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Jan 15, 2011 18:51:47 GMT
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Absolutely agree with you, what i really mean is i hate news like this rather than your creating of the thread!
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tetleysid
Part of things
rockin reimo
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Jan 15, 2011 19:22:32 GMT
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I had a nice little Mini Cooper stolen in Bristol in the early 80's. It was found the next day 4 miles further up the road. Instead of decamping and legging it they sat in the car for what must have been some time and trashed the interior??? I mean side panels seats headlining and instruments all destroyed, why?
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maxlee
Posted a lot
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Jan 15, 2011 20:23:58 GMT
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sadly the little sods realised that you can 'joyride' (stupid term) a car then if you torch it you get rid of your finger prints etc. Makes you wish the yobs had worn gloves instead shame they are yet to relise even if they leave finger prints the police wont catch em as there usless is curse word tho how minters always get it
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speedy88
Club Retro Rides Member
"Nice Cortina mate"
Posts: 2,296
Club RR Member Number: 118
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Jan 15, 2011 20:27:25 GMT
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Yes it's sad but it annoys me that all people do is go "why?" and "F*** SCUM". Some people are just brought up without morals. They do it because they have no perception of consequences because their parents never punished them for their actions.
It's a problem of society and forever will be within the system we live in, if it happens to me I'll be very annoyed but at the end of the day they're only things.
Secure your cars, especially if they are rare.
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Jan 15, 2011 20:30:01 GMT
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My 1986 white xr4x4 ended up the same way, barstewards nicked it then stole a 22ft twin axle caravan from down the road with it , it was found 3 days later burnt out at rutland water, all this 4 days after i cancelled my insurance on the car due to getting a company car! it had all the alarms immobs etc [was in 1991 ] when cossies and xr,s were the joyriders faves!!
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yes ,it started badly ,petered off in the middle and the least said about the end the better!!!
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skinnylew
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 11
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Jan 15, 2011 20:46:10 GMT
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Unfortunately modern cars are far to hard to steal (without the keys) so cars pre 96ish are always targetted by "joyriders".... I had a friend who's metro got broken into on her drive, the guy couldn't start it and got disturbed (on his way home from the pub on a wet evening) Her face was a look of shock when i sat in it and started it with a piece of trim he'd broken off the cowling! Anything built without an immob from that era is similarly easy to start When they tried to pinch my Fiesta from my drive they were foxed by the immob so they stripped out all the valuable bits and left her half in the road and half on my drive. They are the dregs of society, should be nuetered when caught or else they'll only produce more dregs
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Jan 15, 2011 20:54:09 GMT
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in 1989 my second car, a MKV Cortina, was stolen from my work's car park when I was 18. As well as losing the car, I lost my NCB (that I didn't have) so my car insurance was extortionate until I was about 22 so no hot hatches for me.
The thieving little gets need stringing up.
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Jaguar S-Type 3.0 SE
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Unfortunately modern cars are far to hard to steal (without the keys) so cars pre 96ish are always targetted by "joyriders".... I had a friend who's metro got broken into on her drive, the guy couldn't start it and got disturbed (on his way home from the pub on a wet evening) Her face was a look of shock when I sat in it and started it with a piece of trim he'd broken off the cowling! Anything built without an immob from that era is similarly easy to start When they tried to pinch my Fiesta from my drive they were foxed by the immob so they stripped out all the valuable bits and left her half in the road and half on my drive . They are the dregs of society, should be nuetered when caught or else they'll only produce more dregs You do have a point there. Was watching "Police , Camera, Action ! " or one of those programmes again late last night, and was amazed at just how these aggravated burglars and muggers Squeal about being hurt and their rights when nicked. Neutering and sterilisation has a place on the menu.
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Jan 16, 2011 12:18:39 GMT
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My sympathies go out to the victims, but I can't see this thread going anywhere from here so I'm hitting the lock button, sorry.
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