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Help!! Subaru impreza stolen!!
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I never said that some car thieves are of a better class, just that the professional ones wouldn't bother looking at a car that is (at best) worth less than £1500 as there is no money in it for them.Master_Blaster wrote: »You seem to be of the opinion that there is a higher class of car thief,Understeer is when you hit a wall with the front of your car
Oversteer is when you hit a wall with the back of your car
Horsepower is how fast your car hits the wall
Torque is how far your car sends the wall across the field once you've hit it0 -
Quiet_Spark wrote: »I never said that some car thieves are of a better class, just that the professional ones wouldn't bother looking at a car that is (at best) worth less than £1500 as there is no money in it for them.
What do you think a professional car thief is? I will tell you, it is an unemployed/unemployable youth who is unwashed, uneducated and lives in the only set of clothes and footwear he possess. If they strike gold and nick an upmarket motor they will get a few hundred quid to spend on the recreational substance of their choice. They wouldn't have the brains to ship the car out of the country or give it a new identity.0 -
One that makes proper money from stealing high value cars and either exporting or ringing them. No type of immobiliser or security system is going to stop them, if they want it then they will have it.Master_Blaster wrote: »What do you think a professional car thief is?
Those type are what are commonly referred to as TWOC'ersMaster_Blaster wrote: »I will tell you, it is an unemployed/unemployable youth who is unwashed, uneducated and lives in the only set of clothes and footwear he possess. If they strike gold and nick an upmarket motor they will get a few hundred quid to spend on the recreational substance of their choice. They wouldn't have the brains to ship the car out of the country or give it a new identity.Understeer is when you hit a wall with the front of your car
Oversteer is when you hit a wall with the back of your car
Horsepower is how fast your car hits the wall
Torque is how far your car sends the wall across the field once you've hit it0 -
Master_Blaster wrote: »What do you think a professional car thief is? I will tell you, it is an unemployed/unemployable youth who is unwashed, uneducated and lives in the only set of clothes and footwear he possess. If they strike gold and nick an upmarket motor they will get a few hundred quid to spend on the recreational substance of their choice. They wouldn't have the brains to ship the car out of the country or give it a new identity.
I don't think you have ever heard of organised crime.
People who nick high value cars and ship them away in containers usually have a nice cushy 4 bed detached house mortgage free with a 50" TV on the wall.0 -
Deleted_User wrote: »I don't think you have ever heard of organised crime.
People who nick high value cars and ship them away in containers usually have a nice cushy 4 bed detached house mortgage free with a 50" TV on the wall.
I think you'll find they pay someone a few hundred quid to nick them to order. Why risk the lifestyle to be caught burgling a house for a set of car keys? The reason they have all that is because they are more organised that you think, how do you think they get a mortgage? Obviously not by declaring what they actually do.0 -
Quiet_Spark wrote: »
Those type are what are commonly referred to as TWOC'ers
Oh and you got that from television too? Stealing a car to order so that it can be given a new identity or exported is not twoc.0 -
You're absolutely right, they come under the heading of a professional which I said earlier but you chose to leave that bit out of the quote.Master_Blaster wrote: »Oh and you got that from television too? Stealing a car to order so that it can be given a new identity or exported is not twoc.Understeer is when you hit a wall with the front of your car
Oversteer is when you hit a wall with the back of your car
Horsepower is how fast your car hits the wall
Torque is how far your car sends the wall across the field once you've hit it0 -
Quiet_Spark wrote: »Ignoring the fact that even the owner doesn't get told where the Tracker is fitted, I doubt they are easily found as if they were then we wouldn't see numerous examples of the police finding £50K plus cars hidden inside shipping containers, etc on TV.
There are numerous places a Tracker can be hidden, and while I will concede that a professional car thief may know where to look (and what they are actually looking for), I doubt for one minute that kind of car thief would even look at a 20 year old Scooby.
If your friend ever does see the car again, her first port of call would be to fit a decent immobiliser (preferably one that requires a chip to be in proximity to the ignition barrel).
You would be surprised! My exs scoobs tracker was fitted in the roof lining easily spotted on cold mornings when the roof apart from a small oblong as covered in frost!!
We now know who stole the car. The Thames Valley Police are being their usual non rapid response selves. It may have even been seen this evening nearly hitting a pedestrian whilst travelling like a lunatic.
Thanks for the helpful replies though.0 -
Quiet_Spark wrote: »I never said that some car thieves are of a better class, just that the professional ones wouldn't bother looking at a car that is (at best) worth less than £1500 as there is no money in it for them.
Just because a car type is valued low, book price, doesnt necessarily mean that every single vehicle is ACTUALLY valued at such. People do have a tendancy to modify performance cars often making them of a value way above the book price for a bog standard vehicle.0 -
luckily the pedestrian heard it coming and could get out of the way0
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