Thread: Spare parts and repairable cars into the future.

Originally Posted by stevo3400

who said some general duties, mobile patrol sedans could go through a set of brake pads and tyres, in an eight hour shift.
Can I ask on what vehicles this was? What decade of last century was it? Or does the story get better everytime its told?

'Twas late 80s~early 90s, they would have been police special, Falcons. It wasn't every car, just a handful of drivers. It ties in with stories told to me, by an ex-policeman I worked with, one being how they would race each other, with lights and sirens on, the loser buying the coffee.

Some times police cars are used in ways we would not. Used to work with an ex Glasgow policeman who had a trophy for the longest distance in a shift

Now you might think this was miles traveled in a shift which it is but …. Seems each week one team would be tasked with seeing how far from Glasgow they could travel in the police car. Seems reaching France from Glasgow in a shift is a winner

This was done while on duty and 30 odd years ago before tracking of cars and people