Car stolen and my experience

[Gavia]

RemyMartin81D said:

Leather face

Swinging around a chainsaw with a face of human skin will do the job

He was fat .

Good call, I’d still prefer to lose a few stone and learn to whistle like Negan. I think Lucille would enjoy bashing a few skulls.





Before anyone gets too giddy, none of this will happen. I’ll be cowering upstairs wishing I’d bought an Insignia.

[CaptainMorgan]

Gavia said:

CaptainMorgan said:

Thanks for posting, it's decent of you to try and help the rest of us defend our possessions from these pieces of st that are out there and sorry you've had this experience, it's not nice at all.

Question regarding the Autowatch Ghost. As you didn't have keyless, what advantage will it offer over just putting the keys under your mattress? Everyone raves about the system like it's a foolproof way to stop the car being taken but all it does it make them come for you to either start it or give them the pin to start it. Personally I'm not interested in the confrontation, but if I were up for taking them on, keeping the keys with me would have the same result without the extra cost of the system.

Anyway, nice one for not letting them get you down and getting another one, hopefully with the additional security you'll be alright.

With regards to someone saying to look every door in the house, while thats a bit extreme I reckon it's certainly an advantage to have a porch then another locked door, ideally with an alarm sensor in that room too.

I’m no hard man, so I won’t welcome the confrontation either, but quite fancy making it tricky for them if they try again. The house alarm (connected to the provider) will hopefully scare them off along with everything else that’s in place. If it comes to it, then I guess it won’t be worth much to me, but it’ll just make it ever more annoying. Apparentlythe Cat 5 tracker I’m having fitted has remote immobilisation too, so even if they get away with it, once it’s turned off then it can’t be restarted.

I’m consodering upgrading a couple of critical internal doors too, so if they get in the house, they will struggle to get out of the room they’re in.

Yeah, fair point making their lives as hard as possible. The remote shut off would be a great feature.

[IntriguedUser]

Hope your ok OP.

When I was 13 or 14 (23 now) our flat was broken into and I heard a noise in the night which my gut feeling told me something weren't right, I dismissed this feeling and went back to sleep. Someone was downstairs stealing a laptop and some other random items.

Ever since then my sleep hasn't been quite right, I also felt.guilty for quite a while as I had dismissed my g7y feeling.

[myvision]

Max_Torque said:

I'm interested to know if the car will ever show up on the connected drive network? Aren't they tracked via VIN (which is of course reprogrammable, but then you'd have an "unknown" car on the network?

I wonder if any have ever shown up this way.

[SlimJim16v]

Forgot to say, I'm glad to see you can still joke about it.

[Gavia]

SlimJim16v said:

Forgot to say, I'm glad to see you can still joke about it.

If anything I’m just frustrated, I’m pretty strong mentally and had this st a while back at the last house, when I had an RS4 and my ex a Civic Type-R. Hopefully, this will all stop again, although it’s frustrating living in Fort Knox.

I forgot to mention, a mate with an engineering firm is fabricating a serious bit of kit to complement the gates.

[kylos27]

The right to keep and bear arms

Or hand amputation

[BlackLabel]

Sorry to hear this OP but glad you are okay.

Just out of interest what insurance company are you with - it’s always good to know which insurance companies treat you well and pay out on claims quickly?

[Gavia]

BlackLabel said:

Sorry to hear this OP but glad you are okay.

Just out of interest what insurance company are you with - it’s always good to know which insurance companies treat you well and pay out on claims quickly?

LV. Pretty impressed with them

kylos27 said:

The right to keep and bear arms

Or hand amputation

The first bit would be insane, as the crimes would also have the same right and be more likely to have access to even more insane firepower

Never been a fan of Sharia Law, or Old Testament style Justice, although I can see the appeal. Again, if the penalties are this severe, there’s little stopping the scrotes going further with their actions.

[anonymous-user]

kylos27 said:

The right to keep and bear arms

Or hand amputation

Well that took longer that expected.

Just look at what a crime free paradise countries that have these practices are!

[popeyewhite]

Sorry to hear of your woes OP, I've had a couple of cars pinched, it's not nice. A friend had a car a number of years back that he coveted most seriously. He fitted a similar device to a ghost, not designed to enable starting, but designed to cut all power after five minutes if the code wasn't entered at startup. His car was nicked, and found a mile away a day later.

Thieves will always figure out how to nick a car, but if it 'breaks down' it's unlikely they'll have the inclination to stand around trying to fix it.

[Gavia]

popeyewhite said:

Sorry to hear of your woes OP, I've had a couple of cars pinched, it's not nice. A friend had a car a number of years back that he coveted most seriously. He fitted a similar device to a ghost, not designed to enable starting, but designed to cut all power after five minutes if the code wasn't entered at startup. His car was nicked, and found a mile away a day later.

Thieves will always figure out how to nick a car, but if it 'breaks down' it's unlikely they'll have the inclination to stand around trying to fix it.

