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 Topic: Car could have disappeared last night
Posted: 29-September-2005 at 04:01 |
Sittin at my pc last night at around 1.15am and I heard noises at the front door. I listened for a bit and then looked out the window only to see two lads walking out the drive.They turned around and looked at the house for second and walked off. I reckon they were lookin in the letterbox for car keys....This is not good as they may return. 
Needless to say I stayed awake for quite a while last night.
Rang the Gardai who to be fair were up within 5 mins and passed through the area twice.
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ludo
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 04:19 |
I hate that kind of thing.
The last time I went away for a while leaving the car at home I had the idle valve disconnected. The guys would have stall at least 3 times before reaching the gate!
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 04:22 |
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scumbags - I hate that crap
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 04:24 |
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Really annoying alright.Wish there was something you could do to prevent it but there's not much you can do if you are going to be asleep in the house. At the end of the day they'll wake you if they need somethin. Best to leave keys downstairs and somewhere easily found...obviously out of reach from the letterbox to prevent the petty criminals havin a joyride.
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 04:26 |
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Apparently it is common to use a fishing rod to lift the keys off the stairs/hall table/etc.
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 04:36 |
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Yeah thats exactly what they do. I'm not going to make it that easy for them but I'm not taking the keys upstairs anymore. I'd rather not be woken for them.
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 04:58 |
fishing is very common in liverpool, my mates 806 and smart car were taken the smae night in this way.
The legal minded on here may be able to shed more light but dont insurance treat theft of a vehicle diferent if the keys are used ??? Silly but I recall an insurance company refusing to pay out when the house was broken into and the car keys taken and then the car taken as a getaway vehicle. Im probably wrong!
Fit a bloody big iron post in your drive, just remeber to remove it before you leave in the morning!
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 05:00 |
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Isn't that just another key they'll want???
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 05:34 |
Sorry to hear that Richie.
Unfortunately, if they are good and really want the car there is nothing you can do to stop them. I think the trick is to make it more difficult to rob you car than the guy up the road with the 330ci!
A steering wheel lock might not be a bad idea as it'll put one more obstactle in their way of robbing it. Or a security pole in the driveway as Mike suggested if you can park in the drive.
Is there any chance though that they were just guys you'd sold dodgy angel eyes to looking for a refund?? 
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 05:39 |
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Get a Rotweiller and hang the keys on his collar. I don't know anyone that would enter a house with an unknown dog inside.
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 05:42 |
I take the fuel pump fuse out as a quick immobiliser if I'm leaving it somewhere for a bit. As u disturbed them @ a late hour, I doubt they'll look on your whip as a soft target for a return visit.
Fair play to your local PC plod too. When an attempt was made on my car, and then the house to try for keys, my next door neighbour called the Gardai, and then other houses rang and basically guided the guards to where the lads were hiding in a neighbouring park. Twas mad how it worked out, but a result all the same!
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 05:44 |
I'd still prefer to keep the keys in the bedroom than leaving them downstairs (maybe it's just habit because I'm used to sharing houses with people who aren't family).
I know that a couple of people put a webcam on their cars at night from a window. What might put a few would-be theives off is an obvious camera pointing straight over the car and down the drive, where it would get the theives faces as they come into the drive and catch them on the act.
It doesn't have to be real; it just has to look real!
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 05:46 |
 BM Fan wrote:
Get a Rotweiller and hang the keys on his collar. I don't know anyone that would enter a house with an unknown dog inside. |
"'ere, mister; can your doggie put out foires?????"
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 05:48 |
Best anti theft device is a dead battery, i can't even start my car....
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 06:37 |
To be honest I reckon they saw the car and just thought they'd check for keys inside the door. It's not a car that someone would break in for. Not in good enough nick or worth enough money.
Probably small time idiots passin through.
@John...could be a disgruntled customer indeed 
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 06:39 |
Richie wrote:
To be honest I reckon they saw the car and just thought
they'd check for keys inside the door. It's not a car that someone
would break in for. Not in good enough nick or worth enough money.
Probably small time idiots passin through. |
aah, come
on, be realistic about it. The car does look well and is obviously
looked after. If someone had easy access to the keys they wouldn't say
no.
BTW, have you alloy locknuts?
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 06:46 |
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It looks good in the dark alright and would be taken for a blast if the keys were on view.
What I'm saying is that it's not a car they would break in and demand keys for.
Yes I have lock nuts!
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 06:49 |
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Pals X5 taken few months ago - woken up at 3am in the morning, 2 guys
in the bedroom with a bat - "Gimme the F'in keys to your X5!!!" Came
back a few weeks later and took his better halfs CLK convertible. House
alarm on, removed the pane of glass from the window and left it neatly
aside - took the keys and pulled the curtains behind them.
Think I'd rather have the dog going nuts downstairs, with the keys and
the fire alarm on than having that type of ruthless individual in the
house with two kids.
I believe that they get approx 2k for each car taken with the keys and that the majority are stolen to order - organised crews.
Ritche - hoepfully in you case it was a few oportunists
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 06:53 |
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Thats one of things I'd be worried about if I owned a car like an M3. There's always someone waitin to take it.
I'd freak if I was woken up by people in my room. Thats why it's easier to leave the keys downstairs...they wont disturb you.
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Posted: 29-September-2005 at 07:11 |
again comes back to how insurance view it, i remember that case for some reason. As said if someone wants a car that bad they will get it, a fezza was taken in broad daylight off a drive way by a low loader back by my folks house, when questioned the guys just said the owner had failed to keep up repayments and it was being repossessed, car was never seen again!
Probably just a passing scum chancing his/her arm as the car does look good, dont put it down mate
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