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James, and anyone else in the Winchester area- keep your car keys & properties super safe at the moment. You may or may not have heard, that there is a spate of organised crime going on in the Winchester area right now. They are breaking in and stealing the keys for performance/ prestige vehicles. I know for a fact a few Audi's have gone form the Badger Farm area and a friend in Barton Stacey saw his neighbours Disco and TT being driven away late at night a few weeks ago. They are stopping & checking cars under the 'Operation Nemesis' guise- I have been stopped twice in the last few weeks.
I caught some guys scoping my car out on my drive on Saturday evening in a high spec 58 plate Vectra. Initially I thought it was an unmarked car but after speaking to a friend in the force, I found out that the Vectra matched the description of a car seen casing an Audi nearby which was later stolen. The Police did a few drive-by checks during the night Saturday and an officer called round yesterday. They think my car may well have become a target so its currently sat on the drive with the cover over blocked in by my bro's old BMer.
Basically- make double sure all your doors are locked and keep your keys in the bedroom. Would hate to hear of anyone PHers losing their P&J's to scumbags.
Darren.
I caught some guys scoping my car out on my drive on Saturday evening in a high spec 58 plate Vectra. Initially I thought it was an unmarked car but after speaking to a friend in the force, I found out that the Vectra matched the description of a car seen casing an Audi nearby which was later stolen. The Police did a few drive-by checks during the night Saturday and an officer called round yesterday. They think my car may well have become a target so its currently sat on the drive with the cover over blocked in by my bro's old BMer.
Basically- make double sure all your doors are locked and keep your keys in the bedroom. Would hate to hear of anyone PHers losing their P&J's to scumbags.
Darren.
Its not the garage that will be an issue forr these peices of scum, they will just look for the keys for that to. Just make sure the keys are well hidden. Ive opted for putting mine in my dobermans bed and not feeding him for a few weeks.
On a serious note though, Darren has made a fair point. It is big business at the mo, and Audis are top of the list to go.
Just be extra careful.
On a serious note though, Darren has made a fair point. It is big business at the mo, and Audis are top of the list to go.
Just be extra careful.
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
That worries me, without posting about my car or it's location...Is there anyone in the Winchester area I can rent a garage space from for a while? Let me know, ta.
Thanks for the heads up Darren. Dont suppose they're targetting black Jon'd up Golfs cos I'll let AJ know to put a sign up and leave the keys in the ignition. LOL.
dazman1 said:
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
That worries me, without posting about my car or it's location...Is there anyone in the Winchester area I can rent a garage space from for a while? Let me know, ta.
Thanks for the heads up Darren. Dont suppose they're targetting black Jon'd up Golfs cos I'll let AJ know to put a sign up and leave the keys in the ignition. LOL.
dazman1 said:
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
That worries me, without posting about my car or it's location...Is there anyone in the Winchester area I can rent a garage space from for a while? Let me know, ta.
Thanks for the heads up Darren. Dont suppose they're targetting black Jon'd up Golfs cos I'll let AJ know to put a sign up and leave the keys in the ignition. LOL.
DC said:
James, and anyone else in the Winchester area- keep your car keys & properties super safe at the moment. You may or may not have heard, that there is a spate of organised crime going on in the Winchester area right now. They are breaking in and stealing the keys for performance/ prestige vehicles. I know for a fact a few Audi's have gone form the Badger Farm area and a friend in Barton Stacey saw his neighbours Disco and TT being driven away late at night a few weeks ago. They are stopping & checking cars under the 'Operation Nemesis' guise- I have been stopped twice in the last few weeks.
I caught some guys scoping my car out on my drive on Saturday evening in a high spec 58 plate Vectra. Initially I thought it was an unmarked car but after speaking to a friend in the force, I found out that the Vectra matched the description of a car seen casing an Audi nearby which was later stolen. The Police did a few drive-by checks during the night Saturday and an officer called round yesterday. They think my car may well have become a target so its currently sat on the drive with the cover over blocked in by my bro's old BMer.
Basically- make double sure all your doors are locked and keep your keys in the bedroom. Would hate to hear of anyone PHers losing their P&J's to scumbags.
Darren.
Thanks for the heads up. Completely O/T but i saw your vx220 outside west quay in Southampton last night and thought id say its a lovely car.I caught some guys scoping my car out on my drive on Saturday evening in a high spec 58 plate Vectra. Initially I thought it was an unmarked car but after speaking to a friend in the force, I found out that the Vectra matched the description of a car seen casing an Audi nearby which was later stolen. The Police did a few drive-by checks during the night Saturday and an officer called round yesterday. They think my car may well have become a target so its currently sat on the drive with the cover over blocked in by my bro's old BMer.
Basically- make double sure all your doors are locked and keep your keys in the bedroom. Would hate to hear of anyone PHers losing their P&J's to scumbags.
Darren.
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