Vauxhall cannibals

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55palfers

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5,893 posts

163 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33348506

I first thought this was an unsavoury dining cult in the nation's capital, but how can scrotes dismantle a car to this extent and no-one notices?

MikeT66

2,680 posts

123 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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I think it's improved the car, to be honest...

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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Yeah, keep going until you reach the back.

MrBrightSi

2,912 posts

169 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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Neighbour had a golf gttdi about 3-4 years ago, we awoke one morning to find his bumper had been stolen in the middle of the night, all the little fittings had been left as well.

A mate's father has an old land rover as well, some body panels went missing off that, only to be found in a self storage container in the next town over, with a few hundred other body parts from other cars.

MikeT66

2,680 posts

123 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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Johnnytheboy said:
Yeah, keep going until you reach the back.
roflroflroflroflroflrofl

skyrover

12,668 posts

203 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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Wow.. didn't realise Vauxhall red was still a thing

SunsetZed

2,236 posts

169 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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5 Grand to repair, really?!

Challo

10,043 posts

154 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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5k is a bit excessive but I with all the parts needed at retail cost plus the labour to fit them all then i reckon it would come close.

I doubt the front bumper is cheap let alone the front wings and if them need painting.

NailedOn

3,114 posts

234 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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For it to be cannibalism the perpetrators would have to be Vauxhalls too.
Cannibal corsa?
Violent viva?

Eclassy

1,201 posts

121 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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I was saw a flatbed truck drop a car off opposite my house. It was late at night and dark.

Up to about 20 youths then appeared from inside the estate and started to strip the car. I thought this was very odd and I called the police. For the next 30 to 45 minutes, these youths carried on undisturbed. The car ended up on its chassis as all the tyres were taken as well.

The police never turned up. I managed to get the plate number of one of the cars that picked up the youths and I called the police again and gave it to them.

The 'vandalized' car stayed in the same position for about a week constituting an eyesore.

TTmonkey

20,911 posts

246 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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I need a new door for an Audi A5 if these guys are members on here... wink

Seriously, are they satisfying an already existing requirement here, or are they generating a market place...?


Remember when Ford brought out cars with double DIN rounded stereo systems? Claimed that they would not be stolen by thieves because they were of no use to anyone? The thieves just created a market place for stolen stereos in Fords by simply nicking loads of them. Suddenly Ford owners were looking for 'cheap' replacement stereo's.... probably sold them their own one back.

TheEnd

15,370 posts

187 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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I did see a story about someone coming back to a train station where they left their car to find it was stripped.
Can't remember if it was a member, or just a news story link, anyone remember that?
I wonder if that was a Vauxhall.

Since it is prolific, I'd be keeping an eye on who is buying Corsas at salvage auctions.

edit- link

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2426692/Co...

It's a Corsa....

Edited by TheEnd on Thursday 2nd July 09:58

Fartomatic5000

558 posts

154 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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SunsetZed said:
5 Grand to repair, really?!
I know of a place will do it a lot cheaper than that, they have loads of parts lying around.


Oh....

ralphrj

3,508 posts

190 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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It happened to a PHer just before Christmas, details here.

I posted in that thread that a Corsa VXR near me had the wheels stolen at around the same time. A few weeks later a friend of mine had the whole front end of their Corsa stolen.

Mr_B

10,480 posts

242 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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Hardly anything new. Any popular make of car where the hot model is simply bolt on bumpers and side skirts is at risk. For a good few cars, a £800 front bumper can be removed by the two main bolts and then just yanking it free in seconds.

jonnM

1,102 posts

138 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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Johnnytheboy said:
Yeah, keep going until you reach the back.
Steady on! We Vauxhall owners have feelings y'know laugh

WelshChris

1,173 posts

253 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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It's been happening for years on the continent. I had the whole front end of my E36 M3 stolen overnight in Hamburg. They made a good job of it, even disconneting the lights and tying the cables up neatly.

The Wookie

13,909 posts

227 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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TheEnd said:
I did see a story about someone coming back to a train station where they left their car to find it was stripped.
Can't remember if it was a member, or just a news story link, anyone remember that?
I wonder if that was a Vauxhall.

Since it is prolific, I'd be keeping an eye on who is buying Corsas at salvage auctions.

edit- link

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2426692/Co...

It's a Corsa....

Edited by TheEnd on Thursday 2nd July 09:58
Exactly the same thing happened to a friend of my girlfriend, in fact I'm not sure if that was actually her car.

With the locality of the Vauxhall plant you do wonder if it's a bunch of current or former employees who assemble the cars knowing how easy it is and what tools are needed.

dudleybloke

19,718 posts

185 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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Eclassy said:
I was saw a flatbed truck drop a car off opposite my house. It was late at night and dark.

Up to about 20 youths then appeared from inside the estate and started to strip the car. I thought this was very odd and I called the police. For the next 30 to 45 minutes, these youths carried on undisturbed. The car ended up on its chassis as all the tyres were taken as well.

The police never turned up. I managed to get the plate number of one of the cars that picked up the youths and I called the police again and gave it to them.

The 'vandalized' car stayed in the same position for about a week constituting an eyesore.
Reminds me of this.

https://youtu.be/0t02B6VTj2U?t=22

smile

Oakey

27,523 posts

215 months

Thursday 2nd July 2015
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A year or two ago my grandfather came out one morning to find one of the headlights from his N reg Fiesta had been nicked. He promptly drove round the corner to the scrappers and bought a replacement for £5.

The mind boggles.