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Postby .:O4AGTZ:. » Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:43 am

Truth be told, it needs to be able to cram a handful of islanders over the rear axle.

Solution? ESTIMA
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Postby GDII » Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:56 am

.:O4AGTZ:. wrote:Truth be told, it needs to be able to cram a handful of islanders over the rear axle.

Solution? ESTIMA


Perfect solution. You aren't a car dealer in Porirua until you have at least 10 Estimas on your lot. Right by the the Police college too.
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Postby rolla_fxgt » Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:21 am

I see Holden is releasing the Malibu as a model to fit between the cruze and the commodore in size. Looked about as big as a camry in size.
Perhaps that'll be the next cop car. Saw a sweet pic of the turbo version Chev took to SEMA.

Cops only ever fit 2 prisoners max in the back of a cop car, and if they're big Samoans, they'll probably put them in individual cop cars, to save the risk of them all overpowering the cops and causing an accident. Or just chuck them in the paddy wagon.

And Ford have just released a cop spec Focus ST wagon in the UK with 252hp. Could fit more prisoners in a wagon, just tie one or two into the boot.
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Postby S T E A L T H » Fri Oct 26, 2012 2:03 pm

dnalunchie wrote:do you have the turbo mondeo? because the ecoboost model makes 147kw and 300nm.


LX TDCi. more torque than the ecoboost (340nm) and comparable power. I drove both and the diesel felt a lot more pleasant for daily use

147kw isnt a heck of a lot, considering the SV6 has 210kw.

By the way. Right on cue.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/7851333/New-Commodore-coming-in-November



This also is of interest.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/7857358/HSV-racer-previews-hybrid-Holden-V8


I fully agree with what a few people have already said. What the cops have now is the best option, period. What do you think the real-world fuel consupmtion of a Mazda 6 or a Hyuindai I45 would be, when used as a frontline car (that gets thrashed to within an inch of its life at least twice a day, carries up to 5 large passengers at a time etc etc. )
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Postby .:O4AGTZ:. » Fri Oct 26, 2012 2:54 pm

There is nothing wrong with the current cars they use, they have just pointed out that fuel consumption is not favourable.

Swap out 50,000 Commodores for something less suited to the job and save a bit on gas (possibly) < perhaps with this issue the Police have it could be another step towards less tax on petrol or something like that. If the Police force are affected, im sure the governement have some inkling to help
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Postby Bling » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:10 pm

Isn't the government is cutting the police budget? I'm not sure they care all that much tbh.
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Postby .:O4AGTZ:. » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:16 pm

BZG|Bling wrote:Isn't the government is cutting the police budget? I'm not sure they care all that much tbh.


I dont understand politics lol

All I am saying is that if something funded by the governement is affected (and they want to cut funding???) why would they not focus some effort on eliminating the source of the problem, which is gas prices. In the process they would help the general public as well as themselves.

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Postby wde_bdy » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:41 pm

.:O4AGTZ:. wrote:
BZG|Bling wrote:Isn't the government is cutting the police budget? I'm not sure they care all that much tbh.


I dont understand politics lol

All I am saying is that if something funded by the governement is affected (and they want to cut funding???) why would they not focus some effort on eliminating the source of the problem, which is gas prices. In the process they would help the general public as well as themselves.

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No, they wouldn't help themselves by cutting fuel levies to reduce police operating costs because their income from fuel levies goes down by more than what they would save.

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Postby .:O4AGTZ:. » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:45 pm

wde_bdy wrote:
.:O4AGTZ:. wrote:
BZG|Bling wrote:Isn't the government is cutting the police budget? I'm not sure they care all that much tbh.


I dont understand politics lol

All I am saying is that if something funded by the governement is affected (and they want to cut funding???) why would they not focus some effort on eliminating the source of the problem, which is gas prices. In the process they would help the general public as well as themselves.

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No, they wouldn't help themselves by cutting fuel levies to reduce police operating costs because their income from fuel levies goes down by more than what they would save.

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Postby rolla_fxgt » Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:55 pm

BZG|Bling wrote:Isn't the government is cutting the police budget? I'm not sure they care all that much tbh.


No that's crap put out by labour all the time in the hope if they say something enough people might think its true.

Police budget was one of the few to increase in the last budget.
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Postby rollaholic » Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:24 pm

please no more politics!
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Postby dnalunchie » Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:25 pm

Really really interesting vid on the new cop cars in use in the US.

They even come with electronic gun locks that send a signal back to base when unlocked.

Very cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxudlwOE ... ature=plcp
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Postby blindnz » Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:24 pm

http://www.caradvice.com.au/197298/chev ... sema-show/

200hp+ - overland fuel economy of 7l/100kmh 4 doors 0-100 in 6.3 s

Sounds ideal for the police.
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