Has anyone been...

chicken_eyebrow · 28-04-2008, 13:32

mistaken for unmarked police in your silver / white octavia?

It happened to me twice at the weekend, one of them was a BMW driver on his phone and I got a really dirty look when he realised I wasn't old bill

fatty5000 · 28-04-2008, 13:34

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Originally Posted by chicken_eyebrow

mistaken for unmarked police in your silver / white octavia?

It happened to me twice at the weekend, one of them was a BMW driver on his phone and I got a really dirty look when he realised I wasn't old bill

Not locally as they don't use them much round Cardiff, but lets just say the Cardiff to York trip I make quite often is often akin to Moses and the red sea

chicken_eyebrow · 28-04-2008, 13:47

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Originally Posted by fatty5000

lets just say the Cardiff to York trip I make quite often is often akin to Moses and the red sea

Fezboy · 28-04-2008, 13:50

Gerry

Beretta · 28-04-2008, 16:04

Andyrew...............LOL

Kylethompson30 · 28-04-2008, 16:07

still get this a bit, used to happen more often when mine (03) was newer though... still a giggle when they go by on the motorway and you whip it out behind them...always make an effort of trying to do it on purpose to porsches hehe

ethos · 28-04-2008, 16:11

A couple of times, I'm thinking of buying a hi vis jacket and wearing it to work........

(No seriously).

Kylethompson30 · 28-04-2008, 16:15

lol or just get some blue lights (without turning them on) and mount them behind the head rests... with a hi vis jacket left on the parcel shelf lol

tartanarmy · 28-04-2008, 16:29

I mostly get kids running off thinking im gonna take there weed

Being a black car and on dark nights you can roll up the road slowly to make for a more realistic scenario.
Its not very often i get mistaken on the roads tho even tho there is a similar black vrs in our area usually because of the 18" rims

Only this morning i wished i had been mistaken for a police vrs tho ,I got tugged for overtaking an unmarked clapped out toyota

slightly clockwise of legal
Although to be fair they did let me off

chicken_eyebrow · 28-04-2008, 16:34

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Originally Posted by Kylethompson30

still a giggle when they go by on the motorway and you whip it out behind them...

Sunday morning an Accord Type-R went belting by me in the fast lane doing well over a ton. I popped out behind him and the brake lights went on a bit quickly!

Kylethompson30 · 28-04-2008, 16:35

My girlfriends at uni in brum and there are around 5 (some marked some unmarked) octavia VRS mk 1s running around in one area... all a few years old. Hence when I drive up to see her I normally get people slowing when they see me. Obvious the budget car of choice for chasing drug dealers in the area (perry barr...pretty rough). Saying that they've got a clapped out old 306 as well :-O

tartanarmy · 28-04-2008, 16:41

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Originally Posted by Kylethompson30

My girlfriends at uni in brum and there are around 5 (some marked some unmarked) octavia VRS mk 1s running around in one area... all a few years old. Hence when I drive up to see her I normally get people slowing when they see me. Obvious the budget car of choice for chasing drug dealers in the area (perry barr...pretty rough). Saying that they've got a clapped out old 306 as well :-O

Add that clapped out toyota to the brums police salvage squad was in harborne he started following me,, it also had 132k on the clock

Kylethompson30 · 28-04-2008, 16:46

It's weird... I live in bristol and most of the cars are 55 + (sadly I've only seen 2 octavias). Although 80% of the cars are focus diesel estates... but they seem to be stepping up with some rather nice new shiny BMW estates. Did hear that Avon and Somerset police still use a Cosworth on regular unmarked patrols... think I'd brick it being pulled by a cossie... not what you invisage the local plod driving around!

Those evos in london and various parts of the country look tasty... what a job that would be patrolling the streets in a 300BHP monster...

tartanarmy · 28-04-2008, 16:48

I recently have started slowing for the new mondeos....seen a few of them unmarked now

TrevorB33 · 28-04-2008, 17:47

just a few times lol considering to an from my work a wear a hi vis while driving, an usually have my headlights on all the time, habit cause of driving buses, lol

sharkrider · 28-04-2008, 18:00

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Originally Posted by tartanarmy

I recently have started slowing for the new mondeos....seen a few of them unmarked now

we have an unmarked modeo... its the last type though, an ST220...... easily visible due to his ariels....

skinnyman · 28-04-2008, 18:11

It has happened a few times. I tend not to drive too fast on the motorway, so sit on the inside lane at, or just below 70mph. Quite regularly people flying down the outside lane miraculously loose a lot of speed, crawl past trying to look sideways whilst facing forwards and then zoom off again once they see me!

I think being debadged and a reasonably newish reg helps the illusion.

mrmo · 28-04-2008, 19:18

apparently there were two. one has been sent for scrap after an incident.

Hulk1978 · 28-04-2008, 20:21

I quite regularly get people hit the anchors especially if i have a white shirt on. Every time i tell someone what i am driving now they always say "thats the ones the police use isnt it?
The Octavia Mk1 especially does seem to be associated with policecars though.

Shifty · 28-04-2008, 20:22

Yes, so I fitted blue strobe flashers in my headlights

Until i was asked to remove them by the real old bill

tartanarmy · 28-04-2008, 20:29

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Originally Posted by mrmo

apparently there were two. one has been sent for scrap after an incident.

If i remember correctly i think that evo was featured on tv. (police camera action i think)
It was written off on the first day by a van backing into it ,And there was two in that force

mrmo · 28-04-2008, 20:55

I don't know if it was on tv, but yes that was how two became one. Doesn't cost the police anything, i believe they are given cars for publicity purposes.

tartanarmy · 29-04-2008, 00:03

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Originally Posted by mrmo

I don't know if it was on tv, but yes that was how two became one. Doesn't cost the police anything, i believe they are given cars for publicity purposes.

