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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: tyrerc on 15 April 2009, 10:18
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Black 3dr EA07OSY
came into the house for the keys
Chris
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Sorry to hear this mate, hope you are OK Were you in the house at the time? Were you threatened at all? This is my worst nightmare I must admit.
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Sorry to hear that mate. I hope you and your family are all ok. Was it during the night?
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last night we were asleep, i leave the keys downstairs for this reason.
Heard it leave aswel
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ANOTHER!!!
Whats you location, please dont say north west as thats where most have been going missing recently. :cry:
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I always stick mine straight in the garage!
Sorry to hear about that though, I guess the only positive side is that you are all OK.
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Sorry to hear that mate. A baseball bat under the bed is worth having incase they did come upstairs. What would annoy me most is the fact I was asleep and didnt go downstairs and batter them. :angry:
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I can confirm it was north west based.
So f**cking annoying. He's my best mate, just been round and there's just nothing you can say.
There are people on this earth that should just be neutered and locked away forever.
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Sorry to hear this...
Was the front door locked?
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For information, link to pictures of the car is below. I'f you're in the merseyside or wider north west area keep an eye out.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=111153.0
Obviously the plates will have been changed but for purposes of identification, it has the stumpy jetta aerial on it, a blue R badge on the rear replacing the normal R32 badge and has full leather with the mfd2 sat nav.
His front door was locked, came in through the back by prising open a double glazed window.
Blessing in disguise that the keys were in the living room as these kind of people would not be concerned by having to wake people up to get what they want.
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Do you have a house alarm fitted and if so was it on at the time? ie did it go off to waken you? Im torn with where I should leave my keys at night....
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Mine are in my room. I know everyone says its not worth it, but I have spent too much time, effort and money on my car to just let someone walk off with it.
Now if they walked in with a knife or a gun, then thats a different matter lol.
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Mine are in my room. I know everyone says its not worth it, but I have spent too much time, effort and money on my car to just let someone walk off with it.
Now if they walked in with a knife or a gun, then thats a different matter lol.
Same here mate!
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will keep an eye out mate :afro:
thats about the 10th in the north west in about 12 months!! :cry:
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Tying them to a chair and drilling there knee caps would be good fun :evil: :angry:
Thieving scum You should be allowed to do what they do in america if someone breaks into your house.
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Tying them to a chair and drilling there knee caps would be good fun :evil: :angry:
Thieving scum You should be allowed to do what they do in america if someone breaks into your house.
Agreed!
But while we're in the lilly livered Socialist Labour UK, he did the right thing. Its a car that can be replaced and with one that you will love again ;)
But it does make you wonder why we bother even trying to do things for ourselves these days :(
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Absolutely gutted for you mate. was admiring the pics just the other day, hope they catch the scum.
Thing is you cant do anything to them even if they threaten you and your family. Hit them and you'd probably be done for assault. Absolute joke, if they come into YOUR house and threaten you, you should be able to take steps to protect yourself.
Rant over
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its sad, they will prob have a samshed up r32 and just ring it up with the plates, happens all over. i bought a car b4 spent hunderds on it to find it was a ringer, altought everything looked ok, the car was taken from me and i couldn claim anything back, not even the new alloys i fitted
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If they came in my house and I had a missus and kid in the house fook what the law says id kick the s#it out of then and happily stand up in court and say yes I did put his head through my front door I was protecting my family and what. :angry:
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OMG!! :shocked: another one!! :angry:
It's about time the plod managed to trace these down as it must just be one or two gangs doing it!?
Glad to hear no-one was hurt when the car was stolen.
I don't know what I'd do if I caught someone stealing my car.....but it wouldn't end well!
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Really sorry to hear mate... metioned it before but we had the same thing happen over here a couple of years back. Unfortunately everyone was at home except me.
Its not just the taking of the car that effects you but the fact that someone has been in your home and could do so at anytime and your pretty much powerless to do something about it. Not a nice feeling and it affected my parents for a long time afterwards.
Try not to worry too much about the car mate as now its gone, its probably better it stays that way, the family and your safety are much more important that a car.
Remember at the time we were told by police that its organised crime and a number of gangs are now doing it. Car will be moved to a remote location for a while to make sure it has no tracker. Then probably shipped abroad and given a new identity. :cry:
Try not to worry too much though mate.... sure there is a nice new shinny R32 with your name all over it!! :wink:
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We should hve the right to protect what we have worked hard for.
Shotguns should be legal...they would think twice about breaking in then, sh!theads.
My car is blocked in by 2 others, got CCTV, house alarm and extra security on the doors since the first attempt of stealing in.
