Some B@stard's Nicked My Car! - Page 2 - Porsche General - PistonHeads UK

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I sympathise. My father had his 1990 Carrera 2 stolen in 1995 in exactly the same way. And to make matters worse, the car had appreciated in value since he bought it but the insurance company wouldn't even give him book price (I forget why) and he ended up losing about £8k. And they never did locate the car eithe (naturally).

Shit luck Ian. The police may still find it, so don't despair. 993s are quite bulletproof and difficult to abuse anyway, so there's a chance it may survive. To be honest, that is the reason why a GPS tracking system is the only effective car security measure. You could be looking at the GPS read out right now, and go around with a baseball bat to pay the ****ers a visit. I know UV, Scottster, RR and myself would all take the day off to help you, too. Cheers and condolences Domster

My BMW was stolen in exactly the same manner 2 years ago - The icing on the cake was when they rang me at 4am from my GFs mobile they had nicked and said (laughing manically) - 'Hey mate, look out of your window, we've knicked your M3 and shagged your bird' Thankfully, they now reside at HMs pleasure and lets hope the c*nts who stole your car get a similar fate. Police were crap, insurance company worse - Good Luck!!

My friends own www.sqplus.com and have told me a worryingly simple way of fooling a GPS tracker. I had a Clifford alarm with BlackJax fitted to my next car - It is a discreet button on the dashboard into which you tap a morse code like pin number (takes seconds if that) - Even if they steal the keys, they will only get 20 seconds away before the alarm and immobiliser kick in and all the lights flash like crazy. The only way round this is to eneter the PIN - teh keyfobs are disabled and there is no way they will get the car away. Best money you could ever spend and much safer than a sat tracker IMO.

Cheers Domster. Hindsight is a wonderful thing - how I wish I had had some kind of GPS tracker installed! If I had, I certainly would take you, UV, Scottster and RR up on your offer of going round and administering some rough justice. Not that I'm condoning vigilantes of course Ian.

The interesting thing with sat trackers is that you never advertise the fact your car has them. Therefore, a scrote never knows he has something to 'jam' or disable. Jeez, my 964RS has three lots of security on it, and it feels like breaking into Fort Knox just to switch it on! Cheers Domster

Bummer. Hope you get it back, Ian. Scrotes oughta be detesticallised...

My car has (had) 2 immobilisers and an alarm but as the scrotes nicked the keys from my house, they were rendered effectively useless. Keep your keys safe if your car is at home and you're not! I like the sound of the morse code style button, may look into something like that for my next car. Whenever and whatever that may be. A Yaris perhaps?

Ian, That's really shite and about as bad a nightmare as I could imagine (other than phoning my and saying laughingly that they'd nicked it and shagged my bird - that must have made your blood boil hughjayteens!!) It's one thing I'm bad at, would never consider hiding my keys if I was out in the missus' car - but will now. Anyway, if you ever find them the kneecapping will be our pleasure. We could always force them into the passenger seat of UV's car for five mins for total torture!

Ian, want to post the car's details up? You never know someone may spot it lurking about a lockup somewhere?

Good thinking Ted! The car is a slate grey metallic 993 C2 coupe, standard 17" Cup alloys, with a sports exhaust. Reg number is M672 WCM. Any news that leads to the car being found will result in a Community Action Trust Reward. (Ok, loads of beer then! )

Hell fire, this is the absolute pits. I know it's not a loved one and yes, it can be fixed or replaced but it's like Travolta said in Pulp Fiction, "You don't f**k with another man's wheels," it's just The Law. Please, have my pride and joy; that thing which I have strived for years and years to EARN - just take it - and abuse mw whilst you're at it, you glue-sniffing orc!" You steal a man's car? You deserve to die, end of story. You have my deepest, saddest sympathy. Where the hell is Robocop when you need the SOB?

What part of the country was it nicked from?

Yeah, where the hell is Robocop? Probably too busy getting it on with the Bionic Woman... Anyhow, the car was stolen from Bromley in Kent. Used to be a nice area but rapidly going to the dogs.

Just wanted to say too how sorry I am to hear your story, I'd certainly be mightily pissed too. Hope you manage to beat the odds and get it back. I too know of people that this has happened to - even know one guy who had it stolen one day and then got up the next to find it back on his drive, all intact and everything, bloody amazing!!!! It wasn't a Porsche though, it has to be said.

It's a shame as a community there's not more we can do to catch these scumbags.

