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Old 14-12-2019, 08:23 AM   #1
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See Vicpol are testing potential new cars.Mercedes AWD All Terrain wagon.3 litre turbo diesel at 250Kw and 700Nm,supposed to be as fast as the Commodore V8 wagon but use 1/3 of the fuel.
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Old 14-12-2019, 10:15 AM   #2
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They've got a huge variety of unmarked cars these days, seen them getting around in their usual BMW 5 series and X5, various VWs, Rangers, Hilux and Colorado.

Too bad they don't hide the extra antennas and you can spot the LED flashers behind the windscreen and the front grille from a mile away
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why would you need to worry about them "spotting" them. I see them all the time, they just ignore me

One of my very good mates and neighbour is in the Highway Patrol. He was a Ford mechanic for 22 years and spent time helping out a rally team before joining the force
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Old 14-12-2019, 12:08 PM   #4
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They have a C63 patrolling from Miles to Taroom in QLD
It's turquoise with all the Highway Patrol reflective stickers.
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why would you need to worry about them "spotting" them. I see them all the time, they just ignore me

One of my very good mates and neighbour is in the Highway Patrol. He was a Ford mechanic for 22 years and spent time helping out a rally team before joining the force
Probably because I use my phone while driving, my cars are all illegally modified and I speed everywhere - gotta be like a fly on ****, have a thousand eyes everywhere
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Probably because I use my phone while driving, my cars are all illegally modified and I speed everywhere - gotta be like a fly on ****, have a thousand eyes everywhere

They are in no hurry as they will get you eventually.....fine by mail or summons served personally to you.....
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They are in no hurry as they will get you eventually.....fine by mail or summons served personally to you.....
Yep, they don't need to chase you anymore.
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Suppose you keep a large wad in the car when they do pull you over.
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Probably because I use my phone while driving, my cars are all illegally modified and I speed everywhere - gotta be like a fly on ****, have a thousand eyes everywhere
Pesonally I am of the opinion that anyone who has such an arrogant disregard for law should really have a good look at their obvious lack of intelligence
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Meh, average over 30,000km a year on our roads, as of next year had my license for 10 years, never been fined and only been involved in 2 not at fault accidents.

This time last year there were only approximately 1150 people who died on our roads nationally, 1150/25,000,000 - thats 0.004% of our population that dies on our roads on a yearly basis.

There's more important **** to worry about than me using my phone while driving or going faster than the already ridiculously low speed limits - your money devalues at an exponentially higher rate on a yearly basis than the percentage of our population dying on our roads.

But I don't expect much out of a nation of convicts, you all shown you need someone to tell you how to live your lives

Hey HE CAN'T DO THAT!!!!

I can and I do, you just haven't caught me in the last near on 10 years

Less worrying about me using my phone and speeding and more worrying about why the countries GDP is going backwards if you take out Government spending, China trying to undermine our sovereignty by influencing local politics and people not being able to afford debt repayments with the lowest interest rates on record.

You got 99 problems and Franco ain't one.

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As fast as the Commodore V8 wagon but use 1/3 of the fuel.
Which means it *might* come close to breaking even during the lifetime of the car when you consider the increased purchase and maintenance cost
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Franco, you stirring the pot again.
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I need to work on my routine, everyone's onto me these days
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Meh, average over 30,000km a year on our roads, as of next year had my license for 10 years, never been fined and only been involved in 2 not at fault accidents.
my last - 28 December 1997 in Wodonga, and I was stiched
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OK Franco, you've had your fun (again).

This thread is supposed to be about Victorian police cars. Any further posts boasting about what laws they flaunt (yes I'm looking at you Franco) will be deleted.
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I saw the new BMW 5-series HWP car - it has a self-closing (electric) boot! Why on earth would police need that? Complete waste of taxpayer money.
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I saw the new BMW 5-series HWP car - it has a self-closing (electric) boot! Why on earth would police need that? Complete waste of taxpayer money.
Well when I have my hands full of coffee and donuts who wouldn't need one.

Wonder if they were testing the first Benz out on the commissioners car I saw in Wang.
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I saw the new BMW 5-series HWP car - it has a self-closing (electric) boot! Why on earth would police need that? Complete waste of taxpayer money.
ummmm, might be a standard fit
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MY HWP mate tells me that they are mostly using BMW's and Benz's
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That looks like same as the photo I saw,different rego no though,so probably a few on trial
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MY HWP mate tells me that they are mostly using BMW's and Benz's
I have a seen a couple of unmarked X3 BMWs. Still a large number of VF Commodores in the fleet in Melbourne.
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https://www.caradvice.com.au/812343/...mercedes-benz/

Apart from the theoretical retail price, I think these will be a great replacement for the aussie sedans, more than enough power for the job but excellent economy and the practice benefits of a wagon and SUV combined.

That said, whilst VIC POL won't be paying retail and despite these being a factory fit-out, I do question whether this good value for money.


"It might look like an ordinary Mercedes-Benz wagon but this model is not available to the general public and has almost twice as much power as the showroom version................The Mercedes-Benz All-Terrain that has earned its stripes for highway patrol duties is powered by a turbo diesel 3.0-litre six-cylinder versus the standard car’s smaller turbo diesel 2.0-litre four-cylinder."


Does anyone know what happens to these once they retired from use. With the the E400d not being available to the public, one would assume Mercedes wouldn't want these potentially effecting the values of the E220d versions. Are these returned overseas then?
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£55,000 buys a E400d in Britain. Is it not being sold in Australia?
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Only the 4 cylinder version, not this 6 potter.
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ATM the last of the vic pol cars would have been changed over every what 60,000 to 80,000 ks?
I'd not be surprised if these non general public merc's say in the fleet past those kind of k's and are pretty much run to death before they are replaced given their cost and rarity in Australia.
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That looks like same as the photo I saw,different rego no though,so probably a few on trial
they are well and truly past the trial stage - Police in Victoria have already said they will be dealing with BMW mostly, there was a media release about it ages ago



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https://www.carsales.com.au/editoria...es-bmw-109065/
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Tassie, I took that picture of the Merc in Wang last year.
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I have always liked Merc's ... But living in Georgia now, I think that the best looking Police Car is the Dodge Charger that they have.



In fact I like the looks of most Dodges. A wonderful balance of Retro and Future. I am saving for a Durango (No credit here yet). Ford only have the explorer in that market, and my $ only reach to a FWD. Things might change when the Next Explorer is RWD.


As SUVs the police here seem to have mainly a GM thing, and some Explorers.
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I have always liked Merc's ... But living in Georgia now, I think that the best looking Police Car is the Dodge Charger that they have.

In fact I like the looks of most Dodges. A wonderful balance of Retro and Future. I am saving for a Durango (No credit here yet). Ford only have the explorer in that market, and my $ only reach to a FWD. Things might change when the Next Explorer is RWD.

As SUVs the police here seem to have mainly a GM thing, and some Explorers.
What happened to all the Crown Vics the yanks loved for years. Yeah those Challengers look really nice.
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What happened to all the Crown Vics the yanks loved for years. Yeah those Challengers look really nice.

Still some running around.


It was a bit of a PR mishap when Ford decided to drop the nameplate.
Then should have run a Special version of the Taurus called a Crown Vic. Especially as now the Explorer RWD/4WD again.



BTW the Taurus is actually a nice looking car - beginning from when the merged it with the 500 about 13 years ago. Forget the ugly Bucket of worms that they tried in Australia.
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