Someone at work has just told me about his 2 month old WRX.

He parks on his drive overnight. Had been away for 2 weeks on hols, then came back a week ago.

Got woke up at 4 am the other morning to the sound of someone smashing his front door down. The gang grabbed his keys from a table and went straight back out to the Scoob, leaving the house alone.
He was shouting from the window...they turned round and said "We only want your car"..and off they went.

Apparently they must have watched the house and knew exactly what to do to open the door without setting off the house alarm e.t.c. It was smashed open by the bottom hinges and bent upwards.

Police say it must have been stolen to order. The morning in question, it was sleeting so Police Chopper couldn't get airborne. Police also say chance of him seeing his pride and joy again is almost zero.

At least he and his family were not harmed.

He lives in the Kirkham area of Preston/Lytham..

Just telling you all so you are extra vigilant. Don't want to cause you all sleepless nights.

Tony

 

There is far too much of this happening No wonder alot of people are selling their scoobs I am not sure I would want one with all this happening not sure I could sleep that well knowing that robbers could break in and hurt my girlfriend or anything what a sad state of affairs [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

 

These people are what i can only call as scum, to lazy too work for their own Scoob but prepared to go nick somebody else's pride and joy.
Cheers
Colin

 

Yikes, just down the road from me...

I'm guessing he didn't have a tracking device fitted ?

 

im sorry but i wouldnt have a scoob or similar unless i had a garage to hide it in, i havnt heard of anyone having one taken from a locked garage, the scum must drive around looking for tasty cars parked on the driveway, all ive got on my driveway is a focus and opel manta, scoobs tucked away
mark

 

Stu200,

He didn't have a tracker fitted.

The police think it was stolen to order...to use as a getaway, not for parts, I think.

Tony

 

Scumbags! I hope they die a horrible death! [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

 

do you reckon if he parked it on the road it would have been safe as they wouldn't know which house to break into?

 

Ted, if it was to order as said they'd have been keeping an eye out on the place for a while already so I don't think that would have helped.

 

Far to close for comfort.
Sorry about your mates loss - but a least nobody was hurt.
Post the number plate and I'll keep my eyes peeled.

 

Luckily i keep mine on a military base with armed guards checking id's and such i do not have to worry too much.

 

At least non of his family were harmed [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Just down the road from me too

 

i dont think it will ave them plates on it now there so easy to see another scooby the same in another area an get a copy set of plate made up then when the police do a pnc check on the stolen car it will come up as being not stolen but from were the unsuspecting other scooby driver lives. so realy its not just ur m8 there p***ing off its the other scooby diver as well but at least he still got his car.

would be better off telling us if there was sum distinctive featurs we could look out for...

this sort of thing was happening alot in wales but they were nicked to order but shiped to ireland,,,,,

 

Damn. That's very close to here.

What are people's thoughts about where they keep the car keys? Do people keep them out of the way or somewhere the *******s can find tem easilly in case of this sort of thing happening?

John.

 

Take them to bed with me
They can wake me up and ask nicely

 

This happens to many other cars also not just scoobs , BMW,s ,Mercs , Range rovers list goes on and on , I heard its for parts mainly , the car can be stripped in a few hrs and sold off in bits .

 

On my doorstep too!!

Time to be extra vigilant

 

I leave my scooby on the drive in BIRMINGHAM and got three Boxer dogs, Two sleep at the back door one sleeps at the front door. They always bark when people are mouching around. Best alarm i have ever had!!!!

 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BLACK-JAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Similar thing happened up here in West Yorkshire, neighbours daughter in law's brother.

Four guys followed him home, un be known to himself. Broke into house by kicking door down, (this was at tea time) demanded car keys, he refused to give up the keys, consequently they hit his girlfriend with a lump hammer, shattering her eye socket and fracturing her cheek bone.

When he handed the keys over, they stabbed him with a screwdriver.

Police have no clues as to the wherabouts of the gang or car as yet!!

 

Doctor CLIFFORD wrote :!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BLACK-JAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Fuzz wrote : How much?

 

Had my STI 2 weeks and then had an attempted break in. Had been taking my keys to bed religiously but forgot on this occasion. The bas***ds tried to enter our kitchen (where the keys were hanging) even though they could see our two dogs in there (the ones a fecking monster aswell). The dogs went ape and the apes went, treading in large amounts of monster dog log during their escape (in the yard, not our kitchen). SOCO actually photographed the footprints in the dog log! I was inpressed.......