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Donkey
, Dec 02 2006 05:57 PM
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Posted 02 December 2006 - 07:55 PM
Interesting! I shall let you know what lighting equipment our new Astra has tomorrow after I beat the sgt to it!
#3
Posted 03 December 2006 - 01:10 PM
I look forward to the time when the police see sense and use the LED lightbars that the response paramedic cars use.
#4
Posted 03 December 2006 - 11:49 PM
Our new Astra has the old style lightbar. We're due a 3 new vehicles next year...I'll keep you informed! 
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Posted 04 December 2006 - 01:31 PM
I agree with phoenix the paramedic rapid response vehicles look the mutts nuts......visible from miles away side blues, and a siren that can actually be heard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope lancs follows suit with this. GMP have side blues on their vans surely this would make code 1's safer at junctions etc the more lights the better i say!!!!!
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#6
Posted 04 December 2006 - 03:37 PM
Whats going? VXB DFU and Disco?Our new Astra has the old style lightbar. We're due a 3 new vehicles next year...I'll keep you informed!
#7
Posted 04 December 2006 - 04:43 PM
Whats going? VXB DFU and Disco?
I assume that is the case. They'll all have 4 years service next year. VXB should be the first to go, followed by DFU. DKJ only has about 67k on the clock so they'll be reluctant to get rid so quickly.
#8
Posted 04 December 2006 - 07:09 PM
They're meant to go at three years or 100k miles, whichever comes last. However, this seems to be flexible to suit.
I've only seen one car with this lightbar, despite there being a few 56 plate vehicles knocking about. I got another peek at it last night and the new lightbars are made by RSG. The dashboard have five buttons (as opposed to the usual four) but I couldn't read them to see what the extra one did!
I've only seen one car with this lightbar, despite there being a few 56 plate vehicles knocking about. I got another peek at it last night and the new lightbars are made by RSG. The dashboard have five buttons (as opposed to the usual four) but I couldn't read them to see what the extra one did!
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Posted 04 December 2006 - 09:26 PM
They're meant to go at three years or 100k miles, whichever comes last. However, this seems to be flexible to suit.
I've only seen one car with this lightbar, despite there being a few 56 plate vehicles knocking about. I got another peek at it last night and the new lightbars are made by RSG. The dashboard have five buttons (as opposed to the usual four) but I couldn't read them to see what the extra one did!
At my nick we've heard that vehicles are now being kept for 4 years. It certainly seem like that is the case with our van having covered 110k!
I'm assuming the extra button is for runlock.
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Posted 05 December 2006 - 07:31 PM
They're meant to go at three years or 100k miles, whichever comes last. However, this seems to be flexible to suit.
I've only seen one car with this lightbar, despite there being a few 56 plate vehicles knocking about. I got another peek at it last night and the new lightbars are made by RSG. The dashboard have five buttons (as opposed to the usual four) but I couldn't read them to see what the extra one did!
Heat seaking rockets actually....
#11
Posted 05 December 2006 - 09:05 PM
I'm assuming the extra button is for runlock.
Correct... took me ages to figure out what it did.
#12
Posted 05 December 2006 - 09:52 PM
Correct... took me ages to figure out what it did.
The new car at Bacup has runlock too. I had to show some of the regulars how to use it as I'm "the oracle" when it comes to technology apparently!
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 09:24 AM
Pardon my ignorance but what is runlock??
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 09:27 AM
IGNORE the last i have discovered the coverted secrect of runlock.
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 12:42 PM
You've got it on one of your vehicles too then? Hurrah! Looks like it might be standard on all new vehicles then!Correct... took me ages to figure out what it did.
#16
Posted 06 December 2006 - 09:14 PM
Yep! 2 new cars just come, both with runlock (and the new car smell too )
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#17
Posted 06 December 2006 - 11:24 PM
Yep! 2 new cars just come, both with runlock (and the new car smell too
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But are they 1.3s like ours?
#19
Posted 07 December 2006 - 06:46 PM
Yep, you heard me right. 1.3CDTi Astras. With a Corsa engine...
All of the other Astras at my nick are 1.7s.
If the reg ends in something close to HXK then it's probably in the same batch, ergo probably a 1.3.
Shizzle.
All of the other Astras at my nick are 1.7s.
If the reg ends in something close to HXK then it's probably in the same batch, ergo probably a 1.3.
Shizzle.
#21
Posted 07 December 2006 - 09:02 PM
We need crown vic's....
If you want Crown Vic Police Interceptors give me a hell yeah!
#22
Posted 08 December 2006 - 12:24 PM
Hell no. But on the plus side we'd never be able to get them out of the nick car park.
Jon8uk, have your new motors got the LED lightbars or normal ones?
Jon8uk, have your new motors got the LED lightbars or normal ones?
#23
Posted 08 December 2006 - 08:19 PM
If you want Crown Vic Police Interceptors give me a hell yeah!
Hell Yeah!
#24
Posted 10 December 2006 - 03:49 AM
Hell no. But on the plus side we'd never be able to get them out of the nick car park.
Jon8uk, have your new motors got the LED lightbars or normal ones?
Normal ones I'm afraid.
#25
Posted 12 December 2006 - 10:58 PM
Had a new Astra today, 56 reg, 6 speed, runlock, but normal style lightbar. Very high revving, guess it must have been a 1.3.
