My new car...........

**The Flying Banana** · Friday 6th October 2006, 15:38

I bought a car once ( RS Turbo ) had it 1 week and got up in morning to see it driving away, called police and it was cornerd about 10 miles away ( damaged cos they tried to hop a kerb and central reservation ) turned out the guy who sold it also sold the keys to a low life who had followed me home and casually just walked up with keys and spare immobiliser and drove off ...it was just chance i was up at same time to see it or probs would never have got it back !!

Also had a car on Autotrader once , couple of guys came to see it, drove it , looked over it made a ridiculous offer which obvioulsy i didnt take!! Car was nicked that night in Edinburgh ....police think the guys had a device that copied the immobiliser etc and it was another RS so ignition locks dont pose a problem on them ...never ever seen again !!!

**wootty** · Friday 6th October 2006, 15:47

bad news that m8,hope its there and in one piece etc.i had a mk2 rs2000 nicked from outside my house on the drive years ago,fully alarmed and never woke the dog,no noise and it was never seen again to this day.it was a concours one too.

**gazjacko** · Friday 6th October 2006, 17:33

Just a word of warning, I had a car nicked a couple of years back and the Police convicted on the strength of the 'DNA' found on the back seat

YUK!

**Niles** · Friday 6th October 2006, 21:47

ok, still dont know how it was taken. It was found nr sandwich. (appx 15 miles away).
Trust me this is no bullsh.........
First thing I thought is 'hmmmmmm I only got 1 key & no wheel nut unlocky thingy', makes you think twice about buying a car from a bunch of 'people' in west london eh?
Supa doopa mega alarm iminent!!!

**Tomcat** · Friday 6th October 2006, 22:55

Sounds like a good idea to me, didn't somebody mention a while ago that an insurance company was using information gained from a forum to aviod paying out on a claim??.

**dafinchie** · Friday 6th October 2006, 23:16

Originally Posted by Niles

First thing I thought is 'hmmmmmm I only got 1 key & no wheel nut unlocky thingy', makes you think twice about buying a car from a bunch of 'people' in west london eh?
Supa doopa mega alarm iminent!!!

Niles if you've still got the green one is it worth swaping the locks over ? I always stick a stoplock on mine over night, i know it won't stop the determined thief but it might make the opertunist walk past.
I think the point about site security is relevant, how many of us are on googlemap ? We are all on here because we like our cars so we list the mods and tell everyone what we have and then we make it even easier and show them where we live. A fully passworded site is a good idea, even at the cost of a small membership fee if need be.
Just off to take my details off googlemap

**nobananas** · Friday 6th October 2006, 23:17

Surely though they will just register as a member ? Costs nothing on most forums, you usually only need an e-mail address. I've joined a couple in the past to get information relating to a problem with a motor or to sell a car and seldom returned to the site. It would surely be extremely difficult to prove that a member was guilty of any involvement with any dodgy do's purely on the grounds that they only visited the site a couple of times .

**RPM** · Saturday 7th October 2006, 08:15

Sorry to hear you car was tolen Niles.

Get ready for the NIP's through the post for the 12 Gatso's that were activated that night!!

Glad to hear the Police have found it

Has it been released to you yet?