Car stolen Silver T350
Car stolen Silver T350
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RJelley

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96 posts

241 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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Beware all,

Come home from work last night house had been broken into and a few things nicked along with my car keys and the car of the drive, police think they have broken in just to get the keys, happened sometime yesterday afternoon car was on the drive!!

Just had a £1100 service done last week ready for Les Mans, Utter W@#kers.

So be careful out there

stimshady

1,323 posts

216 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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interesting...you're in essex too. Seems that there a group of anti-tvr-ists out in force in essex frown

RJelley

Original Poster:

96 posts

241 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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I know I noticed that the other day, I could have hidden the keys a bit more, but then they may have trashed the place more to find them!!

I think it will be fuses and in future and tracker fitted!

SpeedBuzz

560 posts

240 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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yikes Essex what part?
Had mine up for sale outside my house it's now sold but it is not going until Sunday! Will have to be extra careful.

Lensey

2,526 posts

312 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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Where abouts in Essex?

Zippee

14,125 posts

263 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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This sounds quite worrying and certainly not an isolated case in/around Essex at least. TVR always used to be a non-favoured marque to the thieves due to the rarity and owners club etc making them virtually impossible to sell on. Presumably they're now being stolen for 'another market'?

Best of luck in getting it found though TBH I'm unsure I'd want it back having had the engine potentially ragged from cold!

jrb43

906 posts

284 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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This is definitely not isolated any more is it? They broke into ours (S/E Essex), took a load of stuff along with the keys in broad daylight too. Police said it was my fault for leaving the car under a cover (in the garage) - it must have looked exotic etc. etc. If anyone can get the local constabulary interested in linking these cases together please do PM me . Mine's coming back from Power soon, I wonder if it isn't safer to leave it there!

T66ORA

3,474 posts

286 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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They will be stolen to go abroad, and broken for spares imo. A few years back the number of Tivs being SOLD abroad was minimal, now with the stronger Euro, and the more affordability of the cars in general, means more going out of the country, these cars will need spares eventually, a nice little black market appearing? Maybe our Foreign Tivers/Pher`s could keep an eye out for dodgy spares?

RJelley

Original Poster:

96 posts

241 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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Happened busy road Leigh on sea!!

Chimjunkie

2,879 posts

240 months

Tuesday 12th May 2009
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jrb43 said:
Police said it was my fault for leaving the car under a cover (in the garage) - it must have looked exotic etc. etc.
That's a fking rediculous thing for the police to say.

darkmark07

702 posts

227 months

Wednesday 13th May 2009
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Sorry to hear of the loss of your car mate - you'd not had it long had you?

It does seem odd that a car made in such limited numbers and with such a strong owners' community should be targeted in this way - you'd think that the potential for resale would be limited, as would the market for spares.

Anyway, I hope that you get it back. Did the police have anything constructive to say on the matter?

Soovy

35,829 posts

300 months

Wednesday 13th May 2009
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Chimjunkie said:
jrb43 said:
Police said it was my fault for leaving the car under a cover (in the garage) - it must have looked exotic etc. etc.
That's a fking rediculous thing for the police to say.
And they wonder why the police get a bad press. FFS idiots.

I called the Met about cyclists nearly flattening a kid by riding the wrong way down a one way street in droves. When I described the cyclist as black and in his 30s I was told that it wasn't appropriate to bring up his ethnicity.


V-GOM

1,650 posts

257 months

Wednesday 13th May 2009
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Soovy said:
Chimjunkie said:
jrb43 said:
Police said it was my fault for leaving the car under a cover (in the garage) - it must have looked exotic etc. etc.
That's a fking rediculous thing for the police to say.
And they wonder why the police get a bad press. FFS idiots.

I called the Met about cyclists nearly flattening a kid by riding the wrong way down a one way street in droves. When I described the cyclist as black and in his 30s I was told that it wasn't appropriate to bring up his ethnicity.
Got some flats in my Victorian pile. Tosspot forgot his key and kicked the front door in. Then proceeded to kick the side of the car in when challenged. Old Bill called. Old Bill arrived. Old Bill threatened to arrest me if I harrassed my tenant. Country's going to hell in a handcart - utter wkers.

Edited by V-GOM on Wednesday 13th May 22:19