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Old 30-07-2006, 02:49 PM   #1
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Default EX W.A. Police, EF V8 GLI
theres an EX W.A. EF GLI V8 for sale that i'm thinking of buying the bloke who ownes it said it was an EX cop car and it's Chipped up with a sports suspension, and he rekons they're rare too,

I'm just wondering what anyone thinks about it, would it go harder than XR8's and is it a good idea to get an EX cop car, also how good were the cop suspension,

he's asking $5500 for it
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Old 30-07-2006, 03:08 PM   #2
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I forgot to mention it has 200,000 on the clock
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Old 30-07-2006, 03:59 PM   #3
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ex cop cars are a bad idea unless your planning on spending more money on the thing.
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Old 30-07-2006, 06:04 PM   #4
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Dont know about the ex cop car thing but ive got an ef gli v8 myself. They are pretty rare. Supposedly there was only about 600 ever made. Dont know if that includes cop specials though.
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I'm not sure how true it is, but I've heard a few times that Cop Cars are flogged to within an inch of their life.
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yer i heard something similar like that about ex police cars as well as also being thrashed to the max. But for some reason my old man likes ex police cars?? :yeees:

Depends on whether you want it or not?, might be best to get it tested before you by it.
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Old 31-07-2006, 02:26 PM   #7
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I heard they have a hard life, but also they a serviced and mantained better than most cars too.
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I'm not sure how true it is, but I've heard a few times that Cop Cars are flogged to within an inch of their life.
LOL. I reckon EVERY cop car is flogged to within an inch of it's life.

And it doesn't stop at cop cars either. Fleet cars, company vehicles, etc etc. are all victims of regular, severe, cold engine floggings!
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yer i heard something similar like that about ex police cars as well as also being thrashed to the max. But for some reason my old man likes ex police cars?? :yeees:

Depends on whether you want it or not?, might be best to get it tested before you by it.

maybe he bought an ex cop valiant... rumours are that if the V8 didnt blow up, it was sent back to chrysler for inspection and a brand new six was put back in its place. and the v8s that did blow up got replaced too....
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the thing i'm told about cop cars being thrashed is that they drive them around in second gear
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Fleet cars, company vehicles
My Dad's company car BF only gets flogged when I or my brother drive it.
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lol company cars rule. We just got rid of a ba company car........so many good memories. Also we had a manual dodge neon, it was pretty quick car.

Also the things is with company cars alot of people take out parts (eg. diffs, tyres and in some cases whole transmissions) and replace them with crappy 2nd hand parts. I knew a few ppl who did this, so just be careful when buying company cars from auctions.
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Don't happen to know the rego ??

I owned a EFII V8 ex chaser... Never had any problems with it..
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PS: They are not chipped, however are not a standard ECU (ECU actually identifies itself as POLICE as well -- came on Scantool at BPT)

Suspension had tickford style... Bit lower, stiffer... Etc...
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I heard stories of newer cop cars having there rotors changed every 5000 kays. What does that say? LOL
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The cars are well maintained?
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The cars are well maintained?
Like the government would ever consider spending thier money on preventitive maintenence.
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Don't happen to know the rego ??

I owned a EFII V8 ex chaser... Never had any problems with it..
It wouldn't be the same, because the car is in SA
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