The unmarked Police Car thread

Candy Monster · Post by **Candy Monster** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:49 pm

What unmarked motors smell of bacon in your area?

I've seen the following recently in surrey:

focus ST - blue (and possibly a silver one)

passat - blue or black

used to see a saabs 9-3s and volvo V70s about

spoony · Post by **spoony** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:03 pm

Mainly Vectra's around Central Lancs although there are at least two silver 5 series BMWs but I'm led to believe they aren't traffic...

SCOTT · Post by **SCOTT** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:05 pm

here in south wales we have quite a variety

bmw 5 series saloons and estates in silver

bmw 3 series saloon, in dark colours lol

vectras in a variety of colours

proberly one or 2 volvos left out and about too.

used to have an evo in black unmarked but that got written off.

Shewie · Post by **Shewie** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:23 pm

Plenty of dark blue Volvo V70s doing the rounds on the M62

I got pulled for jumping a red before chrimbo by a silver X5

One or two scoobies about too but they're mainly out in the sticks for catching up with the bikers.

greenstick · Post by **greenstick** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:15 pm

Round Leeds I've seen:

Grey 5 series
plenty of silver/grey astras and vectras
dark blue astras.
Also seen a Vauxhall Signum but can't remember colour, think it was dark blue

class · Post by **class** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:10 pm

A yellow Skoda...yes I'm serious!!

ashley1407 · Post by **ashley1407** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:26 am

I'm always a bit wary about the Skoda Octavia VRS as I've seen no end of these as unmarked police cars.

The marked cars always have a good look at my Roc though!

jammyd · Post by **jammyd** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:40 pm

M6 toll has atleast 1 black Skoda on it!

juniorbanks · Post by **juniorbanks** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:53 pm

New SEAT Ibiza around Medway in Kent

thecrofter · Post by **thecrofter** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:15 pm

Grey Golf R32 regularly clocked on my commute on the M6 between Jn1-J3a. Also a black Focus ST ????AZT.

wigit · Post by **wigit** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:19 pm

thecrofter wrote:Grey Golf R32 regularly clocked on my commute on the M6 between Jn1-J3a. Also a black Focus ST ????AZT.

that black ST loiters on the A38 between bassets pole and minworth

fun meter · Post by **fun meter** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:04 pm

In middle of Kent, its generally BMW's that are unmarked. Things like 5 series and X3's. Very well unmarked. Seen random makes though, heard those ones are cars they've taken.

stevieboy · Post by **stevieboy** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 6:34 am

wigit wrote:
thecrofter wrote:Grey Golf R32 regularly clocked on my commute on the M6 between Jn1-J3a. Also a black Focus ST ????AZT.
that black ST loiters on the A38 between bassets pole and minworth

Saw the black ST on Sunday morning at the northbound A446/M6 Toll/M42 junction. He'd just nicked a silver 3 Series Coupe! At 05:45 in the morning!!

Miserable.

dir06 · Post by **dir06** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:59 pm

Any fellow 'rocco drivers up in the midlands area who wants to put his/her foot down a bit may wanna watch out for an unmarked police mk5 golf r32 reg BX58 WVT which i saw pull someone over one the M40 south-bound earlier on today.

Post by **Kev** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:10 pm

I've seen a black unmarked Golf up that end of the M40 too. Last time I saw it he had a Polo pulled.

juniorbanks · Post by **juniorbanks** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 3:21 pm

Around the Maidstone: Kent area in the past 2 weeks have seen (all black) a Seat Leon, BMW M3, Ford Galaxy (yes i double looked too) and a Volvo Estate

fun meter · Post by **fun meter** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 4:26 pm

Theres loads around Maidstone. Quite a selection of BMW's and a few Audi's which all come from the traffic police place near Aylesford. Almost all I've seen are black with tinted windows. X3, X5, 3 and 5 series, A6...

Budget cuts may not be all so bad...

jammyd · Post by **jammyd** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 5:01 pm

The smell of bacon was wafting out of a Black BMW 5 Series on the M6 this morning!

Shorum · Post by **Shorum** » Mon May 30, 2011 7:12 pm

3-series CN58 EHH dark blue in Swansea. It has sneakily followed me twice now.

Ryy · Post by **Ryy** » Mon May 30, 2011 9:27 pm

Have seen the BMW 5 Series on the M6 before. A friend who left my work to join the force and met up with him a year later and he said they vary rarely have cars over 5 years, so anything that is a 56 plate and before should be safe. Also said that around 80 on normal motorways and 90 on the toll have been known to be let go.

Both dependant on how you're driving of course - not doing cutting in, undertaking, weaving in and out, not indicating etc. He put it "If you're doing 90 on the toll and it's not hectic at all and you safely move back instead of lane hogging, you're more safe than an idiot doing 70 and trying to cut and dive through the traffic". - He's not driving, but is around on the traffic cops doing his tests.

By the way, in the mids (not sure they do the Motorway or not), but around Wednesbury their Police Station has a Mitsubishi Evolution X and 2 Impreza WRX's. I got pulled in My ST once for accelerating too hard (although I never went over 30!) and going round a speed bump up a dip in the gutter (doh!).

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