BBC One X-CARS - Episode 1

BBC Cameras follow officers from Greater Manchester Police X Division. Year: 1997

[@AK47UMERKHAN]

Im a simple man. I see a sierra cosworth...i click on the video.

[@mekkimaru2365]

I'm with you bro

[@lg-qi5gn]

Ha ha ha

[@cxhxzz5679]

Same here😂

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Sapphire. They are pretty nice.

[@tomvarcoe3100]

Yep

[@dukeofdevon5608]

And not one “I can smell cannabis coming from the vehicle” lol

[@rickydub6950]

Different type of substance back then. Less pungent lol

[@andyasdf2078]

Cannabis didnt exist in the 90s lol

[@Dublinjackel]

They didn't have a lae for drug driving then, just drink driving, got away with murder back in the day, weed wasn't a thing just good hash, lsd, and a few proper yokes done the job

[@Sam-bz1hr]

@@andyasdf2078 good old hash the proper stuff non of this skunk crud

[@euanscotland]

@@Sam-bz1hr and hash is made from what exactly ?

[@TheGreg6466]

There's still roadworks on that m61 junction today XD

[@mrginga4044]

I bet it is still ongoing

[@EportChris]

Still going....

[@andyfowler8274]

Yeah I know

[@med86win]

Signs telling your coming up on signs

[@peacebethejourney1]

😂

[@kv51m7]

miss all these old skool cars man

[@mypinis]

Every petrol head does.

[@graffitiuk6962]

Too easy pinch..

[@aidans9010]

me too

[@aaroni5074]

@consistency 14 nova

[@msgamer9759]

👍

[@haveyoueverwondered23]

Ah not a speed camera in sight, those were the days...

[@ScottZ370]

DashCam Bandit lot more police on the streets though

[@chrisnoble2084]

Just get the number plates out that the cameras cant read

[@HalfdeadRider]

We had speed cameras, but much less of them about. No ANPR's so I used to get pulled all the time lol

[@thedarkknight8203]

Nor producer's

[@thedarkknight8203]

THESE is real fake news you think these exists in today's world cheap one's£20 bag nevermind rust bucket with RS focus power in oldskool still silly police

[@rogerdickinson6944]

I bet those coppers had the time of their lives doing this job in the 90's! Still young and legally driving pedal to the metal chasing after idiots in stolen cars, must have been an absolute blast.

[@richardclarke376]

mid 20s, given a Cosworth and a speed exemption? No kidding !

[@Lousy_Bastard]

Also corrupt as fuck.

[@iainv4092]

@@Lousy_Bastard yawn

[@Zwia.]

@@iainv4092 yep police corruption and abuse of authority is tiresome.

[@sirfairplay9153]

Yep, no speed humps, camera's and far less traffic lights, UK roads were one big race track

[@thecarguychannel]

4x4 note 4x4 1992 J Reg Sapphire Cosworth in rare Silver. Lovely!

[@pablojmanchester1786]

still about but in storage

[@kells77]

It’s a K plate

[@stevenlambert3120]

That's my uncle ronnie with the city shirt on, he was city's number one fan and would travel to every game home and away. After this episode, he was well known everywhere as X cars! Thanks for putting this video up as it brings back great memories of a great uncle x .

[@jamiedavies4545]

Its Jamie Davies is salford a safe place for me to visit Manc780 mate?

[@jamiedavies4545]

Its Jamie Davies I'm from Romania Manc780 but I have lived my hole life in the UK and I live in Carlisle City Manc780 mate

[@jamiedavies4545]

Its Jamie Davies don't get me wrong I like Manchester and Salford and I support Manchester united Manc780 mate.

[@jamiedavies4545]

Its Jamie Davies I like Manchester and Salford Manc780 mate and I enjoy talking to you Manc780 mate.

[@jamiedavies4545]

Its Jamie Davies I like Manchester and Salford Manc780 mate and I hope I haven't upset you anyway Manc780 mate and I enjoy talking to you Manc780 mate.

