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Old 23-10-2021, 09:15 PM   #1
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Saw an odd thing during the last week, an all-black Benz SUV with US-style interceptor nudge bar, antennae and light bar, it was moving at a fair clip between Ermington and Eastwood/Epping, via a rat run. No markings I could see, but we were going opposite ways.

Is this a NSW Police trial vehicle or just some security business shaking hands with themselves?
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Old 24-10-2021, 07:51 AM   #2
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Drug delivery vehicle?
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Old 24-10-2021, 08:10 AM   #3
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It’s probably one level above the blatancy already displayed, if so.
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Thats what id be thinking if it was a police vehicle. When the lady in the street behind me got shot dead, when i was driving home from work i got passed by a convoy of unmarked blacked out landcruisers with the red and blues in the grills and rear windows. They were the riot squad. Pretty sure they were called in due to a gunman being on the loose.
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Saw an odd thing during the last week, an all-black Benz SUV with US-style interceptor nudge bar, antennae and light bar, it was moving at a fair clip between Ermington and Eastwood/Epping, via a rat run. No markings I could see, but we were going opposite ways.

Is this a NSW Police trial vehicle or just some security business shaking hands with themselves?

The tactical teams have a few German suvs. Quite a sight seeing a convoy racing through the cbd with some BMW X5’s and the blokes driving are wearing helmets

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I’ve seen the federal armoured X5s but not NSW units. This being a Benz and the atypical front bar caught my attention.
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GLA?
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Or the GLE63 Australia fastest Police car?

https://www.whichcar.com.au/car-news...est-police-car
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Old 25-10-2021, 11:43 AM   #10
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It may have been a GLE or GLS. The encounter was too quick for a look that allowed identification. Rear of cabin fairly “boxy”.
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I think they use the boxy G63 in Dubai $$$$

https://hiconsumption.com/700-horsep...-dubai-police/
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Old 25-10-2021, 12:26 PM   #12
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Definitely not a G-wagon, more like a Landcruiser.
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