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Its grim up North it seems :D
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sorry to hear mate gutted for ya.
my keys are kept next to my bed rite next to my aluminium baseball bat. my view is that ive spent to much money and worked to hard to let someone walk into my house and take my keys. my view mite be influenced by an incident wen i was a kid of my mam twitting a thief round the head wiv a golf club who came into the house :grin:
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Globalisation is the future and I think that criminal punishments should be outsourced... maybe thieves like the one who took your car would think twice if they were shipped off to say... Saudi Arabia, for some proper punishment :grin: :grin: :grin:.
At any rate, they wouldn't - literally - be able to do it again.. :angry:
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thanks for the replies.
as an update to answer questions - no house alarm but will be by tomorrow, keys were downstairs and they came in the kitchen window as Alex said earlier.
CSI and CID been out asked the usual and gave me a crime number.
to rub salt into the wounds i was about to protect my 6 years no claims this renewel in august, new quote on a R....... £1800 a year up from £800
Right now i am hoping for some good news... not from the police :wink:
Im trying to stay positive but its abit hard when some dirty little scummy bint has been into my home, as i said good news is what im hoping for and then ill take it from there.
Chris
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Feel for ya mate, really do. Hope things work themselves out
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Globalisation is the future and I think that criminal punishments should be outsourced... maybe thieves like the one who took your car would think twice if they were shipped off to say... Saudi Arabia, for some proper punishment :grin: :grin: :grin:.
At any rate, they wouldn't - literally - be able to do it again.. :angry:
Think you may well be onto something here mate!!!
Just think of all the competition for contracts from other countries... crime would no longer be costing the tax payer a fortune. We could even push for compensation, whilst making them work in sweat shops abroad (making the same addidas tracky bottoms they nicked from JD). :angry:
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OMG!! :shocked: another one!! :angry:
It's about time the plod managed to trace these down as it must just be one or two gangs doing it!?
Glad to hear no-one was hurt when the car was stolen.
I don't know what I'd do if I caught someone stealing my car.....but it wouldn't end well!
We caught a guy at work last night with a stolen MK5 GTI, was driving it around the area all night, just toying with teh coppers really, he crashed it in the end, was stolen 5 days earlier in an aggravated burglary, he hadnt changed the plates though?!
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sorry to hear that your car been stolen in a " 2 in 1 burglary", im (unfortunately) a police officer was it in the north east?
:angry: :angry: :angry:
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hi matey sorry to hear about this, you got me worried now i live in northwest myself lol dont no what to do with my keys a night now?
oh and one question for anyone who can answer it= will the insurance still pay out even though it was taken with the keys as people have told me they will not :cry:
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If your house is unlocked they wont (saw this on traffic cops the other night). If you leave your house unlocked then you deserve to have your car knicked.
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Shotguns should be legal...they would think twice about breaking in then, sh!theads.
The problem is all they'd do is up the ante and bring in automated weapons and the like. Then you'd be killed and still have your car stolen.
Globalisation is the future and I think that criminal punishments should be outsourced... maybe thieves like the one who took your car would think twice if they were shipped off to say... Saudi Arabia, for some proper punishment :grin: :grin: :grin:.
At any rate, they wouldn't - literally - be able to do it again.. :angry:
I'd happily bring back capital punishment. I don't agree with Arabia or Taliban laws but I do agree with the way they punish criminals. Thieves get their hands chopped off.
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Worrying that the post showing how sweet your car is, was only posted at the end of march.
Hopefully it is a coincidence and they didn't get your plate from the pictures.
Glad everyone is okay, hope everything gets sorted right for you soon.
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I always stick mine straight in the garage!
Sorry to hear about that though, I guess the only positive side is that you are all OK.
Nice info for anyone reading this!
You have alot of info and pics on this site mate :wink:
Sorry to hear of this, hope you get it sorted!
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I dont want the car back i just want to take it back from the little gimps and then garage it before trading it in.
I have a long night ahead im not holding any hope but a long night all the same.
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This is becoming all too frequent an occurrence. :cry:
A reminder to those who have Revo and a Select Plus switch - you can disable your car when you park it up for the night. So even if the thieves break in and get your keys they won't be able to move the car. The engine starts, but the accelerator pedal is disabled, so when they put it in gear and try to drive it, the car won't move and eventually stalls. A great feature, but I'm guilty of not using it as often as I should because it is a bit of extra hassle having to enable and disable the car with the switch. :embarassed:
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This is becoming all too frequent an occurrence. :cry:
A reminder to those who have Revo and a Select Plus switch - you can disable your car when you park it up for the night. So even if the thieves break in and get your keys they won't be able to move the car. The engine starts, but the accelerator pedal is disabled, so when they put it in gear and try to drive it, the car won't move and eventually stalls. A great feature, but I'm guilty of not using it as often as I should because it is a bit of extra hassle having to enable and disable the car with the switch. :embarassed:
So they come back in and smash your families face in until you unlock it, or smash the car up for screwing them over....worth it?
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its quite a popular thing two in one burglarys, as people always leve their car keys close to the front door, sorry im a police officer(and no not a traffic cop) always take your keys upstairs as they sometimes use metal road to take keys through letter boxes.
if you have locked your door your insurance will pay out.
good luck mate.
