Is a search of a vehicle by a police officer who stops and searches the vehicle at the police station a search warrant?

In Ross, the United States Supreme Court held that officers who legitimately stop a vehicle and have probable cause to believe contraband is within it may conduct as thorough a search of the entire vehicle as any magistrate could authorize in a search warrant. (United States v. Ross, supra, 456 U.S. at p. 800, 102 S.Ct. at p. 2160.) Moreover, if an immediate search on the street is permissible without a warrant, a search soon thereafter at the police station is also permissible if the vehicle has

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