Ex-police car - any good?

a_sav

Brother had a Passat on the Y plat never had a ny problems.. interesting the holes

flang

I would never buy anything that SCUM have once owned!

nomoneytoday

flang wrote: »

I would never buy anything that SCUM have once owned!

Since the Police are paid for by the public purse, that means you would partially own it too

Rolandtheroadie

I've had a couple of ex police 827's. 1 was a chief inspectors (apparently) with air con and hadnt been butchered.
A M8 had an Omega armed response one, complete with room to lock 2 pistols in the storage between the front seets and kevlar still in the cavity of the rear wing's.

rev_henry

big_gay_kirk wrote: »

I had an ex cid Mk2 escort.... blue... badged as a 1300, but had a 1600 pinto fitted.... also had an escort van back axle, and an escort sport gearbox.... but a 1300 L interior.... ran it for six years, with no problems until someone shoved a Peugeot 205 into the side of it.....

That's what police cars tend to be don't they? The biggest/fastest engine with the cheapest spec? So they're often not your standard civilian spec that you could buy new yourself.

tomstickland

Sounds ideal to me. Fastest and with none of the pointless tat.

Happychappy

gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »

I've had 2 ex police cars over the years. A 81 sierra 2.0 gl in white...no problems at all.

And one of best ever cars 91 Rover 827 manual (rare as hens teeth) in blue, this had been a class one driver training car and was in the most incredible condition, i will not say how fast it could go, but could still hold its own now.

Both of these were in superb condition with no faults.

The rover came with a service print out (service history to die for) and thats the sort of one off i'd be looking for.

Strangely enough plod don't fit any cheap and cheeful parts eg. brakes/tyres to their cars.

IMO these can be a good buy but only if your keeping it for a few years as many people are prejudiced against them as you are already reading.

Was the Rover by any chance from a midlands force just north of leicester ?

Happychappy

flang wrote: »

I would never buy anything that SCUM have once owned!

So how do you get rid of your cars ? surely you can share your secret with all the other scum :rolleyes:

custardy

Happychappy wrote: »

So how do you get rid of your cars ? surely you can share your secret with all the other scum :rolleyes:

to be fair with the avatar & attitude he's filling the stereotype nicely

Ice_Diesel

I have just bought an 03 plate Focus which was first registered to Nottingham Police Force, although I have only had it just over a week I think its a brilliant little car! Its a 1.8TDDi with 110k on the clock but runs like a dream and so far I have got 90 miles on quarter of a tank. Several people I have spoken to have said ex-police cars are good and I would probably buy another. The dash was a bit butchered and it had the holes in the roof where the aerials were but its all been sealed and doesnt leak! Overall I would say if you dont mind the miles then seriously consider one as the history is quite good!