Undercover Cop Cars!

[Kamshaaft]

Originally Posted by geckoGT

What do you mean apparently, 6 months ago I saw uniformed officers with a gun hanging out the window of an older VT Commodore wagon with chaser rims and "Unit" rear window sticker on Valley Way in Mt Cotton near the stonehenge roundabout.

Sounds more like two newbie clowns that just knocked off work than something the police force would condone.

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by DJM83

That is a truck repair company i doubt its a HWP car

He must double as a cop on the side as it's often used in booze bus duties and HWP in the Liverpool area, I've seen him several times and was quite surprised with the plates.

Maybe the police have outsourced. :P

[geckoGT]

Originally Posted by Kamshaaft

Sounds more like two newbie clowns that just knocked off work than something the police force would condone.

Considering one was a senior conny I doubt it, they normally just want to go home after they have been in long enough that they are a senior conny.

[BULFALC]

And to think they get even sneakier on the way to the snowy in the ski season. i havent seen one but i heard of unmarked bmws complete with skis on top

[tankclare]

speaking of bmw's. my brother boss got pulled over by an unmarked bmw in Muswellbrook only a few days ago

[TruBlu351]

Originally Posted by geckoGT

I think you will find that the unmarked cars with the small LED lights will not be used in pursuits as the emergency lights are not visible enough to provide public safety. They will instead report details of the other car and hand over to a marked car to intercept.

I'll let you know tomorrow!

I'll try a big 200 metre power skid in front of one and see if they take the bait :

[geckoGT]

Originally Posted by TruBlu351

I'll let you know tomorrow!

I'll try a big 200 metre power skid in front of one and see if they take the bait :

Good luck with that one, I will be sure to watch the news and see if you make it on to the traffic report :

[seedywagon]

Originally Posted by XR-CHIEF

That plate is the RYW22 i mentioned earlier, stands for Run You W**kerzz, last i heard it's on a silver GTi. Also the Q-CARS do NOT have the 3 aerials on the back roof, only unmarked HWP cars do, Q-CARS run them somewhere inside the car.

This is just EVIL!
Mind you, would probably outpace a freaking VE SS with ease, these things are very fast.

[Revolver]

[QUOTE=XR-CHIEF]That plate is the RYW22 i mentioned earlier, stands for Run You W**kerzz, last i heard it's on a silver GTi. Also the Q-CARS do NOT have the 3 aerials on the back roof, only unmarked HWP cars do, Q-CARS run them somewhere inside the car.

Yes, I only mentioned a u/c. Normal QLD Gov't Cars are just, well government cars!

& that was the plate. I just couldn't remember the letters. I knew there was an R but not the rest.

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by XR-CHIEF

"Vhen I came to Haustralia, I vanted to be a V8 supercar, but zay zaid zat I could not becose I vasn't good enough! But my bruder, ze R32 Golf was transformed into zat Jeimie Vhincups olden. Me? I now have to deil wis two Haustralian pleecemen flogging me around zis brisbun zity & ze dohnut crumbs! I men Furrar! I at leest vanted to be in Zydeny, wis ze hot cars & girls & night life! However I do get to have zis awasome numberplate! It smellz funny zough, did you say oldens use to use zis plate?"

- Silver Golf GTI-RYW22 Commenting on its current employment.

[Franco Cozzo]

I seen a black U/C Subaru Forrester pull someone over on citylink not too long ago.

Also Hummer H3 police cars 2 years ago at work crusing around through the carpark.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by XR-CHIEF

That plate is the RYW22 i mentioned earlier, stands for Run You W**kerzz, last i heard it's on a silver GTi. Also the Q-CARS do NOT have the 3 aerials on the back roof, only unmarked HWP cars do, Q-CARS run them somewhere inside the car.

WTF is a "Q" Car?

Originally Posted by BULFALC

And to think they get even sneakier on the way to the snowy in the ski season. i havent seen one but i heard of unmarked bmws complete with skis on top

Goulburn HP (NSW) has been doing this for about 25 years.

[left]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

WTF is a "Q" Car?

A sleeper (US English) or Q-car (British English) is a car that has high performance and an unassuming exterior. Sleeper cars are termed such because their exterior looks little or no different from a standard or economy-class

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeper_(car)

[GS608]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

WTF is a "Q" Car?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSOgiF3KkBU

[GasoLane]

XR-CHIEF & Left. I'm sorry I thought we were in Oz not England.

Very rarely heard them called that here. They're usually just refered to as 'plain' cars.

