'Rare £400k Ferrari' stolen from Southrop, Lechlade, Glos

[ferrisbueller]

550 Barchettas have been at that mark for a while, CB.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds?Category=us...

[HIS LM]

Council Baby said:

Where, exactly, is that worth £400k other than in a news story?

Try buying one and you will find out

[HIS LM]

WCZ said:

Ferruccio said:

The police were not prepared to get it for their own "safety".

:/

So it is true then they are above the law

[Ferruccio]

HIS LM said:

WCZ said:

Ferruccio said:

The police were not prepared to get it for their own "safety".

:/

So it is true then they are above the law

The dealer told me of someone else who had the same problem and ended up buying his bike back off the guys who stole it. He could actually see it but the police wouldn't go and get it.

[RichB]

Ferruccio said:

HIS LM said:

WCZ said:

Ferruccio said:

The police were not prepared to get it for their own "safety".

:/

So it is true then they are above the law

The dealer told me of someone else who had the same problem and ended up buying his bike back off the guys who stole it. He could actually see it but the police wouldn't go and get it.

Disgraceful but not unsurprising.

[Council Baby]

HIS LM said:

Council Baby said:

Where, exactly, is that worth £400k other than in a news story?

Try buying one and you will find out

Not at that price thanks, in my lowly opinion the world has gone mad with current pricing

[astroarcadia]

Update:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3932264/Br...

[anonymous-user]

astroarcadia said:

Update:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3932264/Br...

Scum.

[CoolHands]

Here's an idea. Give him his sentence, then double it for not telling where it is. When he still doesn't say, double it again. He would crack first, guaranteed.

[Funk]

AVV EM said:

astroarcadia said:

Update:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3932264/Br...

Scum.

Tell him that for every day he doesn't reveal the car's whereabouts, a week will be added to his jail term.

[Murph7355]

AVV EM said:

astroarcadia said:

Update:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3932264/Br...

Scum.

It's a shame our legal system cannot simply reply...I tell you what, you don't tell us where it is and get it back right now, you will be going to jail indefinitely. And the victims of your crimes will be at every parole hearing and be the only ones who make the decision.

[Camlet]

Interesting strategy to target rare cars. Fine until you need a new part that's unique to the model. Ferrari requires copy of registration documents in most cases. Even to list a rare car on 'My Ferrari' the factory will want proof of ownership.

With Instagram, autogespot etc many of the top cars are becoming well known - nearly as good as a fingerprint, and very easy to access.

Above wont stop a thief but the rare LE cars are I imagine increasingly difficult to sell-on.

[ferrisbueller]

article said:

Telling McNulty he would be remanded in custody pending sentence on November 25, the judge asked him 'Is it a front or rear engine Ferrari?'

Surprised, McNulty hesitated before replying 'I would say the rear, to be honest.'

He knows where it is, but doesn't know what it is. Why did he take it? Stolen to order?

[Iva Barchetta]

ferrisbueller said:

article said:

Telling McNulty he would be remanded in custody pending sentence on November 25, the judge asked him 'Is it a front or rear engine Ferrari?'

Surprised, McNulty hesitated before replying 'I would say the rear, to be honest.'

He knows where it is, but doesn't know what it is. Why did he take it? Stolen to order?

He's a thick burglar,found the keys,said "might as well av it"

[Iva Barchetta]

As for the article making a wild guess at how many of these in UK.

Romans have one for £365,000.

So that's 2 accounted for.

[cc8s]

Iva Barchetta said:

As for the article making a wild guess at how many of these in UK.

Romans have one for £365,000.

So that's 2 accounted for.

There are around 12+ in the UK

At least 7 are RHD.

[Robert W]

Well all the publicity seems to be improving the car's value - up from £400k to £500k. Hope the insurance valuation in flexible :-)

How hard must it be to find a car that someone that stupid has hidden?

I mean, come on, if the engine was in the back, the thing would be a bit nose-light :-)

And how come my mobile phone DOES work in a lift?

I think there were 42 RHD UK 550 Barchettas plus 15 to Oz out of 448 produced at least....

Edited by Robert W on Monday 14th November 15:28

[andymc]

are they not bothered about the automatic Browning?

[Frenchda]

andymc said:

are they not bothered about the automatic Browning?

My thought as well but in true media bks I should imagine its a 3 round browning semi shotgun.