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good comment andrewl and thanks for the advice about the door being locked and keys being taken through letter box etc now il remember if my car gets taken in this way that il need to kick my front door in before calling the police or insurance etc lol :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
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Spent a good hour driving round known areas tonight with no luck.
I'm just so angry and feel gutted for my best mate.
Just a word of caution for people trying to come up with fool proof ways of out doing these idiots, at the end of the day its a piece of metal. If they want it they'll take it, whether they have to wake you up and threaten you or slip in and out in the dead of night.
Lets not all delude ourselves in to thinking a car is more important than life. I for one am glad this happened without any fuss, it means two people who I care about greatly are nothing more than a bit shook up and upset tonight. Please lets not have another story on here in a months time telling of something with consequences more sinister and life changing than a car being stolen.
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This is becoming all too frequent an occurrence. :cry:
A reminder to those who have Revo and a Select Plus switch - you can disable your car when you park it up for the night. So even if the thieves break in and get your keys they won't be able to move the car. The engine starts, but the accelerator pedal is disabled, so when they put it in gear and try to drive it, the car won't move and eventually stalls. A great feature, but I'm guilty of not using it as often as I should because it is a bit of extra hassle having to enable and disable the car with the switch. :embarassed:
So they come back in and smash your families face in until you unlock it, or smash the car up for screwing them over....worth it?
They won't hang around if the car won't start. If having started the car and they can't move it within seconds, they'll scarper. There's a chance they'll have already woken the occupants of the house by the noise of starting the engine. They won't hang around to try to figure out why it won't drive. 99% of these scumbags will not risk encountering the occupants of the house..
With that attitude you may as well leave the door open for them.
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These people are cnuts!
If I ever found anyone trying to damage or steal my car I dunno what id do but I would be so so angry :angry:
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Funny that as i know of someone who had them come back in and threaten to smash his face in, so he gave them the code.
If they have specifically come for your car, taking another few minutes to come back in and get your code wont stop them.
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Funny that as i know of someone who had them come back in and threaten to smash his face in, so he gave them the code.
If they have specifically come for your car, taking another few minutes to come back in and get your code wont stop them.
Unlucky for your mate then. He encountered the 1% I was referring to. I hear what you're saying, but rather than totally capitulating to these c*%nts, I'll take my chances by trying to prevent the theft of my property.
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with you on this one aswell maxQ lol my mate once woke up with some geezer searching around his flat, ended up chasing him down back alleys of huddersfield with a kitchen knife, probably a good job my mate never caught him really :laugh: :laugh:
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Just to add, a guy I know was woken in the middle of the night last year to the sound of two thugs trying to break the lock on the front door of his house while he was upstairs asleep. He came out to the landing and flicked on the landing and hall lights and the thieves fled. He reckons they were after his car keys (he has a BMW 325i). My point is most of these scumbags are spineless and will scarper if rumbled..
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They can take it, 1% is more of a risk than i will take for me and my girlfriend.
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Sorry to hear about your loss. Hope things work out for you soon. Was burgled myself last year while out at work. The scumbags basically booted the front door in (a £1800 double glazed jobby) and helped themselves. Took the keys to my S2000 and Honda CBR1000RR. Got the locks/ignition changed on the S2000 but did'nt bother with the blade as the cost was too much besides, It was kept chained up in an alarmed garage. Thing was the scum returned several days later and tried to take both the car and bike. Lets just say they got a surprise :wink:
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Globalisation is the future and I think that criminal punishments should be outsourced... maybe thieves like the one who took your car would think twice if they were shipped off to say... Saudi Arabia, for some proper punishment :grin: :grin: :grin:.
At any rate, they wouldn't - literally - be able to do it again.. :angry:
Think you may well be onto something here mate!!!
Just think of all the competition for contracts from other countries... crime would no longer be costing the tax payer a fortune. We could even push for compensation, whilst making them work in sweat shops abroad (making the same addidas tracky bottoms they nicked from JD). :angry:
You know what, thats a brilliant business idea. I reckon we should go halves and present it to Dragons Den... we set up a Ltd Company and obtain contracts from HM Government to take prisoners off their hands. At the same time, we contact sweatshops in 3rd world countries and offer them labour at half the going rate in their own countries - this obviously means we need a large amount of prisoners, but its not a problem as the past 25 years of government in the UK has produced plenty of dysfunctional people to populate the prisons. :grin: :grin: :grin:
Its a no brainer :laugh: The only obstacle I can see is the law, but the way its going, I'm sure the government would have done away with any vestige of human rights etc... within 5 years and an incoming Tory government will deliver the coup de grace, leave the EU and so we won't be subject to their looney laws :rolleyes: I reckon we'ill be Millionaires within 6 years... we should ask for £200k initial capital for 1% of the company. :grin:
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They can take it, 1% is more of a risk than i will take for me and my girlfriend.
