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Feb 11th, 2019, 19:35 | #51 |
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Feb 11th, 2019, 22:06 | #52 | |
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The Volvo T5 overtook the Senators and then Omega and turned out to be a great police car. I couldn't believe the performance of them. I was overtaken by one and I wasn't sitting about in my Senator but I couldn't look at the T5. My everyday patrol car was the BMW 525i, 24v. Good and reliable but not very comfy. |
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Feb 12th, 2019, 02:12 | #53 |
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Vastly underrated, because of the name of its manufacturer, but it ticked all the boxes, luxurious, economical (for its size/ambience) reliable, lovely retro styling, yet still looks undated, etc etc. My 75 is now owned by my son in law, sailed through MoT late last year, 268000 miles
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Feb 12th, 2019, 19:37 | #56 | |
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I loved my 24v Senator on traffic and the car felt like it was hewn out of granite. That said, when we got the 850 T5's they were a a different beast. Brutal in it's power delivery compared to the Senator but a better patrol car? Each had it's virtues. My last shift on Traffic was a night shift and at about 3.30am in the morning we got called to a burglary in progress. Travelling north on the A1M between J61 and J62 it runs steeply downhill with a slight right hand kink in the bottom before climbing again. In an 850 T5 with well over 130k on the clock we went through the dip at 147 mph on the vascar. It never budged. Happy days
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Feb 12th, 2019, 22:27 | #57 | |
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Best I ever got was 148 in the 5 Series. Foot to the floor but it wouldn't do its 155mph. Too fast and brought it down to about 120mph. Much more comfortable. Not sure how that guy in the Artic survived but he did! |
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Feb 12th, 2019, 23:16 | #58 | |
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Feb 13th, 2019, 10:59 | #59 |
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Too cryptic for me Dibble.
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Feb 13th, 2019, 21:56 | #60 |
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The livery of the Durham patrol cars was a kind of coffee colour whereas everyone else had white cars with a red stripe or battenberg. Is that the part you refer to?
When I return from Bruntingthorpe in my Amazon on 1st April, I will lookout for this dip you referred to on A1M. Apologies for spelling of 'knew'. |
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