Stolen Xr6 Turbo Ute

[fieds83]

Hey guys as the title states my uncle had one of his work utes stolen last week. It was taken in broad daylight from his workshop by two guys who rocked up in a commodore jumped straight in and drove off. The wierdest thing is this car has a 6 speed conversion before 6 speeds ever came out in the ford so reverse is in an unusual place in the top left where 1st normally is. This did not look as though it was an issue for them. Anyway, we have made a claim but while they had the ute it was involved in 6 high speed chases and never caught. It was found abandoned with smashed rims from all the gutter jumping, burnt out engine bay and half of the interior removed.

Its getting worse on a daily basis with all the vehicle theft that is going on.

[Rush Hour]

thats terriable bud,

you think they knew you personally? or were they two grease monkeys that worked it out straight away.

was forced entry or was it not locked.

is it covered under insurance

wouldn't know wat to do if my baby got stolen.

[fieds83]

It wasnt locked as it was on private property and being used throughout the day, not that its any excuse as all site vehicles will be locked when not in use from now on. It did seem strange however that they just drove in without hesitation, jumped in and drove away. How did they know it was going to be that easy if they had never been on the premises before? We got the whole thing on surveilence but the car is a financial write off now.

[Madaz]

sorry to hear of your uncles misfortune, hopefully this doesn't deter him from having nice work vehicles but i guess that depends on how insurance treats him

better to be a financial write off than the insurance saying no we can fix it but things never seem the same again

[fieds83]

Yeah, he definately did not want it back after what had been done to it. He owns quite a few nice work vehicles, his daily is a 380rwkw tornado ute plus a few 100 series cruisers and the like as company cars for various employees. As much as it is unfortunate that it was stolen there should be a new one in the driveway soon.

[Madaz]

all i can say is g0t vip3r

[fieds83]

If you are referring to Viper alarms then you are not insured if you are with just cars. They dont meet australian standards, with just cars being my insurer they require me to have an alarm as well as immobiliser and viper alarms will see your insurance voided. This is common knowledge to the distributers of viper alarms and if you metion that you need it for insurance purposes upon purchase it is their duty of care to inform of this information.

Edited October 13, 2007 by fieds83

[Madaz]

ah lol my insurer isnt just cars and doesn't care so long as it has 3 immobiliser and auto arms

[fieds83]

No worries then. I think just cars are just being a pain in the ass.

[Madaz]

yeah probably viper is a good alarm there just American, cyclops is and ok alarm there NZ and adhere to AUS.NZ standards with black wiring and all that but there only as good as the person that installs it