Martin-STI

As title,
Got call at 13.30hrs off one of my agents telling me that my Subaru is parked at a junction on my estate.
I ask is there any damage and is good news NO.
I ask her to go to my house and Patio door is now in million bits.......

Well better news is that I dont have to change any keys due to car keys and house key are found by a passerby and he phones the Key Care number on my fob and I get the keys back.

SOCO been to house and car and took prints but not sure whos they are yet.

Well car now out of way locked in future Grandads garage, will I ever be bothered to go and get it out???

Window been boarded up.

Also for all those people who I told about Black Jac, well it works, without it I would no longer be a Subaru owner.

Faking scum and if I had seen him I would have run the tw@t over and then broke every bone in his hands.

Luminous

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Very lucky escape there fella

You have an undamaged car, and your keys back!

Broken window is a pain, but lets face it, you still have your scoobie

Luminous

iTrader: (3)

Oh, I would not bank on him not having taken a copy of your keys. The scoobie key is probably safe as it has an immobiliser built in. Your front door key is not, so I would change that lock. You don't want to make it easy for him to get back in to try again now that he knows you have a Black Jac

T5NYW

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Glad you got it back

Good news nobody was at home, I know you like to ....... the ......... but far better know one was hurt

True

Tony

stressymare

good job you didnt catch them Martin

i know wot you wud av done

thank god for black jax

ODSSOCKS41

this seems to be gettin more and more regular,people houses been broken into for car keys. why dont they just get a job and save for scoob like every1 else?

by the way whats black jax sounds like i might need 1!

Luminous

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Black Jax is a device that you fit to your car that works a little like an immobiliser. The difference here is that it actually allows you to start up the car, and then proceed to drive away. The surprise comes in that it only lets you get so far before it cuts in and your vehicle grinds to a halt.

The reason this device was made was to try and stop car jackings. When someone demands your car with menaces all you have to do is make sure the engine stops running at some point (eg take the keys out and give them to the thieves). They then drive off happy, with your safe, only to realise that the car stops about a mile away.

The bad thing is that some people are saying that the device is easy to overcome, although I don't know by what method.

Martin-STI

Car first seen parked/dumped at 11.30. keys found 100yards away on grass/edge of pavement.

Must have bben scally, he had tilted the seat back.

As for the Black Jax it is actually wired NOT as Clifford intended due to certain people know how to by pass.

Martin-STI

Thanks for comments. Partner not to happy but it doesnt matter what you have some tw@t always wants it.

blu scoob

You were very lucky,but thats good and I dont think they will have taken a copy of your keys unless they just happend to have a spair lump of plasterseen or putty in there back pocket just a little tw t out on a mission,were I live you dont take nothing for granted they come in your house while your in watchin the telly

Bubba po

Christ, are you trying to beat moses at his own game?

Bubba po

They did that to me and I live in a "nice" area.

totalllama

Sad days. I always have the house door locked with the key in it from the inside. Too many nutters around.

Black jacks is a great system, makes the crook think he has got away and the car dies away from you allowing time to alert the authorities and make yourself safe.

Lucky both keys and scoob were recovered though!

cw42

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scum. absolute scum. glad you're all ok.

Martin-STI

Cheers again to all.

Yep funny that I hadnt put the Astra in front of Subaru, like my daughter had said on Sunday !!!!!!!

Also good job I didnt coz they took Astra keys to and these have not been found. Only that key and disclock key on that ring.

Dont know how going to sort that out now???

donnas roo

Same happened to me, but we was in bed 2.45am, kids are still scared at weekends in case they come back for my car.
Got black jacks fitted now and two alarms, hopefully this will stop them in their tracks.

dreamer_girl

Where abouts are you?

Seem to be a lot around Surrey at the moment

big_xavier

Happened to me last week ! Somebody called about my quad that I had advertised, but never turned up ! I went out later, parking my BMW in front of garage. and hiding keys away. Came back 3 hours later to find BMW missing off drive , Garage door wide open and quad missing. Theay had broken into the house to get the keys for BMW and quad and had taken all other keys for van and motorcycle, They rode off with quad and drove off the BMW with my laptop, and camera, but left most things else. but it has been a bugger changing all locks and ford still have my van changing the chip.
I would love to break these guys fingers , and thank them for the sleapless nights I have had since.
Luckily I didnt pick my scoob up till day after or they might have taken that.

Martin-STI

dreamer girl, from Manchester area.

Partner worried about what if's.

No deterant in society today.

Police were 1st class I have to say. Offered to pick daughter up from school and actually collected my keys off the person who found them for me and returned them.

Told me about samething about 1/4mile away happened to Focus ST 6 week ago.

It is the courts that are soft on these scumbags.

Gav

**** me Martin

Glad your ok mate and no one was hurt/threatened in the process

Martin-STI

Have to thank Claire at Prosport too, she ordered new lock set and said could be stored there till sorted, but thankfully dont need the lock set now.

Just shows that those KEYCARE fobs offering £10 for return of your keys do work. I always had my dowts but no more.

Martin-STI

Looking at Cameras and possible retractable grills for patio doors.

Things you have to do to try and keep house and car safe..................

supertouring

Sorry Martin, but I thought this was a classic comment.

Shark Man

Good man Done a couple like that now owing to their initial flaw with the inteded proposed wiring.

I'm currently trying out the TOAD SMS device using "non-approved" wiring methods....this should allow me to kill the engine via an SMS text message - And/Or activate deadlocks...should be fun

Minitrue

The theft doesnt surprise me, but this is almost unheard of!

Minitrue

Ali, will you be doing this commercially? As you know, a decent fitter is f*cking hard to find.....

HOWY

An even better system would be one that stops the car and lockes them in till police get there though on second thoughts the penalties are so light these days there is no real detterent and the tax payer only ends up footing the bill suppose we need a system where these people are really forced to pay back society in some way

Prasius

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What needs to happen is a nice prime-time TV show showing these people having their hands mashed using a hammer. See if that puts any theiving little ****es off.

StewartyBoy

My keys were stolen from me at work by an "ejected" customer, luckily I noticed quickly and had a flatbed take it away to a safe spot!

Sorry to hear about your trouble mate, only problem now is these things can put you off your own car...

scoobie elf

Martin-STI, can I ask who fitted your Blackjax system as I live in Stockport and I've been thinking of getting one for a while and I think your lucky escape has just made my mind up?

Do you know anything about the one they are selling at Prosport?