[@malcolmcowan9554]

John nettles the narrator fking legend of a guy

[@stephenreece-ruffordktvcrn730]

Would love to see a documentary showing all these cops and criminals 25 years later. See how they have all aged and their lives panned out.

[@Fishingadventureuk]

Would be good that I bet the criminals faired better then the coppers I bet Thier all dead of alcoholism or heart attacks now

[@jaystebbeds4532]

Would make a great TV series that, cops and crims 20 years on!

[@mattwebb6056]

The car technician guy who took a family round their old car which had been recovered in one episode did appear in a 2000s episode of car wars

[@wilspu5590]

Will either be promoted, cid, or private security experience like this in demand overseas Middle East etc

[@andyhopkinson2708]

Some still in tvcu driving golf type r's

[@Hopgop1]

Over 6 years later and we all get recommended this, great TV show, hadn't heard of it. Even better than Road Wars!

[@mattwebb6056]

Steve Warr, who produced X Cars, also co-produced Road Wars (alongside Bill Rudgard of Police Stop fame!).

[@jay55148]

Takes me back to the 90's UK television days.

[@TregMediaHD]

The nostalgia of this program is amazing . 4x4 sierra saphire cossies and big car noise was awesome to hear. Plus the tashes on the coppers . Man, Woman ... if only the world still had some old school teachings to it's new school counterparts .. ( obviously not in all areas !!! 😂)

[@Tallandcharming]

The guy who narrates this would scare the shit out of you if you heard him read a bedtime story.

[@johnn278]

Haha it's John Nettles

[@jasonsolway1719]

He does sound like John Nettles but is the actor. Ralph Ineson. And has been in Game Of Thrones

[@steveluckhurst2350]

@@jasonsolway1719 Did you not see the end credits? Would you like custard with that humble pie? 😂😂

[@Mossadagent666]

It’s Jim Bergerac ,AKA John “ Soothing & Stinging “ Nettles 👍

[@shitchef4853]

I think we can all agree that it's the cossies what make these videos epic. Beast of a car! Even by today's standards, no vehicle will ever have the heritage that these cars have.

[@sierra3door4]

Agreed....what comes second place,is the Clio Williams V6

[@Lee-of3rx]

Cav turbo

[@sleepingwarrior4618]

​@@sierra3door4V6 Cleo? Second to the Cosworth? Lol Don't be daft....

[@noka1979]

Lotus Carlton😮

[@jondrizzle4554]

​@Lee-of3rx nice motors but not a patch on a cossie

[@guy4469]

ive been colin lee stevenson 17 popalar rd for the last 22 years never get stopped now ,

[@BertiesGhost]

Thanks for the upload. Loved this show back in the day!

[@l30njam3s]

The good old days when you could listen in on chases with a scanner

[@mathewmeehan5553]

Or be the one in the chase cars,were just so easy to nick back then ahhh those were the days

[@l30njam3s]

@@mathewmeehan5553 indeed, easiest was the classic Nova

[@JM-cw1er]

🤣 RadioShack

[@l30njam3s]

@user-ts9fy6se6u Fuck what year are you talking about? Also change my and me to them and their, just incase 🤣

[@Sam-bz1hr]

Tandy ​@@JM-cw1er

[@694069406940]

90s all about the cars and meets miss them so much had some good times and nights

[@roadmonitoroz]

Thanks for uploading these. I remember watching these back in the late 90's. Ah the good old days with the VHS

[@curbyourshi1056]

Just 30 years ago, our TV presenters spoke like this. The police officers spoke like this. What a bloody state we're in now. Zero standards at all.

[@flymajj]

John Nettles!

[@robmk3]

Mike Roy your a legend, I remember watching these at the time and had them on vhs but sadly lost them.