That's fair enough, can't fault you for that.
There's always at least two cars at our house each night so I generally put mine in driveway first (as it's the most likely to be nicked :angry:) so it's always blocked in. So unless the thieves fancy rearranging cars in the middle of the night to get the GTI out or stealing both cars, that's up to them. I'm just not going to make it easy for them.
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think illyun has been thinking about this far to much had a right giggle when read his last post :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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well its gone, simple some little c*nt is in my car, i hope he dies for coming into our home.
thanks for support people and on a serious note the car isnt the problem for me, the fact some prick came into our home and made my girlfriend feel unsafe is what is boiling my blood. They also took my wallet and mum and dads house keys... which at 3pm today the garage was broken into.
I have worked all my life to get to a point in which i can afford something for myself... just to have it taken away by some no mark scruffy piece of sh*t
i will be spending the rest of my easter (im a teacher) with Mr Jack Daniels
Chris
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Its the complete invasion of your private space that is the most strenuous part I guess. The fact that your belongings were taken does top it off, but knowing that someone has been going through your own private stuff in your private place is also quite shocking.
True though, you work your backside off to save some money (I know I did!) and treat yourself to a nice car etc, and some little prick decides to just come and take it.
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well its gone, simple some little c*nt is in my car, i hope he dies for coming into our home.
thanks for support people and on a serious note the car isnt the problem for me, the fact some prick came into our home and made my girlfriend feel unsafe is what is boiling my blood. They also took my wallet and mum and dads house keys... which at 3pm today the garage was broken into.
I have worked all my life to get to a point in which i can afford something for myself... just to have it taken away by some no mark scruffy piece of sh*t
i will be spending the rest of my easter (im a teacher) with Mr Jack Daniels
Chris
Really gutted for you :angry: :angry: :angry:
Cant imagine how you must feel TBH :angry:
Some people want stringing up :angry: :angry:
How did thay know where you mum and dads house was?
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How did thay know where you mum and dads house was?
I was wondering that as well. Only thing I can come up with is that they know you?
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Dont know if this site is any good? :undecided:
http://www.twoc.co.uk/
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Old address on driving licence and they went there to use the keys they found.
Cheeky charlie uniform november tangos.
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old address on the licence as Alex said so feel its my fault,
anyway lets see what tomorrow brings hopefully a news story of a crashed stolen R32 and drivers death, and before people get like im over reacting i do hope they die.... SLOWLY
on the up side i may start a MK2 project ive wanted for over 5 years
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the problem with this country today is that the rubbish has taken control no deterrent punishment, very few police on the streets except plastic plods if you look on other high performance car websites its looking more common when i was in my younger days car theft was a more serious offence tda now the thieves are given presents to help them mends their ways (yer right) the only person who suffers is you insurance pays out loss of no claims bonus then a higher premium governments talk tough tough on crime and do nothing
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Been there and experienced that, sadly................................................. :angry:
Sorry for your loss.
This country is fecked :embarassed:
For years the Government has eroded the priorities and responsibilities of the Police in terms of finance, objectives and efficiency. Car crime has become a statistic of the insurance companies and the Police have become both civil servants and crime accountants.
Don't get mad, get even :rolleyes:
Very unlikely you'll be a repeat victim - take the usual precautions and hopefully you'll never see your car again and get a new like for like replacement.
Cass
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Globalisation is the future and I think that criminal punishments should be outsourced... maybe thieves like the one who took your car would think twice if they were shipped off to say... Saudi Arabia, for some proper punishment :grin: :grin: :grin:.
At any rate, they wouldn't - literally - be able to do it again.. :angry:
Think you may well be onto something here mate!!!
