5 Lotuses nicked from London Lotus Centre on Saturday night : if anyone is offered a cheap Lotus then a few of the people listed below would be very interested :


Posted 17 September 2001 at 15:02:53 UK time
Kevin, , kevin@red111.co.uk
My car was taken along with five others from London Lotus in St Albans early this am, apparently a professional job.

I'm hoping that whoever swiped it won't get too far as the misfire detection has been shutting down the engine.

if anyone sees a red 111 (W2 Kev) limping along, pls let plod know

Kevin


Posted 17 September 2001 at 15:05:09 UK time
James LRG S1
Best of luck, hope you get it back.

J.


Posted 17 September 2001 at 15:09:20 UK time
Steve, Herts
How did this happen!? Does the LLC not keep keys in a safe or similar? Could be another reason not to use them! Suggest you make them claim on their insurance if a claim becomes necessary, rather than mess up your record.

Good luck.

Steve


Posted 17 September 2001 at 15:15:47 UK time
Liam, Letchworth/Cambridge, liam@fourwheels.org
Jeez Kev, that's awful :-(

Let's hope they give up with the misfire and leave it at the side of the road somewhere!

I know SimonF has a story of LLC security.

Cheers,

Liam.



Posted 17 September 2001 at 15:16:45 UK time
Matt B, Inferno 1-11s, matthew.benney@gs.com
Sorry to hear that Kevin. Will keep a look out for you, with any luck the engine will stop and they will give it up as a bad job. Scum that's all they are. Let us know what happens.


Posted 17 September 2001 at 15:23:02 UK time
Ross
Sorry to hear that, will keep my eyes open..


Posted 17 September 2001 at 15:23:30 UK time
Nick, Swindon
B. Hell Kev, sorry to hear that. Hope they get their comeumuppence. Know you've had some hassle recently, but did you hear from Heath today?


Posted 17 September 2001 at 15:37:55 UK time
Oggy
'dya think all the others had problems LLC couldn't solve then? Desperate measures!

Chassis # would be more use than reg no for tracing.




Posted 17 September 2001 at 16:21:15 UK time
Matt, London, Matt@bright-island.com
Don't spose tracker enabled? Surely one of the cars had if fitted?


Posted 17 September 2001 at 16:35:15 UK time
Ben, Lancs
Sorry to hear about your car Kev, I think if 5 have been nicked, they're likely to have had a transporter - probably out of the country by now.

I though there would be little market for such a car, being such a low volume motor and all, most people who'd buy a Lotus are going to check it out thoroughly before buying. This is only the second time I've heard of a 'Liz being nicked.

As for the dealer - very suspect if you ask me, don't they have security/alarms/barriers etc..?


Ben


Posted 17 September 2001 at 16:35:34 UK time
Phil, Midlands
Really sorry to hear that K. Do you know how they managed to get the cars out? driven or transporter (i realise unless there are witnesses you may not know but there may have been other cars that they attempted to steal but didn't/couldn't).

Hope you get it back soon.
P


Posted 17 September 2001 at 17:20:16 UK time
Ian Whitfield, Bath,Somerset, mail@thermoform.co.uk
Sorry to hear about your car Kev it was a dyno champ in its class. Chassis number would be usefull and it seems like the rest of us no longer have a car the crooks aren't interested in anymore.

ian


Posted 17 September 2001 at 17:27:03 UK time
Kev, London
Sorry to hear the news Kev, hope it gets sorted OK.

Only reading on the web at the weekend how car thieves aim to get the keys (as happened to Marcus) these days because of the effectiviness of immobilisers/Tracker etc. If keys were stolen imho you should be able to get redress from LLC because they failed in their duty of care.

Kev


Posted 17 September 2001 at 18:01:08 UK time
Stu, Reading
Sorry to read about your loss

A similar thing happened to a local Merc dealer a few weeks ago, they took 12 cars but abandoned one as it had a tracker fitted.


Posted 17 September 2001 at 18:20:07 UK time
John Catlin, Berkshire, john@jcatlin.freeserve.co.uk
Will keep an eye open, but doubt if we will see it.

Trust you get it sorted out to your satisfaction.

Load of Bar stewards,

All the best,

john Catlin


Posted 17 September 2001 at 18:25:06 UK time
sunil, harrow, sunil@666media.com
I'm getting a B-service from them on Tuesday. Wish I hadn't read this thread.

Hope you manage to sort it out.