[@clairejensen4859]

Better than Traffic Cops :)

[@residentelect]

Claire Jensen That's because Traffic Cops follows modern traffic units which have had all their fun ruined by rules and regulations lol no more pursuing in high performance unmarked cars 😔 I agree though, this show was brilliant 😃

[@clairejensen4859]

West Midlands Police Pursuit Policy Document

[@residentelect]

Claire Jensen Thanks 😊 Makes for a very interesting read. My understanding was (especially up here) was that unmarked high performance vehicles could be used for the initial phase, but must hand over as soon as possible to a marked unit who'll assume ground command responsibility, and can then move up into Tactical Phase, utilising PMT etc. Guess we all do it a little differently 😊 Thanks again for the document

[@clairejensen4859]

I emailed WMP Traffic division regarding operational tactics on pursuits. They replied they could not discuss operational tactics lol (obviously I could be a car thief finding out how to evade them lol)

[@mattwebb6056]

Car Wars from the late 00s was an updated version of this, followed the newly reformed Tactical Vehicle Crime Unit of GMP

[@jbland3509]

Imagine telling your grand kids you had a chase in a montego estate

[@chrisb1978]

What about if it wasn't an estate? Asking for a friend.

[@jbland3509]

@@chrisb1978 think your friend is getting you to ask silly questions

[@jonathanpayne1174]

I used to love watching this back in the day! thanks for uploading ...

[@davecommentator]

The speed that Fiesta nailed the 205 I'm amazed it didn't split the thing in half, no idea how the two scallys survived that intact! And...£75 compensation? That probably wouldn't even put a tank of fuel in it these days!

[@andy3127]

I Loved the unintentional humor of "It's a good place to sit and just watch what goes by" as the camera shows them sat in the car as several groups of girls in mini skirts walk past.

[@peterlister9626]

I don't remember seeing this program the first time round! I'm so glad you uploaded it on here, love seeing the old cars. I love the nostalgia of this program

[@iandavies638]

Nice one, I watched these when they originally came out. Thanks for uploading!!!

[@denver202]

Class best car cops series. Have a couple recorded on vhs but no way of watching them now haha.thanks for sharing this can't beat the old school ✌

[@fergalshark]

I live in Stockport car crime as always been high still is but boy the cars in this 1980/90s cars were the best cars ever so much high powered beauts fast fords vauxhall etc loved the cars from yesteryear todays modern shite doesn't compare in my opinion 😀

[@bacfo69]

yeah I had a Ford Capri and then an ? Escort GT loved those things lol

[@mekkimaru2365]

Vauxhall Lotus Carlton, Ford RS Turbo, BMW M3 (when Beemers were actually cool), Rover Vitesse, Mercedes 190E....... cars back then were AWESOME

[@ivornappinion9406]

Yep im from Denton and use to work in stockort,yeah proper cars and they could shift too. ive been on the spanners since early 80s and still at it but no passion for new motors just aint got that feeling :}

[@thomaspenman4101]

I was walking it home one night from stretford to partington as i was skint and could not afford to get a bus or taxi it was about 2am and to my surprise two cars pulled up and offered me a lift they guys are in this driving the xcars.👍❤❤

[@redchristy]

Nice one. loved this when I was a teenager in Manchester

[@simonmcroy6158]

great throwback to my youth! (I wasn't a car thief lol)

[@RM-fs4dj]

thanks for the uploads

[@bibbib9948]

10 mins in....'its a good place to park up and watch the skirt go by' lol

[@illfingaz210]

Bib Bib they were their daughters...

[@mrginga4044]

I was hoping i wasn't the only one to notice the whiplash they nearly give themselves

[@BenGillam]

12:38 nobody check on the innocent driver who hit them 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@scrapyardwarriorvlogging]

Thanks for putting these episodes up!

[@mike-roy]

You're welcome, I thought I'd lost them but found them on one of my old VHS tapes! :-)

[@Mossadagent666]

@@mike-roy 💯👏👏👏👏💯💎👍

[@klaasklapsigaar1081]

Ahh the good ol days. When the mist was so thick you could park your bike against it.

