Stolen Astra VXR - Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire

[Minxy]

Please can I ask that you keep your eyes peeled for the following car.

My friends VXR was stolen off his driveway overnight. He is really cheesed with himself because he never normally leaves the keys downstairs, last night he did and the thieves took them through the letter box.

The registration is OV08 OWM. The car has Corsa VXR rims and a loud Remus exhaust.

If you see the car or have any information please get in touch with Thames Valley Police.

Thanks all!

 

[Fr0dders]

fishhooked

damn

 

[peterattheboro]

At least they didn't cave his head in for the keys.

 

[Minxy]

At least they didn't cave his head in for the keys.

That is something.

I know there is never a good time to have your car stolen but it's even more of a kick in the teeth when we're all supposed to be going to a weekend long Vauxhall show today so if they had come looking for it tonight it would not even have been there. It's a really nice car so I'm keeping everything crossed that it gets located.

 

[Wicksta]

What do the insurance company usually do in cases like this? Do they still pay out if you leave the keys somewhere accessible?

Hope it's found ok.

 

[Chives]

Best of luck finding it .

 

[Firestar_3x]

Go look at all the sharp corners close to his house, if Clarksons to be trusted the theifs have understeered into the next county.

 

[Fr0dders]

Go look at all the sharp corners close to his house, if Clarksons to be trusted the theifs have understeered into the next county.

*sniggers*

Completely unfounded of course. But humorous none the less.

 

[Vonhelmet]

What do the insurance company usually do in cases like this? Do they still pay out if you leave the keys somewhere accessible?

Hope it's found ok.

I think they'd struggle to say that the keys being inside your house behind a locked door were "accessible".

 

[spaz]

Shall keep an eye out on my travels!

 

[dovey]

My parents had their keys hooked through the letterbox. It was a matter of waiting xx amount of days to see if the car turned up, sadly ours did but if not there was no objection from the insurance company about paying out.

 

[MikeHiow]

I know its of no consolation, but this makes me so happy to live in a safe area, and to have no letter box.

 

[crunchee]

I know its of no consolation, but this makes me so happy to live in a safe area, and to have no letter box.

Well done you!

 

[-Ad-]

Well done you!

Going by his picture, he lives inside his car in a garage.

Hence the no letterbox.

 

[Moeks]

These seem to be quite popular with criminals for some reason.

 

[Wicksta]

I think they'd struggle to say that the keys being inside your house behind a locked door were "accessible".

Well clearly they were accessible.

I had a read about it on the insurance ombudsmen website, it seems most policies have only have clauses regarding leaving the keys in the car. However there were some cases where the claimant had said the keys were lost/stolen etc. and their insurance companies didn't pay out because the claimant couldn't prove their keys were not just left in the car running on the driveway.

But I guess in most cases they will just pay out like in dovey's parents case.

 

[Benihana]

I'm in the High Wycombe area, so will keep the eyes peeled on my rounds

 

[Maccy]

I'm home this weekend and that's very close to home, so I'll keep an eye out on my travels!

 

[Vonhelmet]

Well clearly they were accessible.

True, but it took trespass/unlawful entry to get there

 

[Lethal`]

I wonder if they beat the MPG figure that Princey's thieves achieved

(although isn't Princey's tuned/better/whatever)