Buying an ex cop car

Bought an ex police van years ago, quite a large van and with a v8 petrol engine, fuck me did it go !! bout 0-60 in 7/8 secs. Had been really well maintained and didn't have much trouble with it, eventually sold it to some young lads who had set up a band, they ran it for a few years after that as well. Luck of the draw I guess.
 
i had a ex police XR4x4i. Best car i ever had. did 3000 miles in two weeks driving round france and never had a problem the whole time i had it. until some scumbag nicked it. gutted
 
Challenger1978 said:
Recently I've been looking at replacing my old banger with an ex cop car. Pacifically a Ford Focus 1.6 TDCi Studio 5dr [DPF] Diesel Estate. Now I've been looking at ex cop cars as i can get something that's 4 or 5 year old for only 3k to 4k. I'm guessing as its an ex cop car they're not going to be death traps and should be reasonably well maintained.

So i was wondering has anyone on here ever bought an ex cop car before. Did it turn out alright or are they a bunch of Lemons that are best avoided ?
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I bought a mini in 1968. Cost me £220. The previous keeper was the Chief Constable of Cheshire. Had it for four years and it did me proud. Sold it for £70, so not quite £40 a year.
 
I bought an old police ford escort in the late 70's. It was fast. Very fast.

The bodywork was crap. The doors were misaligned. The front seats were about as comfortable as a lump of concrete. It had no radio etc.

It cost me just under a grand (a very serious amount of money at the time). I had it for three years, drove about 30,000 miles in it, and sold it to a scrapper for 150 quid.

Cars are better nowadays.

Just don't buy a post office van.
 
Have you noticed though most people don't go for second hand cars, it's all company cars and leased cars hardly any old bangers on the road . The after sales market (exhausts for example ) is dying
 
it will probably be clocked and run on red diesel.

bought 1 about 20 years ago what a shed, like something out of The Sweeny.

auctioned it on and made 50 quid, lucky escape.

but those are the old days, if it drives ok and is cheap enough go for it
 
I looked at a ex plod Volvo. Chap who maintained them told me they were looked after no expense spared but put a new clutch in cos that will be f**cjked
 
cupidstunt said:
I looked at a ex plod Volvo. Chap who maintained them told me they were looked after no expense spared but put a new clutch in cos that will be f**cjked
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1200 quid for a new clutch in my S60 .... only genuine Volvo parts are compatible... still it's ten years old (and 135k on clock...wife had from new as company car, and I bought it from them), and apart from basics like tyres etc, only thing had to splash out on....

Cop ones will be well looked after on the whole.

'Pacifically' ;-)
 
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