[@brianmunich553]

4 star petrol 😂

[@turn6garage640]

The Sierra Cosworth has to be one of the coolest cop cars that the British police ever used, how did any joyrider think they were ever going to outrun a Cossie, particularly a 4X4 Cossie?

[@pablojmanchester1786]

r u mad we did enogh times

[@trueleo7893]

Rs turbo blew them out in Beswick

[@iankennedy1441]

@@pablojmanchester1786 any Irish family

[@brendandowdican6575]

It wasn't the best thing to see in your mirror but in Miles platting we had plenty of things to lose them, R5 turbo, fiat uno turbo and if you wanted to do a decent graft Lancia Integrale but they were left hookers.. proud to say had 2 red and white

[@Zwia.]

The police get outrun in most pursuits unless they have a heli up, they simply can't take the risk perps do and soon as they get 2 corners ahead its pretty much game over and luck if they choose the right turn. Cops shows never show this ofc, they want to give the impression that you won't get away

[@HighHoeKermit]

It's a long time since I heard someone talk about the M63! How weird to see the police just do a random car check and leaving it at that, bidding them a good evening as he let them go, without stripping the car looking for drugs first. And just telling that guy to "stop at red lights in future" without giving him a ticket. I was often stopped in the 90s for driving a hot hatch, just to check it wasn't stolen. How things have changed.

[@simmo151]

That copper just wanted to rag it down the motorway. 135mph, doubt he was even that bothered about catching up with the chase of the fiesta! Love it.

[@henkmeerdink936]

Since the in option of the ANPR system, and the link up with the police data base, they dont need to pull cars over for routine checks anymore, all info they need is on their screen in seconds. They only reason they now will pull you in, is if the details dont match, I.e. a car registered/insured to a woman, driven by a man or such.

[@HighHoeKermit]

@@henkmeerdink936 To be fair, they already had that information from doing a PNC check while following you. ANPR is more useful at flagging up administrative discrepancies that you mentioned without the officer ever needing to be suspicious enough to check. He can sit there and read his twitter feed whilst the technology does the work for him. I suppose in that sense, the likelihood of being pulled over if you are administratively "legal" is smaller, but I think it's smaller for everyone, honestly. I suppose "joyriding" is also less of a thing now. I had my hot hatch stolen 3 times in the 90s

[@macca696]

See how both times the person being stipped didn't kick off saying why you harassing me or playing the race card more often than not people bring extra trouble on themselves play the game and your more likely to be on your way quicker

[@LeHazy]

Don't worry mate. Plenty of people in hotter cars still get checked on occasion. Only, just for legal mods instead of stolen or for drugs if it's a tinted window german performance.

[@michaelhughes3302]

It's a good place to sit and see what goes by.... Indeed it is!

[@MrRickstar111]

thanks for upload :)

[@sniffergoal]

Remember watching this when it came out, I worked for a company who had offices in Hyde in Manchester and frequently used to see familiar streets on the show! Car manufacturers were negligent at that time with regards to security - you could break into a car easily and drive it away by sticking a screwdriver into the ignition; no factory deadlocks, immobilisers or alarms, a mate of mine had his XR2 nicked twice in three days. I had Thatcham approved kit on my 205Gti and Cavalier GSI and fortunately never had a problem

[@craigethorley623]

Not a Harry moss alarm in sight :-)

[@claywalsh6817]

I had a 205 GTi 1.6 in 1995 I heard off a good car thief you could only get around the ignition with a Stillson wrench which car thief’s didn’t carry around. A screwdriver could fit in a pocket

[@mrb3673]

Yeah, I had an xr2 stolen whilst I popped into the shop, took them less than 2 mins.... bastards! Never saw it again 😢

[@alanfaulkner6329]

Back when cops were descent blokes and GMP was not doing its best impersonation of the Stazi and covering up for “grooming gangs”.

[@chucky2316]

It was also going on back then

[@Zwia.]

