NSW Police Now have a McLaren 650S !!!

[csv8]

"THINK you can run from the police? Think again. It appears the NSW Police force has just taken delivery of the $450,000 McLaren 650S supercar.

The British supercar was spotted on the back of a tow truck earlier today in Sydney wearing full police livery.

Retailing for just under $450,000 in Australia, the 650S is capable of sprinting from 0-100km/h in 2.9 seconds thanks to its 478kW V8 engine.

NSW Police confirmed to news.com.au that the vehicle is in the force as a promotional tool to help raise money for the families of fallen police and comes at no cost to tax payers."
http://www.couriermail.com.au/techno...-1227522570530

[zipping]

At no cost to taxpayers.....yeh right

[SM1DY]

errrr.....my tax dollars....waaahhhh

[jimt3te50]

Love to see the "talent" behind the wheel of that. Next time it makes the news it'll be wrapped around a pole

[turbo4]

Originally Posted by jimt3te50

Love to see the "talent" behind the wheel of that. Next time it makes the news it'll be wrapped around a pole

Or someone will have put the wrong fuel in it.

[sexyxe]

Another 91 RON fuel ruined engine in no time

[MITCHAY]

It's a promotional vehicle. It won't see a day of active duty. It's advertising for the manufacturer hence why they it is free except for fuel.

[marty351]

+ professional driver. No way its going to be in the hands of HWP.

[XB GS 351 Coupe]

Originally Posted by marty351

+ professional driver. No way its going to be in the hands of HWP.

Hate to tell you this but HWP are professional drivers

[Brazen]

You know what... I hate these promotional vehicles. They are just a big fat FU to the motoring public.

For a country with modern freeways, low population density, little snow or ice and some of the most intensive and expensive licensing standards anywhere (140 hours of learner driving to get a provisional in NSW instead of 3-12 across Europe). Yet we have that slowest travel speeds on the planet.

Shove that Mclaren up your @ss.

[cheap]

Woftam

[CoupeKing]

Wait until the first average-sized copper goes to sit in it with a utility belt.

Same thing happened in the late 90`s with the Subaru's.

[irvinnie]

Originally Posted by CoupeKing

Wait until the first average-sized copper goes to sit in it with a utility belt.

Same thing happened in the late 90`s with the Subaru's.

In NSW the subarus were pulled from service because they couldn't get the cars speedometers to maintain its calibration. The end result being that NSW police no longer use the cars speedo but an independent one (top left in the picture below)





And as the article said for those that bothered to read it, the car has been donated and all the police have to pay for is fuelling and it won't see active duty just used from promotional purposes. Anything to get people to interact with police in a positive note has to be a good thing. But those that hate will always hate.

[HI PSI]

So, am I interpreting this correctly... The NSW police service want to increase the public's interaction by adorning a "high" performance vehicle, that is specifically designed for high speed driving. Such advertising makes a mockery of their anti speeding and "speed kills" campaigning.

[Pedro]

Originally Posted by irvinnie

.............. Anything to get people to interact with police in a positive note has to be a good thing. But those that hate will always hate.

Trouble is, I think most people will be ignorant of the fact the car was donated and will more likely think along the lines that "there goes my tax dollar in yet another example of wasted government spending".

[danzvtil]

Originally Posted by HI PSI

So, am I interpreting this correctly... The NSW police service want to increase the public's interaction by adorning a "high" performance vehicle, that is specifically designed for high speed driving. Such advertising makes a mockery of their anti speeding and "speed kills" campaigning.

Stop splitting hairs, a 10k commodore can do 200kph. A VF with police livery sitting in a westfield isn't a talking point, a supercar is, that is the whole point. And they didn't pay for it.
And a McLaren is more than capable of doing 60 in a 60 zone, 100 in a 100 zone. Should we only give the police push bikes just in case we spread the speeding message further?

[Wretched]

Originally Posted by Pedro

Trouble is, I think most people will be ignorant of the fact the car was donated and will more likely think along the lines that "there goes my tax dollar in yet another example of wasted government spending".