Yea deffo was cant remember when tho...they showed the video evidence from the car being mangled

All in the 1st day of duty lol

sharkrider · 29-04-2008, 00:13

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Originally Posted by Shifty

Yes, so I fitted blue strobe flashers in my headlights

Until i was asked to remove them by the real old bill

they were cool

and our old bill have a marked evo they use day to day...... based in Workington....

WRC_068 · 29-04-2008, 05:35

Happens to me all the time lol,

If I sit slow in the inside lane, I get a lot of people slammin on the brakes until they realise i'm not a cop then they scream off raging. If i'm on the outside lane coming up behind someone they very swiftly move out of my way.

I always drive with my xenon's on this porbably adds to the effect. Most of the unmarked traffic cars i've seen seem to have xenon's on no matter what weather.

Also being in the RAF helps, my shirts have epilets with a rank slide on them lol

Ross
WRC_068

28-04-2008, 13:32	#1
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28-04-2008, 16:07	#6
Kylethompson30 Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 104 Members Car: 03 VRS Octavia Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Has anyone been... still get this a bit, used to happen more often when mine (03) was newer though... still a giggle when they go by on the motorway and you whip it out behind them...always make an effort of trying to do it on purpose to porsches hehe

28-04-2008, 16:11	#7
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28-04-2008, 16:15	#8
Kylethompson30 Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 104 Members Car: 03 VRS Octavia Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Has anyone been... lol or just get some blue lights (without turning them on) and mount them behind the head rests... with a hi vis jacket left on the parcel shelf lol

28-04-2008, 16:29	#9
tartanarmy Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 59 Members Car: Mk1 VRS Thanks: 2 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Has anyone been... I mostly get kids running off thinking im gonna take there weed Being a black car and on dark nights you can roll up the road slowly to make for a more realistic scenario. Its not very often i get mistaken on the roads tho even tho there is a similar black vrs in our area usually because of the 18" rims Only this morning i wished i had been mistaken for a police vrs tho ,I got tugged for overtaking an unmarked clapped out toyota slightly clockwise of legal Although to be fair they did let me off

28-04-2008, 16:35	#11
Kylethompson30 Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 104 Members Car: 03 VRS Octavia Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Has anyone been... My girlfriends at uni in brum and there are around 5 (some marked some unmarked) octavia VRS mk 1s running around in one area... all a few years old. Hence when I drive up to see her I normally get people slowing when they see me. Obvious the budget car of choice for chasing drug dealers in the area (perry barr...pretty rough). Saying that they've got a clapped out old 306 as well :-O

28-04-2008, 16:46	#13
Kylethompson30 Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 104 Members Car: 03 VRS Octavia Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Has anyone been... It's weird... I live in bristol and most of the cars are 55 + (sadly I've only seen 2 octavias). Although 80% of the cars are focus diesel estates... but they seem to be stepping up with some rather nice new shiny BMW estates. Did hear that Avon and Somerset police still use a Cosworth on regular unmarked patrols... think I'd brick it being pulled by a cossie... not what you invisage the local plod driving around! Those evos in london and various parts of the country look tasty... what a job that would be patrolling the streets in a 300BHP monster...

28-04-2008, 16:48	#14
tartanarmy Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 59 Members Car: Mk1 VRS Thanks: 2 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Has anyone been... I recently have started slowing for the new mondeos....seen a few of them unmarked now

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TrevorB33 Briskodian Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: essex Posts: 653 Members Car: Skoda Octavia TDI mk1 Thanks: 35 Thanked 28 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Has anyone been... just a few times lol considering to an from my work a wear a hi vis while driving, an usually have my headlights on all the time, habit cause of driving buses, lol __________________ "Impossible to say"

28-04-2008, 18:11	#17
skinnyman Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Up North Posts: 574 Members Car: Mk1 vRS Thanks: 8 Thanked 15 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Has anyone been... It has happened a few times. I tend not to drive too fast on the motorway, so sit on the inside lane at, or just below 70mph. Quite regularly people flying down the outside lane miraculously loose a lot of speed, crawl past trying to look sideways whilst facing forwards and then zoom off again once they see me! I think being debadged and a reasonably newish reg helps the illusion. __________________

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Hulk1978 Briskodian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Black Country Posts: 38 Members Car: Ocktavia VRS MK1 Thanks: 3 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Has anyone been... I quite regularly get people hit the anchors especially if i have a white shirt on. Every time i tell someone what i am driving now they always say "thats the ones the police use isnt it? The Octavia Mk1 especially does seem to be associated with policecars though.

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mrmo Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 137 Members Car: Octavia GLX Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Has anyone been... I don't know if it was on tv, but yes that was how two became one. Doesn't cost the police anything, i believe they are given cars for publicity purposes.

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WRC_068 Briskodian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Alnwick, Northumberland Posts: 104 Members Car: Skoda Octavia vRS WRC No 068 Thanks: 9 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Has anyone been... Happens to me all the time lol, If I sit slow in the inside lane, I get a lot of people slammin on the brakes until they realise i'm not a cop then they scream off raging. If i'm on the outside lane coming up behind someone they very swiftly move out of my way. I always drive with my xenon's on this porbably adds to the effect. Most of the unmarked traffic cars i've seen seem to have xenon's on no matter what weather. Also being in the RAF helps, my shirts have epilets with a rank slide on them lol Ross WRC_068 __________________ WRC No 068/100 Carbonio CAI, Milltek turbo back + sport cat, Forge 007p, REVO Stage II, Black Diamond Disc's and pad's, Dog Bone Poly bush, Toyo T1-R's, Alpine HU, Twin Vibe Subs, MTX Amp, Window Tints , Koni FSD's, H&R Springs WHEEEEEEEEEE TSSSSSSSH

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