Stuck Police van!!

[TDi90]

J turns are OK in a Mondeo, but a bit tricky in a Landy, so don't get any ideas, Young Robster! :twisted:

im not, but what about a passat? :twisted:

just joking officer   :roll:

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

J turns are OK in a Mondeo, but a bit tricky in a Landy, so don't get any ideas, Young Robster! :twisted:

im not, but what about a passat? :twisted:

just joking officer   :roll:

Find me a piece of land that is privately owned, not in sight of the public, and with no trees round it and I shall teach you the ways of The Force, young paduan!
Paddy Hopkirk spins are quite good, best done in an old Mini though!

[TDi90]

:lol: ill see what i can find!

[Muddy]

Handbake turns ina  90 are fun :D  leans a bit tho... :?

[Xtremeteam]

Handbake turns ina  90 are fun :D  leans a bit tho... :?

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[Bush Tucker Man]

The Met ones were all V8's and the one I went in had a big sticker on the dash, saying "Do not exceed 40Mph, as the brakes may not function". :shock:

The ones I've seen are V8s as well

[Muddy]

Handbake turns ina  90 are fun :D  leans a bit tho... :?

how to break the gearbox in 1 easy manuver

indeed although i did that in reverse insead :x

[beast5680]

J turns are OK in a Mondeo, but a bit tricky in a Landy, so don't get any ideas, Young Robster! :twisted:

im not, but what about a passat? :twisted:

just joking officer   :roll:

Find me a piece of land that is privately owned, not in sight of the public, and with no trees round it and I shall teach you the ways of The Force, young paduan!
Paddy Hopkirk spins are quite good, best done in an old Mini though!

why is it i cant read your posts lord shagg pyle without hearing the voice of your avatar narrating :shock:  :lol:

[Boggert]

For your entertainment a J turn in a landie... Its possible :shock:

I love the sound of this old beast!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYu7jmVv_W4

What do you think Lord Shagg-Pyle shall we visit him with "suitable words of advice"  :lol:

[Muddy]

Lovin that vid :D

[Skibum346]

West Yorkshire have a couple of 110's, plus some ex-Northern Ireland amoured

I had a drive in one of those whe I did a course with the Met. The Met ones were all V8's and the one I went in had a big sticker on the dash, saying "Do not exceed 40Mph, as the brakes may not function". :shock:

Fantastic psychology on the part of the MT section... brakes are fine... but drivers don't know that!  :lol:

[Boggert]

West Yorkshire have a couple of 110's, plus some ex-Northern Ireland amoured

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I had a drive in one of those whe I did a course with the Met. The Met ones were all V8's and the one I went in had a big sticker on the dash, saying "Do not exceed 40Mph, as the brakes may not function". :shock:

LOL I take it when you filled out the driver log it said, "please throw grappling hook out of the window to stop!"

We had an old rover 400 once, thee was a problem with the throttle and it was so slow... on the log sheet it said at the top "Low powered vehicle" some one had written beside it "Your not kidding"
I remember on the way to an RTA one of the response drivers trying to accelerate on blue lights down the bypass :lol: its become a bit of a legend as he never made it above 40 mph, I overtook him in a Corsa, he never lived it down. :lol:
The car was disposed of not long after that.

[Magnum335]

Lord Shagg-Pyle - Just out of interest, do you know much about the speight of subaru legacy's being stolen in norfolk a few years back? What was the one you went up against like?

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

Handbake turns ina  90 are fun :D  leans a bit tho... :?

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Just before I moved down here, I went to see a friend of mine who works for the Landy dealer in Norwich showed me some piccys that he had taken of a 90 from the local RAF base.
The 90 had been recovered by the main dealer for 'expert analysis' after a couple of RAF erks had 'mysteriously lost control' of it on the icy main runway one night and rolled it, writing it off.
The 'expert analysis' found that the handbrake lever was on. The conclusion was that the silly boys had tried a handbrake turn in the 90, which objected and decided to roll over!
They got out alive, and I think they were done for misuse of Air Force property.

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

Lord Shagg-Pyle - Just out of interest, do you know much about the speight of subaru legacy's being stolen in norfolk a few years back? What was the one you went up against like?

This was a dark green one. We did check it out, but it was all legit, which in a way was a shame, as it would have given us a bit more to put to them. The driver had a receipt for it, for about 5K, which was most amusing, as it ended up in the shape of a 3ft square box! :twisted:
Most of the Scoobys that were being nicked were used as getaway cars for ramraids, but again I think the players for that were picked up, after saying hello to the business end of an MP5, coutersey of Messers Heckler and Koch.

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

West Yorkshire have a couple of 110's, plus some ex-Northern Ireland amoured

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I had a drive in one of those whe I did a course with the Met. The Met ones were all V8's and the one I went in had a big sticker on the dash, saying "Do not exceed 40Mph, as the brakes may not function". :shock:

LOL I take it when you filled out the driver log it said, "please throw grappling hook out of the window to stop!"

We had an old rover 400 once, thee was a problem with the throttle and it was so slow... on the log sheet it said at the top "Low powered vehicle" some one had written beside it "Your not kidding"
I remember on the way to an RTA one of the response drivers trying to accelerate on blue lights down the bypass :lol: its become a bit of a legend as he never made it above 40 mph, I overtook him in a Corsa, he never lived it down. :lol:
The car was disposed of not long after that.

