2 cars stolen overnight - Manchester

[KingNothing]

The reg's might help, if somneone see's them.

And that's st mate, nothing is safe unfortunately.

[loskie]

that's st. good luck.

[Dog Star]

That Audi is pretty distinctive, at least. I'll keep my eyes open.

By "north" do you mean (in an arc) Bolton ----- Bury ----- Rochdale?

I feel your pain - I got my garage burgled and pretty well emptied back in April, they'd also tried to get into the house. If they had got in and got my keys they'd have had not only my bikes but my SLK too; luckily it wasn't there.

The OH moans about it but every night I insist that all keys are brought upstairs and hidden; we also only keep one set of keys for each vehicle and one set of keys and alarm fob for the garage. Just minimise the risk. Don't even ask about renewal premiums on my car because we had two bikes stolen either

[CoolHands]

that's crap. To help the rest of us how did they get in? Did they break a euro-lock style lock? Eg in upvc door?

[Chicane-UK]

Utter, utter lowlife bds. So sorry to hear this. Hope you get a prompt pay out from the insurers. Not sure I'd want any car I owned back after a ragging by some low lifes :|

[cobra kid]

Bump.

[Al Wyn]

Bump...keep em peeled guys

[Matthen]

Audi had low fuel - would it be worth asking around the local fuel stations? Could well have been a bilking last night. Id probably go have a chat with the ones on the way to the motorway.

[Riknos]

CoolHands said:

that's crap. To help the rest of us how did they get in? Did they break a euro-lock style lock? Eg in upvc door?

Interested in this too - didn't think it was easy to break into houses nowadays unless you're a pro?

Long gone are the days of coat hangers through the letter box I think?

[fezst]

Watched a program on this the other day and there are loads of organised gangs doing this at the minute.

Hate to say it but your cars are probably on the ferry right now...

This is the reason I sleep right next to my car keys (bedside table).

Nevertheless I wish you the best of luck!

[Clivey]

The only problem with sleeping next to your car keys is that you might be rudely awoken. Have any of you got programmable alarm systems that can cover downstairs / entrances & windows whilst you sleep (or a well-trained German Shepherd)?

Hopefully, mine would give me enough notice to get to the top of the stairs and take the "high ground". It is concerning, as our area seems to be a target for those commuting to commit burglaries etc.

[Aviz]

fezst said:

This is the reason I sleep right next to my car keys (bedside table).

However big and hard you think you are.. Don't do this. Leave them downstairs easily findable , but not within fishing range, especially if there are others in the house you care about. Having met 3 blokes in balaclavas, I talk from experience.

Edited by Aviz on Friday 3rd October 12:15

[blueg33]

eems to be rife in Manchester especially Audis

In the last 3 months two of my Manchester resident work colleagues have had cars stolen from their drive.

First was an new Audi S5

Second was a new A6 Avant and a Toyota Rav 4. The A6 was used just last week in a ram raid

[hman]

hull port is a favourite for red hot cars to go to apparently.

[irocfan]

Clivey said:

The only problem with sleeping next to your car keys is that you might be rudely awoken. Have any of you got programmable alarm systems that can cover downstairs / entrances & windows whilst you sleep (or a well-trained German Shepherd)?

Hopefully, mine would give me enough notice to get to the top of the stairs and take the "high ground". It is concerning, as our area seems to be a target for those commuting to commit burglaries etc.

thanks for this thought - our bedroom is on the downstairs of a chalet bungalow

[N88]

Aviz said:

fezst said:

This is the reason I sleep right next to my car keys (bedside table).

However big and hard you think you are.. Don't do this. Leave them downstairs easily findable , but not within fishing range, especially if there are others in the house you care about. Having met 3 blokes in balaclavas, I talk from experience.

Edited by Aviz on Friday 3rd October 12:15

This. What do people expect they are going to do. They are most likely armed and with a lot less to lose! Let them take the cars, it's why we pay for insurance.

[Clivey]

irocfan said:

thanks for this thought - our bedroom is on the downstairs of a chalet bungalow

No problem. - There are still security systems that can help you / warn you. I'm an IT bod and see security as a challenge.

[BobToc]

Aviz said:

Having met 3 blokes in balaclavas, I talk from experience.

I'll second this, it was one of worst experiences of my life and left a scar on the whole family that hasn't healed 10 years later.

[blueg33]

One of the guys from work had a chat to the police who came out about things he could have done.

They said on no account approach the intruders, very often the first thing they do is boil a pan of water to use as a weapon and plug in and turn on the iron, also as a weapon

The guys who nicked my colleagues cars were seen with an iron in their hands, and the only ither things stolen were his iron and the mont blanc pens that were on the table

[AccessViolation]

As has been said, there's been a lot of this going on around here in recent weeks (I'm in Bolton)

Does seem to generally be break-ins for the keys rather than cloning the keys via the OBD2 port.