Just think of all the competition for contracts from other countries... crime would no longer be costing the tax payer a fortune. We could even push for compensation, whilst making them work in sweat shops abroad (making the same addidas tracky bottoms they nicked from JD). :angry:
You know what, thats a brilliant business idea. I reckon we should go halves and present it to Dragons Den... we set up a Ltd Company and obtain contracts from HM Government to take prisoners off their hands. At the same time, we contact sweatshops in 3rd world countries and offer them labour at half the going rate in their own countries - this obviously means we need a large amount of prisoners, but its not a problem as the past 25 years of government in the UK has produced plenty of dysfunctional people to populate the prisons. :grin: :grin: :grin:
Its a no brainer :laugh: The only obstacle I can see is the law, but the way its going, I'm sure the government would have done away with any vestige of human rights etc... within 5 years and an incoming Tory government will deliver the coup de grace, leave the EU and so we won't be subject to their looney laws :rolleyes: I reckon we'ill be Millionaires within 6 years... we should ask for £200k initial capital for 1% of the company. :grin:
I guess i should get cracking with the business plan then!! :laugh:
Although I do remember a person on dragons den that came on with the idea to take people over to india for cheap operations. He was shot down though as the dragons though it was not environmentally friendly to fly people that far..... never did get that one :undecided:
Cost of air travel could prove a little high, and accommodation would be a bit of an unwanted overhead, but i think if we can get them into the right sweatshop we are onto a winner!!! :grin: :grin:
Either way its better than the system we have in place at the moment!! :angry:
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old address on the licence as Alex said so feel its my fault,
anyway lets see what tomorrow brings hopefully a news story of a crashed stolen R32 and drivers death, and before people get like im over reacting i do hope they die.... SLOWLY
on the up side i may start a MK2 project ive wanted for over 5 years
Nope a car crash would be far too pleasant a death
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the problem with this country today is that the rubbish has taken control no deterrent punishment, very few police on the streets except plastic plods if you look on other high performance car websites its looking more common when i was in my younger days car theft was a more serious offence tda now the thieves are given presents to help them mends their ways (yer right) the only person who suffers is you insurance pays out loss of no claims bonus then a higher premium governments talk tough tough on crime and do nothing
I recently had my £800 mountain bike stolen (not trying to compare it to this incident!), but it was just the whole matter of factness that it was delt with, even I accepted it very quickly as "normal", the police were hardly bothered. Didnt even phone me back when I rang "lost property" at my local station to see if by chance it was found by someone.
I have total lack of respect for law inforcement in this country. They are friggin usless. Unless of course you happen to be doing 41 in a 40 - then they are pretty damn quick to issue prosecutions!!
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I am still reeling myself for your loss as I cant even begin to imagine how angry I would be if my R was taken. I agree with the comments about the law. These people feel its worth the risk as the punishments simply never fit the crime. Its a discrace.
It seems so often that cars are taken once the scum have broken in to get the keys. What options do we have then for some engine/immobilser cut out system that means when the car is started it quickly stops? Evidently some sort of input would be required from the driver, perhaps a code, but then there is the hassle of entering it everytime the car is started. Can anyone suggest anything that is available? Even if I had to keep a keyfob in my wallet so the immobiliser system knew it was 'me' then the keys are separate so if only the keys are taken the engine would either cut out or not even start.
Trackers are an option of course to locate your car but the car can still be driven away at ease. As already mentioned it is the principle of these people thinking they can just turn up and take something you have worked so hard for. It enrages me. They then generally get away with it.
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Blackjaxx from clifford. Exactly what you described.
It works everytime a door is opened though. Has a star and a button, if the code was 123 you would press star, then the button once, star then the button twice etc.
I had it in the ctr along with autostart. I didnt have it activated as it was a pain in the arse (and i lived on the isle of wight where car theft doesnt happen)
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All roads lead to no-where if you get what i mean, but i hope something will happen before the week end.
Very unlikely you'll be a repeat victim - take the usual precautions and hopefully you'll never see your car again and get a new like for like replacement.
Cass
Just been informed that i am not entitled to a courtesy car as the car is stolen and I'm loosing my 5 years no-claims with a valuator ringing in 7-10 days and as i have said earlier for a like for like replacement I'm looking at £1800 insurance which is a grand on top of what i 'used' to pay.
The fact is I'm looking at the 1.2 Litre brigade, even a nice MK2 GTI will cost me £1000 and a G60 £1200
I did look into original minis coming in at £750 as i used to own a 54 reg S before my R and a new S is looking around the £1200 mark.
This is what is getting to me now, not the car gone just the inconvenience its causing, may just buy a SH*TTER and spend the rest moving home.
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Haven't read the whole post but can sympathise. Four men tried to break down my door with a hammer at 10.30 in the evening last week. My wife and I had just managed to get our 5 week old son to sleep when it happened. The police claimed they had almost certainly been after my car, a black GTi. The door did it's job but I have since had an alarm system installed and ordered a new door at a cost of £1500. Worryingly you would expect a PVCu door with a five point locking mechanism to be pretty solid, however, as happened to a house further up the street where their new Civic Type-R was stolen, they simply kicked the middle of the door through. The police also advised I install sash jammers as an extra precaution.
It is becoming very commonplace unfortunately, but crime normally happens in waves, so the fad will pass. Everyone just needs to be extra vigilant, but also remember that a car is just a car.
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thats horrible mate especially with the little one, hopefully they wont be back.
Im now reeling from my insurance company assessor ringing basically asking me every question other than "did you pay for your car to go missing".
Currently looking at viable options for a new motor, any ideas are more than welcome.
Chris
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sorry to hear about this
must disagree about leaving the keys downstaires tho, always hide them!!!, my mate had this happen to him, they left without the car tho as they found no keys! (and nothing else was taken) and a house further down the road was targeted and they did make away with the car.
on another note, at the printers i use, a guy their just bought a mk 5 gti, off 2 asian lads he stupidly met on a layby (car was advertised in the trader), did the deal, brought the loverly car home, 2 weeks later police at his door telling him the car was stolen and they were taking it back, he has lost his 7500k !!!
the asians were from the manchester area..
