Sigh, another MK2 RS2000 Escort Stolen. Details inside.

[Speed_Demon]

Sharing this for a friend. It's his pride and joy.

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There's a £6000 reward for the return of the car or information that directly leads to it.

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Help get the word out.

My Ford Escort RS2000 mk2 has been stolen this evening from Effingham Road, Sheffield. It's plate is: XEM 636W.

The car has been captured on police cameras to the Tinsley area (6:49PM Friday 20th March).

Two young males wearing baseballs caps have been seen in it.

If you see or hear anything about it then please call or text me at 07899000233.

[Blayney]

I hope it gets recovered successfully.

Is it just me or are more and more classic cars getting stolen at the moment?

I'm linked to a few mini groups on facebook and there seems to be one a week at the moment!

[blade7]

Looks like a Mexico to me, good luck with the recovery.

[velocemitch]

That's the third Escort in recent weeks, I'd say there is a spate of stealing them.
I expect they are getting broken for parts, which is sad.

[shake n bake]

A real shame, I hope it's returned safely somehow.

[m8rky]

Such a shame, looks a very nice car. Had one locally to us in the last few days, they seem to be hot property at present.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11871666._I_want_m...

[cat with a hat]

bump

[rich888]

This type of theft really pisses me off, surely someone spotted this bright red Escort being driven along the streets of Sheffield or along the motorway.

Anyone have dash cam footage they could review from last Friday?

It's about time a really cheap tracker was made available, something along the lines of the 'find me' app for Apple phones and ipads, etc. so that the thieves can be tracked down and dealt with accordingly.

Did anyone driving in or around Sheffield on Friday spot this bright red Ford Escort XEM 636W, cmon, it's not exactly bland...

THINK DID YOU SEE IT ON FRIDAY...???

[MangledMetal]

Hi there, I've been a lurker on here for years. I'm sure there's more than one red escort knocking around... Is the roof black?
I'm almost certain I saw this car going around the goathland area of the yorkshire moors on Sunday.

[VonSenger]

rich888 said:

Anyone have dash cam footage they could review from last Friday?

It's about time a really cheap tracker was made available, something along the lines of the 'find me' app for Apple phones and ipads

They are available, EBay is your friend. I have 2 and they work flawlessly and only cost me £10 to top the sim card up once a year.

[robinessex]

I must admit I'm always surprised when older, choice cars get nicked, and the owner HASN'T PUT A SECRET IMMOBILISER AND A TRACKER ON IT. Everyone knows these cars are easy to nick, and can be used to resurrect a clapped out banger much easier than a more modern car.

[Dan_1981]

In sheffield so will keep my eyes open

[zedstar]

In Sheffield too, i'll keep a lookout - hope you find it..

[northwest monkey]

robinessex said:

I must admit I'm always surprised when older, choice cars get nicked, and the owner HASN'T PUT A SECRET IMMOBILISER AND A TRACKER ON IT. Everyone knows these cars are easy to nick, and can be used to resurrect a clapped out banger much easier than a more modern car.

I'm agree with you 100% on this. Considering the values and the rarity, I'm surprised the insurance companies don't insist on it. Even if they didn't, for a couple of hundred quid is it not worth doing anyway?

[Speedracer329]

I really feel for you & hope you will get it back in one piece.
Brings back very unpleasant memories for me. I am from Sheffield & when I lived there I had two of them. The first was stolen from the Doncaster Custom Car show despite extra dead locks & an alarm. It was found in a farmers field on the edge of Barnsley, just a shell. Everything had been stripped from it right down to the courtesy light!
The second one was a genuine factory X-Pack and was never found.

Fingers crossed you have better luck than I.

[Dan_1981]

The stories made it onto facebook and into the sheffield star - apparently it's being driven road the city!

[lewisf182]

Yeh saw this on fb at the weekend through a friend of a friend. Will keep an eye out when im in sheffield towards the end of the week, anybody whose remotely interested in cars knows what these are so should hopefully be able to provide some info when seen

[DippedHeadlights]

It was depressing to see the West Midlands Police stolen vehicle team at the NEC classic car show for the first time ever last year, even worse they were busy and said this is a growing problem.
They had sensible advice, physical locks first, then GPS trackers.
I quite like the pinpointpal device. No connection with company but I have fitted them to some of my own cars and found they work well. Pricing is sensible and they don't need a phone SIM which is a big plus and also means they work pretty much anywhere in the world.

[blade7]

Speedracer329 said:

The second one was a genuine factory X-Pack and was never found.

AFAIK there weren't factory X-Packs, cars were fitted with the Fibresports arches and X-Pack parts by Ford RS dealers to order. I don't recall a flat front MK11 RS2000 only the RS Mexico.

Edited by blade7 on Monday 23 March 21:03

[rich888]

VonSenger said:

rich888 said:

Anyone have dash cam footage they could review from last Friday?

It's about time a really cheap tracker was made available, something along the lines of the 'find me' app for Apple phones and ipads

They are available, EBay is your friend. I have 2 and they work flawlessly and only cost me £10 to top the sim card up once a year.

Thanks for the info, have had a look on eBay and there are loads of trackers for sale, though I did spot one for £32 which seemed to tick all the right boxes. Any chance of you posting a link to the units you have fitted to save me from buying a dud!