Cop Car Workshop (2018– ) User Reviews

There's a lot of airtime to fill these days....

[beverleyhunniford · 4/10 · 21 February 2021]

Only watching because it was the next thing on. The intro runs where they liken the workshop managing the Cheshire police motor fleet, to Formula 1 pit crew or to Jame Bond's Q. This goes to show that channels are desperate for content. Hmmm, 3 people have pondered on the alcohol content of a wine gum. We have been told that they don't expect as much mileage of the breaks as on a domestic car (not a surprise). They work in some footage of police training exercises featuring the modified cars. Footage of a police chase. The weekly KPI review, stuff that goes on in offices. I have watched about 2/3 but not interesting enough to watch their working week.

Less entertaining than U.S. sasquatch and ghost hunting tv.

[wingthwong · 1/10 · 5 June 2024]

Looking for a different British television show with some entertainment value? This is not it. That Britain is using a Mercedes Sprinter based off of the Mercedes/Dodge Sprinter as a riot van is laughable. That this shows what these silly blokes put into this vehicle to make it riot compliant, is even more laughable. That they are using Peugeot 308s as common police vehicles (beat cars) is a disgrace. Luckily, like England's food being tame and bland, much of their crime is tame and bland as well. The narrator states the facility runs like a F1 garage. Please. They are also mataining six police bicycles and undercover bycicles, like these bicycles are like they are James Bond vehicles. The narrator states they have vehicles that can keep up with the fastest supercars. Even their fastest BMW suvs and cars are stock and not beefed up mechanically to even come close. I wouldn't mind the cockney accent of the narrator using the Elton John pronunciation of garage as "GAIR EDGE", but she takes every chance she gets to slaughter the word. This whole show is childish and amatuerish. It shows a few training procedures and a few actual exercises that are tame at best as well. How is this the country that ruled an empire the sun never sat on? These vehicles and police officers, along with this toy car garage would never make it a day in the U. S. Even the 1200R motorcycles are not tuned for doing a motorcycle job in the U. S. I know England, particularly Cheshire, is small and has narrow and twisted lanes, but come on. This is no more entertaining than U. S. staged "reality" sasquatch and ghost hunter shows. We won't discuss how some of the people working in this division take paperwork home to work on. Go to any trucking fleet main garage in the U. S. and sit back and watch, and you'll find more entertainment. Sure, this is for British people first, but it should have been for British people only. It almost makes you want to sing Roger Miller's whimsical "England Swings" with the lyrics, "Bobbies on bicycles 2 by 2." There for sure is no police brutality and high speed chases in Britain like there is in the U. S.