DarrenSTI

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Saw a Hawk-Eye Sti police car followed by a Evo 260 then a Mondeo220 then a good old transit.

Had a thought, do you wave to police in Scoobys (they didn't give the wave). God knows waht they were after. This was in Colchester by the way.

Phil

One of the Drivers of the Sti's and Evo's is a Member on here and always waves

DarrenSTI

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Cool, knew I should have waved, even if I got none back, surley they must know about the close-knit club the scooby drives have.

trails

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pretty sure they are all based in Boreham, Traffic Cops are based there. The sti's and the Evo are regular sights in and around Chelmsford catchment area...

DarrenSTI

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This scooby looked pretty nice, with all the lights on and reflective gear, it was a WR Blue one.

Are they tuned more than the PPP will give I wonder?

GC8WRX

Thats scary, espescially if your not from the area and happen to be in town, best undercover car round here is red, g reg audi quattro, with 15" splitrims on it(oem i think), they use it to catch boy racers!

Phil

They aren't undercover they have the full works on them

See last edition of True Grip for the details

trails

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there are two hawkeye sti's in full police livery, iirc they are both PPP too.

trails

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best unmarked cars I've seen in essex are a Citreon Piccaso and a Range Rover; the Rangy had plain clothes armed cops too

Marx Mcrae

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There are loads of Evo and Scooby cop cars in South Yorkshire too.
The evo's look like 260's... but there not. There actually 340's that have had all the lairy spoilers removed to look abit more discreet

Martin2005

The Police tend to worry more about upgrading brakes than tuning engines, ulimately it makes them able to catch and stay with most cars on the road.

satancom

Yup agree. Had a police omega for 9 months. It was a standard engine (3.0 v6) but compared to the civy spec it was much quicker. Main reasons

Uprated brakes
Uprated Suspension (stiffer for load lugging and curb hopping)
No toys / Lighter
LSD

It used to be great fun chucking that thing about, big car but it moved well!

satancom

That remind sme, there are two unmarked EVO's nocking around the south wales area Scary stuff!

DarrenSTI

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Evo 340's seems strange that they would change the spoiler for the smaller one, why don't they do that for the scoobys I wonder then, swop them for WRX ones. I would have thought it better to let people know they are the in quickest cars possible, so if they are 340's keep the larger spoiler. probably have a combination of all models

Phil

This is one of the Essex Cars

SetoN

Imagine seeing this coming in your rear view mirror!



Sussex police answer to boy racers!

SetoN

Plums!

I knew I should of joined the force

instead of run from it

Plums....

CupraDave

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How about this one?



what would be the point in running?

SetoN

So thats what our taxes ares paying for

Prasius

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Find somewhere with speed bumps. Easy.

satancom

Find a street with speed bumps?

fred coupe

just avoid long straight roads

matttp1

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Humberside Police have at least two full livery 07 i think STI s and seen a couple of black and green under cover STi s not tried waving at one just i think he ll think im taking the p1ss

Adidas

What colour black do you call that???

Tissy

Best get yourself to the Children In Need Convoy on the 16th November Darren, you never know what you may see and get escorted to Norwich by .

Full thread HERE, so get your name down for a great evening all in the name of charity mate !!

MikeCardiff

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Its a pretty good endorsement for the Impreza though when you see how many police forces use them as their pursuit cars now - must admit that with a good trained and experienced police driver ( some of these guys are ridiculously quick ) in a 300+ bhp car with 4 wheel drive there isnt much thats going to get away.

satancom

You watch how they chuck those omegas about in police camera action and all that.. and thats a barge, imagine the impreza :O I would just give up if being chased by one of them!