Gone without a trace

Gone without a trace

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RiggzVXGTS

Original Poster:

461 posts

146 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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So got up this morning to discover the wife's brand new ltd edition corsa had been nicked off the drive. No broken glass or any trace of damage anywhere. FECKIN low life scum.

bobfredstinker

783 posts

150 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Sorry to hear that. I hope you manage to get it back.

colinc01

178 posts

246 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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It is a disgrace mate. I would love to catch the b***ards in the act .

paul450

7,948 posts

175 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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frown

sorry to hear this mate

S800VXR

5,876 posts

200 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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colinc01 said:
It is a disgrace mate. I would love to catch the b***ards in the act .
WHS. They would be able to walk let alone nick a car again if I caught anyone tryi g to nick my cars.

IXLR8

2,025 posts

149 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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RiggzVXGTS said:
FECKIN low life scum.
You hit the nail on the head with that one mate... mad

Sorry to hear this mate frown .... Have you still got the keys?? Did they get in the house??

mik_ok

1,568 posts

241 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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That's 5hit. mad

neiljohnson

11,298 posts

207 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Not good frown
Better it never shows up though tbh

SturdyHSV

10,093 posts

167 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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That's nuts, so sorry to hear that mate frown

Sarge 4x4

2,371 posts

205 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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With or without keys ?

They are scum........had a customer before xmas who picked up her new Disco 4 from the dealer on Friday afternoon and was gone from outside her front door the next morning.

Sorry for your loss. frown

Monaro5.7

7,333 posts

179 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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censored little censored hope they get cancer little censored

Sorry to hear this mate I know it just a car but censored the little censored and I hope they get raped in jail

Good luck in getting it back

ARAF

20,759 posts

223 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Sarge 4x4 said:
With or without keys ?

They are scum........had a customer before xmas who picked up her new Disco 4 from the dealer on Friday afternoon and was gone from outside her front door the next morning.

Sorry for your loss. frown
Makes you wonder, in cases like this, if someone at the dealership has had another key made, while the car was in prep.

I wonder if dealers keep track of what keys they code up to chassis?

I did think of a humorous response for the OP, but it really wouldn't be appreciated, so I'll ignore the little voices in my head this time. wink

I hope you get resolution swiftly from the insurance. As for the scrotes that took it, I'm not even going to waste comment on them.

eybic

9,212 posts

174 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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When you say brand new, how long has she had it? It's not unheard of for undesirable dealership staff to make key copies as has been suggested earlier in the thread.

stigmundfreud

22,454 posts

210 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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wow guys soms over reaction here, hope they get cancer? Its an item its insured its very upsetting as I know myself but to wish cancer or other such retribution? I'd hate to see what you would do to someone accused of rape.

OP sorry to hear of this, modern cars are very easily stolen it seems if the right tools are available - look at BMW's since 2007, reprogrammable keys using ODB port. It could be as simple as a cloned key or the keys left in the car by accident

stigmundfreud

22,454 posts

210 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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ARAF said:
Sarge 4x4 said:
With or without keys ?

They are scum........had a customer before xmas who picked up her new Disco 4 from the dealer on Friday afternoon and was gone from outside her front door the next morning.

Sorry for your loss. frown
I wonder if dealers keep track of what keys they code up to chassis?
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on most cars you can now check yourself, they will tell you how many keys are coded. Sometimes its a hidden feature but on ours its a nice quick menue and it tells you the number of programmed keys to the car. Of course, even the volvo may be open to the ODB attack, just don't know. Some people have taken to disconnecting the ODB port and relocating it, solves the problem but then the likes of BMW void the warranty!

stevieturbo

17,255 posts

247 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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stigmundfreud said:
wow guys soms over reaction here, hope they get cancer? Its an item its insured its very upsetting as I know myself but to wish cancer or other such retribution? I'd hate to see what you would do to someone accused of rape.

OP sorry to hear of this, modern cars are very easily stolen it seems if the right tools are available - look at BMW's since 2007, reprogrammable keys using ODB port. It could be as simple as a cloned key or the keys left in the car by accident
Over-reaction ?

I'd say yes to say cancer is a strange reaction. Potentially via our NHS us hard working people pay for...they may be cured. SO that's a bad thing to wish onto such scum.
Something a bit more definitive like losing an arm, a leg, getting run over by a bus etc, or the most remote thing of all...arrested and jailed. Of course that last one is just a really wild idea I threw out there, we know it would never happen.

The fact it is insured is completely irrelevant, and must admit I despise when people even say it.

