Stolen M3 found 8 months later!
11 April 2002, 01:10 PM
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Any of you remember my carjacking incident in my M3 in August last year? - well guess what.....its just turned up, totally unscathed, in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham with false plates on it. Apparently Police stopped it after scanning number plate which didn't match car and they impounded it.
My Insurance company paid out ages ago so it's theirs now - but the number plate M3 DOS is still mine, and now the cars been found I can get it back on retention.
So anyone interested in making me an offer for "M3 DOS" as it won't really look right on my STi wagon!
Lizzy
My Insurance company paid out ages ago so it's theirs now - but the number plate M3 DOS is still mine, and now the cars been found I can get it back on retention.
So anyone interested in making me an offer for "M3 DOS" as it won't really look right on my STi wagon!
Lizzy
11 April 2002, 01:23 PM
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Thanks Scottscooby!
Richard, apparently it will get back the plate it had before I changed it, which was N373 COP!
And then it will go to salvage agents for selling. Be interesting to see what it goes for.
Lizzy
Richard, apparently it will get back the plate it had before I changed it, which was N373 COP!
And then it will go to salvage agents for selling. Be interesting to see what it goes for.Lizzy
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I remember your thread about it being stolen. I'd love to know what has happened to it between then and now 
11 April 2002, 02:30 PM
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Erm not that I know much about private plates but surely if it was stolen on the car then you could have tranferred it to another car anyways? Or wont the police/insurance let you?
11 April 2002, 04:18 PM
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Think it had probably been sold on.... apparently its easy to get a fake V5 if you know right people. So assuming the buyer thought it was legit he could have spent £16K buying it, but more likely he knew it was dodgy and paid a lot less! Police can't tell me anything so its just speculation really. I was told it had C6 JCB on it when found though.
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11 April 2002, 05:21 PM
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Todays Metro.
South Africa: Police have found a stolen car - 14 years after the theft was reported to them. Dorothy Barton, 80, told police in Johannesburg about her stolen VW Golf in 1988. Now it has turned up 5,000 miles away in Switzerland. Police say they have no idea how the car ended up in Europe. Mrs Barton said: 'When the officer said they found it in Switzerland, I thought he must have meant Swaziland.'
By that standard I reckon they did pretty well.
South Africa: Police have found a stolen car - 14 years after the theft was reported to them. Dorothy Barton, 80, told police in Johannesburg about her stolen VW Golf in 1988. Now it has turned up 5,000 miles away in Switzerland. Police say they have no idea how the car ended up in Europe. Mrs Barton said: 'When the officer said they found it in Switzerland, I thought he must have meant Swaziland.'
By that standard I reckon they did pretty well.
11 April 2002, 06:21 PM
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hmmm AudioDave's WRX was found in Brum too....do they think it was the same bloke??
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11 April 2002, 10:49 PM
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"the number becomes obsolette and cannot be used again unless the stolen vehicle is recovered?"
I thought this thread was all about the car being recovered?
Must have got his eyes for Christmas and is still working out how to use them. hehehe.
I thought this thread was all about the car being recovered?
Must have got his eyes for Christmas and is still working out how to use them. hehehe.
04 November 2002, 01:58 PM
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Sparkbrook / Sparkhill......Lovely area !
I was jacked in my E6 TME 3 weeks ago in Birmingham.
Got the car back within an hour with Tracker.
Daz
[Edited by dazmakinen - 4/11/2002 2:03:39 PM]
I was jacked in my E6 TME 3 weeks ago in Birmingham.
Got the car back within an hour with Tracker.
Daz
[Edited by dazmakinen - 4/11/2002 2:03:39 PM]
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