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Hi Guys and Girl's

Can I bring to all your attention that there is a team of car thiefs working the Bearsden and Milngavie area of Glasgow. Dont know if any of you guys are from these area's but you may have friends or family who are from these area's

They target frosty mornings and they are dropped off in these area's and they look out for high end cars or any cars which are running while the owner defrosts the car while the driver is nice and warm in the house.

I know this is a problem over the whole UK and many will say people would not be so silly. Two cars went yesterday and a 58 plate TT today from these areas of Glasgow.

Oh and try claiming on your insurance if this happens. Could you please pass on this info that these people are in the area to anyone you know and guys and girls be on your guard.

Chris
 
It seems much more satisfying to use a scraper[:)].

Drove all the way to the airport this morning (from near Milngavie) and the car was still completely covered in snow when I parked it (except rear wings and most, but not all, of the rear lid). Although I was only doing about 20!
 
Thefts in the area have been a problem for a few months now, especially at sports clubs. I'm a member at Esporta Milngavie and they have had a bunch of thieves taking some nice machinery of late. Apparently to the point of one chaps brand new Beemer the day he got it. Believe it or not management tried to cover it up but members soon found out after 3 cars disappeared on the trot.

The gang are known to the police but they seem to have some trouble actually catching them.

This weather just makes for easy pickings - no busting into lockers!

Andrew
 
Good thread and thanks for the heads up. While walking my dog the other morning I must have passed half a dozen cars, all sitting in the drives, engines running and the thought of how easy it would be for thieves did cross my mind [:mad:]
 
I can't understand why people would leave their cars running and walk out of sight. Absolutely crazy. What's wrong with pouring some warm water over frozen windscreens and then getting in, starting the car, and driving away?
 
The risk of a cracked windscreen [:)]

What about a remote start device, you click a button it starts the car, then you come out and unlock it when you are ready to drive away.

One of my top end cars has it as standard, very very nice.
 
Thanks Chris for the thumbs up on that. Any more tips you want to share with us!!!![;)][;)][;)]

Kim x
 
Re people leaving their cars running - every morning for the past week or so there has been a car within 75m of the paper shop where I get my morning paper with engine running and driver in shop. By time he gets served it could be up to 5min unattended.........

Takes all sorts
 
ORIGINAL: spyderman

This story from today not so funny. What kind of heartless scum does a thing like this?
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Absolutely shocking, words cannot describe it. That poor poor woman and her poor family and friends too.

I just put on the text, she is critically ill, hope that she makes it .. .. ..
 
ORIGINAL: spyderman

This story from today not so funny. What kind of heartless scum does a thing like this?
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Too near home for my liking.....[:eek:]

At the weekend we had the story of a pregnant woman going into labour after being mugged in London. I'm no Daily Mail-reading "bring back the death penalty" type, but when you deliberately injure someone just to gain property there's no punishment that is severe enough. [:mad:]

On the other hand I can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to leave a car unlocked in a petrol station, let alone leave it open and running outside your house - they shouldn't be driving if they're that thoughtless!
 
We are all guilty of doing silly things ...hand's up who has never left there car unattended with the engine running which is a RTA offense as well ..I see only one person's hand raised at the moment
 
ORIGINAL: kitchens

We are all guilty of doing silly things ...hand's up who has never left there car unattended with the engine running which is a RTA offense as well ..I see only one person's hand raised at the moment
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I mean leaving it by going far enough away that someone gets in an drives it away!! Going back in the warm house whilst the car defrosts isn't remotely clever, so I don't mind raising my hand to say I don't do it. [&:]

Driving the car off whilst the owner is scraping the windscreen dragging them down the road, that beggars belief. You can't protect yourself against that sort of mindless idiot, but I feel you needn't give the opportunist low-life an easy target. It's common around my area for people to return to their car in petrol stations to find their phone or sat-nav missing, again I'm happy to raise my hand and say I lock the car!

You're right, we all do silly things. I'd say that going back in the house whilst the car is running isn't silly, it's irresponsible - which is probably why it's an offence under the RTA!
 
ORIGINAL: akwaugh

.... I'm a member at Esporta Milngavie and they have had a bunch of thieves taking some nice machinery of late. ....

Andrew
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Me too, but at that club the trainers drive 997s (or one of them does).

Think I'll stop leaving my keys in my locker[8|]
 
ORIGINAL: kitchens

We are all guilty of doing silly things ...hand's up who has never left there car unattended with the engine running which is a RTA offense as well ..I see only one person's hand raised at the moment
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OK, I'll raise a guilty hand, but I don't think I've ever done it with the Porsche....it is just an obvious temptation....

Oh, yes I have, Tuesday morning when I went to find a shovel to attack the snow! (But it was impossible to get out of the drift it was in!)
 
I guess by the news today its a UK issue for this type of MO I can only guess that the poor woman has tried to stop them from taking her car as they dont usually target cars that have the driver next to them it looked like that her car was parked some distance from her house according to the news.

 
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