THATS IT GUYS AND GIRLS.
#31
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (46)
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Probably polishing it.Lol
Posts: 5,381
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Very sorry to hear this Rob.
You could do with parking the car out of the way for a few days to let things settle down and get your head in gear.
If you keep the car you could put up a decent security post which would put them off.
There are some dome doors that they won't kick through and it's usually council tenants which get there free of charge. Police and Firebrigade really struggle opening them with pro kit.
Is there any local garages you could rent out? Although not under your watchfull eye you would sleep easier.
Don't blame you for wanting to sell up though but from experience these people don't usually come back.
You could do with parking the car out of the way for a few days to let things settle down and get your head in gear.
If you keep the car you could put up a decent security post which would put them off.
There are some dome doors that they won't kick through and it's usually council tenants which get there free of charge. Police and Firebrigade really struggle opening them with pro kit.
Is there any local garages you could rent out? Although not under your watchfull eye you would sleep easier.
Don't blame you for wanting to sell up though but from experience these people don't usually come back.
#33
Very sorry to hear this Rob.
You could do with parking the car out of the way for a few days to let things settle down and get your head in gear.
If you keep the car you could put up a decent security post which would put them off.
There are some dome doors that they won't kick through and it's usually council tenants which get there free of charge. Police and Firebrigade really struggle opening them with pro kit.
Is there any local garages you could rent out? Although not under your watchfull eye you would sleep easier.
Don't blame you for wanting to sell up though but from experience these people don't usually come back.
You could do with parking the car out of the way for a few days to let things settle down and get your head in gear.
If you keep the car you could put up a decent security post which would put them off.
There are some dome doors that they won't kick through and it's usually council tenants which get there free of charge. Police and Firebrigade really struggle opening them with pro kit.
Is there any local garages you could rent out? Although not under your watchfull eye you would sleep easier.
Don't blame you for wanting to sell up though but from experience these people don't usually come back.
#35
Scooby Senior
iTrader: (15)
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Club Chairman - West Mids Imprezas
Posts: 8,889
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
hi bud sorry to hear about this. unfortunatly this is a common thing nowadays, and guess what they get £1000 per car!!! for it to then be stripped or shipped to another country (south africa/dubai/eire)
£1000 divided by 3 = £333 each, for half hours work and a lifetime of stress for the victim and his familly.....w*nkers!!!!!!!
problem is, as its easy money kids as young as 14 are commiting these offences!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate these feckin scum bags.
you want my car ? bring a shooter and a big one at that!
all the best mate, keep ya head up
£1000 divided by 3 = £333 each, for half hours work and a lifetime of stress for the victim and his familly.....w*nkers!!!!!!!
problem is, as its easy money kids as young as 14 are commiting these offences!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate these feckin scum bags.
you want my car ? bring a shooter and a big one at that!
all the best mate, keep ya head up
Last edited by B4D HK; 06 November 2008 at 06:12 PM.
#36
Scooby Regular
I really feel for you here, as I've been in similar situations.
As others have said, you could try improving security and making it clear that your house isn't an easy target.
A dog would definetly scare the sh*t out of anyone who broke in, but a dog with that kind of temperament is not a good idea when you have children IMO.
As others have said, you could try improving security and making it clear that your house isn't an easy target.
A dog would definetly scare the sh*t out of anyone who broke in, but a dog with that kind of temperament is not a good idea when you have children IMO.
#37
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (84)
so sorry m8
Last night i went to bed at 10.15pm,i was in bed,the wife in the bath and my 2yr old in bed..next thing 10.25pm BANG BANG BANG 3 men were kicking my front door in. i jumped up looked out of the window and luckely my brother (who lives next door) must have scared them off,coz they jumped into a car and sped off.
