Remember a few weeks back I posted a note tellin all you fine people of my sadness because my Subaru Mcrae had been stolen.........Well Shes back!!

The Police found her ready to be shipped out in Liverpool Docks. I havnt seen her yet but apparently theres a scratch or two, but apart from that its a complete car AMEM!~

 

nice one, do they know where it was going ? Maybe back to Japan as they've realised the misatke of letting these cars go....

cheers

Cammy

 

That's great news Peter! Glad to hear a happy ending. Do you know if they got the ******* that did it?

 

The Police might now how stole it, but they won't say on the phone, I will find out tomorrow when I pick it up. Fingers Crossed!!

 

Peter,

Good to hear that they recovered it.

Did the car have a Tracker, or will you now have one installed? Just curious how the Police found the car!

Obviously it doesn't help my paranoia that I will have to go to Warrington for a few days of work!

Andy

 

Great news Peter.....Really pleased for you mate.....have the police caught the scumbags who nicked it?????.....Hope you and your Scoob are united very soon.
Cheers
Colin

 

Good news!!!

It might be worth getting the car checked out properly before signing anything to accept it back. It may well have been thrashed to an inch of it's life etc etc so it'd be a good idea to ensure it's all ok.

 

If you have to have one taken that's the way to go!

Obviously worth a check, but it's joyriders that nail em. If this gang went to the effort of arranging shipment they're unlikely to have deliberately damaged "their property" and so reduced it's market value.

Not even locks to replace could have been much worse & presumably the NCD is intact as the insurers have not incurred any expense.

Good to hear she's back, put the keys somewhere safe

B

 

police have some uses I guess

robski

 

I forgot to mention that problem! I have found the Spare keys near my house, but the keys they used to steal it aren't with the car! So I still need to change the locks and Have a brand new alarm fitted!

 

As pointed out, you got off very lightly if all you need is new locks & an alarm.

Even if the car was thrashed to within an inch of its life, it's unlikely to have damaged anything, these are performance cars you know!

Biggest problem will be if they switched the engine off while it was still hot. I would suggest an oil change ASAP, regardless of the condition of the car. Check the wheels too in case they clipped a kerb.

Glad there's a happy ending to one "stolen scoob" thread.

 

Good news Peter,

I'm sure you can get any cosmetic damage fixed easily

I'll mail you about alarms.

Phil.

 

Glad to hear some good news, but not wishing to taint your good fortune, but do you REALLY want it back?

Personally I'd never want to see it again (had other cars stolen/recovered - never the same....)

Still, "I'm happy if your happy"

Hope you get everything sorted soon


Dan

 

Glad to hear it Pete.

My McRae's been gone for two weeks and I miss it already.

Did the insurance make you an offer?
Only managed to get £10k for mine.

Lee

 

No need to change the alarm, just get the codes changed, relativly straight forward. 10 minute job on my car

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by logiclee:
<B>Only managed to get £10k for mine.

Lee[/quote]

Have you accepted? Assuming it' was in good order surley that's trade value

Or just tell me I'm out of touch!

 

Splendid news!

Hope the suckers that stole it rot in some jail somewhere... oh no thats unlikely due to so called British Justice... IMHO...

Hope the damage is not too bad...

ho ho JGM

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by banshi:
<B> Have you accepted? Assuming it' was in good order surley that's trade value

Or just tell me I'm out of touch!

[/quote]

Well the cars are worth 12,000 easy, but as you know the insurers try and get away with giving peanuts for these beautiful things.


If you tell the insurance that 10k just aint enough to buy another which is the same spec, they have to give you more. I reckon I would have got 11,500 but now I will never know!

 

The reason I want a new alarm is the Clifford Concept 600 looks cool with its remote start, and so I thought I would try get the insurers to pay for it.

If any knows anythings good/bad about these please drop me a line

Pete

 

Hi All,

Just to clear things up I sold mine and didn't have it stolen/written off. FSSH, cat1 alarm with pager, new brakes and tyres, recent major service etc.

It was in A1 condition with 57k miles.

Local dealer said a 96N UK Turbo in good condition would be worth £8000 trade with a Series McRae worth around £9000. His final offer was £9300 as he knew the car and its history.

Best offer after weeks of haggling at different dealers was from a Ford dealer who had an independant buyer at £10000.

Subaru dealer said that was a very good offer as he would have put it up for sale at £10750.

Cheers
Lee


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