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    Hi All,
    Finally got around to taking some photos. Shes an ex plod but not in too bad a shape couple of bits missing and trim not put back right but all easily fixable and has 19 A4 pages of service history. Admittedly 80% is tyres and breaks but still, every bulb is on there.
    You'll have to excuse the light its was just about to tip it down and they were taken off my phone.








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    Tidy looking car there mate


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    thank you, like I said she's in pretty good nick.... there are only 2 holes, one which looks like a puncture "wound" in the dash and one in the center console. Bodywork is OK one or 2 small dents and a couple of scratches, but you don't buy one expecting them to be mint.
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    Nice mate.U can get a leather seats pritty cheap if want to change them.White is neve boring.I bet u feel like a kid wiv a new toy lol

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    Looks good mate, as previously said a black leather interior change would be good

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    Tidy looking motor. I just love white estates. Best colour to have

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    Looks well, I went to Bradford on Monday to buy one and it was a right dog looked well on pics only covered 75000 miles when I got there it was more like 275000 mile condition if I can't find a nice one soon itl be a s60 or a d5 for me

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    [QUOTE=Hoppsym;516472]Looks well, I went to Bradford on Monday to buy one and it was a right dog looked well on pics only covered 75000 miles when I got there it was more like 275000 mile condition if I can't find a nice one soon itl be a s60 or a d5 for me[/QUOT



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    Keep yr eyes off mine for now.[/QUOTE]

    If I can't get one yours is Definately on my favourite list haha

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    Nice one, did you get it from the Ex Police Cars supplier up in Yorkshire? I know they refurb the cars before selling them on and seem to do a good job from what I can tell too.

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    Is this the D5 model or the T5 as the Police have a nasty habit of ripping the badges off the backs of these things when they have them, and not replacing them when they get sold (heaven knows why!).

    The later ones are often D5 models because the T5's were returning 17mpg (source: Gwent Police Traffic Officer I spoke to), and killing the Police budget.

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    Aaah, finally a look at her. she looks really nice mate. keep your eyes open for some leather as that makes a world if difference.
    I don't know if anybody else has noticed how much that engine looks like the R engine... oval top air pipe, cylindrical air filter...

    she'll respond very well to a remap, I feel...

    James, she's definately a T5
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    Quote Originally Posted by martinrpeachey View Post
    Aaah, finally a look at her. she looks really nice mate. keep your eyes open for some leather as that makes a world if difference.
    I don't know if anybody else has noticed how much that engine looks like the R engine... oval top air pipe, cylindrical air filter...

    she'll respond very well to a remap, I feel...

    James, she's definately a T5
    T5 of course, maybe I should have looked more closely at the engine bay photo (I was admiring the paint job more).

    When people start buying the ex-plod P3 model 'hand me downs' in the next 12 - 24 months though, I guarantee there'll be far more D5 models available than T5's. Police forces are cutting costs by driving the slightly less powerful Diesel models now as they virtually halve the fuels costs. Why they never did this before hand with the P2's is just beyond me somehow, but there we go!

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    the petrol P3 cars are T6, theres a lot of them round here. 310 bhp twinturbo six-pot but performance wise, they aren't much faster than the P2 and 2 tons to boot. Economy wise, not much difference between the two.
    I can see why they would use the D5.
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    Quote Originally Posted by martinrpeachey View Post
    the petrol P3 cars are T6, theres a lot of them round here. 310 bhp twinturbo six-pot but performance wise, they aren't much faster than the P2 and 2 tons to boot. Economy wise, not much difference between the two.
    I can see why they would use the D5.
    T6? So that's a 6 cylinder engine is it? Oh gosh, 6 coil packs to go wrong, I'm getting the D5!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JamesT5 View Post
    T6? So that's a 6 cylinder engine is it? Oh gosh, 6 coil packs to go wrong, I'm getting the D5!
    yep, 3L straight transverse 6 pot with two turbos.
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    Quote Originally Posted by john656 View Post
    Hi All,
    Finally got around to taking some photos. Shes an ex plod but not in too bad a shape couple of bits missing and trim not put back right but all easily fixable and has 19 A4 pages of service history. Admittedly 80% is tyres and breaks but still, every bulb is on there.
    You'll have to excuse the light its was just about to tip it down and they were taken off my phone.








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    By the way John, it looks like your car is ex-Nottighamshire Police. I've found one image here of it in Police livery although it's not conclusive as the VRN isn't visible but it's labelled on Flikr with your registration number. Look 5 photos from the bottom of the page on this link..

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/4171619...ge111/?view=lg

    And if you look at the next link, 3 photos up from the bottom is your cars immediate sister car 'DYB'

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan215...age60/?view=lg

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    Nice car ya have there, as has been said before leather interior would look nice, Martin paid all of £55.00 for his !


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