For some reasons they began hiring losers who don't know how to go on with people, they shout and argue and have no natural authority and are in the job to enforce rather than serve, they have big egos that usually exacerbates situations rather than defusing. Old school coppers were good working class blokes who had the right attitude and exuded authority, they knew the law and didn't get wound up.

[@andymcnab2.0]

Policing in the late 80s early 90s is so different to nowadays!

[@colinhathaway9493]

Used to see these guys all the time around where I live. Nice one for uploading this

[@mike-roy]

Thanks for watching

[@tan4eva]

I loved watching these as I was growing up & was in High School at the time & seeing how Manchester was back in them days. Thanks for uploading!

[@tan4eva]

Thank you for that reply but as you may have gathered by the comment I had left, I am from Manchester, United Kingdom & back in the 90's & before that Secondary School's were known as 'High School's' before they are now known as Academies & College's of some sort today.

[@liamedwards8906]

In Salford we called it high school too

[@tanyard]

Secondary or High school, I don't think there is a difference.They both mean "Secondary" or "Higher" education as well. I know in Scotland, and still some places in England they are called High schools.

[@MancstaSam]

+QU3STION5 wythenshawe in manchester it was also newall green high school

[@alanhughes5949]

+QU3STION5 in Bolton, I started SECONDARY SCHOOL in 1991 and always thought High School was American

[@biker042]

Mike Roy cheers for unloading this mate

[@ronburgundinho3929]

quality upload, had this recorded on VHS, but over time it got damaged.

[@kieranwhite6647]

Judging by the wheel trims and wind down windows, I'd say the Sierra 4x4 they stop at 8:27 was Ex Police

[@martytdd1606]

Spotted those window winders streight away too 😂 was wondering why they weren't electric on a XR4X4

[@ComeAgainxjrider]

the fuel bill for that cossie must of been something else lol

[@Rumpleforeskin77]

I'm commenting from the future ..How does 2 quid a little sound ?

[@daveypeester]

Excellent find. Many thanks. 'Marple Road!'

[@Shannmeister]

That takes me back. I lived at 54 Marple Road in the 70s just down from the junction with Hillcrest Road.

[@mattwebb6056]

Towards Offerton.

[@dwaynedwibbly6147]

Those were the days.. bend the door out. Snap it cap it and your off 🤣🤣🤣

[@peacebethejourney1]

When chases were chases.... Thanks for the upload!!

[@mike-roy]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@garethv1554]

Brings back memories, always watched these programs. Still watch them now Police interceptors are in Nottinghamshire where I live. Always good to recognise where they are.

[@M......0161]

Having a mufc tattoo why watching xcars bliss ❤

[@sonix7119]

Awesome !!! :) Cheers for sharing !!! :)

[@ISilentLlamaI]

Imagine being the 16 year olds watching that crash back, absolute madness.

[@Mravenueroad]

This was broadcast on 2 September 1996. I enjoyed the stinger 26:23. X Cars was repeated but revised. In a revised repeat, the drink-driver who was oblivious to a burst tyre was caught driving whilst disqualified only a few months later. He did not turn up at court and went on the run.

[@djmorgan5708]

ahh the classic cosworth :)

[@apellison78]

Best series ever!

[@0303940]

Foots to the floor in the RS!

[@wakeup2theNWO]

£75 compensation hahahaha what a joke

[@georgejacob3162]

And the guy in the first clip was fined £4,000 and didn't hit any other cars!

[@Cascroft-lp6ir]

Sierra Sapphire Cosworth police car- J202NNE Untaxed since 01 June 2002

[@ivgotballsofsteel4048]

sat in a warehouse making value.... police are all about cash schemes lol

[@mikehugh7899]

Police cars don't need TAX, they are state owned

[@StuartOliver83]

Cascroft2011 hahaaaa nice job I was wondering if it would still be about

[@pauldavison7105]

@@mikehugh7899 not in the UK . Each force buys it's own vehicles

[@petej8556]

Probably nothing left to tax. Metal work has likely turned to dust long ago.

