Vauxhalls targeted

sanaxe1 · 2 Jul 2015 at 16:57

How do they remove it without making noise? Surly its quite loud removing all that.

Joe T · 2 Jul 2015 at 17:06

nutcase_1uk said:
Factory is short of bits I guess?

The factory in Luton makes Vivaros...

OhEsEcks · 2 Jul 2015 at 17:15

sanaxe1 said:
How do they remove it without making noise? Surly its quite loud removing all that.

Not if you're using hand tools and bare hands. Anything that's clipped in would probably make the most noise because of the force you need to apply to pop them out. But if you're a crim that knows what you're doing and use the right tool, as evidenced by these guys, you can strip the front of a car in minutes without making enough noise to wake people.

Some non-ratcheting wrenches. A couple screwdrivers and a plastic rivet remover. All tooled up.

ZXSpectrum · 2 Jul 2015 at 17:19

Looks to me like a dodgy garage that is charging people for repairing these cars after accidents but rather than ordering the parts they go our to steal to order.

Dr Who · 2 Jul 2015 at 18:18

Or someone is buying Vauxhall write offs and repairing them to sell on as cheaply as possible.

Tee Hee Johnson · 2 Jul 2015 at 18:57

The BBC article seems to be confused why people are doing this.

Money.

[TW]Fox · 2 Jul 2015 at 19:07

craig_kennedy83 said:
The BBC article seems to be confused why people are doing this.

Money.

It is confused why it's particularly Vauxhall on such a scale - there is presumably money in selling bits of Fords, as well.

Will · 2 Jul 2015 at 19:56

Fords have been targetted a lot in a similar fashion around Essex and east London, I think it was Overlag on here who had the bumpers from his Mk6 Fiesta ST pinched a couple of years back?

Bensons · 2 Jul 2015 at 21:48

I thought vauxhalls were virtually worthless after leaving the showroom.

dale1uk · 2 Jul 2015 at 21:53

This has been happening for a few years now http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/warning-after-car-front-ends-4186985

Mucky_Pup · 2 Jul 2015 at 22:19

For Fords, at the minute they seem to be just taking the whole car instead of just the bumpers and sideskirts

Hyburnate · 2 Jul 2015 at 22:26

I find it more interesting that the alarms don't go off when they remove the body parts. Just how crap are todays alarm systems?

Jumper118 · 2 Jul 2015 at 22:39

i'm thinking that some people got laid off from the factory, but they love building and dissembling so much that they just do it to fully built cars now. or maybe they are preparing them for drift events.

Hyburnate said:
Joe T said:

It's mostly the Unlimited Editions with the fancy bodykits that lesser-model owners want to upgrade their car with.

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Fixed for you

lol so true

Tee Hee Johnson · 2 Jul 2015 at 22:45

[TW]Fox;28261731 said:
It is confused why it's particularly Vauxhall on such a scale - there is presumably money in selling bits of Fords, as well.

Fair point.

Maybe easier than others?

Nasher · 3 Jul 2015 at 14:50

Hyburnate said:
I find it more interesting that the alarms don't go off when they remove the body parts. Just how crap are todays alarm systems?

Very crap since they brought in keyless start etc. Plus EU regulations have weakened them a lot as a side effect of other rules :/

Justintime · 3 Jul 2015 at 15:13

sanaxe1 said:
How do they remove it without making noise? Surly its quite loud removing all that.

Took me approx 15mins to remove the front end of my old 320D to replace a headlamp assembly and no noise at all really, everythings plastic.

Yaayuh! · 3 Jul 2015 at 15:41

Uther said:
Well, how weird is this. Whole front ends being nicked in Luton.Must be a lot of money in parts...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33348506

Not so weird when you consider it's Luton!