Posted 17 September 2001 at 18:56:29 UK time
Kevin, , kevin@red111.co.uk
Thanks guys for all the sympathy.

Not had an update from LLC as to status!!

But from what I could gather they were ram raided, broke in, got all the keys out (handily labelled) and took 6 cars. Alarms didn't go off so nobody knew till this am - apppently knew exactly what they were doing (joke in there somewhere)

one was abandoned on the M25 when the gearbox blew.

Plod and the LLC insurance people are now on it.




Posted 17 September 2001 at 20:58:54 UK time
Wayne Collins, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, wayne@toby-tronic.co.uk
Kevin,

Did it have a hard top?

I thought I knew all the elise owners near me (Wakefield)but have seen a sparkling red elise with hardtop from a distance with the bonnet up on an 'unusual' 2nd hand garage forecourt on Sun AM. This place is NOT an elise sort of place for sure. I was 50 yards away and couldn't see the spoiler, etc. I think I saw the same car again today about 10 miles away. It may be all coincidence but I've only ever seen 2 red elises and they were owners on here from the south. The hard top did catch my though...

Any thoughts you other Wakefield 'ish elise owners????

Wayne Collins
T117TWX




Posted 17 September 2001 at 21:17:33 UK time
RNLI, Beached on shore
F*CK...........


Posted 17 September 2001 at 21:20:30 UK time
Fenton Winmill, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, fenton.winmill@sap.com
Was at LLC this afternoon. Security gate was being welded up. Key box had been smashed. Am supprised none of the new cars on the forecourt had been taken though. They must have taken alot of time to do the job though as they have locking bollards to get into the forecourt, then a thick metal gate. My car was there last week, luckily they finished the job early could have been mine.
Sorry to hear of your loss. Hope they get the *******s



Posted 18 September 2001 at 01:31:50 UK time
MarkD, Hemel
They used a customer car (non Lotus) to knock down one of the bollards. Carried out between 12.00 and 1am Sunday night. Car recovered on the M25 was an Esprit, and I think one of the others taken was a Z3. Luckily for me my Exige was in the workshop, and they did not go in there.

Hope all gets sorted properly.

Cheers


Posted 18 September 2001 at 09:21:37 UK time
Spencer, Essex, spencer_olding@hotmail.com
Oooo... If the Esprit was abandoned near the tunnels on the M25 around J26 Eastbound i think, I passed it at about 2.30am on Monday morning. Was gonna stop and see if the guy next to it talking on a mobile needed a hand as it looked like he had a wheel off/flat tyre... but I'd been driving back from Lancashire and was desperate to get home. No plods or anything around so am wondering if I'd almost helped the bar stewards in question!!!

Hope you get it all sorted

S




Posted 18 September 2001 at 09:38:25 UK time
Milan, Woodford, Essex, milan_1@hotmail.com
Kev

sorry to hear about the car...
hope you get it back and in one piece... and more than that the b@stards pay their full due for taking the cars...

good luck

Milan
X61NNO


Posted 18 September 2001 at 09:42:19 UK time
dunc, manchester, dunc@males-garage.com
Kevin, are you stuck for transport?


Posted 18 September 2001 at 09:45:40 UK time
John T, Bucks
Spencer : make sure you inform the police of what you saw : it is quite possible that they will be able to trace the guys mobile phone call and find out his number and that of who he was calling, especially if you can be reasonably accurate about the time and place the call was made


Posted 18 September 2001 at 09:50:03 UK time
James LRG S1
Spencer, John T's right thats how the Hamiltons we're cleared in court (rape trial), every single call is registered and record held by phones service provider for just this reason, definitely call police or get Kev to with details!

Best of Luck


Posted 18 September 2001 at 11:16:49 UK time
¤airborne¤, Teddington, rob.gordon@ukonlineDOTcoDOTuk
Blimey it's like Police 5 in here! John Shaw, remember him? ...."Keep 'em peeled"

Kev, very sorry to hear of your car's disappearance.

Strangely, Haydon's in Salisbury were also broken into some months ago (before they went under and were reborn) and the toerags were in the middle of removing vehicles from the workshop when they were disturbed and legged it, empty-handed.

As mentioned, Kev, give us the last four digits of your chassis number (if you know it), and some distinguishing features of your car. There are enough people on here, up and down the country for it to be spotted if still in the UK.

Hope you get a satisfactory result.

Rob

 

Sorry to hear that Kev (if you come to Scoobynet that is).

(Mark with the blue Elise from St Albans club)