If someone burnt your house down would you be so calm about it ? It's insured too after all.

Having insurance isnt an excuse for letting scum steal property you've worked bloody hard to purchase, and just being ok about it.
Because you then have to claim of that insurance which costs you even more money.

But yes it is very weird for a brand new vehicle to be stolen, especially a relatively low model. It would imply some involvement with people with access to keys, immobilisers etc.

Monaro5.7

7,333 posts

179 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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stevieturbo said:
Over-reaction ?

I'd say yes to say cancer is a strange reaction. Potentially via our NHS us hard working people pay for...they may be cured. SO that's a bad thing to wish onto such scum.
Something a bit more definitive like losing an arm, a leg, getting run over by a bus etc, or the most remote thing of all...arrested and jailed. Of course that last one is just a really wild idea I threw out there, we know it would never happen.

The fact it is insured is completely irrelevant, and must admit I despise when people even say it.

If someone burnt your house down would you be so calm about it ? It's insured too after all.

Having insurance isnt an excuse for letting scum steal property you've worked bloody hard to purchase, and just being ok about it.
Because you then have to claim of that insurance which costs you even more money.

But yes it is very weird for a brand new vehicle to be stolen, especially a relatively low model. It would imply some involvement with people with access to keys, immobilisers etc.
Good point about the NHS and there staff are worked hard enough as it is. as far as my comment about cancer I have watched people who have worked hard all there life played by the rules then cancer strikes devastates there life and the family. were scum like a car thief comes along thinks they can cheat life and the rules don't apply to them and coz misery to family`s like cancer so take the cancer out with cancer.

so what if its insured, we are having to pay for this theft throw our premiums so this little censored has just made my premium go up again next year and possibly the hassle of swapping it over to someone else to get a few £ off. so censored them little censored

stigmundfreud

22,454 posts

210 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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stevieturbo said:
stigmundfreud said:
wow guys soms over reaction here, hope they get cancer? Its an item its insured its very upsetting as I know myself but to wish cancer or other such retribution? I'd hate to see what you would do to someone accused of rape.

OP sorry to hear of this, modern cars are very easily stolen it seems if the right tools are available - look at BMW's since 2007, reprogrammable keys using ODB port. It could be as simple as a cloned key or the keys left in the car by accident
Over-reaction ?

I'd say yes to say cancer is a strange reaction. Potentially via our NHS us hard working people pay for...they may be cured. SO that's a bad thing to wish onto such scum.
Something a bit more definitive like losing an arm, a leg, getting run over by a bus etc, or the most remote thing of all...arrested and jailed. Of course that last one is just a really wild idea I threw out there, we know it would never happen.

The fact it is insured is completely irrelevant, and must admit I despise when people even say it.

If someone burnt your house down would you be so calm about it ? It's insured too after all.

Having insurance isnt an excuse for letting scum steal property you've worked bloody hard to purchase, and just being ok about it.
Because you then have to claim of that insurance which costs you even more money.

But yes it is very weird for a brand new vehicle to be stolen, especially a relatively low model. It would imply some involvement with people with access to keys, immobilisers etc.
I guess its just different perspectives on life. Been a victim of theft, yes saying "its insured" doesnt really help but its at least factual and it at least shows you will recover all but the excess, it means you didnt get hurt and thats whats important. Its emotionally upsetting but in no way do any of the typical bravado bks people post about "lose a limb, die, get cancer, hope they are raped in prison" provide any help other than to show just how people do over react and the overreaction is usually in relation to cars!

If my house was burnt down I'd be gutted, but if we were all safe from injury I'd be happy. I'd reserve the kind of retribution you lot are on about to a direct member of family being physcially hurt by someone, then I could understand but ffs to wish physcial harm to this level is a bit of a sad insight

RiggzVXGTS

Original Poster:

461 posts

146 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Lol like ppl have said it was all insured up and at the end of the day it's only a piece of nice metal. Thank god it wasn't the R8 but from what I've been told by the police is that there has been a massive increase of thefts of vauxhall parts. My only saving grace for the R8 is that there is no demand for it and know one knows what it is.

The police did tell that the VXR range are getting hit pretty hard at the moment so just a heads up for you guys.

Yep I do have both sets of keys and the car was locked twice with deadlock.

RiggzVXGTS

Original Poster:

461 posts

146 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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eybic said:
When you say brand new, how long has she had it? It's not unheard of for undesirable dealership staff to make key copies as has been suggested earlier in the thread.
Had it 3 weeks, I had just cleaned and fuelled it up as well lol. They got a right bargain.