

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From: Darlington

Silver Mercedes ML in Cleveland with battenberg.

Dec 9, 2002 | 03:06 PM

David_Wallis

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From: Leeds - It was 562.4bhp@28psi on Optimax, How much closer to 600 with race fuel and a bigger turbo?

How do you use fast response and the word vectra in the same sentence??

Yes I know I just did.

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Dec 9, 2002 | 05:01 PM

DaveR

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From: Hertfordshire

Mercedes ML?

How do they justify that kind of expense?

Dec 9, 2002 | 05:02 PM

IanW

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David, trust me it is the fastest thing that have around here!

Unless you want to go up against the 'White Tansit'

Dec 9, 2002 | 05:56 PM

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Yeah...they worked out the residual values on white motors where always on the low side (wonder why..?)

Hence the change over to silver.

Now watch Silver coloured car values plummet.

Priceless.................my car's silver

Dec 9, 2002 | 07:52 PM

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From: The Cheshire end of the emasculated Cat & Fiddle

W Yorks have got a marked silver current shape M3, I've seen it parked up on the M1 near Leeds 2 or 3 times. I bet even astraboy can't outrun that *****

Dec 9, 2002 | 08:08 PM

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Bishopsgate Police in London have a silver ML merc Jeep, an 'E' class merc several big BMW's & an Otway special :eeke:

Dec 9, 2002 | 08:13 PM

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DOnt know what force it was from but saw a fully marked up silver new police WRX on a low loader on the m1 last week!!!

Dec 9, 2002 | 11:08 PM

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From: WYIOC. The Foxglove, Kirkburton, Huddersfield.

Maroon Accord Type R in Sheffield.....

Dec 9, 2002 | 11:13 PM

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Saw 2 or 3 silver 406's the other day in Canterbury within seconds of each other. Good idea until all silver saloons are seen as cop cars the way white ones are now.

Dec 10, 2002 | 03:21 AM

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From: Arborfield, Berkshire

Were out having a blast in a fellow SN'etters Silver Evo 6. Creamed a long straight then looked back to see a silver dot in the distance behind us. Driver said it might be a rozzer - we disagreed as it was silver. Anyway we slowed down and yep it was a Silver Volvo Cop car. We then kept to the speed limits and were a tad worried before he turned off after following us for 10 mins.

BTW this was about 6 months ago.

Simon.