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Latty666
Original Poster
239 posts
17 months
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Has a Cerbera ever been stolen? I was discussing car security with a guy at work and trackers came in to it, he asked if I have a tracker and when I said I don't he said I must be mad ? Yet I can never recall hearing of a Cerb, or any Tvr been stolen?
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RUSSELLM
4,900 posts
116 months
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I've not heard of a Cerbie going.
When I first started looking for a car, I saw a Chim at a dealer's in Bromsgrove, where someone had appeared to try to prize the door open with a crow bar...
That's about it for me.
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Tomej
146 posts
21 months
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Half of the owners have trouble starting it, let alone a thief 
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pmessling
1,109 posts
72 months
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i reactivated the tracker that was fitted to mine when i got it, sort of gives a bit more peace of mind that it might be found.
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Latty666
Original Poster
239 posts
17 months
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Tomej said: Half of the owners have trouble starting it, let alone a thief Ha ha ha very true!
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steviejasp
1,177 posts
34 months
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Never heard of one being stolen but according to some posts, quite a few highway robberies have been committed underneath them.
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Dutch_Cerbera
349 posts
61 months
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if i remember correctly, for a long time there has been a Red Cerbera SP6 for sales in NL (Rotterdam area).
after a very long time (unsold) all of a sudden she was gone.
and somewhere i think i have read that she was stolen
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Mr Tank
4,755 posts
144 months
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Hi
My car had a traker fitted before I purchased it! But I never paid to keep it active!
When I had Karl Brown replace the alarm last month he removed the tracker for me as it was a power drain, even thought it was not active!
My insurance company have never asked for me to have one fitted!
Andy
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HarryW
11,306 posts
138 months
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Mr Tank said: Hi
My car had a traker fitted before I purchased it! But I never paid to keep it active!
When I had Karl Brown replace the alarm last month he removed the tracker for me as it was a power drain, even thought it was not active!
My insurance company have never asked for me to have one fitted!
Andy Carl Baker?
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Jurgen Schmidt
214 posts
70 months
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touching cloth
11,597 posts
108 months
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Had a break in at my last house, took all the car keys (yes kept near the door .. doh). Came out to find Lexus taken and the TVR (was the Chim actually as this story predates the Cerb) sitting there unlocked but unstolen. Came to the conclusion they couldn't work out how to open the door 
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FarmyardPants
2,239 posts
87 months
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touching cloth said: Had a break in at my last house, took all the car keys (yes kept near the door .. doh). Came out to find Lexus taken and the TVR (was the Chim actually as this story predates the Cerb) sitting there unlocked but unstolen. Came to the conclusion they couldn't work out how to open the door 
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gruffalo
2,078 posts
95 months
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touching cloth said: Had a break in at my last house, took all the car keys (yes kept near the door .. doh). Came out to find Lexus taken and the TVR (was the Chim actually as this story predates the Cerb) sitting there unlocked but unstolen. Came to the conclusion they couldn't work out how to open the door That would be why they were breaking into houses and not operating on people brains to pay their way in the world then.
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Latty666
Original Poster
239 posts
17 months
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I think if mine was taken I'd hope that it got the better of them and they ended up upside down in a ditch full of pig poo.
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Jhonno
726 posts
10 months
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FarmyardPants said: touching cloth said: Had a break in at my last house, took all the car keys (yes kept near the door .. doh). Came out to find Lexus taken and the TVR (was the Chim actually as this story predates the Cerb) sitting there unlocked but unstolen. Came to the conclusion they couldn't work out how to open the door  That was going to be my comment!!
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Cavey
421 posts
100 months
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A couple of years ago I was talking to someone about trackers and they said if your car was stolen would you want it back? That was it for me and trackers, although that was with a 911 and I supppse Cerbs are a bit more personal so maybe you would want it back. But it would still be on the register as stolen/recovered.
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RUSSELLM
4,900 posts
116 months
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I think it would only be on the register if the Insurance paid out & the car subsequently turned up ?
But likewise, I wouldn't want mine back if it had been abused.
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cerdad
219 posts
70 months
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If they managed to get in and work out how to start the car, do you really think they could make a quiet exit as it seems mostof the cerbs are lacking much in the way of silencing and picture some scumbag kangerooing down the road trying to get the hang of the clutch and if your car is nosed on the drive what about trying to get in reverse without waking the dead !!!. Carl Baker took my tracker off because of the power drain and it looked like Stevie Wonder fitted it .
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jammy_basturd
8,154 posts
81 months
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It's almost, almost, a case of, if any thief manages to find a way into the car, disarm the immobiliser, work out how to start the thing, actually gets the car to start, manages to operate the gearbox and clutch, press the lights button instead of the horn, hits the brakes without them squeaking, AND is able to do all this quietly enough without waking up yourself and every neighbour, then they almost deserve to have the car!
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FarmyardPants
2,239 posts
87 months
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jammy_basturd said: It's almost, almost, a case of, if any thief manages to find a way into the car, disarm the immobiliser, work out how to start the thing, actually gets the car to start, manages to operate the gearbox and clutch, press the lights button instead of the horn, hits the brakes without them squeaking, AND is able to do all this quietly enough without waking up yourself and every neighbour, then they almost deserve to have the car! I'm coming over with a fishing rod and a set of trackday silencers Know what you mean though.
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