[@cj-rl4ys]

It’s a great place to sit and see what goes by 😂 10:01

[@paulgraham4567]

Lol, those girls are probably in their late 40s by now, but the Cossie still looks that gorgeous.

[@rickydub6950]

Watching these for the umpteenth time😁

[@yorkyleefairbank]

I got chased off that cosworth when i was 18 i was in one myself and i got away from it going through bollards but got nicked a few streets away. Im 42 now so it was along time ago.

[@adilabbas8628]

Even the police were like yeah nice car three young lads lol

[@1979phill]

cool videos! i remember when we had 2 sapphire cosworths and an escort cosworth in our town along with 3.0 senators!

[@stevejones7008]

phill van I remember a Porsche 911 traffic car near Watford. Jam butty type.

[@Djpaul-lo1px]

Steve Jones A Porsche 911 uk traffic car? You must have imagined that, there’s no way in a million years they used those.

[@80s_kid.]

i heard that the kid in the Montego was Acer Hunter From Gorton. there's 2 acer hunters, one is the son, he's about late 20s now, but it was his dad in that, big acer. he was about late teens then.

[@hyper2high]

This is great. Its like old skool carwars

[@mattwebb6056]

The_MooN_MoNkEy Car Wars was the updated version of this. Followed the same vehicle crime unit around

[@mattwebb6056]

pablo j manchester I know. Why I said oldskool.

[@chrissummerfield9583]

I remember watching this on the TV . I used to have a moonstone blue sapphire cos . great days I miss the 90s 😔

[@realMaverickBuckley]

Chris... your father wants you to buy another one. ASAP. Lives for the living, buy a Cosseh Chris.

[@pedallinraw]

I liked the magenta ones 🙂👌🏻

[@chrissummerfield9583]

@@realMaverickBuckley I couldn't afford one today especially how much they have gone up in value . I sold mine for six Grand with FSH .

[@chrissummerfield9583]

@@pedallinraw the magenta reds are lovely arnt they especially on the 4x4s with the later style alloys .

[@tomrafferty2562]

@@chrissummerfield9583 And black leather Recaros!

[@grenzhochspannungshindernis]

8:06 "Lovely gear change" :D

[@pikeonatrike]

😂😂😂

[@UK33MOD]

Legends

[@channeltv6595]

10:11 it’s a good place to sit and see what goes by 💃 👀

[@ArtVandelayOfficial]

Yeah they were takin the piss! Havin a right perv

[@ME-ke7qc]

ahhh the good old days of the astra gte..my favourite

[@mattanderton432]

Haha only just found this the other day , and realised that a few of the pursuits are my dad’s - he drove a Midnight Blue Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 👍🏻 definitely the pinnacle of policing!

[@nickgodfrey1973]

If you don't mind me asking, what was his collar number, just so we know which pursuits were his. Understand if you don't want to say :)

[@eccIefechan]

Thanks for uploading this. I recorded this on TV back in September 1996 (it's 1996 BTW, not 1997) and still have it somewhere, but going through all my old VHS is hard. The white SIerra XR4X4 (E769 XTA) was last taxed in April 1996, shortly after this was filmed. That boy crashed it I would bet. Powerful cars and inexperienced younger drivers just don't go together!

[@jamesmcdonald1652]

+Manc780 ace

[@asimiq9195]

eccIefechan its worth about 20k now 😳

[@Keithbarber]

Inexperienced drivers who think their reckless driving is always going to shake the cops off often come unstuck

[@LynchLuke]

X cars was probably repeated in the summer of 1997.

[@mattwebb6056]

@@LynchLukeIt was and heavily edited

[@mrginga4044]

Lol they have been telling is what a stinger is for about 19 years lol

[@peter8084]

It's after watching that programme that I swore I would have a cossie, 1 year later I did ! Those were the days !!

[@wilspu5590]

Cossie forby?

[@peter8084]

@@wilspu5590 ????

