ex cop car?

ST09RM · 01-02-2008, 10:15 PM

does this look like an ex cop car?

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boss-290 · 01-02-2008, 10:17 PM

What gives it away?

Smoke Pursuit · 01-02-2008, 10:19 PM

Rear parking sensors, its kms / age / colour and price.

Scott · 01-02-2008, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by LSTerritoryGhia

Rear parking sensors, its kms / age / colour and price.

Not to mention the back of the drivers seat.

boss-290 · 01-02-2008, 10:47 PM

If its a highway patrol car, they don't detain felons in the back.

LOL "felons", how American.

lostdude · 01-02-2008, 11:55 PM

my car was an ex cop car. If you look in the engine bay there should be extra fuse box which i presume was for the lights and crap.

paulvdb · 02-02-2008, 11:17 AM

As per my car...

Driver's side A pillar holes, couple of mounting brackets top of glass behind rear vision mirror, marks on left a pillar from cable going to outside, could still have cut-outs in passenger door seal, inside of boot lid scuffed from the dills removing the signs in bootlid, extra holes and cables under bonnet, calibration sticker inside driver's door.

That said, $22k for the 6 speed turbo is good. The km is not really a major issue, just need to look for damage and abuse. A pre purchase inspection should catch that.

BFYOOT · 02-02-2008, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by GTP006

Not to mention the back of the drivers seat.

haha, reckon there might even be a partial finger nail left in it.........let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out.......................

Bent8 · 01-02-2008, 10:20 PM

I'd say yes, most likely ex-highway patrol...

ST09RM · 01-02-2008, 10:21 PM

damm..i thought the Ks are ok... not too keen on white tho .... is ford a rip off if i got this on finance ?

Smoke Pursuit · 01-02-2008, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BiLLaBoNG_DuDe

damm..i thought the Ks are ok... not too keen on white tho .... is ford a rip off if i got this on finance ?

is ford a rip off if i got this on finance. what sorta question is that... dooh.

boss-290 · 01-02-2008, 10:22 PM

Wouldn't there be any left over evidence of the light bar?

Kryton · 01-02-2008, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by boss-290

Wouldn't there be any left over evidence of the light bar?

and holes in the dash/console area.
pop the hood and youll see straight away.

Bent8 · 01-02-2008, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by boss-290

Wouldn't there be any left over evidence of the light bar?

Mine's ex-Vic Police and when I bought it from my local WA Ford dealer, it still had traces of those reflective police stickers near the side sills.

Someone also told me you can read the car number on the roof on a misty night...Elmo's is car 2 0 5

still don't know what mine is....

Kryton · 01-02-2008, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Bent8

Someone also told me you can read the car number on the roof on a misty night.

you sure can, plus the one on the bonnet and the side strips as well.
also the light kill switch (dont know if they still have these now) on the dash.

yift · 01-02-2008, 10:29 PM

dont know in nsw but in vic they dont keep them for more than 40 or 50k (rules may have changed). these doesnt seem to be a lid for the cup holder which i think the cops take off probably for easy access to rest their coffees.

blueprinted_xr · 02-02-2008, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by yift

dont know in nsw but in vic they dont keep them for more than 40 or 50k (rules may have changed). these doesnt seem to be a lid for the cup holder which i think the cops take off probably for easy access to rest their coffees.

not all XR's came with the closable cup holder lids

partzkid · 03-02-2008, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by yift

dont know in nsw but in vic they dont keep them for more than 40 or 50k (rules may have changed). these doesnt seem to be a lid for the cup holder which i think the cops take off probably for easy access to rest their coffees.

they take out the cup holders these days to put in the light/siren switches, they have their own little console made up in vic. they just pull it out when they prep it and put it back in when they get rid of it. besides, the xr's don't get a lid on the cup holders these days unless they got premo interior.

partzkid

Brute6 · 04-02-2008, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by yift

these doesnt seem to be a lid for the cup holder which i think the cops take off probably for easy access to rest their coffees.

BF's didn't come with a cup holder lid? BA's did, but the car in question is a BF.

**ebxr8240** · 02-02-2008, 11:21 AM

Food on floor ??? Lol....

**Elks** · 02-02-2008, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ebxr8240

Food on floor ??? Lol....

You mean the smell of donuts

Oops I'll get pulled over now for sure

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**Professor Farnsworth** · 02-02-2008, 07:43 PM

Krispy Kreme VIP sticker residue on the windshield

i wouldn't buy a chaser, they're thrashed, no matter how well it's been serviced. Not sure why people find it such a thrill to own one, but each to his own.

theunfairadvant · 03-02-2008, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mrcrackers

Krispy Kreme VIP sticker residue on the windshield

i wouldn't buy a chaser, they're thrashed, no matter how well it's been serviced. Not sure why people find it such a thrill to own one, but each to his own.

Cos it's a FORD.

jasjul · 03-02-2008, 01:40 PM

Dunno about NSW, but Vic cop cars are turned over at 60,000kms. Sometimes a little more, 3-5,000kms if new one isn't ready. I wouldn't buy one, some get babied, some get flogged. I wouldn't take the chance.

LTDHO · 04-02-2008, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by mrcrackers

Krispy Kreme VIP sticker residue on the windshield

i wouldn't buy a chaser, they're thrashed, no matter how well it's been serviced. Not sure why people find it such a thrill to own one, but each to his own.

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Originally Posted by theunfairadvant

Cos it's a FORD.

It's still a car that has the guts ripped out of it for the first 50,000 of it's life!

BLDNUT01 · 02-02-2008, 01:01 PM

if it had a light bar remove the gromet at the top of the B pillar and check for any damage and check the firewall for any silicone around the where the clutch cable would go and maybe it might have an extra fuse block around the shocker tower

walker · 03-02-2008, 04:50 PM

just check the back off the owners manual it woill say the original owners, it's not like the cops buy them second hand

EL8TED · 03-02-2008, 05:29 PM

i bought a BF XR8 ex NSW cop car , 6spd auto holds up like new , the car drives like any other BF. Saved about 10 grand over retail cos it had 60k on the odo. Only downer is the car is due for front discs. All else checked out fine on the service report.

PHATXR8 · 03-02-2008, 05:35 PM

I had an AU 2 XR8 ex NSW HWP with 40k kms in it. It was an awesome car with nothing ever going wrong with it except needing new front rotors at 75,000kms.

The best way to find out is ask the dealer or check the service book.

TURBOTAXI · 05-02-2008, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by EL8TED

i bought a BF XR8 ex NSW cop car , 6spd auto holds up like new , the car drives like any other BF. Saved about 10 grand over retail cos it had 60k on the odo. Only downer is the car is due for front discs. All else checked out fine on the service report.

My EX HWP XR6T needed discs. Site sponsor race brakes sold me premium replacement (for PBR system) discs and pads for $800 less than Ford.

Ex HWP and ex taxi's have been good buying for me.