FG XR6T Police Car

[fox76]

Check this link out. It looks the business. I think it is from WA. It has been doing the email rounds.

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...k/000_1786.jpg

[csv8]

It has W.A number plates, so it must be from W.A !!!

[Falc'man]

Are you sure that's a turbo? It's got the NA rims.

[R0BD0G]

Originally Posted by Falc'man

Are you sure that's a turbo? It's got the NA rims.

sleeper :togo:

[Noddy]

May have na rims for gutter jumping. Hard to tell.

[fastlane]

Originally Posted by Noddy

May have na rims for gutter jumping. Hard to tell.

Yeah, lol, I was just going to mention that is some weird parking.

[Smoke Pursuit]

Most police XR6 T's and XR8's are ordered with 17 inch alloys, cheaper to replace tyres!

[4Vman]

Originally Posted by LSTerritoryGhia

Most police XR6 T's and XR8's are ordered with 17 inch alloys, cheaper to replace tyres!

The main reason is they're safer, more reliable and durable for pursuits that may occur on rough roads too.....

[HLC]

mad oldschool lights on the roof!!!

[XR6_190]

Pretty Schmick, definetly looks the part.

Yeah as others have said the 17s are more suitable for the rough work these things need to be able to put up with, gutter jumping, s*itty surfaces at high speeds, etc and are cheaper for the taxpayer to replace

[Silver Ghia]

That bar holding the lights on looks a bit bent.

[DBourne]

Originally Posted by HLC

mad oldschool lights on the roof!!!

was just about to say, i love how WA has the yank style lights on the roof

[Plugg3r]

The so should have on the front SkylineHunter or JapCrapPatrol.. Damn cops with no sense of humour

[TC200six]

Originally Posted by Plugg3r

The so should have on the front SkylineHunter or JapCrapPatrol.. Damn cops with no sense of humour

What a shame they didn't, eh?

[Sorted]

Yep the Police are getting FG XR6 Turbo's.............. lucky buggers

[jasjul]

I reckon it is the NA six. If you notice the Commodore beside has no 6 litre badge on the front guard. If I remember correctly, WA police, even the Hwy Patrol have not been getting V8's or Turbos for a few years now.

On a side note you can order 17's for your XR6T. It's a NCO on the Ford website.

[Peuty]

Nah as of late, the WA HWP has been getting turbos.

[jasjul]

I bet they're happy about that.

[Falcon_Crazy]

The lights look so out of date - almost something you expect atop the XD from a Country practice...

When i drove across the "Bor a Turbo passed me with lights ablaze at a decent speed - no idea who he was after given I hadn';t seen a car for 5 or so mintes - perhaps just enjoying the tail wind the turbo!

[Plugg3r]

Just some Hella Rallye 2000's, Should update to some nice Hella Predator's or Rallye 4000's

[DJL351]

Originally Posted by Silver Ghia

That bar holding the lights on looks a bit bent.

Because it's a few years old. The WAPD are so poor, they are re-using gear off old cars.
Even pulling the siren gear out of totaled cars.

Originally Posted by jasjul

I reckon it is the NA six. If you notice the Commodore beside has no 6 litre badge on the front guard. If I remember correctly, WA police, even the Hwy Patrol have not been getting V8's or Turbos for a few years now.

No V8's in WA Police Department. (well, not that you'll know about anyway )

90% of the HWP cars are Turbos now. They were using SV6's until the ban on the Falcon was lifted.

[nutter_x]

Originally Posted by jasjul

I reckon it is the NA six. If you notice the Commodore beside has no 6 litre badge on the front guard. If I remember correctly, WA police, even the Hwy Patrol have not been getting V8's or Turbos for a few years now.

On a side note you can order 17's for your XR6T. It's a NCO on the Ford website.

We have a VE SS in town as a cop car and it doesn't have the 6 litre badges either or SS badges on the side...only the SS badge on the bootlid.

[sleekism]

Originally Posted by 4Vman

The main reason is they're safer, more reliable and durable for pursuits that may occur on rough roads too.....

Plus 17's are cheaper for cops to do burnouts with
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[sleekism]

Originally Posted by DJL351

Because it's a few years old. The WAPD are so poor, they are re-using gear off old cars.
Even pulling the siren gear out of totaled cars.




No V8's in WA Police Department. (well, not that you'll know about anyway )

90% of the HWP cars are Turbos now. They were using SV6's until the ban on the Falcon was lifted.

Why was there a ban????????

[351@GT]

someone wrote off an AU series 1 XR8 (185kw) and thus they decided V8's were too powerful and dangerous... so they went to 6 only....

and now a base model has more poke, go figure.

[DJL351]

Originally Posted by 351@GT

someone wrote off an AU series 1 XR8 (185kw) and thus they decided V8's were too powerful and dangerous... so they went to 6 only....

and now a base model has more poke, go figure.

That was the start of the issue.

A young cop wrote of a GenIII, killing his passenger/partner.
The car left the road on a bend after passing another car on a double white line.
It took out several trees and left marks on one big sucker, ten feet up. I saw the wreck, the driver was lucky to get out too. The rear right tyre had pushed through the floor and was hard pressed against the drivers seat.

As a result of three major crashes involving 'High Powered' Police vehicles in less than 3 months (from memory), the WA Gov thought it would be better to limit all Police cars to I6's or V6's.

Things are changing now, with the SV6 & XR6T models starting to take off. They are playing with Subi WRX's at the moment as well as 'trails' for the XR8 & SS versions.

[Lightning Strike GT]

Originally Posted by sleekism

Why was there a ban????????

A few stuffed the boxes and the cars up using the seq shifters in the BA's at high speed.
Just leave them in D and be done with it

[Sprint347]

if i was a cop i'd be sneaking in my CAPA box with me and giving her a bit of a 'tweak' lol

[Sprint347]

Originally Posted by DJL351

That was the start of the issue.

A young cop wrote of a GenIII, killing his passenger/partner.
The car left the road on a bend after passing another car on a double white line.
It took out several trees and left marks on one big sucker, ten feet up. I saw the wreck, the driver was lucky to get out too. The rear right tyre had pushed through the floor and was hard pressed against the drivers seat.

As a result of three major crashes involving 'High Powered' Police vehicles in less than 3 months (from memory), the WA Gov thought it would be better to limit all Police cars to I6's or V6's.

Things are changing now, with the SV6 & XR6T models starting to take off. They are playing with Subi WRX's at the moment as well as 'trails' for the XR8 & SS versions.

i've seen an undercover VE SS and new model WRX in full livery recently

[Bobman]

They should get some decent LED light bars.

Nice to see the Subaru next to it, where many people mentioned the FG has a similar face.