Burglars steal Audi TT
Burglars steal Audi TT
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PatHeald

Original Poster:

8,058 posts

284 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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A good friend had his front door kicked off its hinges and the keys to his new Audi TT taken from the kitchen table at 4am yesterday.

The thieves drove off in the TT before he got downstairs.

The car has been recovered, but it makes you wonder what lengths they would have gone to if he had kept the keys under his pillow?

Any suggestions to prevent this happening again?

SpeedEight

893 posts

303 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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Because of this kind of thing, I dont leave my keys downstairs at night. I just put them on my bedside table.

Never leave keys in the lock on the inside or on a hallway table either. Its quite common aparantly for scumbags to use a rod/hook thingy to put through your letterbox to lift the keys without even breaking in to your home.

douglasr

1,092 posts

300 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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Dont keep the key downstairs and have a baseball bat and screwdriver under the bed. Why the screw driver?...well, one evening a good few years ago, a similar thing happened to one of my Dads friends. He kicked the shit out of the burgler (broken nose, jaw...the works). Once the red mist had cleared, he realised he would get done for assualt, so he took a screw driver and placed it in the crims hand (he was out cold). Police turn up and he claimed self defense.

I have an old carflow strongarm steering wheel lock under the bed, my car keys are in my bedside cabinet and the screwdrivers are downstairs. God help any scrote that breaks into my house...

MikeyT

18,222 posts

299 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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douglasr said:I have an old carflow strongarm steering wheel lock under the bed, my car keys are in my bedside cabinet and the screwdrivers are downstairs. God help any scrote that breaks into my house...


Well, thanks douglas, armed with that info I might even have a go myself!

clanger

1,087 posts

286 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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Leave the keys in the ignition then u wont be inconvenienced by the thieves when they nick it..

Out of interest did they leave the crimpers and hairdryer..

>> Edited by clanger on Thursday 30th January 22:45

alan_driver

1,281 posts

285 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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Is a TT a common car to get stolen? one was nicked from near me. used a stick and hook to get the keys out of a jacket pocket, through the letter box. Unlocked the garage and then drove off. Must have been careful planning, car was never found.

plotloss

67,280 posts

298 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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Get a Toza, put its basket in the hall.

Hey presto its dinner delivers itself.

Matt.

cpearson

149 posts

283 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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well "douglasr" i like your dad's friends methods and good to hear he kicked the S#it out of the low life. its shows you how wrong the law can be some times. there shouldn't be a question over if you assaulted the criminal, they shouldn't have been in the house full stop.
which brings me to a point would you shoot a criminal if they were in your house, if you had the means to do so???

alan_driver

1,281 posts

285 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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With a pellet gun.

plotloss

67,280 posts

298 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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Dont know, if there were just there robbing and tried to flee when discovered then probably not.

However, if they came at me, especially armed then they would find themselves on the wrong end of a couple of 12 bore slugs.

Matt.

trojan horse

8 posts

283 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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I really like the idea of vigilante squads to combat the scum who f...k about with peoples hard earned cars.

Anyone got any really good ideas on a punishment that fits the crime

SpeedEight

893 posts

303 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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trojan horse said: I really like the idea of vigilante squads to combat the scum who f...k about with peoples hard earned cars.

Anyone got any really good ideas on a punishment that fits the crime


Yeah, a car cleaning service after they get out

They have to come round once a week to clean the car they tried to nick, inside and out. 12 months minimum!

trojan horse

8 posts

283 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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How about dragging them behind the car they tried to steal,naked with hand & feet tied over gritted tarmac

soulpatch

4,693 posts

286 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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alan_driver said: With a pellet gun.


In the eye

CarZee

13,382 posts

295 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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oh do come along.. let's grow up chaps...

Big boys use napalm

alan_driver

1,281 posts

285 months

Thursday 30th January 2003
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soulpatch said:

alan_driver said: With a pellet gun.


In the eye

Of course you wernt aiming for the eye. 'I was aiming for the leg officer, the hop-up made it go in his eye'

jimbro1000

1,619 posts

312 months

Friday 31st January 2003
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CarZee said: oh do come along.. let's grow up chaps...

Big boys use napalm


And the smart ones use chilli powder
Just blow a handfull of that in someones face and see what happens

Noodles 4.2

574 posts

290 months

Friday 31st January 2003
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any idea whereabouts this happened?

Tony

littlegearl

3,139 posts

285 months

Friday 31st January 2003
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i have a maglite next to my bed, if i hear funny noises it performs 2 functions, first it provides light, second, and most importantly its a fooking good weapon!!!

and if you can get you hands/pole into our letter box without waking us up/losing 1 or 2 fingers then good luck to you, even the postman has trouble...

then of course you'd have to find the shelf with the keys on which would be difficult to reach from the letterbox, then you'd have to hook a set of keys, hoping they're from a car...

if your were lucky enough to get some car keys you would then have to walk down the street to where all the cars are parked and work out which one these keys work... good luck to you scrotes!!!

>> Edited by littlegearl on Friday 31st January 01:35

McNab

1,627 posts

302 months

Friday 31st January 2003
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Ultra-strong hinges and two heavyweight mortice locks on the door - and a ferret in the letter box...

too!