Martyn

We all know they are supposed to be a high risk car, but how many people have actually had one stolen/broken into/or had an attempted theft?

Mine hasnt attracted any unwanted attention (yet! )

Martyn

19 views and not one cossie owner?

R4N SS

iTrader: (6)

i just voted

Disabled Account

I have had TWO of my Cossie's stolen..........

Neuvo Red 4WD Saph and a Mallard Green Escort........both mint cars

Rhys

I dont want to tempt fait but been ok! Though i never really leave it anywhere.

Martyn

Thats what i thought when i posted the thread, just thought it would be interesting to see what the real stats are!

The Gravedigger

6 months into owership and, touch wood, no pikey has touched it.

But I recently got nervous and had a snap-off steering wheel fitted for when i park up at night, so I can sleep fairly soundly...

PaulCossie

7 year's, 2 saphs and a k plate escy - never been touched, however under lock and key most of the time...

some people might see it as the kiss of death voting?

david

my saff has been attempted twice since I bought it in December hence why its now kept in a secure unit

Graceland

i'm stupid - i leave mine everywhere, but it has got 2 immobilisers, alarm, disklock, and a secret switch

if they wanted it bad enough, they'd get it i suppose

Martyn

superstitious fools

JRST

Mine was broken into and i was not happy.

Really made me upset to see it like that.

Some idiots try to steal it but couldnt get it started. it was parked in a open area and this old women went over because she heard the alarm, to scare the blokes away and was threatened. The police turned up. I turned up, by this time the old women was really upset and crying. Police took her to the hospital, I couldnt get the car started because they had cut some of the wires under the steering column. They had damaged the door trying to get in.

After my dad coming out to me and about 4 hours of messing around, it starts and i take it home.

I paid to get it fixed, hence a full spray job. The insurance contributed for the door. lol

I have'nt driven it much since to be honest. Actually it must of done less than a 1000 miles since. that incident was over a year ago. Sad really.

I still love the car but since buying it people have always had a problem with it. Sad really because i dont really say much to anyone, i just do my own thing.

The car is now under lock and key. I havent washed it in 3 months but if you see it, it looks like its just been cleaned. lol

Jay

RSCAT

not the cossies but some ruptured coont stole my xr3i and all me clothes when i
was visiting relatives in Sunderland, only been in the place 20 mins. this was
years ago and the copper said it was the worst place outside N.Ireland for car thefts.

glenis

doug stirling did you get pay outs for both of them ?!

where abouts in somerset were they nicked from ?

Dilly

leave mine anywhere, no ones touched it yet

RSKim

Mines not been touched yet...onyl had it 6 month though so there's time...

A mate who comes on here Andy RS Cosworth, had his stolen from right outside his house, people will probably remember the post - coz he got it back the lucky git!!!!!!

The guys who took it, came back a few nights after and tried a mint 3dr from round the corner.....dint get it though - the guy had taken the battery off luckily to charge it

Phil

iTrader: (1)

The funny thing is I bet there are people on thi very website who have nicked Cossies as well to strip and sell

The Gravedigger

Ah, I'm not alone then

JRST

I havent, its under a car cover, so no dust, nothing gets on it. I think the wheels may need cleaning as the dishes on the split rims are hand polished, just to make the sine again but thats it.

lol

j

craig todd

my car isnt parked on a drive its just parked outside my street house, and my post code is ts1, which is suposed 2 b the worst in england. never been touched, they would end up in the boot, up the moors never 2 return.

Cola

I'm guessing an attempted car jacking counts?

JRST

im sure it does

Cola

I'd already marked it as an attempted lol

cozzed

voted hope have not tempted fate

craig todd

finger marks m8

Zetec Andy

dangerous - reyland

I had one targeted giong back a few years.


They broke into the garage with normal lock & 2 additional padlocks, took a steering bar off, by passed a 7 point immobiliser & 3 point alarm

The police spotted it and gave chase but it lost 3 police cars down our local dual carriage way
Then dumped it on a picnic area

cops knocked my door at 3am to get it

waited 2 hours for a two truck and cost me Ł135 only to collect it at 8am with Martin

Once he repaired the damage i had to sell it as could not rest at night.



Nothing bad happened to my other ones though

Red16

Sunderland... say no more!!! pikey capital of the world!!!!

cossiematt

Had my centre caps nicked off my 3 door outside my house

Someones had a go at the door locks since i've had it - doors a bit dented and the locks dont work with the key anymore

Dont like leaving it anywhere, makes me think quite alot about selling it and getting something nice but no so desirable to scum

rstoughy

iTrader: (5)

Had the N/S bonnet vent broken out of my K plate guessing in an attempt to disable the alarm

cossie1

I know of a trader round here that had 1 a few years ago (prob mid 90's) and I was told that some low lifes turned up 1 night and actually cut a hole in the bonnet to disconnect the battery (so alarm didn't get set off).

They got disturbed tho so the car didn't got anywhere but had to get a new bonnet for it

ste.w.

I had my first 2wd cossie nicked after only 5 days of ownership It had a cat 1 alarm, seperate fuel pump cut off switch, a dicklock, in a locked garage, and there was another car up against the garage door Got it back though, it had a tracker on it. It was full of oiley fingerprints but the coppers were not interested Told me it would be a waste of my time to persue the matter any further and I should be happy that I got my car back, even though there was about a grand worth of damage on it

SPADGE

My 1st 3 door was stolen off my drive 10 days after i bought it!
Had 8 injector plenum, T4 etc....and was very tidy. Got it back 'myself' 6 months later after the feds had given-up and the ins co. had told me to feck off (3rd party only!) Did a lot of detective work and put the word out and eventually it paid off. It turned out that the geezer i bought it from gave the spare key and alarm fob to his dodgy mate from day one and they had every intention of taking it back! Both have now disapeared strangely enough Came back with no i/d but everything else was there including a new set of BBS split rims!!
I was nieve back then and didn't believe that Cossies were still that nickable but am a lot more sensible regards security these days!

cossiematt

Whats the best security then?

what do we reckon could make them virtually un-stealable?

DOO

sleep in it with a gun

Glenn5

my 2wd saph got nicked from outside mothercare only there 45mins had a clifford 600 alarm 2 immobilisers and a disklok, only went 4 a birthday present for my 2year old they smashed the window and towed it away broad daylite cctv was fake somebody saw being towed and thought no more of it until the police arrived then got a 46 digit crime reference number for insurance never saw it again got a good payout tho

Andreas

12 years without any problems, touch wood.

Nice neighbourhood and never leave in dodgy places if parking elsewhere might be the answer. Currently looking for some kind of tracker if the unthinkable happens.

pugo

i still laugh about this.......!

i had taken the engine out of my saff and it was sat on the drive, looking very sorry for itself, came home from work after a night shift to see both front doors ajar, stereo still intact, coins still in centre console, but bonnet had been opened, a few weeks later refitted spangly engine, fired it up , sat there and waited for the rad fans to come on....nothing....spent an hour chasing fan wiring, not one manual mentions the electric fan relays and fuses, shot round my mates to have a look at his saff and low and behold the fookers had knicked a couple of relays and most of the fuses they must of thought i was breaking it and helped themselves

Pugo

Stavros

Indeed, and some conviced cossie ringers

Toe Knee

iTrader: (2)

Not being funny but where else is best to find out who has what spec cossie, where they live etc etc etc..................unfortunatly we like to post specs/what shows we go to and where were from etc etc and thats all fresh meat to any gangs of theifs.

Unfortunatly thats the kinda world we live in.

I had my bottom end nicked off my drive when i stripped my last one, some right wankers out there.