Car thefts by Hiab in Sussex

[cortinaman]

From Retro Rides Forum, but well worth knowing about......

 

a mate of mine nearly lost a car off his drive today. his missus came home to find a hyab on the pavement, preparing to hoist his mercedes 280 away!. they were we belive polish. and a lot of shouting was involved before they drove off. the police came and the plate on the truck is a fake. form what she said we belive it to be a ford type hyab. with a blue cab with a red stripe/band at the centre line.

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[FredTransit]

Holy shit that's scary! Must learn the Polish for I will wear your testicles as earrings....

[Cookie]

I put cash on it that would of been going straight to be weighed in

[mossy]

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmm thats about 20 seconds from my place!

[zetecmk2]

soooo not good near my house too!!!

[mossy]

soooo not good near my house too!!!

 

i know the road and the car in question!

[herb capri]

dudes me and my mate were discussing security upgrades and this very scenario came up .and our only way of defending against it was

PUT A PIN OUT HAND GRANADE UNDER THE EFFIN WHEEL!!!!

but seriously aint nothin you can do against that

[Wessie]

dudes me and my mate were discussing security upgrades and this very scenario came up .and our only way of defending against it was

PUT A PIN OUT HAND GRANADE UNDER THE EFFIN WHEEL!!!!

but seriously aint nothin you can do against that

 

sink a post or similar item ino the drive/bolted to house etc then run a chain around the rear axle and lock it to the post they might cu it off but it'll take them longer to nick the vehicle meaning theres less chance of them getting away un noticed

[MkII-Rhod]

That sucks...looks like thefts are pretty common up your way. Although my mate has put his capri that he's rebuilding chained to steel poles cemented in the ground. The price of capri's have skyrocketed in aus. So it's probably the best idea.

[DeanMk1Capri]

[TwoLitrePinto]

T*SSERS!

 

if that was me coming home to find that i would have kicked there F*kin heads in and told them to piss off bak to poland

[escortmad79]

T*SSERS!

 

if that was me coming home to find that i would have kicked there F*kin heads in and told them to piss off bak to poland

I'd have hacked them up & posted them back to Poland!

[Type49]

[MattD_Capri]

Heard of similar storys one guy had a sierra cossie, one day he came home to find nothing but some skid marks where they had dragged it on to the back of the recovery truck and driven off.

[TwoLitrePinto]

SCREWIN!

[stevepeanut]

I heard of the gypsies buying an old ex AA recovery truck a going to a car show and helping themselves to whatever they fancied.

 

Another scam going back up north near my mams was this. A recovery truck would pull up at the shops, hook up an expensive merc or beemer. The alarm starts going off, a guy in a posh suit comes out and shouts at the recovery driver "this is the second time my new alarm system has failed and you've had to tow it back, you better bloody sort it " etc etc. Anybody nearby thinks some business man is having car problems.... scarey stuff dont you think?

[d2000ad]

My mates fireblade got stolen thursday afternoon in broad daylight. His neighbour watched the whole thing. Two lads pull up in an audi one is wearing helmet, leathers the whole lot. The other one opens the boot of the audi and takes out a con saw cuts both locks off and drives away. The other one climbs on bike screwdriver in to the ignition and then just drives away. Took approx 3 mins. Car came back as stolen once the cops eventually showed up. He is absolutely gutted.

[sporty-corty16v]

bloke i know used to have a turbo'd zetec mondeo, it was a bit of a running joke but he used to chain it to the lamp post out side his house, might help lol