I love my car, but worth dying for.....?

[JonChalk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-39...

[Ashtray83]

Absolutely disgusting crime really feel for the family hope they catch the people involved

having been targeted myself thieves broke in to my house took keys and stole 2 cars and 1 van in one hit thankfully we didn't wake up, would have been at least 3 people dread to think what may have happened

[Nickyboy]

It's a natural reaction though, to protect something that is yours irrespective of whether it's insured or not.

[BlackLabel]

Very sad. Poor bloke.

[cuprabob]

As said, it's a natural instinct. I really feel for their friends and family. Hope they catch them a throw the book at them.

[anonymous-user]

Nickyboy said:

It's a natural reaction though, to protect something that is yours irrespective of whether it's insured or not.

i was mugged at knife point on holiday, i had about 2 quid in my pocket.
i told him to stab me as i wasn't handing it over , luckily he never did, and i didn't know why i did it, it was like natural instincts took over.

[Yipper]

There is a massive epidemic of these home invasions to steal fast cars up north. From Coventry to Manchester to Glasgow, there is pretty much a post a day about such things on the Audi, VW and other forums. Surprised the Daily Wail and others have not cottoned on yet.

[saaby93]

Yipper said:

There is a massive epidemic of these home invasions to steal fast cars up north. From Coventry to Manchester to Glasgow, there is pretty much a post a day about such things on the Audi, VW and other forums. Surprised the Daily Wail and others have not cottoned on yet.

You dont hear about them trying to steal a Citroen picasso or a Hyundai elantra

Whats the market for the stolen VAG? broken up as parts?

[48Valves]

Yipper said:

There is a massive epidemic of these home invasions to steal fast cars up north. From Coventry to Manchester to Glasgow, there is pretty much a post a day about such things on the Audi, VW and other forums. Surprised the Daily Wail and others have not cottoned on yet.

It's not just constrained to the North.

[The Vambo]

Yipper said:

There is a massive epidemic of these home invasions to steal fast cars up north. From Coventry to Manchester to Glasgow, there is pretty much a post a day about such things on the Audi, VW and other forums. Surprised the Daily Wail and others have not cottoned on yet.

Northern Irish crew hit 19 homes in 4 weeks in Glasgow, cops know who they are but can't catch them in the act.

An acquaintance had his house raided and S3 keys stolen but the car was parked in a different street, cops told him to keep it there.

[jmorgan]

What realistic punishment will there be if caught?

What redress would the fella have had had they been caught after the theft?

Scumbags live on the edge or outside the law and don't care.

Pity you cannot rig it up to hurt people a lot if they try to take it.

[aspirated]

saaby93 said:

You dont hear about them trying to steal a Citroen picasso or a Hyundai elantra

Whats the market for the stolen VAG? broken up as parts?

Cloned, or parts used to create a replica is becoming increasing common

[jontysafe]

The Spruce goose said:

Nickyboy said:

It's a natural reaction though, to protect something that is yours irrespective of whether it's insured or not.

i was mugged at knife point on holiday, i had about 2 quid in my pocket.
i told him to stab me as i wasn't handing it over , luckily he never did, and i didn't know why i did it, it was like natural instincts took over.

It seems a fool and his money aren't easily parted......

[numtumfutunch]

aspirated said:

Cloned, or parts used to create a replica is becoming increasing common

This

I'm a member of a bmw forum which has a number of "modders" upgrading their cars with things like upgraded factory nav or post face-lift tail lights without anyone ever questioning where these parts are sourced

Ironically they all love their cars and would be outraged if theirs was stolen

[berlintaxi]

Invest in a tracker then let the scumbags take it, no car is worth losing your life over, condolences to his family.

[MattyB_]

Utterly tragic.

Any yet despite all these stories, countless people on here still maintain they'd challenge intruders for their car. A metal box that's easily replaced. Unlike your life.

[wack]

There have been numerous examples of people being killed , at Liverpool airport an old boy was dropping a family member off, got out to help with the bag and somebody got in , he stood in front of the car and they just ran him over killing him instantly

1/2 the problem is lenient sentences when they do catch them , I'm regularly astounded at the cop shows when Jamie theakston updates us with the sentences handed out after watching some scumbag drive at 80 in a 30 up the path and across parks to get away.

[J4CKO]

That is horrible, Chorlton is actually quite nice, but its near some not nice bits.


What is it with Audi S3's, they seem to be a scrote Magnet ? I saw a manky Leon with Lamborghini alloys the other day and drive round Manchester there are a lot of diesel S3's, suspect it was three grands worth of 1.6 or 2.0 tdi that was going to become an S3 look alike and it went very wrong, hope they get them and they go away for murder, I would imagine the known local car thieves are getting visits right about know.

[caelite]

Yet if you raise any object in your own defence, or the defence of your property, you can expect a heavy sentence under the, ironically named, Criminal Justice and Prevention of Crime Acts. Story in the OP is a disgusting incident, I hope those involve rot in prison.

[Rich_W]

The Spruce goose said:

Nickyboy said:

It's a natural reaction though, to protect something that is yours irrespective of whether it's insured or not.

i was mugged at knife point on holiday, i had about 2 quid in my pocket.
i told him to stab me as i wasn't handing it over , luckily he never did, and i didn't know why i did it, it was like natural instincts took over.

When I was a teenager.

4 s cornered me and mugged me for my BMX. It was (under) insured, so realistically I shouldn't have. But I resisted and got a broken nose and eye socket for my trouble.

It really affected my state of mind for a few years. But I will still stand up to any future s who choose to try it.

Probably means I'm a bit thick