VicPol's latest weapon

jaydee · 02-10-2008, 12:06 AM

Just spotted this in another forum, looks great (except in my rear view mirror).
For the uninitiated it's the latest Mitso Evo X (read 10).

Sorry about the thumbnails, I did it wrong.

IH8HSV · 02-10-2008, 12:22 AM

That looks cool,

The police cars these days certainly have style.

I havnt got a pic to upload at the moment, but the W.A. Highway patrol cars - XR6 Turbos - look fantastic.

Doesnt make you feel so bad when you get pulled up!

GS608 · 02-10-2008, 12:45 AM

makes me want to become a cop even more :p

Jayden · 02-10-2008, 02:37 AM

who bought that for them?

OZQUAD44 · 02-10-2008, 04:12 AM

You and I did bud, along with other tax payers. At least were not coughing up for Lambos like the italians

Tip for young hoons, If you want to further your career of exceeding the speed limits on public roads at every opportunity, look whos recruiting......

P.S. Just a little dig at the Thin Blue Line, no malice intended.

Darkr · 02-10-2008, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IH8HSV

I havnt got a pic to upload at the moment, but the W.A. Highway patrol cars - XR6 Turbos - look fantastic.

I agree! They look so much better then interstate police, I cannot find a photo though :(

Those orange stripes make them highly visible and they look good too!

BeStRaFe · 02-10-2008, 07:55 AM

the cops get soo many useless cars!
same as the vic cops have a hummer and a 300c,
its all visability and trying to get more people into the poice!

nsw cops are flying around in typhoons and turbo's

GS608 · 02-10-2008, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darkr

I agree! They look so much better then interstate police, I cannot find a photo though :(

Those orange stripes make them highly visible and they look good too!

WA and QPS have the best looking cop cars these days, QLD has the best looking HWP cars too!

Pretty sure theres a pic of an FG XR6 WA police car on the forums somewhere.

4Vman · 02-10-2008, 08:50 AM

I hope they have better success with these than they had with WRX's...

DBourne · 02-10-2008, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OZQUAD44

You and I did bud, along with other tax payers. At least were not coughing up for Lambos like the italians

the lambos were donated by the way

Redrum · 02-10-2008, 08:55 AM

Would be interesting to see if these cars are donated. If so then they are not allowed to use them for urgent duty driving and thus defeats the purpose of having such a car. I dare say they will be as popular as the WRX's. Go alright but the small interior not really suited to carrying members, especially larger members, with all their gear etc.

4Vman · 02-10-2008, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redrum

Would be interesting to see if these cars are donated. If so then they are not allowed to use them for urgent duty driving and thus defeats the purpose of having such a car. I dare say they will be as popular as the WRX's. Go alright but the small interior not really suited to carrying members, especially larger members, with all their gear etc.

The WRX's got promptly dumped because they were also quite dangerous in pursuit conditions.. some members refused to drive them because of their inability to cope with a variety of changing road conditions and unpredictable car behavior in these situations.
"If" these cars are allowed full pursuit use then they will have had to pass a much more stringent operational appraisal to get through, if not then they're just evaluation show ponies..

XW_GS · 02-10-2008, 08:59 AM

are these to be used for highway patrol or inner city/burb work?

color scheme would have looked better on a Commo or Ford btw

more economical than the bigger cars i suppose

300c ok id say for highway work, but Hummer?

id hate to throw the rice word in but there it goes

Redrum · 02-10-2008, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4Vman

The WRX's got promptly dumped because they were also quite dangerous in pursuit conditions.. some members refused to drive them because of their inability to cope with a variety of changing road conditions and unpredictable car behavior in these situations.
"If" these cars are allowed full pursuit use then they will have had to pass a much more stringent operational appraisal to get through, if not then they're just evaluation show ponies..

I am not sure where you got that information from but all the TMU members I have spoken to were quite impressed with the WRX's, describing them as go karts for handling and urgent duty driving.