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How much you got to spend? Full insurance payout?
BMW 118d. Get it remapped - 205bhp, 50mpg, £35 a year tax. Will take the sting out of your insurance too. Great car, good badge, good value, cheap to run.
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This is my opinion and mine only but I wouldnt let them win by getting a lesser model than the one you had before!
Id park my same car on the same drive and wait for the barstewards to turn up again!! only this time I would have 8 lads from my gym waiting happily round the corner!!
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Insurance valuer is ringing in 5 days, I've been on parkers for the general news
07 R32 - Part EX: £14,765
Private: £13,395 - £16,385
Dealer: £18,165
I paid £14,495 from a dealership 5 weeks ago should i be optimistic or pessimistic?
I want another R32, why should i not because of some rat's? but also its my girlfriends piece of mind aswel she asked if i did get the same car would they come back.... didn't have an answer for her which made me think again, not just about me anymore.
Looking into 03 R32's (some money back) a tracker and a garage for storing it.
stickling point is insurance being 1400 now for best quotes.
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I am not 100% sure how these things work, but you should wait for their valuation, but in the meantime gather examples of autotrader sales for the same spec and condition and age as yours, quote parkers, get a Glass's valuation also, and get a trade in valuation from VW (to get the lowest possible)
Think of it as money you want for the loss of yours, irrespective of what car you want next. Above all get the best possible deal you can get
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Just got a phone call the car has so far done 2 robberies in Yorkshire
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Just got a phone call the car has so far done 2 robberies in Yorkshire
F*** me!
In hindsight, these were not people to mess with it seems - not your usual chavs out for a quick buck and a joyride. With any luck they will get caught and banged up for a long time
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Just had an update it was 2 shops ciggy machines, scummy tw*ts, its Liverpool lads grafting in yorkshire.
Makes it easier for me to narrow it down now though
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I had my house broken into a few weeks ago mate, they took the keys to my GTI and helped themselves to other small manageable items around the house too.
Luckily the Police found the car about 12 hours after it was taken, parked up totally undamaged (locked even)
They do this now to see if there is any tracker type device fitted, and then come back to the car at a later date and use it for commiting crimes like yours.
Car was found in Kirby (Southdean)
I wouldn't let people like this put you off getting another R, I have had a device fitted to mine now which will mean the car will never go AWOL again, for added piece of mind. PM me if you want some more details.
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Just had an update it was 2 shops ciggy machines, scummy tw*ts, its Liverpool lads grafting in yorkshire.
Makes it easier for me to narrow it down now though
Might be worth asking around a few places to see if they have been offered cigs.. bit of a long shot but they have to get rid of them somewhere.
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Might be worth asking around a few places to see if they have been offered cigs.. bit of a long shot but they have to get rid of them somewhere.
Its past me needing to ask round mate trust me.
sixpot - funnily thats where i was told after a few hours to check mate you have pm
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Probably the same gang. PM Sent.
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not trying to rub salt in your wounds at all mate just wanting to advise people incase they become unlucky enough to go through what you have and still are and my only advice to everyone on here is call your insurance and get your no claims bonus protected thats what ive done it cost me around £50 extra but worth every penny when you can make 3 claims in 2 years and it wont affect your premium can you really afford not to have this protection? think you got to have 4 years or more no claims bonus to do this though ive got 5 my self am 24 and my insurance is £597 on my 2006 gti full comp + protection for me and my missus who is 22, hope this advice helps someone one day, MATT :smiley:
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sixpot, hows your car doing since its ordeal?
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sixpot - funnily thats where i was told after a few hours to check mate you have pm
Its not Leeds is it??? :cry: :cry: :cry: Last thing I need is to be pulled on the way home :angry:
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not trying to rub salt in your wounds at all mate just wanting to advise people incase they become unlucky enough to go through what you have and still are and my only advice to everyone on here is call your insurance and get your no claims bonus protected thats what ive done it cost me around £50 extra but worth every penny when you can make 3 claims in 2 years and it wont affect your premium can you really afford not to have this protection? think you got to have 4 years or more no claims bonus to do this though ive got 5 my self am 24 and my insurance is £597 on my 2006 gti full comp + protection for me and my missus who is 22, hope this advice helps someone one day, MATT :smiley:
Hi, Whoa re you insured with, i pay about the same but they wouldnt let me put the missus on as she's under 25,
Cheers,
R
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churchill mate and when i added my missus to the policy it went down by nearly £100 :shocked: value at 12k and mileage at 10k per year and garaged with 5 year no claims and no points etc, go online for a quote only take 5 mins :smiley:
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Cool, sounds good,
RE the car, really sorry to hear about it, to be honest if my car ever got stolen i would hope the scroats wrote it off (hopefully causing themselves a lot of pain in the process), i wouldnt want a car i knew someone (else :wink:) has thrashed back, but i do have GAP and NCP so i guess it is a little different,
Hope it all gets sorted OK for you,
RE te guy who bought a GTi for 7500 from a layby, as much as i feel sorry for him, cant help but think he may have had it coming, pretty obvious that was a bit too cheap, think i'll stick to Stealers, even if they do screw you!
