mbs Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Just read a post from a member who got pulled for 98mph on M25 by an unmarked car. Could there be some mileage in building up a database of unmarked cars that members have spotted, make, colour, Reg if possible and area spotted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1SM0350z Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Im always warey if i see the number plate beginning OU***** because 99% of police cars ive seen marked and un marked have OU at the start. But i dont speed so its not a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Just read a post from a member who got pulled for 98mph on M25 by an unmarked car. Could there be some mileage in building up a database of unmarked cars that members have spotted, make, colour, Reg if possible and area spotted. Mm, i used to work for NYP and have some 'contacts' so maybe I could at least find some of the ones we need to avoid! Used to be BMW 3 series in the old days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I know Basingstoke have an unmarket Silver Octavia. My mate nearly got pulled by them the other day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Basically, if i EVER see a Vectra or an Octavia on the motorway i always pass cautiously... i bet they think im crackers when i pull up alongside them, look at them, and then speed off when i know its safe!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny1 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Volvo unmarked police cars are very popular in wolves always in silver as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev-the-Rev Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 S Wales police have got an Evo X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Basically, if i EVER see a Vectra or an Octavia on the motorway i always pass cautiously... i bet they think im crackers when i pull up alongside them, look at them, and then speed off when i know its safe!! HAHAHA dude i do the exact same thing, so your not alone BMW 5 series are also popular with police in the glasgow area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adammitch69 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 West Yorkshire traffic cops tend to use Volvo T5's and Vectra estates. Plates used to end 'UA' with no dealer info. Once saw an unmarked 5 series estate in Lincoln - they must have more money! They tend to have light rear tints to hid all the lights and cameras on view, but the 2 ariels is a dead giveaway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanS16 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Basically, if i EVER see a Vectra or an Octavia on the motorway i always pass cautiously... i bet they think im crackers when i pull up alongside them, look at them, and then speed off when i know its safe!! HAHAHA dude i do the exact same thing, so your not alone BMW 5 series are also popular with police in the glasgow area Thats at least three of us then. I despise people who buy black volvos, octavias and mondeos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLizard Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 i work next to some form of police related lockup for cars with an office attached, they seem to cover, warwick/leamington and a fair amount of the M40, within this secluded area there are a few unmarked Volvo's and quite a few Octavia's in black as well as a marked Evo 9 and a marked hawkeye impreza sti... had one behind me on the a46 with his lights on, i was doing about 75, had no where to pull over, inside lanes queuing to go off slip road, (and he didnt want me) so i had to speed up to about 105 then slammed the brakes on and pulled in to middle lane, this is with a K1 so was making quite a noise, his passenger gave me the on the way past... didnt know what else to do really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 had one behind me on the a46 with his lights on, i was doing about 75, had no where to pull over, inside lanes queuing to go off slip road, (and he didnt want me) so i had to speed up to about 105 then slammed the brakes on and pulled in to middle lane, this is with a K1 so was making quite a noise, his passenger gave me the on the way past... didnt know what else to do really... Cant wait to see that on Traffic Cops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1SM0350z Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Basically, if i EVER see a Vectra or an Octavia on the motorway i always pass cautiously... i bet they think im crackers when i pull up alongside them, look at them, and then speed off when i know its safe!! +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I agree with the OU reg start, at least around here! You have to worry about anything nowadays. I saw a X reg Bora and a Y reg Seat in December having pulled people over. Nothing is safe it seems. In fact, I think I've only ever been pulled over by Vauxhalls...