As opposed to funding the modification of a GT-F...and in turn completely ruining it. That's the definition of a waste (and hypocrisy).

[CoupeKing]

Originally Posted by irvinnie

In NSW the subarus were pulled from service because they couldn't get the cars speedometers to maintain its calibration. The end result being that NSW police no longer use the cars speedo but an independent one (top left in the picture below)

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And as the article said for those that bothered to read it, the car has been donated and all the police have to pay for is fuelling and it won't see active duty just used from promotional purposes. Anything to get people to interact with police in a positive note has to be a good thing. But those that hate will always hate.

My bad. I didn't take any notice of the Highway Patrol...I was referring to regular cop cars in Victoria (late 90's). The calibration would be an easy fix now rather than rearranging an interior.



But in any case, at least promo a car that the country of origin's Police Officers, or any other country that imports them, wear a Utility Belt and not just drive around with a pen and notepad. Maybe it's interior is roomy, I don't know....that was my point...nothing to do with Hate.

[sbutler]

This 600KW GTF they stuffed by filling it with E85...

[asagaai]

Originally Posted by irvinnie

And as the article said for those that bothered to read it, the car has been donated and all the police have to pay for is fuelling and it won't see active duty just used from promotional purposes. Anything to get people to interact with police in a positive note has to be a good thing. But those that hate will always hate.

Well- in Newcastle I would like to see police getting out of their cars and WALKING down the mall- having chats etc to people, instead of sitting in their cars driving down the mall eating Mcdonalds,....

Very simple for police to interact- get out of cars and walk in the community and be friendly and engage- that will go far....

[galaxy xr8]

Originally Posted by asagaai

Well- in Newcastle I would like to see police getting out of their cars and WALKING down the mall- having chats etc to people, instead of sitting in their cars driving down the mall eating Mcdonalds,....

Very simple for police to interact- get out of cars and walk in the community and be friendly and engage- that will go far....

There’re police, not superstars, and what’s wrong with the public making that connection 1’st, I am sure they would be more then happy to reply back with common courtesy, it will probably make their day to see someone from the general public acknowledge their services.

[asagaai]

Originally Posted by galaxy xr8

There’re police, not superstars, and what’s wrong with the public making that connection 1’st, I am sure they would be more then happy to reply back with common courtesy, it will probably make their day to see someone from the general public acknowledge their services.

Hard for the public to interact when they just sit in a steel box driving through public walking.

They have a hard job to do-for instance that shooting of that local postie at Warners Bay-I knew that guy as did my wife- and she was disturbed at how the cops had their guns out and were rather on the front foot instead of being passive and trying to diffuse the situation. But- I look at it as being very stressful and hard for the police.

But what I am saying is get out and walk-makes it easier for the public to engage with the force. No need for a supercar to do this.

[galaxy xr8]

Originally Posted by asagaai

Hard for the public to interact when they just sit in a steel box driving through public walking.

They have a hard job to do-for instance that shooting of that local postie at Warners Bay-I knew that guy as did my wife- and she was disturbed at how the cops had their guns out and were rather on the front foot instead of being passive and trying to diffuse the situation. But- I look at it as being very stressful and hard for the police.

But what I am saying is get out and walk-makes it easier for the public to engage with the force. No need for a supercar to do this.

Not that hard to lift an arm and give a wave, or in other word’s acknowledge them with a kind gesture, but anyway people often get the wrong perception of police because they see them driving slowly in their vehicle for instance, and they then think that that’s all the police have to do all day, nothing better to do with their day huh.... maybe some should job swap for a week and see what is actually involved in law enforcement.
Give respect and get it in return.

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by asagaai

Hard for the public to interact when they just sit in a steel box driving through public walking.

They have a hard job to do-for instance that shooting of that local postie at Warners Bay-I knew that guy as did my wife- and she was disturbed at how the cops had their guns out and were rather on the front foot instead of being passive and trying to diffuse the situation. But- I look at it as being very stressful and hard for the police.

