STOLEN BOXSTER
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T200
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Most high end cars are stolen to order with lots of homework being done. Most end up being shipped out overseas in the rear of containers.
After they are stolen from the owner they are left parked up for around three days to check for tracker. They then return and if the car is gone they know it had traker fitted, it it is still there they then sell it on. Some are given false plates referring to a similar vehicle and sold on for a few grand.
They usually fish for keys through letter boxes, so dont leave your keys on tables next to doors. I have seen whole windows taken out and house holders threatened for their keys. So if they want the car they will get it. If you have a garage and a high end car I would be using it, if they dont see it parked up when they come looking they wnt know its there.
After they are stolen from the owner they are left parked up for around three days to check for tracker. They then return and if the car is gone they know it had traker fitted, it it is still there they then sell it on. Some are given false plates referring to a similar vehicle and sold on for a few grand.
They usually fish for keys through letter boxes, so dont leave your keys on tables next to doors. I have seen whole windows taken out and house holders threatened for their keys. So if they want the car they will get it. If you have a garage and a high end car I would be using it, if they dont see it parked up when they come looking they wnt know its there.
bmurphy
New member
That's exactly what happened to my friend - they watched the house for a number of weeks and then broke in to get the keys when they knew nobody would be in. The car was recovered that very night, parked only a few miles away. He is now unable to sell the vehicle because it is stolen and recovered even though it is an absolutely perfect example. Begs the question - in the long run is a tracker really worth it.....i've stopped renewing mine,
T200
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Didn't renew mine either, having it would have only reduced my insurance premium by £45 hardly cost effective. I have heard of guys restarting it when there car has been stolen.
Most of these cars never go far because of their fear of Tracker. Having used it to recover vehicles it is a very good piece of kit
Most of these cars never go far because of their fear of Tracker. Having used it to recover vehicles it is a very good piece of kit
So, you're in two minds, T200?
I would think many are inside a container and out of the country in less than 24 hours. Few tracking systems work outside Europe.
Do you mean having it re-activated, even though the car is no longer in the owner's possession? Interesting.
T200
New member
Not really I dont have the tracker activated on my car but if they want t get the keys they have to get passed two rear end biters who are very protective of their space they are welcome to take a chance.
You can activate tracker roadside as some people do. I have used tracker to recover stolen vehicles and thats why I think it is a good bit of kit.
You can activate tracker roadside as some people do. I have used tracker to recover stolen vehicles and thats why I think it is a good bit of kit.
Jane Smart
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A little off topic here, but we are talking about home security quite a bit and about locking doors - even when you are in.
So why do the plastic door sellers all have standard locking that allows the handle to open the door from the outside instead of like the old days when Yales were king?
I opted for a door lock system in a plastic door that must have the key to open the door from the outside - just like the Yale did - but i had to pay extra, until i had this door i had no idea that the standard lock fitted to these doors had to be locked from inside the house to stop anyone else wandering in the house - i was also concerned about the event of fire in the home - if it relies on finding the key in a crisis how many of us would be able to? Unless of course the key hanging on a string just inside the letterbox had to be reinstated.
The comments about "See Ya" being a plank is unnaceptable and is indeed a personal slur that is indefensable - See Ya should have a right to say "People these days" and "Why not just put a advert, in the local paper then. Tell the world my doors, are never locked my keys are in the house" as he believes he is being helpfull - because he's a security consutant- however he should also consider that his business loves to create the fear of crime because its good for business, and if we all protected everything he wouldnt have a business as he says its only after the event people get alarms - just look how prolific alarms are on cars, but does anyone take any notice of a car alarm these days.
So why do the plastic door sellers all have standard locking that allows the handle to open the door from the outside instead of like the old days when Yales were king?
I opted for a door lock system in a plastic door that must have the key to open the door from the outside - just like the Yale did - but i had to pay extra, until i had this door i had no idea that the standard lock fitted to these doors had to be locked from inside the house to stop anyone else wandering in the house - i was also concerned about the event of fire in the home - if it relies on finding the key in a crisis how many of us would be able to? Unless of course the key hanging on a string just inside the letterbox had to be reinstated.
The comments about "See Ya" being a plank is unnaceptable and is indeed a personal slur that is indefensable - See Ya should have a right to say "People these days" and "Why not just put a advert, in the local paper then. Tell the world my doors, are never locked my keys are in the house" as he believes he is being helpfull - because he's a security consutant- however he should also consider that his business loves to create the fear of crime because its good for business, and if we all protected everything he wouldnt have a business as he says its only after the event people get alarms - just look how prolific alarms are on cars, but does anyone take any notice of a car alarm these days.
T200
New member
Keeping your doors locked and car alarms are all well and true, but how many of us have left our cars running while we do things like...... defrost the car.......pick up the paper from the newsagent.......... forget something from the house....... while we may have enough security within our homes there are many people out there who have lost their car by leaving it running on the street unattended. Happens more often that you would think. Defrosting the car being the most common.
Chris
Chris
Jane Smart
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ORIGINAL: homese
It has put him off Boxsters, he only had the car 2 weeks. He said he is going back to TVR's as scum dont know how to get in them.[]
I love picking up pals and having to open the doors for them [
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