Norfolk used to have up until a few years ago one of the last marked up Ford Sierra Sapphires. It had been the Inspectors car and it was very low mileage, as it never used to go out  :lol:
Anyway, it was decided to get rid of it, but it hadn't hit the required mileage, so it was sent out as an urban response car. It got thrashed, and as a result developed a coolant leakage problem.
Workshops didn't want to spend the money on getting it fixed, so every morning the thing had to be topped up with water.
First thing one morning, a 999 shout comes in for a violent domestic, so off goes the Sierra with two of Norfolks finest on board.
They get to the job, and end up fighting with, sorry, helping the suspect to calm down, when a kid pokes his head round the door
" 'ere Copper, your cars smoking!"
"Yeah, alright, very funny, we're busy"
They carry on 'helping the customer up from off the floor.
Kid re-appears, " 'ere copper, you know I said your car was smoking,well, its on fire now!
They drop the customer, and go out and sure enough the poor old Sierra is now going to Valhalla.
Fire are called, and so one rumour goes, took quite some time to get there!
Needless to say, it got written off.
The legacy to this incident was that lots of claims for new kit went in to Uniform Stores, who took some time to work out, that if it was correct the amount of coppers who claimed to have had kit damaged by smoke numbered in the region of 50+, and the combined amount of said damaged kit would have been enough to fill a Transit, let alone a Sierra!
Only rumours of course!

[Boggert]

:(biggrin): LOL that sounds about right, however the kit we get from stores is crap... tend to get our own.

I had a guy in the street cpme up to me and say "Hi mate I just bought one of your old police cars"
A nice ice breaker, but he wasn't happy when I explained it was probably thrashed to death...
We had a ford focus 115tdi and in one year I had 3 sets of tyres and 2 new wheels!

[TDi90]

and 2 new wheels!

oh dear, you not a very good driver then? curb kissing?

 :lol: just joking officer  :lol:

[wonderboy]

There has been more than one land rover rolled at the local RAF bases.  We 'lost' two last year, one was rolled, claiming they were doing 10mph round a 90 degree bend, the other found its way in to the perimiter fence.  Hunters must be doing a roaring trade in body panels :lol:

[Boggert]

and 2 new wheels!

oh dear, you not a very good driver then? curb kissing?

 :lol: just joking officer  :lol:

LOL its ok :lol:

The first wheel was a curb while after a shop lifter :oops: the second was blow out at speed, if there was a smiley for brown pants i would put it in! very scary. :shock:

Most of the tyres were damaged off road on tracks. I could do with a 4x4 in my job but sadly the won't provide one.

[Bush Tucker Man]

I had a guy in the street cpme up to me and say "Hi mate I just bought one of your old police cars"
A nice ice breaker, but he wasn't happy when I explained it was probably thrashed to death...

I read a similar story in an old copy of 'LRO'(?) concerning the proud owner of an ex-Police Range Rover, who was stopped by an Officer who remembered it. "4 years old & only for 30,000 miles is it?" (said new owner)

Officer told him "Plus the other 200,000" :lol:  :lol:  (that had been added by the odometer going over twice)

[Bush Tucker Man]

Digressing somewhat, but still on the topic of Officers of The Law.

I was told about a patient we had whilst I was on my last batch of days off.

He'd tried to outrun a 'Canine Officer' (Alsation) & had been caught by it. Received a bit of a 'chewing'.
Kicked the Dog.
Was caught by the Dog again
Officers took some time (several minutes ) locating said scrote & Dog.
Scrote was allegedly 'well chewed' by the time the Officers found him (serves the sod right)

I even heard that he reckoned he could have outrun the Dog, so my collegue who dealt with him asked, if he's that fast, can we could propose him for the London Olympic team???
Not too sure of the reply :lol:  :lol:

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

Digressing somewhat, but still on the topic of Officers of The Law.

I was told about a patient we had whilst I was on my last batch of days off.

He'd tried to outrun a 'Canine Officer' (Alsation) & had been caught by it. Received a bit of a 'chewing'.
Kicked the Dog.
Was caught by the Dog again
Officers took some time (several minutes ) locating said scrote & Dog.
Scrote was allegedly 'well chewed' by the time the Officers found him (serves the sod right)

I even heard that he reckoned he could have outrun the Dog, so my collegue who dealt with him asked, if he's that fast, can we could propose him for the London Olympic team???
Not too sure of the reply :lol:  :lol:

I have yet to find a homosapien that can out run a canine. simple biology really. Two legs are slower than four.
I did hear of one Force that is now putting muzzles on their dogs, as they have had too many complaints from the scumbags of being bitten. :shock:
Er, hang on a minute, but that seems to be defeating the object. Its a bit like getting rid of the armed forces and then threatening to help invade other countries.
Wait a second, I see something here...........................

[wonderboy]

Its a bit like getting rid of the armed forces and then threatening to help invade other countries.
Wait a second, I see something here...........................

I think your on to somthing, shame the govt haven't cottoned on yet......oh wait they have, but claim that we'll be alright :?