tedshred

My my. Them's Fightin' words! Maybe a bit of past injustice and self-doubt in there eh? Henceforth, you may be known as, "Righteous Defender of the Terribly Misunderstood". Well, now we know where we stand, we can all have a good lie down.

Dezz, It was a genuine thank-you for drawing my attention to the fact that my post seemed to be aimed at Ruffels, when that was never my intention. It was a sarcasm-free thanks. Phew! these forums can be a real minefield! I gotta learn how to get what I meant in to print! Peace

Snowy/Budge Thanks for the update. C youse Satdy arvo.

I see now, thanks Dezz. Ruffels, please accept my apologies I never intended my posts to read like I was having a go at you. Being a bit of a self-proclaimed EVO-nut (owning one helps) , I saw the photo, got excited and thought I would add my 2 cents worth based on the fact that I had actually seen it! My last post was aimed at informing other members of the thread whose real goal is not constructive input, but to stir up a bit of aggro. It seems that police have dabbled with small cars over the years -I believe- mainly as pursuit/interceptor vehicles. They even had the original Mini Coopers and Cooper "s" as pursuit cars back in the 60's! The EVO will probably go the way of the WRX and the rest of the small cars. They don't seem to stay with them for very long. Perhaps the imports are expensive to buy and maintain and generally too small for the "size" of the force. I would imagine that the local cars have big financial incentives attached too. The only WRXs I ever saw were hiding in the median along the Hume Highway. or poking out of turnouts on wide and faster country roads. I have friends who report having seen them on the Geelong road and other parts of Highway 1. Maybe it's some kind of incentive plan for an otherwise fairly boring job.

Snowman, can you explain The Bat's answer to my question! http://www.wrx.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28944 Are we a sub-class of associate? Are we not eligible for WRX associate class points (not that it really effects me)? What split in the SAU classes is he referring to?

Clearly you didn't read the initial post or mine too closely and you don't know your EVOS! -after all it IS a Skyline forum. I never argued the fact that ".. the victorian police have just purchased 8 brand new Evo 9's..." I'm sure they have, they're a weapon. I stated that an EVOVIII is pictured. -and yes I can tell by the wheels! Does that make you even gladderer? As far as I can tell from the original post, "....one of my friends dad's who works for mitsubishi..." never confirmed the picture to be that of a IX either! I have seen an identical car to the one photgrahed, in the flesh, up close (Chadstone Mitsubishi) and GOODNESS ME! I EVEN touched it! And you know what! It was an VIII too! It was definately not Gold coloured (refer to photo) -but the IXs might be! Back to school 4 u! Q.E.D.

The picture shows an EVO VIII. I have seen an identical one at Chadstone Mitsubishi in Melbourne. Presumably it is also a working vehicle, It seemed to have comms (2 -way radio) in it and the was certainly not much of the "stock" rubber left. Possibly used for evaluation.