Psycho Warren

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saw this undercover BMW today:


Never seen them bodged with lights on a roof bar before!!! note how the rear window light is only held on with suckers.

xr4x4rs

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i think its because the car is that expensive drilling holes in the roof or anymore would de value that huges

Psycho Warren

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yeah but why bother with mahoosive roof lights on what otherwise appears to be an undercover car with NO police markings????

Its the first "undercover" cop car ive seen with a roof mounted light like that!!

Elvis

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i beleive they are leased so wont chop the roof up.

Psycho Warren

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but thats not the point elvis, they dont normally chop the roof up on undercover cars anyway

So i can see no reason for it unless theyve had a major policy shift and that all undercover cars have to show roof lights now due to stupid teen car thieves killing themselves on police chases

fiend

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I always thought the undercover cars just have the blue lights behind the front grill and in the rear window.

Seems pointless having an undercover car with huge lights ontop, defeats the purpose.

Elvis

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maybe its covering for a marked car or something?

Psycho Warren

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yeah thats what im thinking but thats why i posted it.

jamie-turbo2

Did you actually see a cop inside the car ?

its the type of setup you would see being used by the fire brigade be it a station offices car or chief divisonal officer , just a thought

Neil S

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They sometimes use hire cars for training etc, this might be one

Defo won't be an undercover one, some of those are pretty sneaky when you look at them!

I have the amber version of that beacon at work - the magnetic one is only supposed to be used up to 50mph, they've probably gone for the bar mount get get round this.

Twellsie

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thats what I was going to say, there is a VW golf up my street that has got a blue light on a roof bar and the bloke is in the fire brigade

Rich_bloor

i wouldn't be stopping if that tried to pull me over !!! it looks home made !!!
It looks like one of them you see on tv that rob taxi's!

If you dont trust a car thats trying to pull you over, the guide lines are to drive to the nearest police station, They cant do you for not stopping then.

mechanic28

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i have heard that you do not have to stop for a unmarked police car has to be a fully marked car to pull you over

Matt Evans

Theres a guy who lives on our estate, exactly the same BMW, colour, etc etc, he's a commander or something for the fire service.

The bars always on the car, even when he's shopping at sainsburys LOL

Ed1

My thought, they have astras round my way, i saw about 20+ in the fire station once, all exactly the same!

Lee Ivatt

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Theres an Evo Fq400 that prowls the A120 between Stanstead and Colchester.

Really clever lights, all blue strpbes hidden in between the top fins/spoiler bit on the rear window.

And also there are 4 lights in the bumper which are made to look like parking sensors



Also often see a VW passat TDI V6 4motion, again with the same set up.


I dont see why the BMW pictures above is at all crude, the suckers are obviously there as to not damage the bodywork. Saving money and time (as its transferable in seconds, so no instalation costs).

As has been said its probably on a rack to reduse drag to enable the top speed with out losing the lights!

Dont forget not all drivers out there are that "aware" sadly . I bet half the drivers out there wouldnt even blink twice or notice them lights on there, untill theyre flashing!

(not sure with the fire explanation tho as all the fire cars ive ever seen are red, which would make sence, but i guess its possible)

The Youth.

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I dare you to try it!!

steve

DanW@FastFord

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Or a medics car. I live near a bloke with a Megane and he has near identical lights on his.

It's a 318 too, so somehow doubt it's a 'high speed pursuit car'!

Psycho Warren

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looked like a copper when we over took it as he was wearing what appeared to be copper uniform with numbers on shoulder and an airwave radio on his armour.

andrewg

could be a tempory thing as there may be a problem with their normal car,

dojj

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he was probably going to audition for the bill

Tangodeltasierra3

probably a demo car or summat that there trialling

Glenn_

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I think it might be one of those cars that they use for training.