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 There's a RAV4 and a C-Class around here that I've seen, and a few years back they did have a Focus ST170 estate they used to use on the M11 corridor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJsickboy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 White Ford Focus Zetec on a 56 plate on the A14 between M1 and Huntingdon Dark Blue Volvo saloon on a 57 plate + Silver Mondeo on the A1 between Peterborough and Huntingdon. And unmarked Blue Fireblade and a Silver Yam FZ1, around Peterboghorror as my mate sold them to the cops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_350z Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 orange ford ST used by the cops around staines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greekman Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 So the conclusion is..... You never know!!! Good luck to all of us..... Black unmarked evo X on the M18 and and a white wrx sti on the M62....lots of little unmarked bangers in the Hull area as well although they are more likely to be after the stolen car in front of you.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimm Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Unmarked BMW 5 series tourer in silver and a X5 in black both with heavy tinted windows that make me laugh because of the issue about all the boy racers around the Weston-super-Mud area having there tints pulled off by the law for being to dark Also a couple of Skoda estates in red and black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil2185 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Not sure reg would be worth it mind I doubt id have time to check a list of reg before working out if it was a cop car and slowing down! As for make again not sure as there so many diff onces and they are forever changing are loads of diff ones The most comom being vectras, volvos, mondeos etc But I have seen evo's, scoobys, bmw 3/5, Jag Audi A3/A4, Skoda's, mercs (mostly C) and I am sure the list goes on! One force even has a Lotus I saw in the paper! (that was marked though to be fair but you never know! The best trick is to look for arials (thats what I do), a cop car will have more than the standard for radio and a set of 4 on the roof if it has a device for recieving tracker. Another massive give away is two rear view mirrors or from behind a rear display screen to give messages 'pull over' etc and a camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesyj Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 We just have Focus Estates and Octavia's around my way. And an Agila, it has brutal tyre shredding acceleration* I've seen on my travels, stickered X5's, stickered Vectra Estates (Thames Valley ones are 'tuned' by Thorney Motorsport), un-marked Mondigo's, un-marked A4's, un-marked Octavia's. Stickered and un-marked 5 series'. Basically, don't speed *It doesn't really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 mainly focus's here, a few BMs and mercs, an octavia but to top the lot a silver evo x. looked stunning i wanted to get pulled by them lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Unmarked police cars, mainly from the midlands: Silver Mondeo ST220 - BX07 LSU Black Vectra - VX57 DWG Silver Vectra - VX07 FTT Beige Audi A6 - BX06 WJK Silver Audi A6 - BX06 WTK Grey Volvo - BX05 UOB Grey BMW - BU56 CUZ Black Volvo Estate - VX57 KXJ Blue Mondeo ST - BU05 WXT Grey Mondeo ST - BX06 WTP Black Mazda 3 - YC57 EYD (this just looks like a standard car, till the blue lights come on!!!!!) CAR - Skoda Octavia RS COLOUR - silver REG - BU05 WXW LOCATION - Landour Street Car - Ford Mondeo ST220 Colour - Racing blue Reg - BU04 KKW Area - Brum centre Car - BMW 5 series colour - silver / grey Reg **** POB area - M6 / M42 car - Ford Mondeo ST220 colour - dark blue reg - KD53 DYU area - cannock car - BMW 3 series colour - silver reg - BX05 UOF area - birmingham car - Volvo estate colour - silver reg - BU05 UOB area - Birmingham Car - Ford Mondeo ST220 Colour - Racing blue Reg - BU04 KKW Area - Brum centre Car - Peaugeot Colour - Blue Reg - BX03 AYE Area - Birmingham Car - ST220 Colour - ? Reg - BU04 ... Area - Birmingham Car - BMW 3 Series Estate Colour - ? Reg - BU04 LFT Area - Tamworth Car - Octavia Colour - Black Reg - CN05 WCW Area - Hams/ Tamworth Car - (x2) Scooby's Colour - Black/ silver Reg - unknown Area - burton area (a38) Car - evo 9 (x2) Colour - Black/Grey Reg - 06 .... Area - Coleshill Car - Vectra GSI Colour - ? Reg - BV56 OHB Area - Birmingham Car - Octavia Colour - ? Reg - BU54 YYG Area - Tamworth Car - Audi A6 Colour - Beige Reg - BX06 WJK Area - Tamworth Car - Octavia Colour - Silver Reg - EA06 XCV Area - Meadway / Stechford Car - Mondeo st220 Colour - Racing blue Reg - AD52 YBS Area - Cov road / Small heath bypass Car - Clio Colour - Black 5 door Reg - MA05 KSZ Area - Shirley/ solihul Car - Volvo T5 Colour - Black Reg - RY05 BUJ Area - Hams/ tamworth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Seen a silver Mondeo ST220 round here, also a grey Vectra. I noticed on the ST220, that it has two sets of sidemarkers, one standard and the other for blue flashys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Nice work Sarnie. Now all i need is my own ANPR cam in my front bumper... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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