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Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 20th, 2009, 10:13 amby Malakai
WHO would ever suspect you could be pulled over by police driving a pimpmobile?
Queensland police are hitting the road in gangster-style cars included in a new stealth fleet aiming to blend in with the driving public.
Last week, a Chrysler 300C, priced around $60,000, was seen pulling over a speeding motorist on the Bruce Highway near the Pine Rivers Bridge.
Also spotted as part of the Traffic Branch's fleet was a Holden SS Ute and sporty black Volkswagen Golf.
The Chrysler 300C features a mean looking grille and is a favourite in rap music video clips because of its "gangster" look.
A police spokeswoman said the vehicle fleet was not restricted to "off the shelf" cars.
"Unmarked vehicles are among the QPS fleet and are utilised as executive vehicles and for covert operations," the spokeswoman said. "This includes Q-Cars used to detect motorists who drive irresponsibly on Queensland roads."
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http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25799937-3102,00.html
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 20th, 2009, 10:26 amby t1MMy
Melbourne West had them for a while too.
Frankston had one of these for a while too.
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 20th, 2009, 10:38 amby Malakai
I like to think that the cops will be wearing big fur coats, pimp hats and carry a cane. Not to mention the oversized clock on a chain around their neck and the spinner wheels on the car.
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 20th, 2009, 11:04 amby OED666
Gozza got pulled over by the SS Ute just outside of Toowoomba. I have see that Ute a few times... I have also seen the Golf on the M1 a couple of times. A mate of mine got pulled over by a Hummer about 6 months ago.
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 20th, 2009, 11:07 amby Gozza
The guy in the Ute was nice. Measured my ride height , said i was too low and let me go on the pretense i would fix it
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 20th, 2009, 11:12 amby OED666
and he also wanted you to fit mudflaps.. haha
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 20th, 2009, 12:56 pmby skewy_33
theres a cop goin round in a silver supra chrome 20s pretty low body kit everything pretty much going round keilor area
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 20th, 2009, 2:17 pmby philzo
Your joking a hummer, thats just a waste of our money!
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 20th, 2009, 3:35 pmby Hybrid34
I wonder what coppa gets to drive these mint vehicles..*bunch of em standing around playing paper, scissors, rock*
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 20th, 2009, 7:38 pmby Troutman
The Hummers were loaned last year in direct response to worsening city violence, with the logic that they are more intimidating than a standard patrol car.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/16314/victo ... mer-style/Some might remember the GTO cop car which got a lot of attention a few years ago.
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 21st, 2009, 12:41 amby bushman
From what i've heard there is a wrx unmarked cop car over wellington pt way. My brother in laws mate was telling me about how he went outside one day (early evening) and there was a black WRX with chromies out the front of his place that had pulled up a bogandore he said if it wasn't for the cop lights he would've passed it off as being a nice car, i would've found the nearest bat put on some welding gloves then squeezed it for guano for the wrxs' paint
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 21st, 2009, 7:32 amby Malakai
bushman wrote:...i would've found the nearest bat put on some welding gloves then squeezed it for guano for the wrxs' paint
Hahaha... what! Talk about random.
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 21st, 2009, 7:46 amby SnyperEB
Troutman wrote:The Hummers were loaned last year in direct response to worsening city violence, with the logic that they are more intimidating than a standard patrol car.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/16314/victo ... mer-style/Some might remember the GTO cop car which got a lot of attention a few years ago.
Well spent tax money...............not!!
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 21st, 2009, 1:08 pmby Troutman
It appears HSV loaned the car to the police as some kind of PR exercise, so the cost to taxpayers would presumably be negligible. The Hummer was a loan car of some sort too.
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 21st, 2009, 1:53 pmby t1MMy
Mitsubishi is the lastest to loan a car to the police, but that's all it ever will be, it would cost plenty to keep a car like those in good running order. That and the fact that the little lancer battery keeps going flat from all the electrics that's hooked up to it.
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July 22nd, 2009, 8:49 pmby stav50
Hybrid34 wrote:I wonder what coppa gets to drive these mint vehicles..*bunch of em standing around playing paper, scissors, rock*
aparantly anyone, my cousin has driven the vicpol hummer. hated it. said its just luxury type shit and had to use some of it.
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 23rd, 2009, 5:56 amby FairmontXR6
They have had "exotic" unmarked cop cars on the south side of Brisbane for a while.
The ones that I have seen;
A Monaro with chromies and a harliquen paint job about 3-4 years ago.
A SS with custom number plates (V8 supercars theme) about 1-2 years ago.
Last I saw, they were using a black Holden ute and a red Toyota sportivo.
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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July 26th, 2009, 5:57 pmby EBTO4Z
In Sydney west i have seen them in Typhoon's and HSV's. A mate of mine is a copper and told me they hire them. To try to edge ppl on to drag them and than pull you over once there done draging you.
Re: Police roll in pimpmobiles.
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August 18th, 2009, 8:57 pmby MRVERG
EBTO4Z wrote:In Sydney west i have seen them in Typhoon's and HSV's. A mate of mine is a copper and told me they hire them. To try to edge ppl on to drag them and than pull you over once there done draging you.
that would be a mint job!!