I ran down stairs to find my door wide open smashed to bits..and my brother said he saw everything. he was still up sat in his front room when a car pulled up outside his, 3 guys/lads got out,put up there huds and came onto my drive and started kicking my door, He (my brother) was at his window at this time then he ran to come outside and thats when they scarpered.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED IN MY LIFE..as it was happening i was fearing the worst,my family are my priority so i have to put them first.
therefore i think its time to sell up,and im totally GUTTED
I ran down stairs to find my door wide open smashed to bits..and my brother said he saw everything. he was still up sat in his front room when a car pulled up outside his, 3 guys/lads got out,put up there huds and came onto my drive and started kicking my door, He (my brother) was at his window at this time then he ran to come outside and thats when they scarpered.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED IN MY LIFE..as it was happening i was fearing the worst,my family are my priority so i have to put them first.
therefore i think its time to sell up,and im totally GUTTED
Happend to me earlyer this year 2 times got it all on camera i was still up also , its not right ill never sell up rather buy 4 pit bulls and have them rdy on demand to kill the fck....s
#38
Sorry to hear about this, it must have been an awful experience. I'm paranoid of the same thing happening therefore I insisted on a garage with the next place I find. It's a worry parking cars like this anywhere e.g. public car parks at night time.
#40
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: The land of make believe
Posts: 2,092
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Sorry to hears this bud atleast no one got hurt.I had a couple of ****** lookin at my car a few months ago now, 6.30 while havin our tea.
I made the decision to keep the car as its only me toy and pay for storage now.
Its £40 a month in a secure place but a good thing I packed up smoking to pay for it.
Good luck........
I made the decision to keep the car as its only me toy and pay for storage now.
Its £40 a month in a secure place but a good thing I packed up smoking to pay for it.
Good luck........
#42
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SCARBOROUGH
Posts: 720
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
really sorry to hear about your experience mate!!...but as some people have said dont let them win!!i understand family comes first,but try other motives first,instead of selling your toy!
you may find it was just a one time thing,still a few sleepless nights are bound to be a common thing!it does make me wonder how stupid these people are,doing those sort of things at such an early time,one thing i would take from this is that they can't have had much ***** if there were 3 of them and your brother managed to scare them off on his own!best of luck to you
you may find it was just a one time thing,still a few sleepless nights are bound to be a common thing!it does make me wonder how stupid these people are,doing those sort of things at such an early time,one thing i would take from this is that they can't have had much ***** if there were 3 of them and your brother managed to scare them off on his own!best of luck to you
#43
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Manchester UK
Posts: 331
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Hate to hear storys like this glad you and your family are ok. I have had similar experiances myself but they have never gone to this extreme yet but i fear owning a car such as an impreza it is only a matter of time. I have a dog that goes crazy at any noise and also found that a really good deterant is my Eclipse EGO as paintballs traveling at 300 feet per second at a rate of 30 per second is quite off putting when they hit you. Also just found some paintballs with a pepper spray fill. Still would be easier if the little ***** would just die though.
#45
that sucks man, i had the same thing when i used to live in manchester, i got basically pinned in one day when i was visiting my gran, people have no respect. with the scoob however i'm not as fussed its fully insured etc, at the end of the day its a piece of metal.
i'd say judging by the problems you've mentioned before, id be looking for a new house, or just get rid of it. for me the best benifit of having a company car is that i can sleep easy at night. ive had to many sleepness nights worrying about cars, its not worth it.
i'd say judging by the problems you've mentioned before, id be looking for a new house, or just get rid of it. for me the best benifit of having a company car is that i can sleep easy at night. ive had to many sleepness nights worrying about cars, its not worth it.
#47
i have always had a big tracker sticker put on car. It will make them think twice I am sure. Personally id be so ****ing pissed off if they came into my house but id still give them the keys. Car is no good if your dead. Its this day n age now. There was an asian gang of about 30 lads convicted of stealing high performance cars in bradford , almost all was imprezas
#48
first thing you should do is, a reinforced anti vandal door or similar, and a sign saying beware of dog because that is one of the biggest deterants but if they have no plans to get in the house for the keys then as said earlier the barriers are the best thing you can buy as a deterant that works...
a few hundred quid will sort you out and should help you sleep alot better, im getting a surface mount barrier pole soon (just for peace of mind)
a few hundred quid will sort you out and should help you sleep alot better, im getting a surface mount barrier pole soon (just for peace of mind)
#49
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: A Yorkshireman living in Lancashire, Recruiting for the War of the Roses part deux!
Posts: 945
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Did they sell them in Keighley by any chance????
