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Old 04-11-2013, 06:48 PM
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Dubai has an aventador as a police car? way too much oil money in my opinion... http://www.classybro.com/2013/04/run...-police-force/
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its bullshit... just sayin
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How is this news? They also have a couple GT-Rs, some Camaros, 5 Series, etc.
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Yep saw that the other day...

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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
seriously


The article explains why:
Originally Posted by ClassyBro article
"The Aventador will be used for highway patrol, since 15% of all traffic tickets in Dubai are for people driving in excess of 130 m.p.h."
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Italy has a Lamborghini police car too

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Fucking Italians. Too much olive oil money.
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Originally Posted by Tharussian45
Dubai has an aventador as a police car? way too much oil money in my opinion... http://www.classybro.com/2013/04/run...-police-force/
You try catching Lambos, Ferrari's, Porsche's, etc with a Crown Vic.
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its bullshit... just sayin
have you seen the cars they drive???

edit: I'd also take a wild guess and say people won't pull over at those high speeds... or try to evade them anyway
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Old 04-12-2013, 06:06 AM
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Italy has a Lamborghini police car too

by the looks of that picture I would say Italy had a Lamborghini as a police car....
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It's not uncommon for the German police to use Beamers, Mercs and Porsche. Oh and even these:
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How about the South Korean Police:


Must be all the Fish Oil.
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Get this crap out of Ramblings......
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Insane. I'd drive one.

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Fucking Italians. Too much olive oil money.
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It's not uncommon for the German police to use Beamers, Mercs and Porsche. Oh and even these:
And all their taxis are Mercedes/BMW's
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They should add an NSX, just cause. BTW I wanna go to Dubai.
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Dubai has an aventador as a police car? way too much oil money in my opinion... http://www.classybro.com/2013/04/run...-police-force/


































































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NSX's have been used by the police in Japan too.
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Old 04-12-2013, 10:18 AM
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One of my local Fire Depts has a Murcielago

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Old 04-12-2013, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by TzarChasm
It's not uncommon for the German police to use Beamers, Mercs and Porsche. Oh and even these:
What's a "beamer"?

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What's a "beamer"?

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Old 04-12-2013, 04:18 PM
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One of my local Fire Depts has a Murcielago
Damn that's crazy! Someone's makin bank!
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pronounced beamer...spelled bimmer...
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Originally Posted by Tharussian45
Dubai has an aventador as a police car? way too much oil money in my opinion... http://www.classybro.com/2013/04/run...-police-force/
Yes, seriously.
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Old 04-12-2013, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
pronounced beamer...spelled bimmer...
In California maybe, but you guys always were a little light in the loafers....
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Old 04-12-2013, 11:40 PM
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In California maybe, but you guys always were a little light in the loafers....
It was that way when I owned one back when I lived on the East Coast 14-15 years ago...
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How is this news? They also have a couple GT-Rs, some Camaros, 5 Series, etc.
NISSAN GT-R : $100,000
CHEVY Camaro: $40,000
BMW 5-series: $50,000

LAMBORGHINI Aventador: $400,000

Yeah, I think that's how.
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Old 04-13-2013, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by 03tLsNBP
One of my local Fire Depts has a Murcielago

That isn't the fire department's.
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Old 04-13-2013, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Pure Adrenaline
NISSAN GT-R : $100,000
CHEVY Camaro: $40,000
BMW 5-series: $50,000

LAMBORGHINI Aventador: $400,000

Yeah, I think that's how.
It's still not news. All any idiot has to do is see what other ridiculous shit the country spends money on.

$434,000+ for what was originally a concept. Add in the other high amount of tourism & commercial projects they have planned & a $400,000 police car seems like chump change.
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It's still not news. All any idiot has to do is see what other ridiculous shit the country spends money on.

$434,000+ for what was originally a concept. Add in the other high amount of tourism & commercial projects they have planned & a $400,000 police car seems like chump change.
Then next time, lead with that, and not a Chevy.
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pronounced beamer...spelled bimmer...
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That isn't the fire department's.
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They should add an NSX, just cause. BTW I wanna go to Dubai.


NSX would barely keep up with a new Camry...
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Implying Lloyd Banks knows the difference between a "bimmer" and a "beamer".

Bimmer vs Beemer
Enthusiasts vs others
Definitions:
Bimmer - proper accepted slang for BMW cars. Most people don't know this.
Beamer/Beemer - proper accepted slang for BMW motorcycles. You will hear this term used incorrectly by many people.
Bummer - When you get a speeding ticket.
Bitter - Another German car. Very rare; hand built.

So just why is a BMW car called a 'bimmer' not a 'beemer' or 'beamer'?

The answer in part lies in knowing some BMW history and what came first.

All real BMW enthusiasts know that BMW got a big start on two wheels, what many call the real BMWs.

In those days, BMW motorcycles were quite active in racing, and one of their competitors at the track was often the BSA bikes.

Well as things would have it, a track slang developed, and the BMWs were usually referred to as 'beemers' and the BSAs were referred to as 'beesers'.

So, of course for any true enthusiast, there is no way that a BMW car could be called a 'beemer', so they were called 'bimmers'.

Unfortunately, in the US and Canada, and perhaps other countries, there was a time (kind of still is) where for various reasons, a BMW owner was considered an upwardly mobile person, and of course due to the fun in driving their BMWs most all of them had big grins on their faces.

Hence it is little surprise that the non enthusiast types out there incorrectly labeled BMW cars and their owners as 'beamers' or 'beemers'.
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