I checked with my GPS tracking outfit, and they tell me that even if the thief has used the key fob to disarm the tracking system, they can turn it on remotely and track the car in the event of theft. This is where it is one over a Clifford! Mine has gone off once, when it was fitted to my Lotus Carlton. We put it on the back of a flatbed after it broke down, and my mobile rang - it was the tracking people. Once they confirmed it was not a theft situation, I asked them where we were and what speed we were doing. 'Greenford Road heading towards Southall, 32 mph'. Glance over at the speedo, and it is just above 30... Cheers Domster

As I said, there is an amazingly easy way to fool a GPS tracking system. With the Clifford Blackjax I suppose they could stick the car on the back of a trailer but it would be a noisy process - Even with the keyfob you can't drive for more than 30 seconds.

Bear in mind that not all tracking systems use GPS though.

I'm sorry to hear of your loss. I'm afraid without a tracker and living in Kent I wouldn't hold out much hope. From what I've read Porsches are stolen to order for ringing or parts. It's a shame that when the scumbags are caught the penalty does not discourage the scrotes from the crime. This is perhaps where members of the public such as ourselves may offer to demonstrate our sporting prowess with a basball bat. I genuinely believe if these scrotes knew they were going to get a beating if caught, many would be put off. DAZ >> Edited by Dazren on Wednesday 31st July 15:08

Bad luck Ian. I fully agree with everyones vigilante view. If the bast*@ds are caught( and lets hope that they are) and the car recovered in one piece, the fu#*ers should be tied to the back of the the car by a rope and dragged around 6 laps of Thruxton-now thats motorsport I'd pay to see! Want to hear a horror story. A mate of mines Evo VI got stolen from his drive while he was out. Bad enough as it is, but then to add salt to the gaping wound a fortnight later while he was out again the c*nts kindly returned the car to his drive minus the bodykit, wheels, suspension, interior, doors and engine and signed the front wings with 'Arent we kind?' a-la spraypaint. Wheres my M16!

My colleague has the keypad type installed on his car, it is also useful for anti-car-jacking because if the drivers door is opened whilst the engine is running you have to re-key the code within 20 seconds or the system shuts the car down. I will install this when I eventually get the TVR! Currently have Mul-T-Locks fitted to both cars, also pretty good (unless you have the key!)

It is very good - One quick point though - Clifford Alarms and TVRS don't mix very well due to the lack of metal and decent earthing - Make sure they have done TVRs before...

Only 6 laps? That seems too kind. Maybe drag them there via a cactus plantation .

Well, we have to drive to the track first!

Very sorry to hear of the loss of your 993. I will keep my eyes and ears pealed, hope one of us spots them. Burgess Hill Sussex. If this message gets around to enough PH one of us may just well spot them. Try and repost on a couple other arears in PH. I would love to help re-educate them if caught but as the system is at present we would end up in the nick and paying compensation to them.

Cheers to everyone for their words of support and general sense of vigilantism. (Is that actually a word?) Like superlightr said, if enough people hear about the car then just maybe someone may spot it. You never know... Even if the car never comes back than at least peoples' words on here today have convinced me to get another one and not to let the b@stards get me down. Cheers, Ian.

I would like to offer my towing services on my upcoming trip to the Nurburgring in September. On the last trip I managed 315kph..............(legally) DAZ

This sort of thing fills me with great despair. When someone has worked, saved etc and made the kids go without food for weeks on end, to then have some useless scrote take what they think should be theirs – words fail me. Tony Blair if you're listening if people like this are caught. Ten years inside. No ifs or buts, no remission. Ten years.

My period of Porsche ownership has come to a rather premature end. Some bastards broke into my house, stole some valuables and my car keys and then nicked the car out of the garage The police have told me not to be optimistic about getting it back as by now it's either been stripped or is on the continent. They were sadly unsurprised by my story as it seems that it's becoming a very common place crime! I know that I am still in that shocked/disbelieving/furious state of mind but I am now questioning what's the point in saving for a couple of years for your dream car just to have some er steal it from you and the police being helpless to do anything. But hey, I guess that's what car insurance is for, right? And it could've been worse as no one was hurt and most things that were stolen can be replaced. Anyhow, if your car is at home and you're going to be at work, please make sure you either have your car keys with you, or that they're hidden somewhere safe. Don't give the ers a chance! Ian. (Not a very happy PH'er) .