Comments on: Sydney cops a Fiat police car

By: Rotary

Rotary — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:54:08 +0000

F1 Fun Says:
February 8th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Not sure how long they’ve had them, but I saw a black Mazda RX8 police car at Enfield last week. Looked very nice indeed.

It had the blue and white checkers along the side but also seemed to have some red logo/writing down near the rear doors – like it was specially tuned or something?

Didn’t get a real good look unfortunately as I was driving. Tried to go around to get a pic but lost ‘em

It was a Crisco Logo, i saw it parked at the handwash, Hume Hwy , Srathfield

By: sykline R34

sykline R34 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:53:06 +0000

ay steve wat do ya think i should get a nissan skyline R34 or a hummer H2

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:43:51 +0000

Being based in trendy Leichardt/balmain in inner sydney I suspect the Fiat will be used to patrol the streets and pull over anyone who either: doesn’t drive a european car;
isn’t wearing at least one piece of designer label clothing; doesn’t have one of those small dogs shoved into their handbags or is walking around without a triple espresso-moccha-latte-cino in their hand

By: TP

TP — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:13:52 +0000

I have no problems with the Police… Id prefer they pull anyone over who they suspect as being suss and catching 1% then missing that 1% of idiots. Ive been pulled over a few times for ‘reckless’ driving, as long as you aernt an arogant twat they are quite reasonable.

By: SP

SP — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:24:37 +0000

I think some people here need to calm down a bit…these ‘fancy’ cars such as the Fiat, the Hummer and the RX8 etc to name but a few doing the rounds in various States are donated/sponsored vehicles used by Crime Prevention Officers etc for visits to schools/public events etc to raise the profile of Police.

They’re not general duties vehicles nor are they pursuit vehicles and they’re not “wasting taxpayers dollars”.

As for the whinger commenting about mates being ‘pulled over for nothing’…matey as a driver the Police can stop you anytime, anywhere for the purpose of RBT.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:52:29 +0000

I think the concept of the Fiat is a great idea. It works over in europe. Fiat cars are really good.

By: No Name

No Name — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:17:59 +0000

Kev – don’t take us seriously, we’re having a laugh

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:37:14 +0000

“FIAT no longer stands for Fix It Again Tony. Much like Alfa, they have lifted their game.”

That is simply not true.

You, and most people here, obviously haven’t been on fiatforum.com or have dealt with Ateco. Ateco simply does not give a $hit about its customers. I’ve submitted three formal complaints about my faulty GP within 16 months, and the last one they’ve ignored.

ACCC here I come.

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:56:58 +0000

Aargh. Stupid forum cut half my message off because I used angled brackets.

Anyway what I was trying to say is that, aside from the traffic – ASSUME AN EMPTY ROAD – the M4 is essentially the same as an autobahn. It is a 3 lane freeway which is dead straight for several kilometres at a time with virtually no changes in elevation, is practically devoid of wildlife straying on the road and has no tree cover to drop leaves / sap etc on the road. In clear daytime conditions with a car that is properly maintained and roadworthy (take a BMW 540i for example) 200km/h would be a walk in the park and hardly dangerous.

Not that I would encourage this sort of driving…

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:50:58 +0000

This is a bit OT but Steve’s comment about going 180 on the M4 -

Reasons why it could be very dangerous – for instance doing it in heavy traffic. On the Autobahn the norm is to do this speed or more – countering that, the people who drive in Germany (generally speaking) have the etiquette and skills to maintain that sort of speed “norm”.

>>Aside from breaking the law