Today they only got a small National Police Air Service Vulcanair P68R.
Though a pair of Typhoons turned up fairly recently. Edit: And the Voyager for refuelling.
About 2 hours ago a very large business jet went straight over us below 1000ft. It had left Northolt heading West and stayed quite low for some distance. Slowly climbed to 43,000ft over the Atlantic and was chased for ages at the same speed by a Virgin Dreamliner at 39,000ft that left Heathrow at almost the same time.
They're deviating now - Virgin is heading for Atlanta, the Bombardier (it's a Global 6000 registered in Portugal) now pointing further South. With 6000 miles range (hence the model name) it could be going almost anywhere in North/Central America. No destination visible. See: https://www.flightradar24.com/JME613G/28039e36
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.).
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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