Maybe it's a Qld thing

[GS608]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

XR-CHIEF & Left. I'm sorry I thought we were in Oz not England.

Very rarely heard them called that here. They're usually just refered to as 'plain' cars.

Maybe it's a Qld thing

Must be considering thats what the Govt call them

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

XR-CHIEF & Left. I'm sorry I thought we were in Oz not England.

Very rarely heard them called that here. They're usually just refered to as 'plain' cars.

Maybe it's a Qld thing

You probably wouldnt notice but a lot of govt and none govt companies etc start with or a just 'Q*****' etc.
So yes it is a QLD thing
Ive never heard of them being called 'plain' cars only 'unmarked' cars

[Kamshaaft]

But in the UK a Q-car isn't an undercover car anyway is it? My understanding was that it meant a high end / performance 'saloon car', that's tasteful but non-too flambouyant, for bachelors or something along those lines.

[GS608]

here, referred to as Q-cars by QPS themselves

Originally Posted by Kamshaaft

But in the UK a Q-car isn't an undercover car anyway is it? My understanding was that it meant a high end / performance 'saloon car', that's tasteful but non-too flambouyant, for bachelors or something along those lines.

thats right, it's just a sleeper, but the Q-car name was taken from the Q-planes used in WW2, unmarked planes flying behind enemy lines, all in the link i posted.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by DJM83

You probably wouldnt notice but a lot of govt and none govt companies etc start with or a just 'Q*****' etc.
So yes it is a QLD thing
Ive never heard of them being called 'plain' cars only 'unmarked' cars

Sorry we (Truckies) just call them 'plain'... Probably because 'unmarked' has too many syllables for us to pronounce

[GoldCoastGTP]

A yes you guys make me laugh
That is half the fun in using these
The new digital radios mean smaller aerials
New version LED emergency / visability lighting is smaller , brighter and less power hungry and less internally reflective

[JK EX CHASER]

I didn't know that Toyota corollas used as police cars in the 70s .Look what they have now.

[NAFairlane]

guys watch out for one of 3 VE SS (one silver, one black, and one purple) and an ego FG XR8 sitting in the driveways along the western port highway in VIC, they also love to sit in both Skye and Carrum Downs fire stations during the day, there are also a couple marked cars doing the same spots.

At carrum downs they hide behind the bush to get you as you get round the corner.

At Skye they wait for you to come over the hill.

[ralphy]

i've seen a guy in Bankstown area pulled over by a.......wait for it........ Toyota Prius!!! lol

and also do they still have the lotus at the bankstown coppers????

[jd dad]

Originally Posted by ralphy

i've seen a guy in Bankstown area pulled over by a.......wait for it........ Toyota Prius!!! lol

and also do they still have the lotus at the bankstown coppers????

car 47 in hot pursuit....ahhh dammit flat battery
locals here have a red Ve ute with dark windows, wouldnt have noticed except he was booking someone when I was on the way home yesterday

[Paxton]

Cronulla Police have a Suzuki Jimny. I'd love to see that outrun anything else but itself.

[ralphy]

haha yer i've seen that jimny before....way cool in lame way but

[NC1183]

The green F6's belong to the Anti-Hoon Squad, they did a two week stint out here in Moree late last year. I'm mates with a couple of the Highway Patrol Officers, and they told me that's who they were.

They apparently got a young P-Plater, in a VT v6, in a drag race down past our BP Servo

[Pinch]

Originally Posted by ralphy

haha yer i've seen that jimny before....way cool in lame way but

That's the metallic pink one right??? Nothing screams 'force' than a pink Jimny. Might even be a soft top from memory...

Saw another few around today.

Red VE SS in Sutherland. Patrolling the school and 50 zones along Waratah Rd and Toronto Parade down the back of Sutho, Kirrawee and Jannali. Had the plate aperture LED's and did have extra aerials on the back. Now if only all the soccer mums (and everyone one else for that matter) would get the hell of my bumpers when I do the limit though there all would be sweet. The cops are all over those hilly 50 zones like a fat kid on cake! So easy to do 70 without looking or accelerating, so everyone does. And then gets all uppity if someone does the limit and they have to use the brake or gear down for once.

Then saw an orange F6 with LED's which had a LandCruiser pulled over on the M5 East.

Only a 45 min drive, a few cars about then.

PS. Didn't the patrols north of Sydney use to have Cordia turbo's? Running duties on the F3?

[ralphy]

na the jimny is just like a normal cop car....well the one i saw was anyways