Well just got in from a nice midnight cruise mission, cos i wanted to get some vids. Theres a nice national speed limit (private road) 1 mile stretch with round abouts at both ends which is usually dead after 11pm. So there we were taking some fly-by\'s and some launch\'s.
We had been there around 15 mins taking vids, we had just parked up in the lay-by to check the vids, when a car does a sharp U turn and comes roaring up towards us. When it gets closer we see its a Volvo T5 Estate, 2 big coppers procede and get out of the car. Both were fully armed and kitted out. They asked the usual "Whats going on here then" etc "Just taking some videos" Mims repied..."O right, lets see"...so Mims showed him some tape..."HAHA thats good enough for court that! Ah and anyway mines much quicker than that" the bigger one says :eek...the other guy was just giving me the usual Q&A where am i from, is it my car etc etc but in a very friendly and chilled manor.
After the pleasantries and abit of banter about the car, the big one (Chris as we now know him by) says "Lets have a go then" :2eek so off we went for a burn :driving Came back and he blabs "I still think mines quicker!" :Hammer
So in a joking manor i said "Well wana race and see?" to my absolute disbelief he said "Yeh go for it, but you cant film it!!!" :Hammer
We only had 2 runs but i dusted him after 2nd on both. I still have the limiter on the GTC so couldnt go over 3rd but even then i was a good 3 car lengths infront! We ended up chilling with them for a good 10-15 mins!!! We didnt get to film it but we did film them take off before they left "For a kebab" :p
Anyway nice chaps, nice night, for a change ;)
I think Carlsberg made them coppers............
Good Kill!! :cheers
Shame you couldnt get a vid - that would of been fantastic!
See - not all plod are evil ;) Nice when you find some that are reasonable and knew that what you\'re doing wasn\'t endangering anyone so it\'s not an issue!
And their comment about it being enough for court... it probably was (burnouts and drag launches are enough!).
Cool coppers though.
Quote from: avityesboyI think Carlsberg made them coppers............
Brilliant comment :King :rollin :rollin :rollin
Coooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllll................... :yes .is it :guinness time yet ?
No no gods honest truth...I have proof aswell! Iv got them shooting off when they left on tape ;)
Plus i dont :guinness
my g/f works in the local police station & one of the police officers was looking for a 2 seater sports car. most people are told by police to get car off the road, I was told get mine back on the road,was awaiting brake parts. Let 2 of them have a go, told me a bit about the high speed training they do after I wondered why he\'d accelerate then let off on a straight road with loads of road left, its to do with half distance, the pair of them couldnt believe how quick a fd was.
The comment after they asked me to show them what car was really like was on a straight road was " i think i need to change my underwear" The police office in the front seat said he couldnt move his head to see the speedo due to the acceleration.
They\'ve also been passengers in my B4 RSK & i was told our focus would never catch this but i knew that.
like most people they are normal & quite a few of them are petrolheads, and just like us they do switch off from the job when off duty.
LOL..class... shame they arnt the same round us.. although in fairness a couple fof the local customers are regulars with us (tyre department) and they are half human! they even get a new sti 9 with us..but its a shame they man the local A road so heavily..its a bikers haven up here so we get speed cameras galor.
Oh Rixio bud..ull know..is freddy about atm?i cant get hold of him
Quote from: oldoneCoooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllll................... :yes .is it :guinness time yet ?
Yep go kill some more of your liver :cheers .
If only Carlsberg made cops, they would probably be the best coppers in the world :rollin !
Yep was the truth, one of them (not chris) asked to see some footage, so while i was turning the cam back on he said "Does this thing record the speed aswell?", i started laughin n then he nudged me n started laughin himself :Giggle .
Before they drove off i asked them what they were doing out, he replied, "Do you want the truth or some cock and bullsh*t story?" i laughed and said whatever he answered, "We are going to get a kebab!".
Chris then said, "We thought you guys were taking a photoshoot with some birds" to which i responded "Nah man, its too cold, theres not enough light and it aint summer! Come back next time, take it easy guys :Thumbs-up. " Then they sped off into the distance, foot down as soon as the engine ticked over, crazy mofo\'s! Guess they were hungry :rollin !
Thats brilliant, I have to admit though the cops around here are good too, as long as you\'re not an a**e. I speak to a few of them and they are sound guys, as GerryM says a lot of them (especially traffic) are petrolheads like us and can appreciate a nice motor.
Barry
nice one Rixio... so when you posting up the vids... ? :).. that must have been so cool when the copper said lets race...
Great stuff, good to hear the cops were cool about the vids bought time we had some common sense coppers out there.
If it was a busy day time launch then you can\'t blame them for bing heavy handed but these guys seemed cool, get them to bring the T5 to R3 and race the proper rx7\'s :cheers :Laugh
Talking of kebabs :mmmm :mmmm :mmmm
Brilliant story,nice to know there\'s some police around with a sense of fun.
lets see the vids matey
Nothing like digging up the past eh :Thumbs-up
Quote from: avityesboyI think Carlsberg made them coppers............
Carlberg dont make coppers, but if they did....
I\'ll dust you Rixio................:Ladys-man
Or don\'t I count cos I\'ve got a rex and not a volvo.
show us your vids then dude :D
ha ha. spot on. there are some great ciopper out there.something similar happened to me.
a blue 03 reg civic type s was circling me at 70mph with two big blokes in. i accelerated to 100 to get away and they caught back up and kept circling me( over and undertaking me)
was a long motorway about 3am coming back from a meet. no traffic but this civic. so i said to the missus, \' i\'ll get away from these two\' dropped it and tore off. civic was behind till 140 and i kept going till about 155 when the civic\'s front end burst into blue lights and sirens !
i pulled over devastated and got out. the two coppers were laughing at me, i handed over my keys with a smile on my face and said \' got me there, bang to rights\' and started laughing, one of them then offered to buy my rx off me, at a knock down price, as i wouldnt be needing it for a few years.
then the other one tells me to get back in my car and get on my way. i looked at him bemused and \'said i was almost at 160 there \' he said\' i know i just wanted to see it go, these are rotaries arent they ? \' yeah\' i replied. \' always fancied one\' he said. \'off you go at take it easy\' then i made them shake my hand before i drove off in absolute disbelief. i was looking at jail time i think lol
anyway a few days later i spoke to a friend of mine who is a copper and knew about what had happened he told me they let me off because i was cool about it and didnt start raving at them. they said i was the first person that month who they had caught through a traffic violation that had got out and held their hands up with a smile on their face.
Did something very similar a few years ago...
Decided to go up town for a pizza after the pub, (i wasnt drinking- was on antibiotics) with my steaming mate in his 1.5 Civic hatch. Coming home, car joined on from a roundabout and sat about 3inches of my arse. They had full beam on so i couldn\'t see sh!t do i booted it away to get out the glare. (After my ****ed mate turned round and gave them the finger!). Anyhoo, got to about 90 on a dual carriageway and looked up to see them way behind me. Looked up again \'bout 2secs later and all i could see was blue lights!
Pulled me over, and asked me if it was my car, I said "no, its his" as the other copper opened the passenger door and drunken mate fell clean out! lol
cops were cool tho, just said that we\'d attratracted attention cos we were young, in a nice-looking motor at 3 in the morning! RESULT!!!
no - this cant be true. where do ya live? think i might have to move there. round here people get section 59s and their cars confiscated for having window tints!