A tracker advert is not that good as there are only a few places to fit them, so the crooks in the know as it has been "advertised" Know where to look sadly.
Simpsons !
#50
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (18)
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Leeds
Posts: 1,006
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Feel for ya mate its a s***e experience, back in august 4 a holes broke into our house while we were asleep, took the scoob keys some cash and the Mrs handbag nicked the car could'nt drive it and wrote it off 13 mins from leaving our house. I could not believe how easy it was to break the lock on the door to get in If anyone reading this has an older UPVC/ally door get some "snap safe" locks might just stop the robbing gets.
This was what was left of our car
And its replacement
We thought about not getting another scoob but then the t**ts have won ............... cant wait for the insurance renewal
This was what was left of our car
And its replacement
We thought about not getting another scoob but then the t**ts have won ............... cant wait for the insurance renewal
#51
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: A Yorkshireman living in Lancashire, Recruiting for the War of the Roses part deux!
Posts: 945
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Simpsons !
#53
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: A Yorkshireman living in Lancashire, Recruiting for the War of the Roses part deux!
Posts: 945
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Feel for ya mate its a s***e experience, back in august 4 a holes broke into our house while we were asleep, took the scoob keys some cash and the Mrs handbag nicked the car could'nt drive it and wrote it off 13 mins from leaving our house. I could not believe how easy it was to break the lock on the door to get in If anyone reading this has an older UPVC/ally door get some "snap safe" locks might just stop the robbing gets.
This was what was left of our car
And its replacement
We thought about not getting another scoob but then the t**ts have won ............... cant wait for the insurance renewal
This was what was left of our car
And its replacement
We thought about not getting another scoob but then the t**ts have won ............... cant wait for the insurance renewal
Simpsons !
#54
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (18)
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Leeds
Posts: 1,006
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Simpsons!
three of them ran off leaving the one with the fractured skull for dead, it later transpires that one of the three was the brother of the one they left how kin cool is that! Mr skull damage is back in the nick, they are still looking for his brother and the other two.
G.
three of them ran off leaving the one with the fractured skull for dead, it later transpires that one of the three was the brother of the one they left how kin cool is that! Mr skull damage is back in the nick, they are still looking for his brother and the other two.
G.
#55
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Right Herrre...
Posts: 340
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I just find it hard to believe the lengths people go to nowadays to get a car...it's like you can't work hard and achieve something without someone trying to ****** it away...
It's only the lowest off the low who behave like this...but still it puts you off getting a decent car I hope you are not put off completely though and that they don't come back...urgh...people like this really need to feel pain
It's only the lowest off the low who behave like this...but still it puts you off getting a decent car I hope you are not put off completely though and that they don't come back...urgh...people like this really need to feel pain
#58
Scooby Regular
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Here, There, Everywhere
Posts: 10,619
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Problem with that, is by the time you realise what is happening, grab the 2 sets of keys to the Cabinet, manage to get the keys in the locks properly (Full of Adrenalin will make the task ever so harder) take the gun out, load it ready to confront your intruders, the likely fact is that in that time they'll be in your house and attacking you.
Powerwrx.
I can understand why you'd want rid of your car. As a single bloke, I'd keep it and beef up security. If I had a family though, I'd probably get rid. No car is worth family getting hurt by it. If something happened to you defending your property....... you have a young family.
It's just the way Britain is these days. Government being far too soft on criminals has led to a culture of criminal having more rights than there victims. short on no prison sentences, and fines less than most people annual car insurance premiums.
There is no "Great" in Britain anymore
#59
thanks for all your comments guys and gals, im seriously in two minds as to what to do...getting rid of my car/passion is the last thing i want to do,but on the other hand my family are number 1, im not sure ide cope if i was to keep it and the same or worse was to happen again
#60
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: North Wales/Chester
Posts: 795
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Family is number 1 mate, talk to your missus and see what she wants. It's a difficult decision as it is a lovely car, but it is just a car and could be replaced in the future, especially if you move. Have a proper think about the best option and don't do anything rash. Security could be a real deterant though. What about a dog? I think ours would scare of most with his bark, & he is a big 'un!
Good luck with whatever you decide
Good luck with whatever you decide