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Car robbed in West Midlands
r5gtt:
Shame that as it's a nice looking motor too.
Glad it's been found. :happy2:
grey golfster:
Glad its back, and on the bright side, if having broken into my house in the middle of the night, "all" the toe rags did was knick my car, I'd be relatively pleased!
Out of curiosity...
If a lot of these V desireable mk7's are getting taken like this, then...
IF this was a lease car, what happens next?
Both with the immediate/short term return of the car to the owner, and later at lease end when it was returned to the finance co, if it is indeed devalued as a stolen/recovered?
Being "old school", and having seen the gti carnage the first time around (I had a Triumph TR 6 way back then!), I still usually put a disc lock on my eddy.
Old habits...but the key lives with that for ignition
:confused:
Callum45:
--- Quote from: Adam0604 on February 06, 2016, 12:34:33 pm ---Thankfully the power of Facebook helped my mate find his car
Lad who had seen the post shared on facebook walked past the car abandoned outside a park about 5 miles away from where it was taken
Apparently they leave the car for 3-4 days, and if it's untouched/still there they know it hasn't been tracked.
Mate doesn't really want to keep it anymore though, in case it happens again
Will have knocked value off car now as well, as HPI check will show it as stolen and recovered.
--- End quote ---
A HPI check will come back clear mate.
Stolen recovered isn't stored on the database
Adam0604:
Oh really? If that is the case I'll let my mate know. Might change his mind into keeping it.
GrayMK5GTI:
--- Quote from: Adam0604 on February 06, 2016, 12:34:33 pm ---Thankfully the power of Facebook helped my mate find his car
Lad who had seen the post shared on facebook walked past the car abandoned outside a park about 5 miles away from where it was taken
Apparently they leave the car for 3-4 days, and if it's untouched/still there they know it hasn't been tracked.
Mate doesn't really want to keep it anymore though, in case it happens again
Will have knocked value off car now as well, as HPI check will show it as stolen and recovered.
--- End quote ---
That's great news :drinking:
I've heard of lots heading straight to the docks to be loaded into a container (ANPR catching them near Liverpool).
You can buy trackers for less than £100 with decent battery life - maybe worth suggesting it to your mate? Or a steering wheel lock - won't prevent theft, but adds time & effort to a theft. . . May be enough to deter some thieves :happy2:
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