[@wilspu5590]

@@peter8084 4x

[@peter8084]

@@wilspu5590 oh l get it, no, 2wd !

[@andrewdaley3081]

i remember when this came out it was cc the first quality pursuit programme out there i loved it they even put police dogs in escort cozzies to catch the twocers marvelous idear put it back onthe tv i no its old but i bet it would get plenty of us middle-aged buggers watching it reminiscing. andy England

[@TheIndulged1]

Closed captions are hilarious with the accents

[@whatevs6476]

1200 insurance , you lot had it good.

[@ElementsMMA]

£4000 in fines for the bmw driver at the beginning. That’s £7500 by today’s standards.

[@aidy6000]

@@ElementsMMA Prison now though

[@matthewcaughey8898]

I pay about 18 to 1900 yearly in the United States, but I’ve got a car and a truck

[@TH3TIMP5]

I paided £1600 for a 1.3 Yaris in 2014. I sure have had a 4x4 serria!

[@bobcharlie7982]

I thought that was alright. I paid the same for. 1.2 corsa in 2008 hahaha

[@tomwilliams7391]

I think I remember this in the mid 90s, it looks so old now

[@ironmaiden915]

How quiet were the roads back in the day!? *sigh*

[@youtubekeepsmeupu9596]

thats befor the the foreigners arrived

[@FrEakS8227]

+KZbinkeepsmeup u what is it with people like you? How's traffic on the road down to foreigners? It's raining in the middle of summer it's the foreigners fault cuz back in da day it stayed sunny!! Get an education. Not an xbox or ps one

[@wilspu5590]

Foreigners then arrived and bought up these cossie forbys for their huge families. 6 kids on the back seats and 2 naughty ones in the boot... gat in da boot

[@aaroni5074]

@@youtubekeepsmeupu9596 true enough i suppose 😂😂

[@alfsmith4936]

Max and Paddy. On the beat!

[@bigjohnfury5662]

not much stood a chance with a rozzeh in a Cozzeh after em'

[@jonburrows7695]

I remember getting pulled over in my white H reg Astra gte 16v in the 90s in Liverpool,and the reason was a couple of lads in a smoking motor,quick car that,another one I should have kept.

[@kungfuhustle6363]

110mph with 3 tyres? Doubt it especially rear wheel drive

[@lordloco-hz2tt]

4x4

[@med86win]

Go watch Banger racing, 100mph with one tyre

[@Me-zo8yc]

@@med86win Bangers don't do 100mph you clown

[@mudpanther6079]

Gold!

[@stevocooldude]

First aired in 1996 but was repeated in 1997.

[@radb0253]

Back before the police turned into wet wipes 🙈

[@leestannard3345]

Exactly the same time when I got my Cosworth. Just a shame I still didn’t own it

[@FPVSteve]

Class, Cossie's vs shitty old Montego's :) Good times

[@anthonygarvey3571]

Ford Sierra Cosworth...an EPIC CAR

[@hi2lenduffy837]

How did they walk out of that 205 tin can

[@jakedoodles4769]

Watching this is a reminder of a time when there were no snowflakes. Imagine if the driver who was wiped out by the 16yr olds was today? He'd have his phone out filming the police, be suing the police for chasing, he'd have an ambulance there, he'd be in the paper angrily pointing at his car, and the police drivers would probably be suspended pending investigation.

[@Supraboyes]

yeah he was proper chill, got more upset over footy score lol

[@thatcarguy6190]

Your pro pic is ironically everything you described.. lol

[@peterteagleteagle9958]

100 hours of community service, you couldn't make it up, could you

[@MancstaSam]

brings back memories of manchester in the good old days lol

[@suzyrichardson7566]

Eeeeeee them were the days!!!

[@Dunstire]

Rozza in a Cossa.What a great job that must have been

[@mekkimaru2365]

The UK version of Miami Vice, only in Cold, Miserable Manchester and with a Sierra Cosworth instead of a White Ferrari Testarossa lol