R
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sixpot, hows your car doing since its ordeal?
Absolutely fine mate, no probs, they only drove it for approx 15-20 miles.
I was very lucky.
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Good to hear matey.
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I'd like to see a device that lets the car be driven for 5 mins, then locks all doors, sprays passengers in clear liquid or a dye that 'taints' them as having been in that car, then shuts down the engine and sets off alarm. And calls police, sending a pic of people in the car and their location.
They'd be far away enough by then not to hurt the owner and the owner could have an extra wireless key that disarms the system when they're using the car. But the car will still start without it, only the system will be armed and active, with a audible warning a minute before alarm goes off.
Could have a manual override by entering pin via the radio buttons, if the disarming key was left at home or forgotten.
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good plan, but it would be hard for the system to know if it was safe to stop.
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It could give a warning a minute before, then power gradually reduces until car is stopped. With engines being computerised it shouldn't be too hard.
Car theft would be a lot less attractive if there was an unknown risk-factor for the thieves. The only problem is one might wait in your house with you at gun point until the car has been driven for 10mins+ without anything happening. So maybe a remote activation would be better.
Forgetting all the alarm and dye stuff though, just having pics sent to a remote server would be quite simple to set up and might help lead to an arrest. If the camera could be hidden somewhere well enough.
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Sorry to hear this, always been on my mind since having two nice cars - the guy down the road had his Evo nicked in the same way.
There is a hijacking system from clifford called BlackJax which can help.
Group buy on trackers anyone :huh:
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Well as of tonight the house has more sensors, alarms and deadlocks than i care to count and we will be getting more tomorrow for upstairs windows.
My girlfriend is still very shook up by it all and we both have about 4 hrs sleep between us.
The one thing stopping me having another R is her as she says they will come back again for it if i got another one, do i keep her or myself happy???????
Next car will have a tracker and anti hijack alarm on it simple as that.
Chris
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because of the various alarm systems and tracker systems used today thieves have resorted to these more extreme methods of stealing vehicles
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It could give a warning a minute before, then power gradually reduces until car is stopped. With engines being computerised it shouldn't be too hard.
Car theft would be a lot less attractive if there was an unknown risk-factor for the thieves. The only problem is one might wait in your house with you at gun point until the car has been driven for 10mins+ without anything happening. So maybe a remote activation would be better.
Forgetting all the alarm and dye stuff though, just having pics sent to a remote server would be quite simple to set up and might help lead to an arrest. If the camera could be hidden somewhere well enough.
As said BlackJax.
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/5090.html
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yes thats going on the next car!!!
just need to persuade the mrs now as she is begging me to not ''bring them back to the house''
i really dont want to upset her over a piece of metal when in the end its all it is
chris
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yes thats going on the next car!!!
just need to persuade the mrs now as she is begging me to not ''bring them back to the house''
i really dont want to upset her over a piece of metal when in the end its all it is
chris
True family over metal - Dont know if i would want another expensive car after what you have been through.
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ahh man sorry to hear this! must be an aweful feeling!
def worth taking your keys up with u at night.
I usually put the car in the garage, but if im home late I leave it on the drive, as it is now (goes n checks its still there).
How many people use a steering wheel lock? I know they can be taken off if the criminals really want, but it adds extra hassle which may put them off n also creates more noise. Plus, if you get one like the Halfords Fotress its a useful baseball bat size which can come in handy incase you need to tw*t someone!
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in all honesty the police told us...
by just making your car less easy to steal than your neighbours means that the thieves are less likely to target you.
Now make of that what you will as a statement from the police, but it does kind of have a point. If someone else has a similar car and the thief spies that its an easier target, its not rocket science as to which one he will go for.
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How many people use a steering wheel lock? I know they can be taken off if the criminals really want, but it adds extra hassle which may put them off n also creates more noise. Plus, if you get one like the Halfords Fotress its a useful baseball bat size which can come in handy incase you need to tw*t someone!
Thing is in this situation it wouldn't have helped, just made them more angry. I think the immobiliser / deadlocks pretty much stop anyone except the real pro's from smashing a window and driving away. If you had a steering lock you would probably just keep the key with the car keys :rolleyes:
As R32 says maybe worth it as a visual deterrent but if they didn't mind breaking into a house to get the car they wanted, I don't think they would mind waking people up to see where the key for the steering lock was :cry:
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Well the fact is that it really depends what length the thief is willing to go to. You could just swallow the key every night before you go to bed... doesnt mean they wont cut you open to get it :grin:
Out of sight is usually the first and best deterrent.
