Stolen without key?
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My mates wife is reporting her Peugeot 208 stolen from her secure works car park. I was with him when she called, she still has the keys and we were absolutely convinced she had just forgotten where she left it. A car recovery vehicle would be noticed but the entire car park is quite small all cars can be easily seen from middle. I though having cars away without keys was now well beyond the trouble or have I missed some development that make driving them away possible?
I'm reasonably sure that 208's don't have keyless entry.
My guessing is she forgot to lock it/tried to lock it walking away, didn't actually look back to check the thing had locked and an opportunist came along to take advantage. Or alternatively, she may have left a door on the catch in which case when you try to lock it, you hear the locks engage but then immediately release until all the doors/tailgate is properly latched. Again, opportunist....
OR someone's playing a prank with the spare keys, or she parked it somewhere else. How secure is this secure car park? Surely if it's secure, there is CCTV that can be reviewed? Could it have been towed away by a towing company?
My guessing is she forgot to lock it/tried to lock it walking away, didn't actually look back to check the thing had locked and an opportunist came along to take advantage. Or alternatively, she may have left a door on the catch in which case when you try to lock it, you hear the locks engage but then immediately release until all the doors/tailgate is properly latched. Again, opportunist....
OR someone's playing a prank with the spare keys, or she parked it somewhere else. How secure is this secure car park? Surely if it's secure, there is CCTV that can be reviewed? Could it have been towed away by a towing company?
Well my mates and mine scepticism has been confirmed when the answer emerged yesterday after office re-opened after Christmas.
My mate went with his wife to view the CCTV footage and spotted it as he pulled into the car park. The car was not stolen, it had rolled across the car park to the other side after the handbrake was left off.
My mate went with his wife to view the CCTV footage and spotted it as he pulled into the car park. The car was not stolen, it had rolled across the car park to the other side after the handbrake was left off.
Edited by 4x4Tyke on Thursday 29th December 10:41
4x4Tyke said:
Well my mates and mine scepticism has been confirmed when the answer emerged yesterday after office re-opened after Christmas.
The car was not stolen, it had rolled across the car park to the other side after the handbrake was left off.
If the car park was quiet small, how on earth did she not see it?The car was not stolen, it had rolled across the car park to the other side after the handbrake was left off.
4x4Tyke said:
Well my mates and mine scepticism has been confirmed when the answer emerged yesterday after office re-opened after Christmas.
My mate went with his wife to view the CCTV footage and spotted it as he pulled into the car park. The car was not stolen, it had rolled across the car park to the other side after the handbrake was left off.
My mate went with his wife to view the CCTV footage and spotted it as he pulled into the car park. The car was not stolen, it had rolled across the car park to the other side after the handbrake was left off.
Edited by 4x4Tyke on Thursday 29th December 10:41
f
k me, here I was thinking who'd want to steal a Pug 208? It's the reason I bought one myself 
It rolled boot first into a chain link fence at the edge with minor damage to bumper. The two bays it landed in are normally full of the managers very expensive executive cars. So looks like she has got off lightly because most of them were not working.
Edited by 4x4Tyke on Thursday 29th December 10:58
Seriously the car park is small and she didn't have a walk round? what's small? 100? I always end up parking where there's space so some days walk out and find the car not where I "remembered" but a quick look round always finds it (ok it's a red 350z but still how many pugs are there in this tiny car park?)
MDMetal said:
Seriously the car park is small and she didn't have a walk round? what's small? 100? I always end up parking where there's space so some days walk out and find the car not where I "remembered" but a quick look round always finds it (ok it's a red 350z but still how many pugs are there in this tiny car park?)
Very small, the main section is two rows of bays at each edge and around a dozen bays long. Yes she should have spotted it easily even though the car is black and it was after-dark. I think mainly she just got so upset it wasn't were she left it, her assigned bay, got panicky and lost any objectivity.4x4Tyke said:
Well my mates and mine scepticism has been confirmed when the answer emerged yesterday after office re-opened after Christmas.
My mate went with his wife to view the CCTV footage and spotted it as he pulled into the car park. The car was not stolen, it had rolled across the car park to the other side after the handbrake was left off.
I've done similar myself. Went out to the car park, found the car missing, reported it stolen, phoned my wife to ask for a lift.... only to be reminded 'you've got my car today, yours is in for an MOT, you're giving me a lift'... embarassing call back to the police after I found my wife's car exactly where I had left it, only then I noticed the keys in my pocket were hers.My mate went with his wife to view the CCTV footage and spotted it as he pulled into the car park. The car was not stolen, it had rolled across the car park to the other side after the handbrake was left off.
Edited by 4x4Tyke on Thursday 29th December 10:41
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