Dude...Where's my car!!

[gulfstream11]

After reading the awful threads on here and other forums,its happened to me.

Got up 7am to an empty drive..Back door had its locks blown and the keys taken..Never heard a bloody thing.S Yorks police have an idea who the local gang is and are searching the normal haunts.Turns out they are stolen,especially GTI's Audi's,hidden for a couple of days then its off to whoever.

My wife and I spoke about this months back and took the decision to leave the keys downstairs.We did,nt want to have them upstairs in case they came up for them.Like anybody on here I would have put up a fight and the outcome could well be unfavourable to say the least.

Good point... Petrol light came on last night,plan was to sort it this morning..Bonus full tank wedge in my pocket.

Bad point.. All my damn Golfing gear was in the boot..(my fubar)

So... keep a look out for a white GTI the Doncaster area..I don,t know of any others.. YT08 EAC   round mk5golfgti sticker in the rear window.

Keano.You live in the next street to me... be vigilant mate...

[alexperkins]

Man that sucks! Fingers crossed youll get it back.

I hope they find the barstewardss who did it and send them down.

[rich83]

Your kidding me? 

What a bunch of c****, i hope they find who took it! 

[gulfstream11]

Cheers fellas.. I,m gutted but its out of my hands..

Rich,I forgot your local too,be careful.The normal dumping site is behind the co-op on goodison boulevard.

[Top Cat]

Pal thats devastiting.   At least they were in and out, without you knowing.      

Lets hope they meet a painful death sometime soon.  

[gulfstream11]

Cheers TC.

In the market for a new one,went to look at Audi's last weekend.Thing is the mrs is now dead against a sparkling S3 on the drive.Now could be the time for that camper van I,ve always wanted.

[keano]

sh*t! I'm so sorry to hear that mate! I'll keep my eyes peeled!

Luckily I'm in my house in Sheffield during the week, but I'll give the parents a call now.

On a positive note though. Maybe the Audi is coming quicker than you thought?

[Top Cat]

Cheers TC.

In the market for a new one,went to look at Audi's last weekend.Thing is the mrs is now dead against a sparkling S3 on the drive.Now could be the time for that camper van I,ve always wanted.

Dont let a couple of scum bags decide what you drive round in. Get the S3 and leave the keys in the same place. Thats what insurance is for. Just get a bit of security like cameras so they get caught. 

[Truckie]

Gutted for you mate, you can sleep easy knowing that it'll take a while to catch these guys....however if you speed, tailgate someone, or maybe even run without tax for a week till you get paid they will catch you instantly!  
Apologies for rant about poor quality policing lol, hope you get everything sorted out mate!
SCUM!

[rich83]

Cheers fellas.. I,m gutted but its out of my hands..

Rich,I forgot your local too,be careful.The normal dumping site is behind the co-op on goodison boulevard.

That worrying close to my parents house  

I shall text them and ask them to keep an eye out... if i were there myself i would go looking for it now!

[alexperkins]

Wouldnt have thought they have ventured too far with it either. Alot of gangs stay close to home

I put up a camera a few weeks back as Im paranoid this could happen to me

[big al]

Dont let a couple of scum bags decide what you drive round in. Get the S3 and leave the keys in the same place. Thats what insurance is for. Just get a bit of security like cameras so they get caught. 

Exactly right, don't let the ba$tards grind you down.
As said, consider added security, daft as it is (and know this won't really help or make you feel any better) I use a full steering lock.
What sort of door was it that they broke in through? I did a method of entry  course at work on how to break down doors, and the same week I had all my UPVC ones taken out and replaced with composite (like the council house ones)
Have even considered the locking bollards at the end of my drive. Anything that makes the scumbags go down the road and take the chavs yellow Leon FR instead of mine.

Keep your head up, it may turn up.
Were police told that it didn't have much petrol in? may be involved in a bilking soon if it didn't have much left.

[Billy]

Nightmare.

[gulfstream11]

The door is a standard UPVC number.Plate aside the keyhole is lifted.Then with some mogrips you twist the lock.This snaps it in half.You remove the outside half leaving the inside one intact.Screwdriver thru the hole,quick turn and your in.PC says it was probably 30secs max.

Security will be upgraded soon,(stabledoor/horse).Also the garage will be cleared out,its rammed with my surfboards,snowboard,bikes etc etc.That will be upgraded too.

I told the police it is empty with a probable 35 miles range on the tank.I also told them it was stage 1,his partner lit up at that statement and said the EVO/Suburu boys will smarten that up.
Apparantly last month a high end Audi was stolen from my area,big car chase the end result.. a written off Audi..I requested no surveillence if found but got told that was.nt my call.If they find the car they wait for them then pull em up when they drive off.Yeah right,fat chance of them stopping.Just discreetly follow for 30 miles I said,job done.

I won't allow them to get me down.I just want my fellow members to realise that it could happen to you.

M.I.A

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[Betty02]

Man horrible news really is! Makes me think I shouldn't leave my keys on the ledge just to the side of my front door!

Just spoken to dad about maybe getting a camera installed on the drive, probably wont put these f***ers off though!

Real feel for you mate! insurance paying out or does it have to be a certain length of time etc?