Dad's car stolen last night, venting - update - insurer paying out

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******* thieving ****-bag scum...*RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE*

Pa's Land Rover was taken from his driveway last night. Keys and battery cut-off dongle in the house, so if they started it then they came reasonably well prepared. I'd driven it yesterday and it was still there at 9pm last night, get there just after 10 this morning and had that sinking moment of realising that the driveway looks wrong.

Long shot I know, but if anyone sees RRR 949F anywhere then give me a shout...

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

***update***

Insurer paying out, see later post
 
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It's quite common for these to be stolen isn't it? Aren't they stripped for parts? My step dad had his old Defender stolen about ten years ago. It was never recovered unfortunately.
 
MrRockliffe said:
Cheeky ********!

Hope you find them!
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vanpeebles said:
Gutted :( Fingers crossed!
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Thanks guys.

Sanchez said:
It's quite common for these to be stolen isn't it? Aren't they stripped for parts? My step dad had his old Defender stolen about ten years ago. It was never recovered unfortunately.
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Sadly, it is pretty common. Getting more so now that the Defender is out of production and the Series cars are coming up in value.

We'd not long had new leaf springs fitted. I'd got a list of jobs to do on it, mostly prettying it up and the odd thing that would make it more usable (like reversing lights so you could see where you were placing it when backing onto the driveway at night). It was something that dad and I had fun working on together. I'm a bit heartbroken to be honest.
 
Infuriating. Doubt the police will do anything either :(

Reminds me of PH where a car even had a tracker and they found the garage it was in, but they still wouldn't do anything about it.
 
I'm guessing they just used a signal repeater to start the car from outside without having the keys. pretty common with keyless start.
 
Nasher said:
I'm guessing they just used a signal repeater to start the car from outside without having the keys. pretty common with keyless start.
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I'm presuming you missed the part where it's a 51 year-old Land Rover?


Sanchez said:
It's quite common for these to be stolen isn't it? Aren't they stripped for parts? My step dad had his old Defender stolen about ten years ago. It was never recovered unfortunately.
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Pretty common, yes. Either sold overseas, stripped for parts, or used in ATM raids.

If someone owns a Series or a Defender, I would always recommend as many methods of security as practical.
 
Always a worry for me. My car is pretty unique even though not particularly expensive at the same time you can't just walk down the road and get a new one like an Audi S3 or Golf R.

My car just has a Toad alarm but is parked in a garage with two cars Infront of that so a bit of noise would need to be made to steal it at least.
 
It's alright MagicBoy. It raised the first wry smile I've had since this morning!

Looking at the prices that IIa's and III's are going for right now. Can't see us getting enough from the insurer to get a direct replacement, but we'll see how it goes. And I haven't given up all hope that it'll somehow turn up reasonably unmolested - no law against optimism, after all.

Nasher said:
TBH If I'm leaving a car sat for a long time I yank fuses out, then it's not going anywhere.
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Yeah...there are two 40A fuses for the car's main electrical system. Neither of which isolate the ignition or starter. They're solely for stuff like lights, horn and any electricity-consuming accessories that you fit. Now, I could do stuff like pull a HT lead, disconnect the ignition coil, hell remove the battery and carry it indoors. But it's a daily driver. And you sort-of figure removing the battery cut-off dongle does a pretty good job of disabling a vehicle without making it a ballache to recommission every morning...
 
vanpeebles said:
That still wouldn't stop anyone if they wanted it enough sadly :(
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It will deter most as they will realise the car isn't working and move on. They won't sit there trying to diagnose it, getting the manual out and trying to figure out what fuse are missing etc.

The problem is any kind of "standard" security measures the thief will probably have encountered many times and know how to deal with.
 
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