Car Thiefs In Operation Locally

[paddy247]

Kinross, Saturday, 630pm, brood daylight, High value Merc stolen from owners drive, just in the next street to me. wife in shower and husband watching tv in the lounge, Thiefs came in the conservatory and took the keys from a key rack in the dining room and made off undisturbed, soon after the alarm was raised, and luckly the guy had a tracker fited, high speed pursuit was launched however they got away from the police, the car was recovered about Carlisle a couple of hours after it was stolen but they never got the driver, they recon it was heading straight to a shiping container at the docks,

Paddy

Edited July 13, 2008 by paddy247

[micra_wrc]

ffs thats unreal!

cant believe they strolled into the house to look for the keys while the owners are in

Edited July 13, 2008 by micra_wrc

[braveheart]

Fecking shocking i would break the baswerds legs then tie them up to a sasuage machine.... after my dog had finished 22 kg Staffi with them.... then kindly hand them over to the police for tresspassing ..There one thing i hate and thats theifs. A bit extreme however..

Regards

Chris

[paddy247]

Think they had been casing the place as they new the couples movments and where the keys were, yh cana beat a wee pit bull used to have one years ago m8.

Paddy

[steveairdrie]

My neighbour is CID and told me a few months ago about this. With alarms and immobilisers nowadays nearly impossible to bypass unless they are professional crooks. Stealing the keys is alot easier and thats the way most cars are stolen now. Now i hide my keys when i'm out or in bed

[Guest]

scary can try it with me but they would have to get the keys out of my back pocket first!!!

Saying that the spares are on the key rack in the kitchen might move them now!!

[C_WRX]

Supposedly a couple in Lanarkshire area lately - although think it happens most areas more frequently than anyone would like unfortunately !

I heard one of them was for an RS4 where they threw a kerb stone through the front door window to get access to the house for the car keys at 3 in the morning. Car I think had a tracker and was later found.

Stealing the keys is now the way to get the cars, fishing rod through the letter box or get access to the house - basically don't leave the keys lying around where they can be seen !

[Midnight21]

This happened to me a few years back!! the thief came in my back door in the evening when I was upstairs took my Landrover Freelander keys(and all the cash/cards out my purse placing it back neat so I didnt notice ) then came back later on for the car when I was in my bed!!!! Wasn't till early morning when I went out to work-NO CAR!!!!! He also used my card to fill it up!! but thats how they caught him,didn't get car back tho as he hid it! then a month later it was found parked up in a local street but I had already been paid out by insurance company.

[billyboy]

Whilst nobody wants their car nicked and i sympathise with them,there is enough publicity about leaving your keys on show to scumbags.They are cheeky baskets and will take the chance if they spot the keys.I for one never leave my keys visible,i always plank them at night and if i go out i take them with me if im leaving the car.We live in a $hit society and these gets want to take things that people work hard for.

[RS Grant]

While my keys aren't visible from a window/letterbox... they are extremely visible once inside the house, I'd prefer to deal with a s***ty insurance company with me/family being safe and sound than having to talk to a tool'd up skaghead at the bottom of my bed at 4am demanding keys to the cars.

Cheers,

Grant

Edited July 14, 2008 by RS Grant