Out of intrest how quick are these?

Nozzer · 1 Nov 2006 at 19:18

'ow about this eh?

Another Lambo London demonstrator turned into a PR machine for plod

teaboy5 · 1 Nov 2006 at 19:38

The_Dark_Side said:
no, they can't afford to.
tuning any engine shortens it's lifespan and a traffic car is expected to serve for 200k miles or so.

they don't need HUGE performance, as a traffic cop once told me they just need to be able to get on the radio and call in someone further ahead.

Well i know for a fact that do the engines up on the police cars here, thats standard ones plus the taffic ones. But don't forget they also add some armour to that as well

Von Smallhausen · 1 Nov 2006 at 19:39

^^

Niiiiiiiice.

Not so sure of it's suitable for undercover work though while infiltrating London's cocaine trade.

Mr Big ' You're a copper ain't ya ? '

Cop. ' Erm, no. '

Trinity · 1 Nov 2006 at 20:27

Car wars on BBC1 atm puts paid to all these 'police cars are standard' crud!

Interestingly and rather worryingly, they are training on public roads in unmarked cars a full on pursuit! :eek:

Nozzer · 1 Nov 2006 at 20:39

Trinity said:
Car wars on BBC1 atm puts paid to all these 'police cars are standard' crud!

Interestingly and rather worryingly, they are training on public roads in unmarked cars a full on pursuit!

I saw 110/115 on the speedo at one point during that.

However, it wasn't an Audi speedo and he was driving an A3...

Trinity · 1 Nov 2006 at 20:44

Nozzer said:
I saw 110/115 on the speedo at one point during that.

However, it wasn't an Audi speedo and he was driving an A3...

That **** in the Volvo. Should have died tbh!

Don't swear! FF.

Von Smallhausen · 1 Nov 2006 at 20:51

Trinity said:
Car wars on BBC1 atm puts paid to all these 'police cars are standard' crud!

Interestingly and rather worryingly, they are training on public roads in unmarked cars a full on pursuit!

While you have a point on the unmarked bit, public roads are the only way to train an advanced driver.

Without realism, you are wasting £5000 putting a cop through his or
her advanced driving course.

v0n · 1 Nov 2006 at 21:09

Most Police V70ies in my neck of the woods are D5's - brilliant diesels, but regardless - diesels. T5s, where availble, are uprated in quite a few ways - for starters police versions are chipped to 315 bhp, so even more than R versions. I think they also use uprated 4C multimode suspension so it behaves like you would expect from any 5.little change seconds to 60 car.

ca9phoenix · 2 Nov 2006 at 17:33

Nozzer said:
I saw 110/115 on the speedo at one point during that.

However, it wasn't an Audi speedo and he was driving an A3...

as standatd spedo's are + or - 10% some of the cars have them calibrated so they can do you accurately for speeding, this may explain the different spedo

The_Dark_Side · 2 Nov 2006 at 17:35

ca9phoenix said:
as standatd spedo's are + or - 10% some of the cars have them calibrated so they can do you accurately for speeding, this may explain the different spedo

yup, traffic cars have calibrated speedos that read true.
but the "panda's" are just as inaccurate as their civilian counterparts.

Axeboy · 2 Nov 2006 at 18:16

260bhp for the base Evo

PyroboyUK · 2 Nov 2006 at 18:54

If its a t5, They are very fast. Would Always like a V70 T5 someday.

[DOD]Asprilla · 2 Nov 2006 at 19:31

v0n said:
Most Police V70ies in my neck of the woods are D5's - brilliant diesels, but regardless - diesels.

Chipped D5s are in the same 0-60 bracket as a standard T5, but with all the torque in the world.

oweneades · 2 Nov 2006 at 19:48

Trinity said:
Car wars on BBC1 atm puts paid to all these 'police cars are standard' crud!

Interestingly and rather worryingly, they are training on public roads in unmarked cars a full on pursuit!

I saw that bit.

I thought it was quite ammusing that the guy in the passengers seat was telling the copper driving to slow down and pull in behind the jag but he didn't and floored it and got in just in time :eek:

The jag driver probably thought it was some sales rep late or something as he sped up too. (according to the testers commentary).

Nice Audi's though - 3.2V6 FSI models IIRC.

pc185 · 3 Nov 2006 at 08:29

The Elise in the photographs has gone back to Lotus now.. It was used as a cruise liasion vehicle.

The T5's are great traffic and ARV vehicles. The new model's 04 onwards are considerably better than the last ones.. Handling has improved greatly and the engine is better and faster. 6 speed too

moss · 3 Nov 2006 at 10:18

pc185 said:
The T5's are great traffic and ARV vehicles. The new model's 04 onwards are considerably better than the last ones.. Handling has improved greatly and the engine is better and faster. 6 speed too

Could you shed any light on the whole 'cop cars are super tuned' arguement?

TheOtherPhil · 3 Nov 2006 at 14:14

The Volvo's are not tuned. I drive a Police Spec Volvo as our Paramedic RRV. The engine is completely standard but brakes and suspension is uprated. This is only to allow repeated high speed stops while carrying all our gear....I quite often slow from 90ish down to 10 for traffic lights, back to silly speeds again only to brake hard again for yet another junction. Arguably, our cars take even more of a pounding as every call is on lights + sirens....up to 14 jobs per 12hr shift!

Sp00n · 3 Nov 2006 at 15:14

Ragging it around in a car which you don't have to foot the bill for... must be a hard life