Ex - police nissan patrols

Gday Damo - your best bet would be to hit major auctions , such as Pickles - im not sure where the x cop cars go to in W.A but i know the majority of the cop cars from sydney got to Enfield motor auctions ( cosgrove rd)

every week is different as far as vehicles go - so if you cant find one this week , there may be one there the following week

although they do get thrashed - they are serviced when required by log books

hope this has helped a little

Boc

Hi there Damon, Im quit sure you have that around the wrong way and that Nissan wont want a bar of your patrol once out of warranty as they (the police) start them up flog the bleep ter out of them get to where they are going flat out then switch them off, no cool down time from what I have read on here especially the country ones as they are often sitting at high speeds for a while then same thing just shut them down with out cool down period. If it was me I would be paying a little bit more and buying privately, one that has never been off road and owned by the mother running her kids to school and shopping, I've seen the patrols around here driven by the Penrith police and personally wouldnt touch one. Not saying they are ratbags as if I wanted police at my house for some reason Id want them here quick too but I think they shoud be doing that in a ford or commodore as there patrols dont even get a chance to warm up before there flat to the boards. I think nissan seem to have fixed the major problem they had with earlier patrols (by what I have read on here ) but I still wouldnt touch an ex police one. And before anyone says anything yes I have owned 3 ex police vehilces, VL turbo, VN and vp both ex chasers and didnt have a problem but with a turbo diesel wouldnt risk it. Regards Steve M

My BIL's a cop, and advised me long ago never to by an ex cop vehicle. They really do thrash em.

Damo, I don't know about Patrols, but when we have been to Govvy auctions, we have given the ex Police Cruisers a wide berth - they were the ones they used in the Kimberley including during the wet. Other Departments generally OK. Ours was ex education department (outback) but had been well maintained, purchased not at auction, but through a dealer where it had been traded at the 40 -50,000 km mark. Dearer than buying through an auction though.

WA Auto Auctions in Bentley is where the Government vehicles are auctioned, however as per above posts I would be giving all Police vehicles a big berth, wouldn't touch them with a forty foot pole.
Good luck with your search
Cheers
B&D

Dunno about WA but in Qld they use cruisers as stationary speed cameras,parked on the side of the road for hours on end,with engines idling away to run aircon, while they monitor the cash regista....camera.
My point is the speedo will say little about the hours the motor actually ran for that day