Car Stolen - towed away

mcpitman

Hmmm, lost a Ford Fiesta RST in a similar way some 15 years ago now.

Was parked on the driveway at home, they went underneath, snipped handbrake cable, dolly's under front wheels (car in gear) and off they went.

Clifford G4 alarm fitted, didn't make a difference, full wheel disclock thingumybob, didn't make a difference.

Up and away within 3 minutes of the recovery truck pulling up. Neighbours didn't think anything of it as it had been delivered by truck 3 days earlier.

tykesi

katy123 wrote: »

MY neighbor had his ford ST stolen last night.....it was towed away and abandoned as the thiefs couldn't crack the immobilizer on the next street....they just dumped it there.

My question is, how are cars towed away? Is it by lifting the front or back wheels....if front, then I'm never going to reverse park......(any links would be great)...i'm not sure what are commonly used in UK. Do they need a straight line to tow a car away? I can park it at between a wall and another car if this is the case.

Or it could be a city centre type where they lift the whole car (4 wheels off the ground)!!!!!..

Many thanks.

All pointless to the determined professional. By all means do it to deter the opportunist but if a professional wants it there's practically nothing you can do to stop them. They are going to have it.

OddballJamie

tykesi wrote: »

All pointless to the determined professional. By all means do it to deter the opportunist but if a professional wants it there's practically nothign you can do to stop them. They are going to have it.

Exactly.

Make it too hard and you get scum bags like this breaking in for the keys.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-28738204
http://www.itv.com/news/central/story/2013-01-30/boy-threatened-with-axe/