Sprint blue s3 stolen

[McHaggis]

xRIEx said:

Out of interest, what's that based on?

It's a bit rough and ready and heading off topic to be honest, but if you assume there are 6,000,000 containers landed in the UK, you can build up a view of what it costs to inspect them based on some rough assumptions or people, throughput and costs based on loaded salary.

Mine was very rough and I'd rather not post up my workings or we will end up with a 30 page diatribe about why my model created in 90 seconds has the wrong assumptions applied and uses the Ford model instead of ObertoolFiddlestick time compensation model...

[Petrolhead95]

Are Audi's getting stolen in certain areas or all over the country?

[traffman]

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss.

They do have an Xray machine that scans containers.

I used to go to the Forth Ports sites and they have a thumping great lorry with an arm that extends over the entire container.

However they only have one (i think) , it cost's an absolute fortune , they drive it to methil, rosyth , grangemouth and leith.

There's thousands of containers and very little time to scan through everyone.

They have a big job on there hand trust me!

[evoivboy]

they search for drugs

[M330 AL]

I agree that every container shld be checked because the amount of cars going missin is out of order now.how much is our premiums goin up every yr coz these tramps keep stealing our cars.where are they going being right hand drive?

[M330 AL]

I never realised it was so easy to take cars out the country in these containers. So u cld fill the with cocaine as well??

[PUA]

Sorry to hear about this pal. I woouldn't get my hopes up wrt the police investigating and locating the car. I hope the insurance company pays out quickly and in full so you can move on and get another car!

[M330 AL]

I agree,all the containers shld be checked. So u cld fill them wi drugs then?

[andy-integrale]

Would Tracker work if your car was sat in a steel container for a couple of days?

[Mastodon2]

mat777 said:

Well why the hell dont they X-ray containers like they do with airline luggage?

They can xray them, the xray machine is attached to the side of the truck. To scan a container, it has to be sat on it's own in an open space on the dock, and the truck drives slowly along it, which generates a (poor) scan image. The info the scan gives is very vague, and can only really show how high from floor to ceiling a container is loaded, and how densely packed it is. Even then, they need reasonable suspicion that something is amiss to open the container to investiage. Put a car or two in one and load it with flat-packed cardboard boxes and the scanner probably wouldn't even pick it up.

That said, because of the time and cost (a lot more than £3-£5!) involved with scanning a container, it's not a routine thing, it's saved for containers that are flagged up as suspicious by other checks.

[MX7]

M330 AL said:

I never realised it was so easy to take cars out the country in these containers. So u cld fill the with cocaine as well??

Why would you take cocaine out of the country?

[FisiP1]

I'm not being snarky at all but does everyone that gets hit by this theft format leave their keys downstairs in an obvious place or something?

I know the BMW thefts etc don't even need the keys, but if your car isn't a push button start, time to start thinking about where to put them overnight?

[McHaggis]

Mastodon2 said:

They can xray them, the xray machine is attached to the side of the truck. To scan a container, it has to be sat on it's own in an open space on the dock, and the truck drives slowly along it, which generates a (poor) scan image. The info the scan gives is very vague, and can only really show how high from floor to ceiling a container is loaded, and how densely packed it is. Even then, they need reasonable suspicion that something is amiss to open the container to investiage. Put a car or two in one and load it with flat-packed cardboard boxes and the scanner probably wouldn't even pick it up.

That said, because of the time and cost (a lot more than £3-£5!) involved with scanning a container, it's not a routine thing, it's saved for containers that are flagged up as suspicious by other checks.

My costing was based on manual inspection, automatic consent to inspect, slave labour only...

[4key]

McHaggis said:

Mastodon2 said:

They can xray them, the xray machine is attached to the side of the truck. To scan a container, it has to be sat on it's own in an open space on the dock, and the truck drives slowly along it, which generates a (poor) scan image. The info the scan gives is very vague, and can only really show how high from floor to ceiling a container is loaded, and how densely packed it is. Even then, they need reasonable suspicion that something is amiss to open the container to investiage. Put a car or two in one and load it with flat-packed cardboard boxes and the scanner probably wouldn't even pick it up.

That said, because of the time and cost (a lot more than £3-£5!) involved with scanning a container, it's not a routine thing, it's saved for containers that are flagged up as suspicious by other checks.

My costing was based on manual inspection, automatic consent to inspect, slave labour only...

It would take a long time to unload 5000 boxes out of a container just to make sure that there wasnt a car hidden underneath them

[Dave Hedgehog]

andy-integrale said:

Would Tracker work if your car was sat in a steel container for a couple of days?

the containers a metal box, it blocks the tracker signal

[McHaggis]

4key said:

It would take a long time to unload 5000 boxes out of a container just to make sure that there wasnt a car hidden underneath them

Very true...

[DannyScene]

FisiP1 said:

I'm not being snarky at all but does everyone that gets hit by this theft format leave their keys downstairs in an obvious place or something?

I know the BMW thefts etc don't even need the keys, but if your car isn't a push button start, time to start thinking about where to put them overnight?

Exactly this!
We're told numerous times by numerous agencies not to leave keys on the worktop downstairs yet people still do meaning this type of theft is just too easy
My parents down have what I would call 'nice' cars but they listen to warnings and take keys to bed with them

[genericguy]

If someone was determined enough to break into my flat to get my keys I'd rather they just took them and fked off tbf, rather than ransacking the place trying to find my keys.

[river_rat]

So you take your keys to bed and the thief wakes you up with a baseball bat or worse, and then takes the keys.

Think I would rather leave them somewhere out of sight of door, etc but easily found if they make the effort to break in.

[oobster]

genericguy said:

If someone was determined enough to break into my flat to get my keys I'd rather they just took them and fked off tbf, rather than ransacking the place trying to find my keys.

Exactly this. Or worse, wake me up at 3am with a baseball bat.

I don't make it easy for a thief to steal my car but I also want a determined thief who enters my house to find the keys reasonably quickly and leave without causing further damage to my house, me, or more importantly my wife or daughter. It's only a car.