Doc1

For all those in Hampshire! Going through Hamble yesterday and saw a P1 with blue lights in the grille pulling out of the Police HQ there. Beware!

Cheers

Scoobychick

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WHAAAAAAAAAT????????

excellent....gonna join up now
.....always wanted 2 drive a P1!!!

Stuart H

That's it! I'm transferring to Hampshire!

On a serious note...are you <I>sure</I> it was a P1? Knowing Hampshire's track record with Scoobs (particularly the red one) I doubt very much they would be able to justify the cost just in case they bend it. Time to start ringing my mates in Hampshire!!

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by scoobychick:
<B>.....always wanted 2 drive a P1!!![/quote]

Not a hint by any chance?


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Ian Cook

Oi Stuart, cant you just get your mob to buy you one !!!! LOL

BOB.T

Skipton police have got four Scoobs!
Bob

Doc1

Absolutely positive, no question. Spoiler, colour, Strobes behind grille, on parcel shelf, flashing headlights...... My sources say could be ARV?

Stuart H

I'll make enquiries when I go to work. If they have bought one I want to know how such a small force can justify the cost and if they have start pursuading my boss to buy us one!!

Zero Sport

I passed Nottingham Centre police station few months ago. I saw one senior police officer was driving P1 into that station, due to I didn't see any blue light under or behind the grill - therefore I think it is his private car.

But last week, I saw a Red unmarked MY00 with Prodrive spoiler and blue light on the top of roof - parked outside the Nottingham Centre police station !!!!

TKH

Beware those who do low flying around A 59
& Blubberhouses towards Harrogate etc i was holding a lovely line round a long left hander when suddenly i sees a police scooby parked up in a lay by mid bend quite worrying
and have to say it looks most odd fully liveried up with plod stripes anyway managed to slow down enough to convince him not to drag himself away from his copy of Sunday Sport.

Look out

Tim.

Chizz

doc did you clock the reg plate????
better keep my eyes open
i was followed by the red one on the M27 last week (**** ***)

Edited by Stuart H to remove numberplate

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Doc1

Only saw that it was an X plate. But its the first P1 i've seen in Southampton area anyway, so it can't be too difficult to spot!

Cheers.

Scoobychick

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Most certainly was a hint Stuart.....!!!!

wobbie

I've seen that car. In fact I see it everyday. Where do you work doc1?

Kind regards.

Gaffer

Mossman, Simon, I was in the 'Jolly' Saturday - it's sort of my local!

Must keep the eye's peeled for this alleged P1!

Cheers
G

Mike@PD

I have spoken to Harvey France (National Fleet Sales) at IM this morning and he has confirmed that NO police force has taken delivery of a P1 for police use.

He also confirmed that I get to drive one for 6 days at the company car in action show in June ! The real bummer is that they pay me an obscene amount of money for doing it too......... Oh life can be tough at times.

Seriously, Harvey states that the answer is definately NO re a police P1. That said, I may have some news for you all soon !!!!!!!

simon_prickett

I live in Hamble and go past the Police HQ daily... will let you know if I see it!

Simon.

Mossman

Simon,

I use to live in Chandlers Ford and then in Netley Abbey on the waterfront - very nice place to live mate!

Here's to the Jolly Sailor!

Mossman.

simon_prickett

Anyone fancy a meet around this neck of the woods?

By the way, if anyone's driving a red T plate saloon, thanks for letting me out at the end of Grange Road where it meets the road to Woolston on Saturday afternoon, I was the one in the red turbo wagon :-)

Simon.

Diablo

Oi, Stuart!

Fair's fair and all that

Editing to take out the plate......tsk...tsk...

Bit unfair methinks

D

Mick

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Stuart

Out of interest, why have you removed the reg No. - is it illegal to show it on a pubilic forum? - Or would it be deemed iresponsible of you not to do so by your coleagues ?

Mick

The Zohan

Northants Police have just 'upgraded' their entire fleet with Porsche 911 Turbo4's, to replace the panda cars and Aston Martin Vanquish's for motorway use - Looks like the revinue being generated by the new speed cameras is being put to good use!

Oh, and the Chief Constable looks damn fine in his Mulsane Turbo!


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Stuart H

Hi chaps,

I know you may feel that it's a bit unfair that we remove the VRM's but we do it for a good reason.

Several websites who openly display the VRM's of police vehicles have been threatened with legal action on the grounds that the publication of the numbers comprimises operational security. Obviously if we got sued, that would be the end of ScoobyNet - and as Simon makes his living out of ESoft (who host the BBS) it would also cause him problems.

These unmarked vehicles do more than 'just' traffic, they also work with departments like Firearms. For example, if your scoob had been stolen and the police had tracked it to a location with an unmarked vehicle, the last thing you would want is for the little ***** to realise that they had a 'welcoming committee' because they had seen the VRM of the police car on a website somewhere. There are an infinite number of undercover operations but only a finite number of cars to do the job.

Personally, I don't give two hoots who sees what, however, after much discussion, Simon & I decided that rather than risk ScoobyNet being sued and the fact these cars are unmarked for a reason, we would remove the numberplates. It was not an easy decision for us to make.

I hope you can understand it from our point of view - this was discussed on the BBS in depth a few months back when we made the initial decision and the majority of people agreed with us.

Hope this clarifies the position on this one

Cheers

S

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andrew6321

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mike@PD:
[B] NO police force has taken delivery of a P1 for police use.

Just a thought - maybe it was a Special Branch vehicle. Think about it - what would the modern day equivalent of Bodie & Doyle be driving???? Don't suppose Stuart H could comment on that? :-)

banshi

Hey, there's been a lot of negative comment about the P1. But I think this is the first time it's been compared to a Capri

Thought thinking about it I think there is one owner that may wish he had bought one instead

Stuart H

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by andrew6321:
<B>Just a thought - maybe it was a Special Branch vehicle. Think about it - what would the modern day equivalent of Bodie & Doyle be driving???? Don't suppose Stuart H could comment on that? :-)[/quote]

LOL - No chance I'm afraid!!

Doc1

I've found out what the P1 is all about. I've emailed Stuart H direct before posting it to the list.

Cheers.

Stuart H

Not going to say to much for security reasons, suffice to say this is <B>NOT</B> a police vehicle however it is in use by the emergency services.

It is authorised to run under blue light conditions so if you see it, please get out of the way!!



S

rapiddescent

hampshire? the navy used to run a fleet of seriously hot vehicles to move 'items' around the country at high speed where air is not a valid option.

I beleive the fastest time was a little over 5 hours from Portsmouth to the Holy Loch in the mid eighties - when you could actually get a bit of open road...

judging by the state of the roads in the south east yesterday I'm thinking of trading the scoob for a light aircraft - no speed restriction as such, pulls much better G's as well, no P1 could catch even the most basic aircraft.

rapiddescent