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Un-marked Garda Cars.

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#1 ·
Over the last few weeks i've seen quiet a few mondeo's with plain clothes Gards in them sporting odd thing on the back window.

Today i passed a white 08 with a hi-viz jacket and hard hat on the back window with flashing blue lights, he had a van pulled in and was writing him a ticket when i passed.

Last week i passed a silver saloon with a tartan rug on the back window.

About few weeks ago i was pulled in for talking on the phone(blue tooth nokia one) by a gard in another 07 silver mondeo with a golf brolly on the back window.

All the cars seemed to have tax/insurance discs in the windows too.

None of them had the side flashing led lights fitted to the bumpers.

All the cars only had one gard in it.
 
#5 ·
Detectives would hardly be doing traffic duties!

If they are they shouldn't be! the fuckers should be out chasing the lads with guns and drugs!
 
#6 ·
I seen a detective one morning nailin some idiot flat out up the bus lane , he was in a 07 A6 2.0 TDI , black and the same description as the cars above. This guy was deffo not traffic corps he just had to do this fcuker , dont blame him i would have done the same myself as this guy was a nut job
 
#9 · (Edited by Moderator)
QUOTE (neil @ Oct 20 2008, 10:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>About few weeks ago i was pulled in for talking on the phone(blue tooth nokia one) by a gard in another 07 silver mondeo with a golf brolly on the back window.

How'd ya mean he pulled you for talking on a bluetooth....was it in a cradle or on the seat and going through a wired speaker, or was it in your hand, talkin through the internal speaker on the phone....? Just curious
 
#10 ·
I have two phones, one for work, the other is my own. I was talking to my girlfriend on my own phone through the hands free kit in the van(ck-7w) while holding my other phone in my hand.

I was stopped at lights too.
 
#18 ·
QUOTE (Geo @ Oct 20 2008, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I saw a cop Mondeo with one of the Hertz '1' stickers in the back window.

And a Focus with an Avis sticker.

Also no lights in the bumpers and had tax and insurance disc holders. Sneaky.

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Jaysus they really are trying to go undercover
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Another thing on Mondeo's is the middle brake light, middle bulb not working and is the blue one instead.
 
#19 ·
there is a black mondeo a light blue one and a silver one in portlaoise!! also have a red focus a navy vectra silver avensis and a black landcruiser with tinted windows! only seen this once so could be some other part of the guards! thats all ive seen around this last while!!! all dublin reg 2!!
 
#20 ·
thers a 5 series on the rosslare road a lot of the tim,a 4 dr red corolla around passage/dunmore,and 2 transit connects(one red,one black)in waterford city.was behind the red one and copped the luminous jacket with garda on it hangin up in the back.all d reg's,all ariels down the middle of the roof,except the 5 series.it has no led's just red and blue lights in the grill!
 
#22 ·
QUOTE (sean w @ Oct 21 2008, 06:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>there is a black mondeo a light blue one and a silver one in portlaoise!! also have a red focus a navy vectra silver avensis and a black landcruiser with tinted windows! only seen this once so could be some other part of the guards! thats all ive seen around this last while!!! all dublin reg 2!!

The black Landcruiser is an ERU vehicle, they have a couple of them, also have a black Isuzu Trooper V6 and a Red Mondeo 2.5 V6 Zetec-S with black windows.
 
#23 ·
QUOTE (mrmarsh @ Oct 21 2008, 08:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The black Landcruiser is an ERU vehicle, they have a couple of them, also have a black Isuzu Trooper V6 and a Red Mondeo 2.5 V6 Zetec-S with black windows.
ya use to have one of dem red mondeos around here aswell hasn't been around in ages!! also a silver bmw around portlaoise as well tith lights behind the grill!! wasnt 2 impressed when i flashed him down 1 day to tell him about a truck broke down in da middle of town!!!
 
#24 ·
QUOTE (sean w @ Oct 21 2008, 09:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>ya use to have one of dem red mondeos around here aswell hasn't been around in ages!! also a silver bmw around portlaoise as well tith lights behind the grill!! wasnt 2 impressed when i flashed him down 1 day to tell him about a truck broke down in da middle of town!!!

Some of those BMW's are not unmarked Garda cars. A lot of them are fast response medical vehicles driven by doctors. As far as I know the only BMW's the Gardai have are 5 series escort vehicles for the Taoiseasch and the president and they're fitted out with LED strobes in the headlights, tail lights and behind the grille. Of course the Taoiseach's car and all ministerial vehicles are Garda vehicles with Garda drivers and are fitted with LED strobes and sirens.