Look out for stolen high performance cars

Look out for stolen high performance cars

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GolfGT

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5,190 posts

216 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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Police are appealing for the public to be on the alert for two stolen high value performance cars which may have been parked up locally by the thieves.

The black Porsche Carrera 911 and the Blue BMW 325 were taken from Bagshot Road, Ascot, between 10.30 and 11.35pm on Monday night.

Thieves jemmied the rear conservatory door of the property open, stole keys and took the two cars from the locked garage.

Police belive that after stealing such cars, the thieves will often park them up somewhere for between 24 and 36 hours to see if a Tracker security system, which emits a signal that police can trace in the event of it being stolen, is emitted.

Police have asked the public to look around their roads to see if either of the cars are parked there, the registration number of the Porsche is V1 DSV while the registration of the BMW is LN 08 RFZ.

Anyone who has seen either or both of the cars should call police on 08458 505 505, quoting URN 482 of October 13.

ph1l5

5,025 posts

208 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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Friends of ours had their three cars (GT2, Range Rover and Mini) stolen a few weeks ago. the theives gave their dogs some sort of happy pills, which zonked them out. then broke in took the keys. Prob all in another part of the world now.

john_r

8,353 posts

277 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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Got to admit, that having a GTR on order is kind of scary from this perspective...

You work really really hard for a long long time to buy a nice car and then some scrote not only steals it for jollies, but invades the privacy of your own home to do it... frown

If you rob a bank and steal 20k then you get 10-20 years in prison... but you steal a car worth 20k and write it off then you get a slap on the wrist and asked not to do it again - probably with an increase in your benefits to deal with the stress! mad

GolfGT

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5,190 posts

216 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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Someone I know had his audi A3 stolen by kids at the moment its in the compound due to the kids rolling the car on a bend, this happened in slough I think. Maybe I need an old banger car.

Robatr0n

12,362 posts

222 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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john_r said:
Got to admit, that having a GTR on order is kind of scary from this perspective...

You work really really hard for a long long time to buy a nice car and then some scrote not only steals it for jollies, but invades the privacy of your own home to do it... frown

If you rob a bank and steal 20k then you get 10-20 years in prison... but you steal a car worth 20k and write it off then you get a slap on the wrist and asked not to do it again - probably with an increase in your benefits to deal with the stress! mad
Sounds as though you need a guard to look after the car. I could make myself available and do it for my special rate of £10k per week! biggrin

On a serious note though, you're absolutely right about owning anything decent. It's a very sad state of affairs when you are made to constantly worry about anything you've worked hard for being damaged/stolen. frown

Akers

463 posts

241 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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We came home from Holiday two weeks ago to find we had been broken into on the day of our return. Only thing taken from the house were the keys to the A3 and car itself. These thieving bar-stewards simply smashed the window in our front room and yanked the frame till it broke. Bare in mind we live on a main road and this was in broad daylight!

Car has been recovered and is with Scene of Crime/forensics police currently

Watch out, theres scum about! mad

Robatr0n

12,362 posts

222 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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eek

That's terrible news Nick. frown

AngryS3Owner

15,855 posts

235 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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john_r said:
Got to admit, that having a GTR on order is kind of scary from this perspective...
You'll be stting bricks when you bring it to Slovakia with us next year then roflthumbup

Kinky

39,779 posts

275 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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And another one ......

http://www.getbracknell.co.uk/news/s/2037430_highv...

Best park my '5' in the garage hehe

john_r

8,353 posts

277 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Kinky said:
And another one ......

http://www.getbracknell.co.uk/news/s/2037430_highv...

Best park my '5' in the garage hehe
I love the following Police advice in that article:

"Keep all downstairs windows shut and locked if possible, and only keep windows open upstairs if there is no easy access to them via garage roofs and flat roofs."

I guess Health & Safety means that thieves can't use ladders these days? rolleyes

Blues

8,546 posts

225 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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john_r said:
Kinky said:
And another one ......

http://www.getbracknell.co.uk/news/s/2037430_highv...

Best park my '5' in the garage hehe
I love the following Police advice in that article:

"Keep all downstairs windows shut and locked if possible, and only keep windows open upstairs if there is no easy access to them via garage roofs and flat roofs."

I guess Health & Safety means that thieves can't use ladders these days? rolleyes
another quote from that report said:
The best place to keep car keys and valuables such as purses and laptops at night is in the bedroom or at least upstairs.
scratchchin So, if they have already broken in to my house, do i want them to come upstairs? eek


ali_kat

32,019 posts

227 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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john_r said:
Got to admit, that having a GTR on order is kind of scary from this perspective...
Test drove the one @ Litchfield Motors last weekend cloud9 Amazing car, but £55k for an import yikes Debating whether or not to put our names down..... but 2010 is a long time to wait, by that time we could have saved enough to buy a really nice car (or a TVR that works wink) hehe

They have fitted a 'hyjack alarm' to the car, you press the button and the alarm beeps after a few seconds, then again, then the engine starts stuttering, and the alarm goes off fully.

Tis located in a spot no-one would actually notice you press it biggrin

Turn it on when you leave it, and off when you get back in.

Get jacked, just press it, they won't get far in a car that keeps stalling hehe

Enjoy your car when you get it - and have a chat to Ian @ Litchfield about the alarm yes

bmw2002

8,596 posts

230 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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AngryS3Owner said:
Slovakia with us next year thumbup
Now that I will be coming to, do not want to miss another european challenge frown