VE rejected by NSW Police!!??

[JBomb3000]

Originally Posted by Bobman

Plenty of VE's in Melbourne, although they have had a fair few problems, including busted radiators, etc and a report of cracked steel rims through various Government agencies using the 9C1 pack VE Omega's.

The VZ wagons seem to be disappearing in favour of the Adventra (probably a supply problem given the model change though).

Which would you prefer? 5 speed VE Omega with Datsun style door trims or the 6 speed ESP pack Falcon.

The Omega only has a 4 speed.

[MITCHAY]

There is a VE cop car here in Canberra and my god does it look ugly :

[BLACKAUXR8]

I have seen a couple of VE SS's up here in queensland but all the hwy patrol cars ive seen are F6's and in the last few weeks i have seen a couple of normal marked cars that were the new CAMRY or aurion what ever they are these days??

[The G6ET Spot]

There is about 10 VE SS's in the Wetherill Park police distribution yard. All highway patrol vehicles. All waiting to be picked up. They have all had the signage put on them in the last couple of days. So I'd say that they have been given the OK.

[Bobman]

Originally Posted by JBomb3000

The Omega only has a 4 speed.

Hmm, the police-pack VZ SV6's used the 5 speed tiptronic, so I am not sure if they optioned it up in the Omega or not?

Originally Posted by Slick_Aussie

Seriously what did you expect? Caprice quality interior on a base model..

Well, the base model BF has a much better interior, so you'd expect something more decent from a new model "VE".

[HOON69]

Originally Posted by BLACKAUXR8

I have seen a couple of VE SS's up here in queensland but all the hwy patrol cars ive seen are F6's and in the last few weeks i have seen a couple of normal marked cars that were the new CAMRY or aurion what ever they are these days??

white pursuit car aurion and red SS patrol the M1 "alot" as does the F6's but they also do suburban patrols seen the F6's alot around logan etc doing RBT and rego checks etc VE SS ant bad there seems to be more of em down the gold coast then in brisbane,you'll see alot of the time they hang around "the spit" with the MTA/DOT defecting ricers :

[Kommandant]

Saw a marked VE between murwillumbah and tweed heads (old road), guess they've got a few if there is also a unmarked one (was also the reddish/brown color)

[BLDNUT01]

just found out you can,t do handbrake turns in the VE cos the car shuts down

[Full Spectrum]

Originally Posted by Bobman

Well, the base model BF has a much better interior, so you'd expect something more decent from a new model "VE".

Personal taste only.

[bingoTE50]

I knew a the head of a highway patrol in sydney , going back to AU days his preference was for the XR8 over the SS .. I ran into a guy in Brisbane ( Capalaba) who claims that he had a contract to do Specials for the NT police . Long Range tanks and 300kw plus on Falcons . When they are out of service they had to be returned to factory spec . Anyone heard of this ??

[Hext]

WA Police didnt buy Falcons (apart from column shift utes) after the BA was brought in with the Sports Shift 4 speed. They have recently reintroduced them (BF II). So for the past few years all the Police sedans have been Commodores. WA Police also dont have V8s so our Highway Patrol cars were SV6s.

When the VE was introduced a lot of stations replaced their VZ's with them, we have one at our station and weve had nothing but trouble with it. A Falcon is on order for the replacement. Not sure if ours is a Friday afternoon job or whether they are all this bad but I would be pretty unhappy if it was mine.

Our Highway Patrol cars now include XR6 Turbos, still people are getting the VE SV6 ?????????

[-=FoRdEseries=-]

in vic we have everything cept the f6's, iv seen xr6t's, xr8's, xr8's with racing stripes (undercover), ve ss but i havent seen the f6's yet, they would b nice to see though!

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by bingoTE50

I ran into a guy in Brisbane ( Capalaba) who claims that he had a contract to do Specials for the NT police . Long Range tanks and 300kw plus on Falcons . When they are out of service they had to be returned to factory spec . Anyone heard of this ??

absolute bs.

[bingoTE50]

Originally Posted by b2tf

absolute bs.

Seemed to good to be true... :togo:

[DENKO]

i got pulled over the other day from a un marked bf xr8 with the bonnet decals, the car was red witht the black decal

[SNB05T]

Originally Posted by Paxton

I'd think Miranda would get them over Sutherland, however Cronulla still have that ****y Jimny.

: what ajoke that thing is hey. im too scared to try and out run it in the xr8, i think it might be able to beat me

[GK351]

Seen plenty on VE chasers in sydney, the latest being today travelling on bexley road.

I seriously doubt they have been rejected.

[Ando_Leigh]

i hate that Jimmy has Pulled me over twice for a RBT.

The only highway i have seen at sutho is 1 xr6t and vz SS.

[au2sw]

Originally Posted by BLDNUT01

just found out you can,t do handbrake turns in the VE cos the car shuts down

: obviously doesnt like the tight turning circles......the G forces are too much for the ECU to handle :togo:

[bodes-sh]

Originally Posted by Vdouw

Sorry but how cheap and nasty is that interior!

I have seen a few omega cop cars here in brissy but no highway patrols yet ... i am guessing the F6 and XR6/T are better on the highway eh who knows unless any forum member works in precurement in any of the state police forces

if you think that interior looks bad, you should try driving one, the steering wheel it really hard and plasticy, like the gear shifter, from the inside the doors never feel like they close properly, but do you want the best bit....?

to open the fuel door, all the other doors have to be closed and the car unlocked, then you have to push the fuel door in and let it out to open it....much like the ashtrays in an au, where it has that pressure catch mechanism....

that's right, there's no fuel door switch in the cab, that's how you open it, not sure about the higher models, but that's on an omega, i laughed like anything when i heard this, lmfao

[dave351cid]

i think that QLD govt has a no V8 policy for fleet cars so that might be why their not replacing the SS`s with new SS`s .

[[Tonko]]

Majority of cop cars here are VE's.
Unmarked ones are a light blue (ripoff of the EA colour Blue mist hehe) VE pov pack
And a grey/silver territory

[Quicksand]

According to a friend who is a member of a Crumple-Door forum, the VE passed the tests/checks with flying colours.

While everyone is talking about the different types of cop cars, we were down in Mandurah last week (W.A) to pickup our new BF MK2 XR6T and on the way there this white unmarked XR6T rips out in front of us cutting us and another car off, fishtails up the street, jumps across 2 lanes and then rides the back of a smaller car. A hundred metres later the cops pull over the driver for failing to keep left unless overtaking (that law is still active over here in WA for carriageways doing 70 or more).

Clearly he was enjoying himself cos he was flogging the crap out of the car but he broke more laws than he upheld and then got upset because a smaller car didn't get out of the way in time.

[samftr]

bugger, wonder if the driver of said car happened to witness the event..
bit sad really. I have some pics of the vz, and the ve next to each other in unmarked form, interesting to see the similarities between the two.