My money would be on this vehicle being a donor car, just like the Monaro GTO that got around with the Melbourne TMU in 02/03. That car was done up in the all police decals etc but was not allowed to be used in urgent duty driving.

dusty86 · 02-10-2008, 09:08 AM

rice?? oh dear I thought that mentality had gone out the window a long time ago, it's a shame really...
Anyway on topic I really hope they don't put these things in the dandenong ranges black spur etc... Would be incredibly hard to get away from them if you were silly enough to try and outrun them

castek · 02-10-2008, 09:09 AM

most likely just a police show pony. saw it at the police remembrance day parade. we were walking through swanston and just saw this evo x.

XW_GS · 02-10-2008, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dusty86

rice?? oh dear I thought that mentality had gone out the window a long time ago, it's a shame really...
Anyway on topic I really hope they don't put these things in the dandenong ranges black spur etc... Would be incredibly hard to get away from them if you were silly enough to try and outrun them

DUSTY Nooooo!!

That mentality is here now and still very much alive!!!
So what's wrong with laughing at something that looks a bit out of the ordinary..

just look here...

http://fordforums.com.au/showthread....highlight=rice

and yes i would go Aussie made product over any import/Japanese

and im not saying that Jap cars are inferior in quality etc

Fev · 02-10-2008, 09:39 AM

hah thats awesome!
hope to see them up in sydney(kinda). There's alot of new Lancer(not Evo) patrol cars around up here now, i pity the guys who drive them lol. i've even seen a few corolla sedans, and this ISNT in the CBD

EDIT: howcome the post your rice thread was closed?

XW_GS · 02-10-2008, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fev

EDIT: howcome the post your rice thread was closed?

Ahh didn,t notice that.... that was so much fun!

Too Popular?? hehehe

**DJM83** · 02-10-2008, 06:12 PM

For a minute i thought that was a povo pack lancer due to the lack of projector headlamps but then seen brembos and bonnet vents. What a waste of a good car

Dave_au · 02-10-2008, 06:41 PM

Apparently the UK Police forces will be purchasing 450 Evo Xs to patrol their highways.

pauljh74 · 02-10-2008, 10:02 PM

All the ricers will be scared now because it doesn't just look like an EVO like all the Ricers' cars - IT ACTUALLY IS ONE!

nugget378 · 02-10-2008, 10:06 PM

NSW have a lotus elise cruising around Sydney,seen it on the M5...

geckoGT · 02-10-2008, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nugget378

NSW have a lotus elise cruising around Sydney,seen it on the M5...

Can not see how they justify that, no use as a police vehicle. Imagine trying to get in and out of that with a police belt on. Where do they keep all the body armour and other crap that fills the boot of a commodore or falcon. I have seen inside police boots stacks of times and they carry a lot of gear. One of my ways of picking an unmarked car is the fact that they always look like they are carrying a couple of bags of cement in the boot.

GUTLES · 02-10-2008, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IH8HSV

but the W.A. Highway patrol cars - XR6 Turbos - look fantastic.

They use them over here too, I got done by one a few weeks back & he booted it to catch me.

gthofan · 02-10-2008, 10:28 PM

that would be quite hard to avoid.

4Vman, you are right about the wrx failing, But i didnt know the drivers couldn't drive em. damn shame in my opinion.

But how bout this little tacker? hmmm

**DJM83** · 03-10-2008, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gthofan

that would be quite hard to avoid.

4Vman, you are right about the wrx failing, But i didnt know the drivers couldn't drive em. damn shame in my opinion.

But how bout this little tacker? hmmm

Might not be able to catch anyone but at least they will be able to easily park out the front of dount king

Buzz Box · 03-10-2008, 11:09 PM

They always have a marketing car in VIC they've had a Z3, Z4, Monaro, 300C and obviously now a Evo

Generally they are donated because of the free publicity and the cars go to the car shows and expos and do the school runs and are a publicity and recruiting exercise.

MITCHAY · 03-10-2008, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4Vman

The WRX's got promptly dumped because they were also quite dangerous in pursuit conditions.. some members refused to drive them because of their inability to cope with a variety of changing road conditions and unpredictable car behavior in these situations.

Conditions such as? Hell if they can't drive a WRX, how the hell are they going to be able to drive an EVO X?

**GasoLane** · 03-10-2008, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nugget378

NSW have a lotus elise cruising around Sydney,seen it on the M5...

You mean this Exige...