New Highway Cop Cars

[vr5speed]

the cops r gettin new highway pursuit cars ford typhoon f6 red ones just gettin them ready for them at work so keep and eye out for them might have to do something to them so they cant catch up (loosen a intercooler pipe) lol

[calais_304]

still amazes me why they need such expensive cars???

[pandacav]

so they can get 2 the dough nut shop quicker

[Clutchy]

still amazes me why they need such expensive cars???

To catch me in my old Hilux

[minux]

still amazes me why they need such expensive cars???

It gets the idiots who steal the cars to drive faster quicker, thus hitting a pole and killing themselves even faster. This cuts costs everywhere, less fuel used etc etc

[calais_304]

It gets the idiots who steal the cars to drive faster quicker, thus hitting a pole and killing themselves even faster. This cuts costs everywhere, less fuel used etc etc

that is the most pathetic excuse i have ever heard! did your brother tell you that, or is it because of lack of driver skill they need to have the best of the best.

spose it would make sence.

[minux]

that is the most pathetic excuse i have ever heard! did your brother tell you that, or is it because of lack of driver skill they need to have the best of the best.

spose it would make sence.

Its called sarcasm, however, in the real world, police need cars to keep up with the ever increasing high speed driver. By having performance cars it keeps police on a level playing field. Would you in your stocky car take on a tuned phoon?

[R0d]

they probally have a deal with ford or maybe they just want to drive in style

[s0sage]

spose they'lll get the F6 because its the only other "reasonable" car you can buy in australia that can beat the VE SS

[maxy0987]

id also like to take this apportunity to point out that the police will stop a chase once it is 'unsafe'. Now to me that means that they dont need a car that can do 220 without problems because they will call off any chases before those speeds are reached.
Its all a wank factor i think, the cars have power and yes, if they tried to chase you they would probably get you but they wouldnt try. Its like their guns, they have them but never use them because of all the red tape they need to go through once they pull it out of the holster.

Guess what im trying to say is that they CAN catch you with a car for car chase, but the wont because they dont need to, they have other ways of catching you.

[Shounak]

What situations are there where a V6 wouldn't do the same job as a V8 for police? How often do cops get involved in pursuits where a V6 isn't adequate but a V8 is?

Unless you're chasing down V8's all the time, it's not required. I'd say most of the time people would pull over when they see the flashies or the cop would be able to get their plates anyway..

I don't think Paddy waggons are at much of a disadvantage compared to their SS counterparts, personally..

I reckon the coppers will agree with me..

[stocky]

if the cop car is sitting on the side of the road stationary, and a car goes past at 120km/h, they will need the v8 to accelerate fast enough to catch them. those extra seconds saved can mean a lot in a pursuit

[Shounak]

if the cop car is sitting on the side of the road stationary, and a car goes past at 120km/h, they will need the v8 to accelerate fast enough to catch them. those extra seconds saved can mean a lot in a pursuit

I don't think they NEED the V8, of course the V8 would be better, but a 6 would be adequate methinks..

Or maybe more people think about outrunning cops than I know. I'm guessing it would be a rare occurence and in the case it does, the difference between a 6 or an 8 wouldn't mean too much..

[semi]

well us folks here in WA dont have cops with V8's, all the commodores and falcons are 6's. Which in theory makes my stocky VR exec faster than a cop. not gonna try it out though

[Patrio7]

heh saw a VN wagon in joondalup the other day, putting along, you could hear the work done to the engine and then the guy flares it up and plants it leaving a large puff of smoke and his signiture on the road, i was in a carpark at the time so missed seeing it directly but i felt sory for the amount of L platers crawlign around and all the Peds tryign to cross the road. lunacy.

but back on topic, i think peformance cars are unneeded by cops. give em a fleet of omega's with a police only fitment of the tiptronic shifter ( as seen in the S etc ) and let them be done with it. if they need more, stiff. give em a decent dash mount camera to snap up the plates on the move ( link it with speedo ) and then just dont pull people up, mail em all citations.

[greenfoam]

If I were to floor my VP as soon as I saw a cop brake on the highway to come and get me I could be a couple ks in front of a 6 cylinder van before he even got up to speed, that might be enough distance for me to escape up a side road unseen. Plus the vans are not supposed to go over 150 but the last time I got pulled over for no reason apart from your typical bored night time harrasment he caught up quicker than someone doing 150 :P, I think he just wanted an excuse to give it a flogging. The interceptors allways seem to be too busy going somewhere important to pull you over for random harrasment on the highways so I like them .

Anyway the faster interceptors can make all the difference (they also stop alot better/quicker)

Also how would you go about buying a cheap SS in a few years time if there was no ex interceptors : )

[Patrio7]

i don't like the idea of the highway patrol cars though. why do i always see them on backstreets, maybe once or twice on a busy 60k zone and probably what, twice in 2 years on the freeway!?

[TI0350]

I live on a main road so we tend to get alot of cop cars going past quite regularly we get more then one on a call going past.. You will hear 1 or 2
LS1's go past then perhaps 30 secs later a bunch of 6 packs.. Guess they use the V8's to get somewhere quicker then a 6..
Btw if cop cars are stock how come they sound alot more beefier then mine when they go past.. We had a car chase going on not long ago where this cars was being chased by 2 marked falcons i guess they 6 packs next thing there is this V8 roar and the H'way patrol had joined in the chase was over a minute later.. Mate years ago we would look at the latest cop cars a say man I wouldn't try and out run that.. These days too many people think they can out run the cops it comes down to some people these days not having any respect for anything..

[calais_304]

I dont mind cops having SS or XR8's but seriously a typhoon they don't need that why do they need to spend the extra 20k, that 20k they could put under the bonnet and would rip the typhoon a new arsehole.
my point is they don't need FPV's and HSV's

[Marco-EFIVL]

Live in Balcatta and you'll get your daily dose of Patrol Cars.... Bloody wogs...

[Sabbath']

Its all publicity...like those 20 odd gold SS's they had a while ago, for a 2 month period or something like that...just to draw attention to a "Road Campaign" or whatever

[atuclb]

As mentioned earlier the highway patrols need the extra power, so that when a car travelling in the oppostie direction towards them are clocked at about 120km/h, say up to 160km/h they need the power to catch up. Ie by the time they slow down, turn around and then plant it to catch up immagine how far away the other car already is, and then it continues at 160... Thats were they need the power.

That is why it if generally only the highway cars that are the high performance models and general patrols have the base models

[PaRaDoX]

greenfoam has a very good point,

they are highperformance cars, not only in engine capactiy, but in braking/suspension/safety features

i think its also for intimidation, would you really try to escape in your little v6 if it were a typhoon?? well maybe if it were a Vl turbo running 20psi but thats a diffrent story (lol my idiot friend)

i agree divivans are slow... i passed one doing inexcess of 180km/h one night (call be a idiot but it was along time ago and i learnt my lesson)

by the time he turned round i was far gone... so yes, they do need these cars because its not dbout going 220km/h, its about getting to that speed quickly.... and with all the crap they fit to those cars (gps and adition crap like lights, radios) they significantly heavier than a stocky

[DJ'S LUVCHILD]

Im in the security industry and when we have a burg in progress the first thing is to call the 'jacks'. Now i cant underrstand why they need such power cause when they receive a call it usually takes them anywhere between 25 to 50 minutes to get to the scene.

so in my eyes the power is unjustified!

just give 'em a couple of rice burners, they do the same thing in the end, just not as luxurious!

[smokey_dj]

they do have rice burners trust me on thsi one