Damn Damn Damn Damn

[Two Smoker]

What sort of car was it? I remember they took Falcons off pursuit duties because the things just couldn't stop.A few years ago we had a drama outside our place early one morning and a Commodore overshot the scene and went up the curb.They basicly have to fit race brakes,then drive quietly around city streets - one day they have to stop hard...doesn't take many brains to see problems there.

They don't fit race brakes, but they do fit modifyed suspension and extremely hard pads (after 2-3 pad changes they need new rotors too), dont think they took the falcons off pursuit duty either?

[Lou Girardin]

Huh???????????

You might be too young to recognise the saying. It refers to coconut shies at the fair, you threw balls at them to win a prize. No prize for you this time Spud.
Lou

[Motu]

They don't fit race brakes, but they do fit modifyed suspension and extremely hard pads (after 2-3 pad changes they need new rotors too), dont think they took the falcons off pursuit duty either?

Standard Falcons of that era required pads and rotors at the first pad change,fit hard pads and you'll be fitting new rotors before the pads wear out.Taxi's fit very soft pads and replace them at 15,000km rather than fork out for rotors at every pad change.My brake suppliers have told me they were supplying vented rotors and Bendix Ultra for Police vehicles,but what do I know...sweet FA.

[Two Smoker]

Standard Falcons of that era required pads and rotors at the first pad change,fit hard pads and you'll be fitting new rotors before the pads wear out.Taxi's fit very soft pads and replace them at 15,000km rather than fork out for rotors at every pad change.My brake suppliers have told me they were supplying vented rotors and Bendix Ultra for Police vehicles,but what do I know...sweet FA.

LOL, cheers for putting me right Motu , are they arfter market ones? aren't the standard ones vented? ill have a closer look sometime (when the cop aint looking)

[Motu]

They are all vented,aftermarket are supplied by DBA who are the OEM anyway,but they do a drilled and slotted high perf rotor that wears just as bad as standard.Actualy I think the main problem with those mid 90s Falcons was that they put discs behind the wheel - to stop brake dust getting on the mags - but of course this cut down airflow and the brakes overheated.Aftermarket mags would go a long way to help - but on a government vehicle...nah.

[spudchucka]

You might be too young to recognise the saying. It refers to coconut shies at the fair, you threw balls at them to win a prize. No prize for you this time Spud.
Lou

I knew what you meant but couldn't figure out why you said it. But now I know you have lowered yourself to scoring cheap points as and where you can get them.

Just how old are you, Lou?

[El Dopa]

They did put a detective on the job when two new Mercs got nicked from a dealership in Auck though. Wonder why?
Lou

The 'car squad' (detective squad for car crime, seperate from uniformed HP) Auckland are notorious for being the least proactive, least competent, most jobsworthy bunch of layabouts on the force. In short, there's a good reason for most of the whinges to do with theft etc in this thread. My source on this is good, but given the amount of anti-police sentiment flying around, I ain't saying any more (no, I'm not a cop).

For the record, I don't agree with little tinpot fascists throwing their weight around because they can, and hiding behind the badge so they can dole it out and avoid taking it, but consider this: The police and HP spend most of their lives doing a job I for one wouldn't want to do or possibly even could do well, as it requires a degree of self-control and a skin thickness I don't believe I have. HP will spend a good deal of their time scraping the remains of excessive speed and excessive drinking off the road, usually people who thought they knew their own limits, and now know better, if they're lucky.

The rest of the time they'll be taking shit both from politicians and the public, so personally i'm a bit surpised there's not more of them turning round and dishing out as much as they take.

Yeah, nobody made them sign up for it, but I think they're a 'necessary evil' (whatever that means), and I'm glad there are people willing to do a job I wouldn't do myself.

[What?]

What sort of car was it? I remember they took Falcons off pursuit duties because the things just couldn't stop.

umm, actually Motu, the brakes were the only good bit if you are referring to the EA falcons. Biggest problem was rear sub frame flex which meant they did not handle well in corners, or in straight lines at higher speeds. The cops themselves refused to push them as they were just plain scary. Tickford suspension helped, after the NZ govt transport engineer wrote to Ford telling them that their car was so bad that he would not properly test it until they fixed it.

Oh, and they were speed limited to 180K because the diff couldn't hack it...