But what I am saying is get out and walk-makes it easier for the public to engage with the force. No need for a supercar to do this.

A guy comes running at you with a machete, see how you get on. "Hang on a minute mate calm down lets talk about it", while he's swing a machete at you. I would rather go home to my kids safe and sound than risk getting killed by a man with mental health issues swinging a machete. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend but you can't blame the Police, they have to protect the public and themselves. And I hope they got there in a car, not walking about and having to run 3 blocks to get there, if I want the cops I want them as quick as.

Anyway off point, the McLaren is just a poster boy for the Police, maybe someone will be silly enough to think they'll get one as a patrol car and join up, only to be short changed with a Commodore.

[Stefan]

Why don't cops have life insurance? Any supercars being given to construction workers to raise money for the fallen?

[asagaai]

Originally Posted by jaydee

A guy comes running at you with a machete, see how you get on. "Hang on a minute mate calm down lets talk about it", while he's swing a machete at you. I would rather go home to my kids safe and sound than risk getting killed by a man with mental health issues swinging a machete. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend but you can't blame the Police, they have to protect the public and themselves. And I hope they got there in a car, not walking about and having to run 3 blocks to get there, if I want the cops I want them as quick as.

Anyway off point, the McLaren is just a poster boy for the Police, maybe someone will be silly enough to think they'll get one as a patrol car and join up, only to be short changed with a Commodore.

Yeah- fair call- like I said police do a hard job and sometimes they are damned if they do and damned if they do not. As I said, my wife had the strong view that they were aggressive, from my end I noticed how fast the postie ran at one of the policeman with a knife- and wow- not much time to deal with things, and the police are entitled to defend themselves so they can go home to their loved ones.

And yes- good that police have fast cars to get to real crimes to safeguard the public.

But my point is-you do not need a supercar to communicate with the public. That's ridiculous. Simply get the police to do some foot patrols and mix with the population, not that hard.

[asagaai]

Originally Posted by Stefan

Why don't cops have life insurance? Any supercars being given to construction workers to raise money for the fallen?

Well police have better workers comp insurance, like coal miners, than the rest of the public. Society says that what they do, means they have more value, and hence society values their injuries more than the rest of the plebs out there.

[Beastie]

Off topic...

I also live in Newcastle (Eleebana which is one suburb away from Warners Bay).

I know the manager of the PO, as I coached his son in juniors cricket.

It was a very sad turn of events and I don't think for a minute that anyone is placing blame on the police involved.

They were dealing with a person who was suffering depression, had deeper
mental issues and on the day, had been drinking (who was banned from local bottle shops).

It was a big shock to the local community and we all talked about the 'what ifs'

Why didn't the police shoot him in the leg etc?

Police are trained to aim and shoot at the clearest body mass in these situations as there is little to no time to consider a second option.

My thoughts go out to everyone involved. This includes the police, the victims family (including his mum who witnessed the whole thing), the staff at the PO and the staff at the supermarket who processed the the sale of the butchers knife used by the victim.

[asagaai]

Originally Posted by The Beast

Off topic...


It was a big shock to the local community and we all talked about the 'what ifs'

Why didn't the police shoot him in the leg etc?

Police are trained to aim and shoot at the clearest body mass in these situations as there is little to no time to consider a second option.

My thoughts go out to everyone involved. This includes the police, the victims family (including his mum who witnessed the whole thing), the staff at the PO and the staff at the supermarket who processed the the sale of the butchers knife used by the victim.

Yeah- this is what my wife said- and you summed it up really well. Easy for us not involved to sit in Ivory tower and cast judgment on what the police did.

Saying all that a real tragedy, last 8 months I had a lot of dealings with all the posties there as I sold a lot of sound recording gear - and I dealt with the guy that was shot- and he was always very pleasant to deal with. At Christmas he shared chocolates a customer had given him with other customers..... Tragedy all round- shame that he did not get medical and other intervention that he obviously required.

[blackf6]

They have to with all the Aurion out on the road these days. Pull 5 secs to 100.