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I'd like to see a device that lets the car be driven for 5 mins, then locks all doors, sprays passengers in clear liquid or a dye that 'taints' them as having been in that car, then shuts down the engine and sets off alarm. And calls police, sending a pic of people in the car and their location.
They'd be far away enough by then not to hurt the owner and the owner could have an extra wireless key that disarms the system when they're using the car. But the car will still start without it, only the system will be armed and active, with a audible warning a minute before alarm goes off.
Could have a manual override by entering pin via the radio buttons, if the disarming key was left at home or forgotten.
I'd opt for remote detonation of a pack of C4 under the drivers seat :D
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I'd like to see a device that lets the car be driven for 5 mins, then locks all doors, sprays passengers in clear liquid or a dye that 'taints' them as having been in that car, then shuts down the engine and sets off alarm. And calls police, sending a pic of people in the car and their location.
They'd be far away enough by then not to hurt the owner and the owner could have an extra wireless key that disarms the system when they're using the car. But the car will still start without it, only the system will be armed and active, with a audible warning a minute before alarm goes off.
Could have a manual override by entering pin via the radio buttons, if the disarming key was left at home or forgotten.
I'd opt for remote detonation of a pack of C4 under the drivers seat :D
Leaves a horrible smell does the C4.. I would opt for a simple ejector seat :grin:
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Yep good point, less messy :D
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Yep good point, less messy :D
Not if you forget to spec the sunroof!! :grin:
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Yep good point, less messy :D
Not if you forget to spec the sunroof!! :grin:
LOL :D
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It could give a warning a minute before, then power gradually reduces until car is stopped. With engines being computerised it shouldn't be too hard.
Car theft would be a lot less attractive if there was an unknown risk-factor for the thieves. The only problem is one might wait in your house with you at gun point until the car has been driven for 10mins+ without anything happening. So maybe a remote activation would be better.
Forgetting all the alarm and dye stuff though, just having pics sent to a remote server would be quite simple to set up and might help lead to an arrest. If the camera could be hidden somewhere well enough.
As said BlackJax.
http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/5090.html
That is the older model, there is Blackjax 5 now, not sure what the differences are though.
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yes thats going on the next car!!!
just need to persuade the mrs now as she is begging me to not ''bring them back to the house''
i really dont want to upset her over a piece of metal when in the end its all it is
chris
..........thing is mate why should the bastards stop you having the car you want ?.I undersand how you'r girlfriend must feal but don't let this ruin you'r life.If poss get a garage & use it :smiley: :wink:.
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Day 3 hoping to hear today that the car is smashed with them in it.
Slept for the first time last night - alarm all fitted, door deadlocks and window has been 'sealed'
Just a waiting game now.
Cars I'm eye spying are - MKIV R32, MKIV ANNI, MK5 GTI... MKII GTI/G60
They are not getting me out of VW after 5-6 weeks no chance, help will be needed though.
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good stuff
the more i read about the gti, the more appealling it is.
it may not be the top of the bunch of golf's compared to ed30 and r32
but they don't seem to be much slower and especially when with a decent remap, plus better economy
but the gti is all to tempting to spend money:
- remap for one, and things like dv, exhaust etc.
- also for early ones need to consider cost of cambelt and waterpump etc
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Yeah my mate has a GTI its an amazing car, reason why i got the R32 was on his persuasion. I give it a claybar a week ago and i must admit it felt good to drive and is still a damn quick car.
I was looking at doing this with one - 05/06 GTI, Interlagos cloth then (hopefully with money left from payout) Revo, milltek, BBS CH, 30mm drop, colourcoded top rear valence, uprated brakes.
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Whats your budget going to be mate?
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Well if i get a payout of the glass valuation then it may be happy days relating to the deal i got :wink:
Im looking at around the 10k mark but with money to spend.... also will need 1500 for insurance
Maybe a MKII and a bike........... hehe
Chris
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F%£" cnts!
Chop off their fingertips and hang them updisde down! :angry: :angry:
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Why not have a bit of both and much more fun than either!
http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/991811.htm
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Hi mate.
have posted details on the vwaudiforum so it has bigger reach and to call the cops. VAG owner to another all the best mate, hope the C__nts crash and burn. :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:
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JulesV6 - that actually tempts me just storing it really.... but food for thought haha
speedy30v - cheers mate im expecting something soon as it has been quiet so either its now dumped, burnt or being stripped for parts so its either police contact or those people my girlfriend doesnt like contact :wink: in regards to its current state.
ON A BETTER NOTE.
On Friday me and the better half to her 06 micra to get recoded (spare key went in the burglary we assume) I then preceded to get my own way after 2 years of trying so now she/WE have a lovely 09 Fiat 500 anhd i must say im very very impressed cant praise the car enough
Chris