8tee8
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Jul 24, 2008 17:16:37 GMT
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My old heap of a £200 volvo got taken last night, not just stolen but car jacked with weapons balaclarvas and everything. Why anyone would go to that much trouble for it is way beyond me and the investigating officers, but if anyone sees it around (pale met. blue, clay smith and other drag stickers) I'd love to know. It was taken from south leeds (LS27) but apparently headed up towards LS9 (harehills) area before disappearing. I cant imagine what it'd be good for except maybe going through shop windows or something, but it just goes to show that people will steal anything that stays still for long enough!   |
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Jul 24, 2008 20:25:12 GMT
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I recon its been taken for ram raiding.
Why car jack it though??
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Jul 31, 2008 13:27:11 GMT
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Shiiiit! Was it you that was in it when it was jacked?? Scary stuff TBH.
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Good god that is chilling, you must be a bag of nerves. cant be hard to take from roadside this kinda thing or even hiab.  damn, I thought we were safe from jackings in what the general public would call old bangers.  |
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blimey.
Lad round here got car jacked at gun point for a Saxo a year or so back.
Most odd.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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WTF?
crack heads going to a festival?
someone needed your car desperately, cars gone but at least you werent hurt
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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We had a spate of 'jackings round north kent/london a couple of years ago, all done the in the same way (gang of big black thugs stopped in front of the car to stop it moving away, kicked curse word outta driver and other occupants and buggerred of in the car), oddly, they were all Peugeot 306's. I know of a lad who had his taken and was quite badly hurt, and heard of another lad a few months later when i told somebody about the latter one. It seems odd to go to that kind of effort for anything 'normal' to me, but i guess these people have their reasons, export maybe? a large market they are taking easy to sell cars to?
Either way, I'm glad youre safe and well, I can't see the volvo being returned after this long, and I can only imagine how shaken you must be after such an attack. The bastards.
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"Chasin' the gash, with a four-out-the-dash"
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 :oWTF??? When you say weapons, was it knives or guns? A knife I would actually have a go at (hit em with a bit of a transit) but a gun is a different thing, they can kill you at a distance! Glad you are OK though, unbelievable.
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8tee8
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I'm as baffled as everyone else seems to be, funny hearing mention of crackheads going to a festival as i only bought that car to go to leeds festival in (a lot of beer space) but alas it was not to be
They didnt have conventional waepons but plenty of lengths of bar, big wrenches etc, not worth getting one to the head with something like that for a £200 motor. Unfortunately i was sat on the car roof with the keys in the ignition and engine running at the time of the incident so i was in no position to defend it
No harm done to me or my passengers which is the important thing but it was still annoying, as seen as the claim would be less than the insurance excess! Also the nice new german plates i fitted don't show up on CCTV recognition systems too well, which is all the police really have to go on. B****d
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I would give you £200 for it, can't find something 80s to put on it's side in a rock vid anywhere. Where do these cars hide? If it turns up at Pinewood on it's side I will let you know.....
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Aug 17, 2008 10:38:43 GMT
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That's scary stuff. Like everyone else, why Volvo? A similar thing happened to a guy on another forum, luckily he managed to escape. He's now sold the car because of this. ClickyThe car it happened in |
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Last Edit: Aug 17, 2008 10:39:56 GMT by MetroLee
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Aug 20, 2008 12:21:11 GMT
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you need to be a member to read that first link
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Aug 22, 2008 13:44:22 GMT
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Taken for weighing in?
Before metal prices went sky-high, a bloke was car-jacked at gunpoint in a fairly posh area of NW London, for an unremarkable Fiesta. Also a chap in a Transit, knife point, same area. Reasons never became clear.
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'66 Amazon <-> '94 LS400 <-> '86 Suzuki 1135 EFE
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Sept 5, 2008 20:05:59 GMT
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I got carjacked by a bunch of coloured chaps up barr beacon (a big hill close to aldridge and brum in the midlands) for a measely 1991 Rover Metro 1.1 in henley blue. I was parked up around 11.30pm with two of my mates, chatting away on the CB, and someone came up to the passenger window and asked for a spare cigarette, so my mate gave him one - hoping he would go away, but instead he tried to make conversation. Next thing i knew, my car door got ragged open, and the keys were snatched from the ignition. So i got out to try and retrieve them - but was faced with about 8 thugs. One of them grabbed me from behind whilst another one tried to get a mobile phone out of my pocket. I saw one of the others jump in the drivers seat and attempt to start the car. My two mates were no longer in the car either. Couldn't see them. Heard mentions of a gun amongst the thugs, so (me thinking a 1.1 metro and a phone aint worth being shot for) i kicked the one that was holding me in the shin and made like forrest gump. Went and hid in some nearby trees whilst i watched all of them jump in my car and a silver cavalier and drove off. After a minute i walked back over to the spot where the car was and sure enough my two mates appeared from a bush across the car-park. They said they had a knife held at them and was told to exit the car. Walked 2 miles to the nearest phonebox and rung my bro. He came and took us to the local cop shop - was there till 3am giving a statement.
Was told by the cops that its quite common up there and that it was more than likely the 'burger bar' crew (whoever they are) looking for a free ride home. - hence why they'd nicked a metro and not a Subaru or a Beemer. Got a phonecall the next day to say they'd found it burnt out at the side of the road in Handsworth.
Needless to say - i didnt go up barr beacon at night again....
And i advise anyone to keep a nice bar/bat/tool to defend yourself if the occasion occurs. (My bro made a nice rounders bat out of solid aluminium on the lathe at work to carry around with me) Anyone tries it again and it will be wrapped round their collarbone.
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Sept 6, 2008 18:36:12 GMT
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Burger bar crew and the Johnson boys (i think thats their names) are two very VERY nasty gangs that operate around the Handsworth and Aston area of Birmingham. They are two of the gangs that cause the most trouble for the police. Some may remember two innocent young girls who were shot dead at a party in Lozells after a gang feud a couple of years ago. they're into drugs, organised crime e.t.c.
Very very nasty people indeed and are often armed with a gun. If you run into them, probably best to cooperate!
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8tee8
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Sept 9, 2008 16:23:21 GMT
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Giving statements til 3am sounds familiar.... no word from the CID as yet so i'd imagine it got taken to be weighed in... probs £200 scrap value nowadays but its upsetting because it had another easy 100000 miles left in it, not to mention about £300 worth of stereo and other possessions. Had I been alone and armed with one of the aforementioned bats etc i would have gladly had a go, but then again would probably be in jail by now for ABH
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damn, I thought we were safe from jackings in what the general public would call old bangers. 
