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Old 09 December 2002, 01:24 PM
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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
Old 09 December 2002, 01:30 PM
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lots of silver rozzer vectras in sutton and croydon
Old 09 December 2002, 01:33 PM
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siver volvo's in Peterborough and I saw a yellow van the other day
Old 09 December 2002, 01:34 PM
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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!
Old 09 December 2002, 02:17 PM
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Saw a silver scoob cop car in cheltenham the other week!
Old 09 December 2002, 02:40 PM
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Silver Mercedes ML in Cleveland with battenberg.
Old 09 December 2002, 03:06 PM
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How do you use fast response and the word vectra in the same sentence??

Yes I know I just did.
Old 09 December 2002, 05:01 PM
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Mercedes ML?

How do they justify that kind of expense?
Old 09 December 2002, 05:02 PM
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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'
Old 09 December 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
Old 09 December 2002, 07:52 PM
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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 *****
Old 09 December 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:

Old 09 December 2002, 11:08 PM
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Maroon Accord Type R in Sheffield.....
Old 09 December 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.
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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.
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