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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: tonym1 on 06 November 2009, 12:42
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my nephews mk5 r32 and brother in laws merc slk 500 have benn stolen from LEIGH LANCS they came in the house and took the keys overnight.just thought i would warn others in that area to be more careful.
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Gutted for them both mate, glad no-one was hurt too :undecided:
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cheers pal so glad i live in cornwall now
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so much of this happanning atm!! :O :O hope they get them back!! :)
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Same thing happened to my dads mates S3 :sad:
Hope they get them back
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my nephews mk5 r32 and brother in laws merc slk 500 have benn stolen from LEIGH LANCS they came in the house and took the keys overnight.just thought i would warn others in that area to be more careful.
Makes you think, i gonna take my keys to bed :laugh:
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my nephews mk5 r32 and brother in laws merc slk 500 have benn stolen from LEIGH LANCS they came in the house and took the keys overnight.just thought i would warn others in that area to be more careful.
Makes you think, i gonna take my keys to bed :laugh:
If they want the car, they will just break in, wake you up and force you to give them the keys anyway.
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my nephews mk5 r32 and brother in laws merc slk 500 have benn stolen from LEIGH LANCS they came in the house and took the keys overnight.just thought i would warn others in that area to be more careful.
Makes you think, i gonna take my keys to bed :laugh:
If they want the car, they will just break in, wake you up and force you to give them the keys anyway.
10 years in jail rather than 6 months
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OP, very sorry to hear about that.
Is it worth the risk though..?
I'd rather they took my car and I never saw it again than be battered with a baseball bat and them still take my car and I never see it again...
Last I heard the police were recommending not hiding the keys - obviously don't leave them where they can be hooked from the letter box...
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Sorry to hear that. Did they steal the keys without the occupants of the house knowing or was it a forced robbery?
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I'd rather they took my car and I never saw it again than be battered with a baseball bat and them still take my car and I never see it again...
I'd rather go down swinging - but I guess that's just me!
Keys, wallet, phone and laptop always sleep next to me!
My dad had both his cars stolen, an ML and E class - they broke into the house a few days before and took the spare keys, then came back and took the cars. They turned up locked and parked in a dodgy area 2 weeks later, not a sign of damage. Trouble is, my dad (in his infinite wisdom) left a £500 printer and the week's shop takings in the car! So even though the cars came back - he was very much out of pocket!
Post the reg plates to the cars and plaster it all over the net!
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i would only start swinging if they tried coming up the stairs, always keep my baseball bat in reach next to my bed.
wouldnt care what they take downstairs as that can all be replaced by insurance and i have a tracker on the car also.
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Good luck to anyone that comes in my flat when my daughters there.
Sorry to hear about there loses I have heard about this quite a lot recantly aswell
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I'd rather they took my car and I never saw it again than be battered with a baseball bat and them still take my car and I never see it again...
I'd rather go down swinging - but I guess that's just me!
Keys, wallet, phone and laptop always sleep next to me!
My dad had both his cars stolen, an ML and E class - they broke into the house a few days before and took the spare keys, then came back and took the cars. They turned up locked and parked in a dodgy area 2 weeks later, not a sign of damage. Trouble is, my dad (in his infinite wisdom) left a £500 printer and the week's shop takings in the car! So even though the cars came back - he was very much out of pocket!
Post the reg plates to the cars and plaster it all over the net!
Thing is, if you let them take it without the hassle, you won't be going down. If you make them wake you up and risk them chucking a knife in you or removing your teeth with a baseball bat, your going down and your car's more than likely gone too.
Personally I couldn't give a sh!t about my car, my family mean far more to me and they can't be insured.
JMO and ETTO
Sorry to hear about the incident though OP, hope it's resolved as stress free as possible.
Sam :smiley:
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yeah they took the keys while they were asleep the merc has been found parked up in liverpool no sign of the R32
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Bastads!!! My wife caught someone climbing through a window downstairs a couple of years ago, luckily they scarpered when she started screaming but she still doesn't sleep properly even now. Hopefully no one was hurt, but it's still shocking to know there's people like that out there.
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I'd rather they took my car and I never saw it again than be battered with a baseball bat and them still take my car and I never see it again...
I'd rather go down swinging - but I guess that's just me!
Keys, wallet, phone and laptop always sleep next to me!
My dad had both his cars stolen, an ML and E class - they broke into the house a few days before and took the spare keys, then came back and took the cars. They turned up locked and parked in a dodgy area 2 weeks later, not a sign of damage. Trouble is, my dad (in his infinite wisdom) left a £500 printer and the week's shop takings in the car! So even though the cars came back - he was very much out of pocket!
Post the reg plates to the cars and plaster it all over the net!
They do this to find out if the cars have trackers.
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Yup.
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Gutted for them both mate, glad no-one was hurt too :undecided:
Shame the thieves didnt get hurt with a baseball bat :angry: :angry:
Sorry to hear that mate I personally wouldnt want it back after its had the crap thrashed out of it
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Gutted for them both mate, glad no-one was hurt too :undecided:
Sorry to hear that mate I personally wouldnt want it back after its had the crap thrashed out of it
totally agree. A car thats been taken will be ragged to death and normally they are used for jobs...also used to ship out of the country and taken to Asain countries if anything like the scam that was busted in Manchester 2 year back. Said it before as well, but even if you try to give em the keys, if the kids are around they will be held and threatened just like the guy near me, and that was a machete at the kids throats.... :sick:
Biggest advice is get steel reinforced UPVC doors and no patio ones at the back...that way its a smash a window job and most dont want to risk leaving fibres behind on the broken glass or even DNA from any cuts...
Good luck seeing the other one back, and hope that the insurance pay out what its worth