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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: 2007GTI on 10 August 2025, 08:15
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How thieves steal £1,500 car sensors in four seconds
https://www.thetimes.com/article/7305e071-8ff0-4b1d-8a99-0065a065a37f?shareToken=85ebb7e5f09e091dd31193123e001abe
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Sadly it’s not new - I can remember reading a similar item on a new website 2-3 years ago. As with all thefts of this type, the
scum perpetrators don’t consider the inconvenience and cost to the owners :angry:.
For those old enough to remember, there was a craze in the 1980’s of stealing VW front grille badges by fans of the hip hop and rap group Beastie Boys, prompted by one of the band members wearing a large VW emblem on a chain around his neck. In my part of the UK beck then, it was quite common to see VW’s with a hole in the front grille where the VW emblem should have been. At least in the 1980’s the badge was just a badge, and didn't have an expensive radar sensor attached to it so wasn’t that costly to replace. It still didn’t make it right though…….. :sad:
https://www.vintagecarsofeurope.com/post/why-it-became-a-trend-to-steal-car-emblems
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Oh yes, I remember!
(https://i.ibb.co/mVndnFyj/IMG-6860.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Q3WhWjHg)
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My sister had a Beetle (bright orange😂😎) in the mid 80’s - badge robbed twice. First album was ‘Licensed to I’ll’ - cool record and even cooler car that sadly was written off in a crash.
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For those old enough to remember, there was a craze in the 1980’s of stealing VW front grille badges by fans of the hip hop and rap group Beastie Boys, prompted by one of the band members wearing a large VW emblem on a chain around his neck.
Oh yes, I remember!
I seem to remember that the band member who wore the VW emblem did so not because they liked VW’s; to them VW meant ‘very wicked’! :evil: