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General Car Related Discussion.To discuss anything that is related to cars and automotive technology that doesnt naturally fit into another forum catagory.
FYI,if anybody has seen it,been offered it etc etc then report it.
The car was lifted off the owners drive at around 10 pm last night in Manchester under lyne
Large reward offered to any info leading to its return.
Coincidentally tags and v5 sold on eBay this week for a moonstone sapphire,it was a 2wd so not ideal but the car could be stolen to order.
Registration was c10 wrs,it has black 5 spokes and morrettes. https://www.facebook.com/dave.showju...15660145365333
I have to say that any valuable classic car not hidden in a garage is likely to have an attempt on it at some point. I read of a guy with a 205 gti in London who now has to store it at his parent garage as people kept trying to nick it.
Shit news this. As the prices are getting higher and higher are they gonna be more underthreat.
A little while back last year I had my mates escort cosworth for a couple of days for mot, service and some work. I was driving back from his house in it and noticed I was being followed so started going at the back roads back to my
House, the car was following me everywhere I went. Purposely stopped at a junction and I see the car was full of "foreign" looking guys. Left it a bit and both rear doors of their car opened, I shot out the junction but then stuck to the speed limit
And they were still following me, so thought I'll head to the dual carriageway round my way, opened up the taps (400 bhp) and left them for dust, come off at a slip
Road and sat on top of the flyover and watched them driving slowly looking down all the junctions. I was ready to drive into our local police station yard if they had followed me again. Would have been even worse had I had my 3 year old girl in my Cossie
A little while back last year I had my mates escort cosworth for a couple of days for mot, service and some work. I was driving back from his house in it and noticed I was being followed so started going at the back roads back to my
House, the car was following me everywhere I went. Purposely stopped at a junction and I see the car was full of "foreign" looking guys. Left it a bit and both rear doors of their car opened, I shot out the junction but then stuck to the speed limit
And they were still following me, so thought I'll head to the dual carriageway round my way, opened up the taps (400 bhp) and left them for dust, come off at a slip
Road and sat on top of the flyover and watched them driving slowly looking down all the junctions. I was ready to drive into our local police station yard if they had followed me again. Would have been even worse had I had my 3 year old girl in my Cossie
I had the same thing on My Mk1 Golf Caddy pickup that was mint. I did the same...drove slowly and then soon as I hit some nice twisties I opened the taps as I had a chipped 20v turbo in it, their passat could not keep up.
I went round a roundabout and then tucked in behind some parked cars and watched them going round and round looking for me.
I get followed in the Cossie every now and again but normally just make my way to one of the local dual carriageways and give it a bootfull and so far they've just disappeared in my rear view
I dont understand why or how,if your car has been scrapped that you can still sell the log book and vin plates. Surely this is illegal? Encouraging scum to steal and clone your Cossie?
It's not right,the tags should stay on the car and v5 sent off by yourself or the scrapyard who processed the car,end of no ifs buts or maybes as selling the v5 and I.d serves no legal purpose.
But there's always the replica that can be made real or a q plater needing a clean I.d or the low life's needing it to ring a car.
My pal had 2 s2's bitd,I seen the second 1 and immediately recognised the reg but not the car,I ended up buying it for buttons as the big ends were gone,only a while later did I figure out the reg had been on a pals white s2 that got written off which I bought a lot of parts from only now it was on a very early grey s2.
Turns out a satans slave member wanted it disposed of by a shady guy,he took it and rung it the sold it to my pal.
I drove it for a year with a shagged engine then broke it,I kept the number plate but sent the v5 to dvla saying it had been scrapped.
Wasn't good knowing it wasn't right but knowing it wasn't stolen made it less worrying.
Scumbags at it again, to me it's the only pitfall of cossie ownership is you can't leave the fuckers anywhere, can't even park them in a supermarket car park for 5 minutes without worrying.
I really hope the guy gets it back but I highly doubt it, will be in 100 pieces by now unfortunately
From: An Essex lad now in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Originally Posted by gcfcos
A little while back last year I had my mates escort cosworth for a couple of days for mot, service and some work. I was driving back from his house in it and noticed I was being followed so started going at the back roads back to my
House, the car was following me everywhere I went. Purposely stopped at a junction and I see the car was full of "foreign" looking guys. Left it a bit and both rear doors of their car opened, I shot out the junction but then stuck to the speed limit
And they were still following me, so thought I'll head to the dual carriageway round my way, opened up the taps (400 bhp) and left them for dust, come off at a slip
Road and sat on top of the flyover and watched them driving slowly looking down all the junctions. I was ready to drive into our local police station yard if they had followed me again. Would have been even worse had I had my 3 year old girl in my Cossie
Racist...
Shame you never got their plate and told the law.
Its shit when a good car goes missing eh. I also say that on Facebook.
I always suspect that a lot of these thefts are linked through forums in some way, and when buying parts from eBay etc I always look at feedback to try and get some idea of who you a buying from, let's face it Who ever you buy stuff from then have your home address.
Took my Cossie to our local Rsoc meet tonight and kept a beady eye on it from the pub window all night!
I used to be the same but nowadays I'm too busy, half the time my cars are never locked as I forget, must say I've had cossies for 20 years, left them parked up all over like any car, never had an issue, was followed home once but same as others, back roads and a bootful then into the garage no worries.
Have an old 1960's classic sat on the drive that I can't lock I'm more worried about, have a lock up for it but it's not running right and need it at home for now.
I used to be the same but nowadays I'm too busy, half the time my cars are never locked as I forget, must say I've had cossies for 20 years, left them parked up all over like any car, never had an issue, was followed home once but same as others, back roads and a bootful then into the garage no worries.
Have an old 1960's classic sat on the drive that I can't lock I'm more worried about, have a lock up for it but it's not running right and need it at home for now.
Your too busy to lock your car? Either that or I read it wrong lol
It's sad new for sure but unfortunately any desirable car (and some even not so) are at risk from the tea leaves.
I can't get my head around the selling of log book and tags on eBay, can't be ok to do can it? There is also tags/log book for an RS1600i on there at the moment...
worrying thing is how far people will go to steal your pride and joy, they know if they are caught its a slap on the wrist and they are back out doing it again while you might be injured or worse depending how they get the car from you.
Some scrapyards do not check if the plates are with the car, I know of two ur quattro's that have had the id's removed from them for other cars.
A tracker can help but they can even disable them now with a scrambler iirc, and when your talking of cars worth Ł15k plus, the type of thieves start to become the more intelligent ones and not your usual scrote taking a chance.
i guess it's all down to making your car harder to steal than the next unfortunate souls
It's sad new for sure but unfortunately any desirable car (and some even not so) are at risk from the tea leaves.
I can't get my head around the selling of log book and tags on eBay, can't be ok to do can it? There is also tags/log book for an RS1600i on there at the moment...
Anyway, hope the dude gets his cossie back.
Same as me, the selling on of log books and tags from cars that have been scrapped should be illegal. The DVLA is quick enough to automatically send fines out for minor infringements but allow this to happen which can only encourage criminal activity!!!
I hope the op gets his Saff back in one piece.
Same as me, the selling on of log books and tags from cars that have been scrapped should be illegal. The DVLA is quick enough to automatically send fines out for minor infringements but allow this to happen which can only encourage criminal activity!!!
Do you really think the DVLA 'allow' this to happen? They can only work off info they have, so if an owner sorns a car that doesn't exist then what can they do?
The thing I struggle to get my head around is if your a professional car thief then why target cars that attract such a huge amount of interest and uproar once stolen, The Facebook posts about this car have reached over 10,000 shares within a few days there will be literally an army of mini private detectives on it .Would it not make more sense if you were that way inclined to target say a a couple of new X5 or Range Rovers that nobody would frankly bat an eyelid if they went missing and then go buy a Cosworth with the ill gotten gains
The thing I struggle to get my head around is if your a professional car thief then why target cars that attract such a huge amount of interest and uproar once stolen, The Facebook posts about this car have reached over 10,000 shares within a few days there will be literally an army of mini private detectives on it .Would it not make more sense if you were that way inclined to target say a a couple of new X5 or Range Rovers that nobody would frankly bat an eyelid if they went missing and then go buy a Cosworth with the ill gotten gains
I totally I agree I've always wondered this it's not as if a sapphire cossie is going to be worth any more in bits than a newer Impreza or evo and they get stripped that often it wouldn't attract much attention, unless it's someone who needs the parts themselves or a nearby breaker...
Not justifying it but maybe it's too easy to steal a new range rover or bmw,an old cossie might be a challenge or someone may have a gripe with the owner or want it so badly they will pay yo have it taken.
The way they get taken doesn't seem professional to me,they are prob professionals but to turn up at 10 pm with a low loader and drag it onto the back just seems crazy to me.
Here's a couple of questions I have about car theft,especially old fords.
1,do they ever get found?
2,out of all the high profile thefts,I.e the white Astra van towing the mk1 escort away did any more come of it or was that it,no parts were ever found etc?
3,where are they going,Europe in the back of a truck??or broken up here and the shells crushed?
I know prob only the tea leafs themselves could tell you but it's a horrible thing but quite interesting.
I know of a pond close to me which is full of cars,some stolen some not.
It was pumped out once as the water was used to irrigate nearby potatoe fields and I personally stood on top of a saph cosworth shell which was sitting on top of a white s2.
There is also a full 4x4 in there as the thief shoved it in after stealing it as he heard on his scanner the police were waiting for him as they had an idea who took it and where they were headed,my friend knows the scumbag and asked him and he confirmed it.
I don't like to admit it but being in the motor trade for 20 years and as a youth spent hanging about with some right characters I've met most of the "unsavoury" characters from our local area and well aware of what they get up to and how they get up to it. These days the days of the joy rider thefts are limited to mopeds going missing by teenagers wanting to common bash them still as now as most know u need the keys to steal the car/van due to immobolisers. I also don't like to admit it but I do the mots for the guy who was the most prolific vehicle thief in our county, he's now straightened himself out but I've seen and heard some crazy stuff. cars are now stolen to order, "mr big" will pay a certain amount to the local crims to go out and get this percific vehicle and then they'll park it in a public place out the area for a few days to see if it's got a tracker fitted and then it's picked up from there. Immobilisers are a great idea untill they have to break into your house while your sleeping to get the keys.
Not justifying it but maybe it's too easy to steal a new range rover or bmw,an old cossie might be a challenge or someone may have a gripe with the owner or want it so badly they will pay yo have it taken.
The way they get taken doesn't seem professional to me,they are prob professionals but to turn up at 10 pm with a low loader and drag it onto the back just seems crazy to me.
Here's a couple of questions I have about car theft,especially old fords.
1,do they ever get found?
2,out of all the high profile thefts,I.e the white Astra van towing the mk1 escort away did any more come of it or was that it,no parts were ever found etc?
3,where are they going,Europe in the back of a truck??or broken up here and the shells crushed?
I know prob only the tea leafs themselves could tell you but it's a horrible thing but quite interesting.
I know of a pond close to me which is full of cars,some stolen some not.
It was pumped out once as the water was used to irrigate nearby potatoe fields and I personally stood on top of a saph cosworth shell which was sitting on top of a white s2.
There is also a full 4x4 in there as the thief shoved it in after stealing it as he heard on his scanner the police were waiting for him as they had an idea who took it and where they were headed,my friend knows the scumbag and asked him and he confirmed it.
I've wondered where they go aswell mate, I remember reading about the mk1 escort van trailed away by the Astra, then there's the wrc spec'd escort b5 jam I think it was where the hell has that went?
Do you really think the DVLA 'allow' this to happen? They can only work off info they have, so if an owner sorns a car that doesn't exist then what can they do?
I did not realise this is what happens , I had assumed that if your car has been either scrapped or written off the log book is supposed to be either given to the authorised recycler or sent to your Insurance Company?
I did not realise this is what happens , I had assumed that if your car has been either scrapped or written off the log book is supposed to be either given to the authorised recycler or sent to your Insurance Company?
U can cut up a scrap car and weigh it in with other scrap stuff and no one is none the wiser, then they just keep the car details on a sorn. I did it when I was waiting to re shell a mk3 escort years ago but I never sold it on when I was finished with it. Surely it's got to be illegal to sell the log book and vin tags on their own u would have thought
its almost like the cossie has gone full circle!
couldn't insure it when it was new as the bastards couldn't stop nicking them, and if it carries on like this, you wont be able to insure them again as a classic because the thieving scumbag bastard wankers cant stop stealing them again!!!
Stolen moonstone 4x4 sapphire stolen
