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I haven't seen an active police car this old in Western Europe! It's a Citroen Xsara post facelift, dating from 2000 to 2006. There was, on the same road, a pre-facelift Xsara from the late 90s too. These, and ageing Skoda Octavias seem to be the only police cars they have in Corinth. Clearly due to the economic problems at the moment, money isn't being invested in the police.

I've never actually seen the police here anywhere but at their police station, where they sit around smoking fags and drinking coffee all day! Funny, as I see many illegal cars, and people doing illegal activities every day, but they don't seem to be interested.

This Citroen's pretty beaten up too. Police cars in the UK seem to be generally maintained to a much higher standard!

I don't think the current police force could catch many faster cars on the roads with these old bangers!
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Author Charlie from United Kingdom

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