My car has just vanished

jk0

northwalesd wrote: »

I once returned the floor in a multi-story car park where I knew I'd parked my car, only to find it not there. I looked one floor lower and one floor higher, eventually returning to the original floor. Only when there did I remember I'd driven there in my brother's car, not my own

Ha ha. I told a friend about Mum losing her car in B&Q. He admitted going there in his Audi, then coming out & searching high & low for his BMW which was at home.

TripleH

I once spent 5 minutes in a supermarket carpark trying to get into my car and cursing why the keys weren't working in the lock. I then looked up and saw my car (identical to the one I was trying to open) parked next door.

On holiday we had flown into Australia from NZ with my sister-in-law and her husband and went to the airport car park to pick up their vehicle (which was pretty inconspicuous). They searched 6 of the 7 car park floors before going to the chap on security who said rather dryly "have you tried the ground floor where you parked it?" (The only floor they hadn't checked because they were adamant they hadn't parked it there)

Car_54

z1a wrote: »

Are there any you can't?

I can remember the company I worked for proudly boasting a new office with a “Drive-in Car Park”.

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stator wrote: »

Car theft is actually pretty rare these days, especially if your car is modern.

Not round here.


The biggest growth industry here is supply & fitting retractable drive security posts.


There is a even beaverback going round stealing cars off drives. A couple of people have it on CCTV. It is quite an unusual colour, but it is equipped with cloaking technology as it cannot be found by the Police (Presumably it has to de-cloak to winch a car on).

summerwinter01

stator wrote: »

Replies are way too hard on this thread.


If the car was left overnight in a car park, first thought would be that it's been towed, especially if not taxed.



Car theft is actually pretty rare these days, especially if your car is modern.

An actual human response and not a bot

summerwinter01

bertiewhite wrote: »

OP - have you found it yet?

nope; no reports.

waamo

Was it keyless entry by any chance?

Grumpelstiltskin

Long story but many years ago I had a Datsun whose key would open to my knowledge 2 different Ford models.

Useful when waiting on the quayside for a car ferry to dock and the guy in the Ford Granada in front locked his key in his boot, saved his bacon and all the other cars that would have been stuck behand him.

summerwinter01

waamo wrote: »

Was it keyless entry by any chance?

not keyless - normal mercedes wireless fob to unlock/lock. (i have both keys)

Joe_Horner

z1a wrote: »

Are there any you can't?

Heard there's one at a hotel in California, somewhere down a dark desert highway.