STOLEN - MK2 Escort - STOLEN

[dp52]

This beige MK2 Escort was stolen on Wednesday 15 November from Maidstone in Kent.

 

The car has some distinguishing marks as detailed below

 

1. The car is Left Hand Drive.

2. A round rust hole below the rear bumper on the offside.

3. A small rust hole below the petrol tank

4. A small rust hole in the spare wheel well.

5. The car has square headlamps.

6. There is a small dent and mark on the rear wheel arches.

7. The car has no front brake callipers

8. Although the engine runs the clutch is frozen.

9. The air filter is missing from the engine.

 

The chassis number is GCATWY789550.

 

It has 44000 km on the speedo.

 

I am offering a reward for its safe return.

 

Please contact me or just phone the police if you know of the cars whereabouts.

 

[Posse]

yet another one

[Danmex]

Getting stupid now, and their just the ones we hear about

[allanmex]

its mad, nothing is safe these days, theiving f***ers

[Pipster007]

Sorry to hear that. Obviously stolen to order. Didn't any of the neighbours see anything. If it's undriveable, they must have had a trailer

 

Would be nice to find whoever stole it and give them a good kicking

[Morley]

This is beginning to get stupid now

 

Had a car and trailer stolen from the yard when i worked there... The worst thing was that it was near on impossible to get out on the spur of the moment, which means that it's probably someone i know that knicked it as they would have been down to "case the joint".

The trailer turned up in Croydon with a Capri on the back. The world of OSF is far to small, chances are that i've spoken to the coont who nicked it.

I say we form a lynch mob and hunt them down

[Daggle]

You have a PM, mate

[Twinkle]

gutted m8 will keep an eye out

[Burns]

that's a shitter dude

[Rick]

not again....

 

prob best to invest in cctv to aim at our cars when theyre outside....

 

good luck in finding it

[Mexico]

may be a good idea for RF and CF to put an section in their magazine to warn other OSF'ers that this sort of thing is on the rise. Its just getting stupid now. Hope ya get its back matey

[Rick]

may be a good idea for RF and CF to put an section in their magazine to warn other OSF'ers that this sort of thing is on the rise. Its just getting stupid now. Hope ya get its back matey

 

yea good idea!

 

i remeber cf had a stolen car ad in there but it was small and most ppl prob missed it

[mk2 matt]

, hope u get it back m8

[Mexico]

just a thought and don't want to offend anybody, but i have heard that people join forums to get number plates or something to clone the car correct me if i am wrong tho. but maybe people could be doing the same to gain information about certain cars.

[FlashCadillac]

sorry to hear about this mate.... quite local to me this one

 

 

i think more companys should start to look making security devices to replace standard ford equipment

 

i know you can never stop crime and that if they want somthing bad enough they will have it but it would be nice to be able to stop them getting in with a screwdriver.

[dp52]

Thanks for all your comments and offers to keep an eye open for my car.

 

Sadly a week before it was nicked I was looking at a black box tracking system which uses GSM and RF to find stolen cars. The unit can run on a battery for up to 2 years without needing a recharge and it is apparently better than GPS tracking which can be defeated quite easily I am told. It can also be moved to any car you want and there isn't a subscription fee. At £500 it seems a bit pricey but it doesn't seem that pricey now let me tell you.

 

I like the idea of running a section in the monthly mags for stolen cars. If it helped to return just one in ten stolen cars it would be worth it. It may even deter some of the low life thieves in the fisrst place.

 

Thanks again for your comments and lets hope it turns up.

[antz]

sorry to hear it.

[johnny_h]

Unlucky mate, i'll keep my ears peeled and eyes to the ground. Anyone know if these 500 quid trackers are actually any good or not?

[antz]

i think i need a tracker

[over_head_cam]

FFS another one

 

I hope it turns up soon m8

[bomber1]

like morley said form a lynch mob and when we find em we beat the living s##t out of them after cuttingthere fingers off one by one then let the pigs finish off what the dogs dont do

[samurai]

You never know the little shits could be on this forum

[Jelly]

You never know the little shits could be on this forum

 

Mate, to scumbags like them, this site is better than QVC

[samurai]

id die for my mex....

[dp52]

...ground. Anyone know if these 500 quid trackers are actually any good or not?

 

I have been looking at tracking and various other ways of stopping the thieving gits. I have had too many bits and bobs nicked over the years and this latest loss is the straw thats broke the camels back! It's time to take positive action. I reckon if thieves want your car they will get it so you have to accept it may go on the odd unauthorised trip. Alarms and cut outs just won't stop them cos they know there way round most systems and will often just lift the car anyway. You need to know where they have taken it and that to me is the answer. Get a device that tells you where your car is should some thieving git take a fancy to it. I will be investing my money in a good tracking system that gets my car back.

 

I have been looking into it and if anyone is interested discounts are available depending on how many units are bought.

10-20 units get a 5% discount.

21-50 units get a 10% discount.

51-100 units get a 15% discount.

101+ gets a 20% discount.

 

You are probably wondering how these units work. The hardware is a small black box that uses GSM and RFI technology to communicate. If the car is stolen the GSM will pinpoint the location to within 500 metres and the RF module then identifies the location to within 1 metre. The black box can be moved from one vehicle to the next very easily as it is battery driven. I can also be hard wired if you want. If not hard wired the batteries need recharging once every 6-8 months or up to once every two years depending on the units configuration. The configuration option simply decides how often the unit wakes up to transmit a signal of the vehicles whereabouts and this can be set to the customers own requirements.

 

So to the cost. The unit costs £450 + VAT and I have to tell you that seems quite cheap now that my Escort has been nicked. Ongoing costs are £3 a month for the sim card that allows the unit to communicate. For an additional (Optional) £7 a month you can have some software that allows you to track the location of your car on your PC. There is no installation fee and no extortionate annual subscription fees that seem to apply to most other systems.

 

Can be used on cars, caravans, motorbikes, trailers, in fact anything you like. The units are Home Office approved and 98% of thefts that are fitted with these units are recovered.

 

If I can get enough interest we should be able to get some decent discounts.

 

May even be able to demo a unit at a forthcoming meet.

 

Let me know what you think.

 

If you are seriously interested and I wouldn't expect you to buy one without seeing how it works then PM me. If I get enough interest I'll put some effort into this and take it forward.

 

Dave

 

PS. I think this may be worth adding as a new topic. I'll create a new post.