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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Spotted => Topic started by: Hedge on June 16, 2009, 10:48:54 pm
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A friend of mine posted this on another forum.
On the M6 & M6 toll between Junctions 12 and 1 there is a Steel Grey VW Golf R32 unmarked Police Car
Registration BU08 BKO.
It has a Motorsport sticker on the back and Blacked out rear side windows complete with the optional lighting pack.
I am sure that most, if not all, are law abiding citizens but lets be careful out there folks.
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Yeah ive seen this a few times on the side of the M6!
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There is also the Black R32 unmarked car in Warwickshire reg BX58WVT, very discreet with its lights hidden on the parcel shelf which pop up and also some small lights on the bottom sides of the back bumper!
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yeh a couple of people mentioned to me about R32's and even GTi's but im really carefull with the speed limit and i've never seen one myself. how do we know if its undercover to let people know? do they have bluetooths on or something silly!?!? :signIWS:
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They can be quite easy to spot if they have pulled someone over on the side of the road and have the lightshow running.
Failing that it would be the extra lights and hi-vis jackets.
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I always find the stab vests and the radios on the shoulder quite a good giveaway but i am always observing everyone and everything around me.
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Yep saw the Grey R32 today on the M6 while I was on the phone to Flora! :laugh:
I've also seen this car a few times on the M42 and recently followed it after it left Coleshill Police Station! :wink:
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the grey r32 is around that area quite a bit. also there is a black subaru, black st focus and silver skoda ocktavia vrs in the same area
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Personally, I prefer the unmarked cars - The drivers tend to follow you and assess your overall driving and then use some discretion. Nothing much to fear unless you're being silly.
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Yep saw the Grey R32 today on the M6 while I was on the phone to Flora! :laugh:
....I know you've got hands-free but I really do wish that the Police would have a blitz on mobile phone users while driving. They need the book throwing at them! It's far more dangerous than a focussed driver in a performance car who is just doing 85 in safe conditions.
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The drivers tend to follow you and assess your overall driving and then use some discretion. Nothing much to fear unless you're being silly.
They certainly do follow and use their discretion - I know, I used to do it ! Infact, most use a huge amount of discretion otherwise they'd run out of tickets very quickly.
Not fair forces using R32's when mine only gave me a 530d :sad:
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Yep saw the Grey R32 today on the M6 while I was on the phone to Flora! :laugh:
I really do wish that the Police would have a blitz on mobile phone users while driving. They need the book throwing at them! It's far more dangerous than a focussed driver in a performance car who is just doing 85 in safe conditions.
Most do hammer people on phones - it is one of those things that people never get a warning for .... unlike speeding when quite alot of discretion is generally used.
One of my guys did about 10 speeding tickets last year but 300+ mobile phone ones ... which I was more than happy with !
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Most do hammer people on phones - it is one of those things that people never get a warning for .... unlike speeding when quite alot of discretion is generally used.
One of my guys did about 10 speeding tickets last year but 300+ mobile phone ones ... which I was more than happy with !
....That's good to hear! It just shows how many people ignore the law on mobile phone use - Scary.
A mate of mine (who still is a marked car guy) pulled up alongside a bloke at traffic lights in his marked car and the bloke was chatting away on his mobile. My friend (in uniform in the passenger seat) glared at him to get off the phone and was going to leave it as a friendly verbal warning without a stop (both windows were down - A sunny day). But this bloke glared back and said "What the f*ck are you staring at!?". So on went both the blues and two's and he was told to follow and pull in. They threw the book at him and quite right too! They checked everything!
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so the moral of the story is dont be a tosser :laugh:
oh and i dont use a mobile so im clear on that one and wouldnt do over 90 (thats the speed of my motorway to work i try and go a lot less normally for economy) i hate it when your driving along with everyone else doing 80-90 and then some peenarse in a 4x4 comes right up your arse (maybe i shouldnt have said that, sounds a bit queer!) eejits!! respect thy fellow road users :happy2:
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so the moral of the story is dont be a tosser :laugh:
Yep !
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haha my mate got pulled by that exact R32 doing a ton in the toll road :signLOL:
needless to say 3 points :embarrassed:
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Yep saw the Grey R32 today on the M6 while I was on the phone to Flora! :laugh:
I've also seen this car a few times on the M42 and recently followed it after it left Coleshill Police Station! :wink:
:surprised: My dentist is in coleshill. Pass that station on the way there. Always thought it was a dinky little station.
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haha my mate got pulled by that exact R32 doing a ton in the toll road :signLOL:
needless to say 3 points :embarrassed:
very lucky it wasnt a ban doing 100...
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yeah i know! he already had 3 points from parking on a zig zag..
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You woundnt find me doing 3 figures on the toll.....
honest :driver:
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You woundnt find me doing 3 figures on the toll.....
honest :driver:
Isn't that what its for :chicken:
Being serious for a moment, there's a good case for a little experimentation by the authorities with the M6 Toll Road.
They should raise the limit to 90mph for a month and monitor the results. Incidents etc. Be interesting. No doubt they would need to keep an eye out, as there would be a few that would see 90 as a right to do 120 :grin: Just a thought.
Now Iv'e typed it I can see where this will go :grin:
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anyone fancy a road trip down the toll? :jumping: :evilgrin: :rolleye:
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bump, spotted the 5dr R32 dark grey in the services just before the M6 Toll (heading northbound) this weekend.
Was casually glancing over admiring the satin finish grille / telling the wife how useful a 5dr would be, when i spotted the hidden lights.
needless to say I might have been up for a 'play' on the toll road , so I'm glad we'd stopped. :surprised:
My father came same route few hrs later and spotted it having pulled someone on the toll itself.
take it easy out there and drive responsibly :happy2:
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bump, spotted the 5dr R32 dark grey in the services just before the M6 Toll (heading northbound) this weekend.
Was casually glancing over admiring the satin finish grille / telling the wife how useful a 5dr would be, when i spotted the hidden lights.
needless to say I might have been up for a 'play' on the toll road , so I'm glad we'd stopped. :surprised:
My father came same route few hrs later and spotted it having pulled someone on the toll itself.
take it easy out there and drive responsibly :happy2:
Not sure if your car is capable of going past 70mph. :wink:
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bump, spotted the 5dr R32 dark grey in the services just before the M6 Toll (heading northbound) this weekend.
Was casually glancing over admiring the satin finish grille / telling the wife how useful a 5dr would be, when i spotted the hidden lights.
needless to say I might have been up for a 'play' on the toll road , so I'm glad we'd stopped. :surprised:
My father came same route few hrs later and spotted it having pulled someone on the toll itself.
take it easy out there and drive responsibly :happy2:
Not sure if your car is capable of going past 170mph. :wink:
Id probably agree :happy2: