Another Stolen Mk7 GTD Pure white Cheshire

[fredgroves]

I suppose the only way of stopping it happening is to have a house thats a total fortress that cannot be broken into.... not that I'm sure many of us would want to live like that.

Either that or have a way of sending a remote kill to the car, but then again they'd only be back to your house and threatening you again if you did it.

[gitsy]

Update on mine. Got a letter at the back end of last week letting me know that not far off a dozen people are being prosecuted, so far the case has made its way up from Magistrates to Crown Court but no further than a preliminary hearing.

I don't know any of the details of the case, except the names of the defendants and my own witness statement, but given the number of defendants you can be pretty sure it was a fairly large racket which has hopefully been cracked.

[Mr_Orange]

Part of a bigger picture for sure.  Just desserts etc.  Hopefully that's a bit of closure 

[gitsy]

Part of a bigger picture for sure.  Just desserts etc.  Hopefully that's a bit of closure 

I'm fairly pleased actually, obviously no guarantee that any of them will even make it to trial, let alone get convicted but good to know the old bill do a bit more than just dish out crime numbers. From a personal point of view I'm quite keen to know a bit more about the entire case, i.e. what went on with other thefts. We're pretty sure they'd been eyeing my car up for a couple of weeks so I've wondered what would have happened if they hadn't have got in the house and/or found the keys so easily... Perhaps doesn't bear thinking about.

[PeterWynne]

Your post has made me go get quotes for gap insurance.. as well as look at where I store my keys.
Have you decided to change anything regarding car / key / house security?

[gitsy]

Your post has made me go get quotes for gap insurance.. as well as look at where I store my keys.
Have you decided to change anything regarding car / key / house security?

Definitely tightening up security on the house, lights, the odd camera, etc. There are a few nice cars on our road and I wonder if they picked mine as the house looked do-able. I'm not sure about car keys; me and the Mrs were in when it happened but didn't even know that it had, in fact we were arguing about where my keys were when we realised! We've both said that, if it's going to happen, that's perhaps the best way, i.e. no violence. I certainly won't be leaving my keys out on view (in fact they weren't this time) but I doubt I'll be taking them to bed with me either.

[simonpolly]

Four cars were stolen from my road in November last year by a gang from England's second city ,two of the scumbags were caught and sentenced to five years in prison recently. I actually caught three of the scumbags on my cctv  the next day attempting to pinch my neighbours new Audi.
P.S look up lock snapping on cylinder locks on house doors on YouTube and change yours if they are not modern 3 star rated its shockingly easy to gain entry into your house. I wont tell you how they do it but its VERY easy with only basic tools and takes less than 20 seconds

https://youtu.be/TCufUpr_QRY

[Jimble]

Four cars were stolen from my road in November last year by a gang from England's second city ,two of the scumbags were caught and sentenced to five years in prison recently. I actually caught three of the scumbags on my cctv  the next day attempting to pinch my neighbours new Audi.
P.S look up lock snapping on cylinder locks on house doors on YouTube and change yours if they are not modern 3 star rated its shockingly easy to gain entry into your house. I wont tell you how they do it but its VERY easy with only basic tools and takes less than 20 seconds

https://youtu.be/TCufUpr_QRY

^This, it's not particularly expensive to upgrade your locks, well worth it imo.

[itavaltalainen]

I've ended up fitting ABLOY protec locks on my doors. Touch more than the easy to pick or break Euro cylinders.

Added advantage of these is that the manufacturer still has patent on key shape (not your normal Euro profiles) for another number of years, so you can only order keys cut from factory with code card and there are no blanks on the market.

[mike.]

Unfortunately ABRO Protec are easily drilled out as well 

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