I thought the maximum age of any plod car was 3 yrs old.......didnt think they were aloud to use older cars.....
I thought this was the case as well.
There must be safety/insurance issues surrounding the use of a modified 15yr old car with no airbags, side impact bars etc
Nah, the cops can keep any vehicle as long as they want. Drivers might have something to say about the lack of safety items, but that's their call.
Lothian & Borders have (or at least did 6 months ago) have an old Rover 800 hatch, still fully liveried. I've supplied motors on longer contracts from new, and even supplied end of contract cars for short-term plain-clothes/undercover use.
watch as its a 2wd car the guy drivin it wont know wats hes doin and end up wrappin it round a tree. probably injuring someone or perhaps worse and cos its a unmarked car they'll blame it on street racing
Hmmm. Say what you like about the cops, but anyone with a Class One licence is unlikely to wrap a car because he "doesn't know what he's doing". These guys are way superior drivers to probably 99.9% of drivers on the road - if you are in the 0.1% that are better than them, I bow before you!!!