Just seen the incident on BBC NW. The plods have totalled the EVO, and made a right mess of a couple of gardens.

Senior plods are grovelling to the citizens of Hale and promising to pay for all the damage - just like they'd do in Moss Side or Hattersley!

Codswallop! The limit is so high in these cars that to reach it in the dry on normal roads is to put all concepts of safety aside. If the handling was spoilt by a mix of tyres or a fault, you'd feel it - assuming you drove at less than 10/10ths on the road, which you always should. Get one of these out of shape and you need superhuman reactions.

I don't doubt the majority of class 1 police drivers are very good and have the needed mechanical sympathy but the driver here needs a bicycle.