Friends Car, Jacked At Chipping Norton And Bashed..

[siddr20]

Posting this on behalf of my friend, as her bf got jacked last long weekend (APEC holiday).

I only just found out today.. Otherwise would have posted ealier. Shes so upset and angry.. as anyone would .. anyways

Heres the Story:

He is in the process of selling his Honda Integra Type R 2000 model and was met by a guy posing as an interested buyer. They met at Warwick Farm (syd) and after a pretty long conversation the guy asks to take it for a test drive. The owner jumps into the passenger seat and they take off.

After driving for 5 mins he mentions to the owner that a mechanic friend of his wants to also come along for the test drive, they turn the corner and he starts slowing the car down. As he comes to a stop 2 hooded guys run and open the passenger car door and start smashing the owner of the car in the face with a metal baseball bat. They then pull him out of the car and continue to hit him a few more times, before all jumping in and taking off with his car.

The owner of the car is left with pretty nasty injuries. They hit him so hard in the face they knocked his teeth out. He was hospitalised but is ok now.

The guy that orchestrated the robbery is around 175cm tall, asian decent and has an eyebrow ring. There are some pics of the car they stole attached. So if anyone see's the parts start popping up Im sure the owner Michael would really appreciate hearing about it.

Thanks for your help

Pics in a sec..

Cheers

Edited September 21, 2007 by siddr20

[TTT]

f**k me dead....

that's horrible.

he's really lucky to be alive.

[redevil]

let me know when u find out who he is, baseball bats are so old school i prefer the good old axe handle.... i'll go get the car back for ya and some interest on top

[Primordial]

Dammit man, these people are f**king dogs. It makes me so angry to hear about this. Poor fella

Karma works in wonderful ways though... I hope the f**ker cuts himself while dismantling the car and get some form of rare tetanus lock jaw that breaks all of his teeth too!

[siddr20]

Pics are all up now..

Sad thing is, the guy who stole the car full sounded nice on the phone and in person.. Asked legit questions about the car etc etc..

sigh..

So guys please keep an eye out on parts etc..

Could someone maybe post this in honda forums? lol

[satanic]

Damn that's not cool at all... any names / numbers that were given to your friend by the "buyer".

I cringed when you mentioned smashed teeth

[d00dz]

Always have someone with you when selling a car, or even buying a car for that matter..

Sad to hear this at least he's still alive..

Nice car btw

[siddr20]

^ he did have someone..

But he wanted to go for a drive.. guessing due to being two doors, his friend stayed back..

like i said, my friend who saw him(guy who stole the car) looked fine, normal, sounded sweet etc etc hahahha..

Anyways what has happened has happened..

Just keep an eye out please!!

edit: yea ke kept calling from a private number.. Hope he just made his mobile private so it can still be tracked and didnt use public telephone!!

Edited September 21, 2007 by siddr20

[Wink]

Sad to hear this.

Worse part is that everything appears legit up until the last seconds...

Even if you had someone with you, they'd probably get the shit beaten out of them too.

Any ideas on how to stop this from happening?

Maybe take the guys license?

[Crash.]

thats crazy. Hope they get whats coming to them

[Y2K2]

if i were to sell my car

no one would drive it a part from me (that is just for insurance reasons mate)

pick your area for the drive

get your largest/ugliest mates to drive behind you

I actually had to meet the bloke who sold me the car out the front of the local cop shop

any other cars involved

how did he turn up to your mates place, walking?

Edited September 21, 2007 by Y2K2

[Uchiha]

man thats terrible... >__>

[funkymonkey]

siddr20, post it up on ozhonda... I've sent my mate who's the owner a msg asking him to post up a link to this thread, but you might be better off posting direct maybe.

[satanic]

* Inspection date organized

* Leave the car for sale at home / workshop / another location

* Arrange to meet buyer in public location (servo, Maccas)

* Ask to check ID and take down details for security

* If it looks legit, take buyer to location where car is kept

* If it doesn't look legit, walk away

I'd personally never be driving my car during an inspection to the buyer's directions... if they got somewhere to go, they can go in their own time.

I'd also never be taking my car to their prescribed location... that's just like walking into the lion's den.

[ctf_r33]

that heaps bad news...pretty scary 2 coz im just 10mins away fron chippo

[FATAZZ]

Thats no good at all.

Warwick Farm is not the place to be under any circumstances.

Anyone else that did not know that should learn from this poor bloke.

[d-d]

Hate hearing stories like this!

Was the car comprehensively insured to cover the loss/theft?

[Liz]

ok.. stealing a car is one thing.. but the fact that this guy went to a considerable effort to seriously injure this guy (well beyond what would have been required to steal the car) is what shocks me.

I'm sooooo glad your mate got out alive......I imagine if he tried to fight back, he would have ended up much MUCH worse off

[siddr20]

funkymonkey- Thank you very much!! whats the link to ozhonda? Guess i will sign up

Satanic- Its when hearing these situations/stories you then get educated. I have read these types of stories plenty of times, so i know what to do when it comes to selling a car.

But unfortunately some people dont think about these things..

I have actually met the owner of that honda once.. Very nice guy and its pretty built for his size.. But when you have three guys, with say baseball bats etc.. not much you can really do..

I know his gf well.. she works with me etc.. shes was so upset and angry!!

He seems to be recovering fine now.. few fake teeths etc

[siddr20]

Was the car comprehensively insured to cover the loss/theft?

Yes its insured thankgod..