The Cobra Manouver!

[zzr1200]

Haha!! you know what's more scary?? our highway police men been given brand new.....SUBARU's!!!!!!!!!! aaaaargh!

We have them too, Imps and Evo's hunt in packs in Essex, but they tune them as well, plus they have helicopter air cover at times,.

Its defo not playing fair...


http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/01/prodrive-sets-up-essex-police-with-270hp-impreza-interceptors/

 

[Sparkey]

No it's not fair at all!!
Did laugh my head off last time i went shopping in a nearby village...
cops were parked by the side of the road, small crappy police car(renault clito) next thing we see a golf vr6 passing the cops flipping them the bird, and drive off full speed!!!! that was already hilarious but when the vr6 drives off we see the other cops come out with the subaru!!! they were hidden away the ba*****s!!!!

 

[runnach]

Also gives me a chance to thrash the Alfa as there's no speed cameras on

Best to leave the Alpha ootside the city mate, then catch the first snail, festival show on every route into and in the city centre, hosted by TIE (fricken tram company) Scottish water (plenty o wet stuff at the mo, chucking it doon as I type) Scottish Gas, Scottish Power n BT, excellent show titled "digging up the roads and Screwing with the Infrastructure" tis a sell oot every night due to the fact folks cant get home!! If this disnae suit yer amps, there is a wee tandoori joint doon Leith Walk with plenty flies buzzing aroond the food prep area, great chefs called Sam n Ella

Oh, I also chucked in a wee lingo lesson, to get you in the mood hehehehe

 

[Sparkey]

LOL
edinboro lingo for beginners

 

[Drains]

Sparks - in France 2 years ago, tanking it doon the autoroute, far too fast, we drove past an electronic sign with our numberplate on it, telling us to slow down! (maybe doing 95mph - 150kph)

I thought it was very polite, and a handy warning.

I now realise how lucky we were, as if we'd been stopped by French cops we'd have had to pay an instant fine. If we'd not had the (lots of) money, tough sh1t - going nowhere.

Not a bad thing to try to stop speeding in France considering the death toll on the roads!

 

[Sparkey]

Aye Si, have to agree....those french folks drive like idiots!
but a subaru impreza??? what's the fun in that???

 

[runnach]

Best to fly in, hire a car wi French plates, then batterrrrrrrrr doon the road. Brit plates = easy money. If cops accept credit cards, pay via card, then call card company, tell card has is lost.......think this would work??

 

[crayefish]

Think I'd rather be chased by this (even though it's the quickest road going car on the plannet)... you'd just have to go over a speed bump or wait til it catches fire!

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/speeders-are-screwed-caparo-t1-police-edition/

Was offered to help them build their new prototype, but unfortunately I wasn't free.

 

[snowcat]

Not a bad thing to try to stop speeding in France considering the death toll on the roads!

Hmmmmmm could apply this side of the channel as well maybe

 

[Ali]

Still not scared. North Wales police force have (according to legend) TWO Suzuki Hayabusas. For a while the big four (Honda, Kawazaki, Yamaha and Suzuki) had an agreement to cap the top speeds of their superbikes at something like 193mph, making it fair competition. Then Suzuki built the Hayabusa...

 

[crayefish]

Yeah the Hayabusa is an AWSOME bike. Wish I had one of those engines.... beats the usual crappy suzuki engines. I mean, who still uses steel valve guides in the 21st century? especially on a 14,000rpm engine!

 

[Robotstar5]

For a while the big four (Honda, Kawazaki, Yamaha and Suzuki) had an agreement to cap the top speeds of their superbikes at something like 193mph, making it fair competition. Then Suzuki built the Hayabusa...

I was reading in a bike mag they had dropped it to 180 something now

 

[Ali]

Thing is though - all this speed doesn't matter if you're enough of a nutter: once the chase becomes 'dangerous' they have to give up. There was a whole spate of bike thefts in London where the thieves just walked up in broad daylight got on the bikes and rode off - without helmets. Coppers just had to stand there. B*****ds.

 

[Robotstar5]

Roll on the day when an EM pulse can be directed accurately, hit a modern car / bike = ECU fried = stopped!

Maybe North Wales police will be the first to use police helicopter gunships?

 

[Sparkey]

Oh please robo!!! not so loud!!! you might give them an idea!!

 

[Robotstar5]

Oh please robo!!! not so loud!!! you might give them an idea!!

If it stops uninsured drivers & thieving scroats I don't mind as it will reduce my insurance costs, what with the cost of fuel and tax you will soon have to think, can I afford to take the car?

 

[snowcat]

They can "Ring fence" much of the heavy plant, you mark where it should be at what times on the PC and GPS picks up if its strayed too far from the zone, and it spikes all the EMUs, 4 on most machines at around £5000 a pop.......

 

[Robotstar5]

They can "Ring fence" much of the heavy plant, you mark where it should be at what times on the PC and GPS picks up if its strayed too far from the zone, and it spikes all the EMUs, 4 on most machines at around £5000 a pop.......

Sounds a lot but I suspect the machines are worth many times that?

 

[snowcat]

Sounds a lot but I suspect the machines are worth many times that?

CAT D8 expect little change from 120K, 13ton 360 around 60K, 170HP tractor 70K, yep big crime this very organized, disappears in the dead of night never to be seen...........

Friend regular has his truck trailers stolen around 40K normally with 5K or so of chains and other gear.....W****s

 

[Ali]

The best design for an immobiliser would be great big blade that would chop off the feet of anyone who broke into the vehicle. They try to immobilise you, yet you immobilise them.

Would be a great idea if car alarms didn't malfunction so often