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Offline Mk7-GTD

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Re: Golf GTD stolen
« Reply #40 on: 20 January 2016, 09:26 »
Horrible fatherless sons! I always take my keys up with me I know a lot of people leave them downstairs I suppose the only thing in that case is they don't have to challenge you for them. Baseball bat at the ready by my bed although I like to think I have secured my house as best as possible hopefully never have to find out.

Stuff that. If someone is stupid enough to break into my house to steal my Golf, then he can happily help himself to the keys and leave me and the wife out of it. That's why I pay for Comp and gap insurance!

Can replace a car, can't replace the wife so easily..

To the OP, sorry for your loss but at least your family are unharmed. :)

I'm the same, our keys are left hanging in our hallway on a rack and just in case they are a little stupid we even have keys in nice big letters above the rack. As you said, that is what insurance and gap is for.

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Re: Golf GTD stolen
« Reply #41 on: 20 January 2016, 17:31 »
All my keys sleep on my bedside table...about 6" above the head of my Rhodesian Ridgeback who sleeps beside the bed.
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Re: Golf GTD stolen
« Reply #42 on: 20 January 2016, 18:38 »
All my keys sleep on my bedside table...about 6" above the head of my Rhodesian Ridgeback who sleeps beside the bed.
I would rather they took my cars my dog means to much to me the cars don't  :smiley:

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Re: Golf GTD stolen
« Reply #43 on: 20 January 2016, 19:01 »
All my keys sleep on my bedside table...about 6" above the head of my Rhodesian Ridgeback who sleeps beside the bed.
I would rather they took my cars my dog means to much to me the cars don't  :smiley:

Dam, I thought a Rhodesian Ridgeback was a gun.

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Re: Golf GTD stolen
« Reply #44 on: 20 January 2016, 19:02 »
I know what you mean mate, but the only bloke ever to mess with my dog still eats his steak and chips through a straw!!!!
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Re: Golf GTD stolen
« Reply #45 on: 20 January 2016, 19:05 »
All my keys sleep on my bedside table...about 6" above the head of my Rhodesian Ridgeback who sleeps beside the bed.
I would rather they took my cars my dog means to much to me the cars don't  :smiley:

Dam, I thought a Rhodesian Ridgeback was a gun.


No, she provides the distraction while I wake up and get the gun from under the mattress...!
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Re: Golf GTD stolen
« Reply #46 on: 20 January 2016, 19:51 »
All my keys sleep on my bedside table...about 6" above the head of my Rhodesian Ridgeback who sleeps beside the bed.
I would rather they took my cars my dog means to much to me the cars don't  :smiley:

Dam, I thought a Rhodesian Ridgeback was a gun.


No, she provides the distraction while I wake up and get the gun from under the mattress...!

Hai like it can safely say I think anyone who breaks into your place will be doing a sharpe u turn.... I have two boxer dogs but knowing them they would think it's some sort of game and start playing about.
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Re: Golf GTD stolen
« Reply #47 on: 20 January 2016, 20:28 »
My Ridgie will play games all day with someone she knows...God help those who she doesn't!! She was trained, by me to be a "face dog" and that's what she aims at....a 50 kg dog attached to your face isn't something to smile about (pun intended). It's also legal for a citizen to own a gun (pistol, rifle, shotgun) for the purpose of defending his property (must be licenced, of course) and if anyone gets shot, inside your boundary....tough sh!t!! Might explain why home invasions and robberies numbered about 10, for the whole country last year!! I own a Browning Hi Power, 9mm pistol which I'm very experienced and proficient with, but I've not had to use it in anger over here...my dog is the best deterrent!!
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Re: Golf GTD stolen
« Reply #48 on: 20 January 2016, 21:15 »
Hai like it can safely say I think anyone who breaks into your place will be doing a sharpe u turn.... I have two boxer dogs but knowing them they would think it's some sort of game and start playing about.
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my boxer would be the same unless they tried to take his ball  :grin:

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Re: Golf GTD stolen
« Reply #49 on: 22 January 2016, 23:57 »
Seen two red GTD's in Birmingham today and checked both for sings of recent roof bars fitted but nothing. The second one as I was looking the owner came back to the car with a very strange look on his face(not surprising) but I told him why I was looking and he said he had heard about it on Facebook. I don't use Facebook but with something like this, for others to see it do you need to have loads of followers?

BTW the first one had the standard 18's but the second one had aftermarket 18's with winter tyres.

Thank you so much for checking!  Really really appreciate it.

Mine had Pirelli SottoZero 3 winters on the standard Nogaros.  👍

I don't have loads of FB friends / followers, it was shared on a Scottish car forum and seems to have gone round a few community boards too - great to hear people down south have heard too - shows it's worth always sharing these stolen car posts wherever we are!
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