Very true. Not sure a system that stops a car mid flight is legal though. I live a few minutes from a motorway junction, if they were in the outside lane and the car just stops, I don’t think my insurers would be too happy with the potential outcome from that, nor would I if there were serious injuries / death.

The Cat 5 will immobilise the car if they do get away once it’s turned off. The Ghost will mean they can’t get away with it. I’ve yet to decide if the keys come upstairs, or sit in a safe downstairs now, ditto on fitting a couple of security doors downstairs, as well as to my bedroom.

[popeyewhite]

Gavia said:

popeyewhite said:

Sorry to hear of your woes OP, I've had a couple of cars pinched, it's not nice. A friend had a car a number of years back that he coveted most seriously. He fitted a similar device to a ghost, not designed to enable starting, but designed to cut all power after five minutes if the code wasn't entered at startup. His car was nicked, and found a mile away a day later.

Thieves will always figure out how to nick a car, but if it 'breaks down' it's unlikely they'll have the inclination to stand around trying to fix it.

Very true. Not sure a system that stops a car mid flight is legal though. I live a few minutes from a motorway junction, if they were in the outside lane and the car just stops, I don’t think my insurers would be too happy with the potential outcome from that, nor would I if there were serious injuries / death.

The Cat 5 will immobilise the car if they do get away once it’s turned off. The Ghost will mean they can’t get away with it. I’ve yet to decide if the keys come upstairs, or sit in a safe downstairs now, ditto on fitting a couple of security doors downstairs, as well as to my bedroom.

I fitted a collapsible post after a car was nicked from my drive. I no longer use it. Every time it rained water pooled in the post's housing and when I unlocked the pole and dropped it I got a soaked face and chest. Only happened two or three times before I got fed up and left the post down. It's interesting how soon perspective returns when it's a case of lock car in to prevent theft/don't lock car in to prevent going to work looking a complete noddy I also had an external security light fitted with a sensor to detect movement on the drive. The neighbour's cat's nocturnal activities soon put an end to that idea.

[anonymous-user]

Would you ever fit a armored door, as i see a lot of thread about expensive cars being stolen , but a few thousand on home security and gates would at least slow them down a bit, like armored doors, security glass. Not talking overt stuff a lot looks the same as standard.

[Gavia]

popeyewhite said:

I fitted a collapsible post after a car was nicked from my drive. I no longer use it. Every time it rained water pooled in the post's housing and when I unlocked the pole and dropped it I got a soaked face and chest. Only happened two or three times before I got fed up and left the post down. It's interesting how soon perspective returns when it's a case of lock car in to prevent theft/don't lock car in to prevent going to work looking a complete noddy I also had an external security light fitted with a sensor to detect movement on the drive. The neighbour's cat's nocturnal activities soon put an end to that idea.

The poles will get used all the time. Thanks for the tip though, I’ll try to remember to stand back when they’re dropping down

The Spruce goose said:

Would you ever fit a armored door, as i see a lot of thread about expensive cars being stolen , but a few thousand on home security and gates would at least slow them down a bit, like armored doors, security glass. Not talking overt stuff a lot looks the same as standard.

The outside of the house is / will be as secure as I can make it. Seriously considering internal security doors in three places - my bedroom and two others downstairs where it’ll leave them stranded in one room, or another and seal off the rest of the house. It’s a PITA though tbh, as I’ve got a simple 3 bed detached as it’s just me living here post divorce. I deliberately bought one with a lot more space downstairs than up, as don’t really use the spare bedrooms that much.

Already covered off the external overt security that’s going in.

[hutchst]

Gavia said:

other stuff then ... I’ve yet to decide if the keys come upstairs, or sit in a safe downstairs now, ditto on fitting a couple of security doors downstairs, as well as to my bedroom.

Good luck explaining that to prospective purchasers when you decide to sell your house...

Yes, of course this is a lovely area...

[Alpinestars]

Sorry to hear this mate. Absolute scumbags Hopefully just a transient problem.

[Chr1sch]

Sounds horrible OP and I’m glad you’re ok!

I am constantly going around in circles on this topic, we live in a remote area where the car is not visible from the road etc etc but equally the thought of someone coming into the house is just awful.

Rather than barricade ourselves in ive always thought along the lines of leaving the keys out in the hall, easy to find, don’t come in pls. (Young kids and a very sensitive wife)

In this day and age it sounds like they will get in one way or another anyway

[chryslerben]

Gavia said:

I’m sure if there’s was one on them BMW would be keen to activate it if only for the police’s benefit, but nothing yet.

I think there’s is some basic tracking data held in the ECU that can be accessed remotely, but that hasn’t provided any info to find the car.

Hi Gav sorry to hear about your car being stolen, have you been in touch with BMW customer services regarding the tracking of the vehicle?

The Telematics module in your M4 can indeed tell you where the vehicle is, what direction it's travelling in, how fast it's going and vehicle status.

They could even talk to the person in the car from their call centre if they wanted to.

I know of cases where they've released the data to recover stolen vehicles previously so I don't see why there's an exception this time.

[djdest]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned a Clifford Blackjax.
Let them take the car and then it will cut out a mile or so down the road