Lothian & Borders racers beware!

Borderspeed · 20-11-2006, 20:33

New toy in the garage at work.........

Marked Audi A3 3.2 Quattro coming to get you

You have been warned!

Regards,
Steve

**VRStu** · 20-11-2006, 21:07

Watching the recent series of Car Wars they have been using the 3.2 A3's as unmarked daily runabouts.

WW_VRS · 20-11-2006, 21:20

Which kinda sux as I sometimes have a little play with them (until they put their foot down

)

Borderspeed · 20-11-2006, 22:16

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Originally Posted by WW_VRS

Which kinda sux as I sometimes have a little play with them (until they put their foot down

)

Especially when they are behind you when they do it, and put on the strobe light display

Got a couple of 4X4 Turbo Octavias,unmarked for that stealth approach too!

Cheers,
Steve

Dmac1969 · 20-11-2006, 22:54

What colour under the markings , silver or white?

Wardy · 20-11-2006, 23:12

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Originally Posted by VRStu

Watching the recent series of Car Wars they have been using the 3.2 A3's as unmarked daily runabouts.

Yep, that's round here. Saw that one from Car Wars a couple of months ago near Manc city centre. Debadged as well IIRC, so could nearly pass as a 1.6 Sport/S-Line

Steve

Borderspeed · 20-11-2006, 23:48

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Originally Posted by Dmac1969

What colour under the markings , silver or white?

Silver,its a Gucci bit of kit!
Steve

pittVRS · 21-11-2006, 00:50

The local constabulary driving school got it slightly wrong on a roundabout recently.

Wardy · 21-11-2006, 00:57

I bet they simply loved people coming and taking pictures of that!

That looks like quite a big off

Steve

pittVRS · 21-11-2006, 01:08

So I gather luckily no one was hurt, only the instructor's pride.

stevenh · 21-11-2006, 01:09

I saw my first Octy patrol car in 'the flesh' yesterday - it was passing Bilston on the A701.

Pity I was in Mrs H Picasso and not my Octy - I could have waved

Shifty · 21-11-2006, 01:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Borderspeed

New toy in the garage at work.........

Marked Audi A3 3.2 Quattro coming to get you

You have been warned!

Regards,
Steve

Shame I don't live up that way. I'd love to humiliate that.

***Neo_VR*** · 21-11-2006, 13:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wardy

Yep, that's round here. Saw that one from Car Wars a couple of months ago near Manc city centre. Debadged as well IIRC, so could nearly pass as a 1.6 Sport/S-Line

Steve

Yup.. ive seen it on-pursuit of a chavved up scooby in prestwich... dark blue and unmarked... i only noticed it was a police car when its lights came on... (i was about to give chase too)

WW_VRS · 21-11-2006, 15:26

Oops

PS I don't race them above NSL, this was a sliproad and we kinda both booted it, I'm not stupid enough to scream onto the M4 doing major speed to hit the side of a lorry and kill myself

(especially during the rush hour where people change lanes without indicating on a FAR too frequent basis, but let's not even go there)

That aside, must be great fun to drive. On the M4 I've seen a Lexus, Ford Focus, Volvo unmarked + a load of marked ones too of various makes.

Dmac1969 · 21-11-2006, 20:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Borderspeed

Silver,its a Gucci bit of kit!
Steve

Hmm , it seems a lot of forces have switched to Silver to get better resale value on their cars at auction when they are finished with them , Berwick (Northumbria) have a Silver Nissan X-Trail. It's a pity they reckon White is coming back in and Silver is on the way out!

Borderspeed · 21-11-2006, 21:39

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Originally Posted by Shifty

Shame I don't live up that way. I'd love to humiliate that.

Welcome to try.....this ones been breathed on

Cheers,
Steve

Borderspeed · 21-11-2006, 21:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevenh

I saw my first Octy patrol car in 'the flesh' yesterday - it was passing Bilston on the A701.

Pity I was in Mrs H Picasso and not my Octy - I could have waved

What colour and reg was it?
Regards,
Steve

Shifty · 21-11-2006, 22:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Borderspeed

Welcome to try.....this ones been breathed on

Cheers,
Steve

Thats ok, so has this Octavia

Borderspeed · 21-11-2006, 22:52

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Originally Posted by Shifty

Thats ok, so has this Octavia

Yep, but Air Support and Armed Response Vehicles are a bit of a bugger and having your gonads chewed by a seriously pee'd off Alsation kind of ruins your day unless you are into that kind of thing

Your move!

Steve

stevenh · 22-11-2006, 01:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Borderspeed

What colour and reg was it?
Regards,
Steve

White estate with the standard yellow/blue decals.

Never got the reg.

Dr Zoidberg · 23-11-2006, 11:32

Not just at resale time - quite a few cars simply aren't available in white unless they get a batch specially ordered.

Oh , and my local station now has a black unmarked Octy II VRS estate to replace their silver Mk1 hatch

pixi · 23-11-2006, 12:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Borderspeed

having your gonads chewed by a seriously pee'd off Alsation kind of ruins your day unless you are into that kind of thing

I wouldn't put it passed him to be into that sort of thing

When GSD's dont wanna let go, they dont let go. Ouch!

Borderspeed · 23-11-2006, 12:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by pixi

I wouldn't put it passed him to be into that sort of thing

When GSD's dont wanna let go, they dont let go. Ouch!

@Pixi.

We like to call them Alsatians instead of GSD's as it severely pee's off the handlers!

Regards,
Steve

***ncarring*** · 23-11-2006, 13:21

Has the PC madness extended to dogs' names now?

edit: that's "Political Correctness", constable ...

20-11-2006, 20:33	#1
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