KENT SMITH

Hi all...I was parked on the A45 last night with 6 STi s & 5 WRX s on board my transporter which were for IM at Quedgeley,they were all locked and when i got up this morning in my cab i noticed some little b*r*ta*ds broke into all the cars on board and damaged quite a few of them,so if youve ordered an STi,it may take a bit longer than expected to be delivered to your local dealer....Someone out theremust know who did this.:
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[Edited by KENT SMITH - 6/18/2002 9:22:29 PM]

DrEvil

Moved to ScoobyNet General.. as it is Scooby related... ish...

Big Goon

FFs, if my STi was on-board I will make the ******* bleed anally if I find out who they are !!! [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

555 Markus

Given the current scare stories in the newspapers almost every day now, isn't it a bit naive parking a transporter load of Imprezas in a busy area and not expecting them to get noticed? Ok, so they were locked, but that clearly isn't gonna stop some people. If scum will risk breaking into houses to gain the keys think how tempting a lorry load will look.

Am I alone in being amazed that the crime wasn't more serious? Fortunately for you it wasn't, and I'm relieved for you in that respect.

Theres a lesson to be learnt here...

Mark

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

Please, give the guy a break! His job is delivering cars, and there aren't too many places you can park a transporter that's 'out of the way'. You can't possibly blame him for his cargo being vandalised! [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Let's just hope that Subaru / IM do a decent job of replacing any damaged parts, and that nobody has to wait too long for their cars.

Andy.

boomer

Kent,

please feed this back to IM, as in the end - we will all end up paying more for our Scoobs (AND their insurance) if this kind of stuff carries on! It seems rather silly to be parking a truck load of Scoobs overnight in an insecure area!!!

mb

555 Markus

I'm not blaming the guy, because, as you say he's only doing his job. I'm just astounded that his bosses (IM or Subaru?) would ask him to do deliveries that involve an overnight stop with the transporter fully loaded. Thats gotta be well over £200k just sitting there with minimal security.

Sure, the cars can be repaired. But the driver is being placed at risk by being asked to "guard" the cars overnight.

Mark

Jools

I am with you on this one 555 Markus. Do we believe for a minute that the RAC Tracker are already activated; I think not!

Mine was not activated until the day we picked up our Sti. Now maybe if the cars were stolen they could activate them remotely, but I doubt this cause all the info, ser no’s, etc for the particular Tracker fitted to the car would be inside the damn car.

Hang on a minute, thinking aloud here, when do the trackers get fitted to the cars...At IM if I am correct, so chances are they’re not even fitted yet!!!

Flipping heck, doesn’t bare thinking about does it!

bug-eyed wonder

I have to agree that parking up a transporter full of scoobs is lunacy!
No offence to the driver doing his job but would Securicor park up a van containing £200K in cash in a lay-by?
IMHO the driver is lucky to be able to post this up, afterall where were all the keys? In the cab perchance?

pslewis

Has anyone ever seen 11 cars on a transporter?? seems a lot?

Would 11 Imprezas WITH keys in cab be left unsecured??

Would only ONE driver be used??

Why was the lorry parked up overnight?? - the UK is hardly a massive country, you can get from top to bottom in a day easily!!

Just asking!!

Pete

Harry_Boy

So Kent - do you work for an independent third party transport company? I'd be surprised if it was IM or Subaru direct.....

Puff The Magic Wagon!

iTrader: (2)

FFS

Give Kent a break for heavens sake!

He's a truck driver (sorry HGV ) and he has to abide by quite stringent rules and regulations concerning when & for how long he can drive. If his rest period is due, or he's reached his daily limit, then he MUST stop. Otherwise he might lose his livlihood and him/his company get a large fine. Tachographs?

He's been decent enough to report this to the community, so stop hitting on him. Cargos go up & down this country's roads, and are parked up in lay-bys, with values that far exceed that of 11 scoobs

Doh!

mutant_matt

The cars come off the ship @ Liverpool docks and are transported to IM's facility in Quedgly (sp?). They have the alarms and Trackstar fitted before being shipped on to the dealers.

I presume that they were on their way to the dealers when said incident occured.

Matt

P.S. Give the guy a break...

Harry_Boy

Hi Matt,

Re-reading Kent's post, it seems that they were bound FOR IM, not from IM to the dealers. Hence, security on the cars would be questionable....

speedking

Probably the tractor and trailer units are worth more than the cost price of 11 scoobs (£110,000) before IM add their mark up

The w4nkers probably broke in to move the cars and make the truck easier to steal

mutant_matt

Re-reading it, you're rightNon alarmed and Trackstar'd up

Matt.

Gastro

Bl**dy h*ll !......
This could have been a more organized crime - or the HGV was spotted and followed ?
Just a thought....

Gastro

KENT SMITH

Thanks for all the replies lads,anybody would think all this was all my fault,as there were the two of us with transporters my mate parked behind so the STi s were safe.All UK Scoobys arrive on ship at South Shields and not Liverpool.PUFF THE MAGIC WAGON you hit the nail right on the head,by the time we had run down toSouth Shields from Scotland our driving time was up at solihull & is there any where in the midlands safe to park a loaded transporter,i think not.....

Harry_Boy

Next time it's an armed guard and helicopters, Kent.... Are you independent or employed by IM?

KENT SMITH

HARRY-BOY......i work for an independent company who have the sole contract for SCOOBYS & IZUZU...