Import Thefts On The Rise

[JD32R]

This is such a fked topic!! i cant believe the scum that do this to others. we arent thugs or crims with excess money to buy grey imports cause we want subz chicks and we constantly run drugs, we are enthusiasts that belong to a club, group that appreciate simmilar vehicles.

AND these are the ones that are going, the clean, crisp, well kept JDM examples, take for instance Sir RB and my gtr's, gun metal kept in immaculate condition.

The next one (import whether Gtr supra RX7 whatever) i get is going to have the following.

-steering wheel which i can remove, removable boss kit.

-fancy alarm with all the goodies and the trackable stuff

-fuel cut imobiliser whatever linked in to alarm system

-car cover and locked up, if i drive it anywhere i will park it in an underground monitored carpark, dont even care about paying extra or inconvenience.

im fking sick of this, you cannot have a nice car these days.

im also buying a rotweiler or staffi to guard the bloody thing also. and seriously will consider my movements, obviously they track and look out for these cars to learn patterns etc etc so when they can they pinch them, going to use the motorbike as my daily and car every other time or weekend.

its totally bullshit, and mine was from a good area! insurance is better for me living there! CRAP.

:END RANT:

[sultanaz]

haha well said. but with all the goodies it only still takes 2 seconds to get towed :<

Cant do much... Pray to god it never happens... i wanted to cry for sir rb, to much effort then its snatched from in a heartbeat :@

[GTR-N1]

Makes me shiver.

+ makes me sick

[elrodeo666]

One of the big reasons I'm selling my car soon.

[GTR-N1]

When I was in my 20s, what with the presence of XY HO, GTR XU1, Lotus Europa or better still Elan, Alfetta GTV which were the envy of all to own; one would say, "I'm going to save up for one of those".

Nowadays Marcus, it's as high as 5% of the masses saying (whilst no-one were watching), "Which one am I going to take?"

[GTR-34A]

And my friends/family think im being over cautious/stupid because i really dont like leaving my car unattended in public...

I think im being the right amount of cautious really!

[iwanta34gtr]

And my friends/family think im being over cautious/stupid because i really dont like leaving my car unattended in public...

I think im being the right amount of cautious really!

Definately need to be cautious mate, nothing wrong with that.

Edited May 21, 2012 by iwanta34gtr

[nomnomv8]

Its pretty sad when you hear some of the stories and extents that people go through to take a car.

Ive heard of a car getting stolen despite being parked in the garage with another car parked infront of it. If they really want to take it they will stop at nothing until they do so

[GTR-N1]

^ ^ ^ ain't that the truth...

My son Mark had sold his VL Brock Group A to another Blue Mtns resident - on an acre set back from the road.

6 months later the thieves broke open a locked cabinet inside a secured garage, to obtain the ignition leads for the HDT car > never seen since.

My same son had his 1st car an R31 Skyline GXE stolen whilst training inside the Dojo.

The 2nd car of his that was stolen was a 25th Anniv VP Maloo

The 3rd car of his that was stolen was a Suzuki Swift GTi > set off red flags with the insurance company > investigation came out clear > paid out 6 weeks later

[sultanaz]

f*k ur son is unlucky ....

Yeah all of this is f**ked i hate reading this thread it makes me sad lol.

Feel sorry for so many ppl here..

[GTR-N1]

The worst part of an insurance 'fraud' investigation is that you're presumed guilty and have to prove your innocence.

Like Mark went to the Movies with someone, and the investigator wanted to know when the picture started and when it finished, since the GTi was stolen from the carpark. He also wanted to know what movie he saw and what the story was about.

Then the investigator checked the cinema operator about the start/finish time and then came back and implied that Mark had left early.

We asked how early.

He said about 5 minutes early.

We said, "You mean you expect Mark to sit through the credits? Wtf!"

He backed down; but he thought he could bait Mark for a while.

[nickperth]

I have a feeling that these cars stolen in less then a week since purchase, that someone inside those dealerships were the cars were purchased has 2nd keys to the car.

This story sounds a bit like that guy MR-WRX Brian El-Hassan who used to own MC Racing in NSW and turned out they were just a stolen car crime syndicate and who used to brag about driving his STI with $10,000 gold plated rims. This was about 6 years ago that he got arrested but it still shows that there is still a large scene for stolen imports and Japanese high performance cars.

[JD32R]

The worst part of an insurance 'fraud' investigation is that you're presumed guilty and have to prove your innocence.

Like Mark went to the Movies with someone, and the investigator wanted to know when the picture started and when it finished, since the GTi was stolen from the carpark. He also wanted to know what movie he saw and what the story was about.

Then the investigator checked the cinema operator about the start/finish time and then came back and implied that Mark had left early.

We asked how early.

He said about 5 minutes early.

We said, "You mean you expect Mark to sit through the credits? Wtf!"

He backed down; but he thought he could bait Mark for a while.

Thats fricken rediculous.

My Gf use to work in in insurance and was telling me about some of the loop holes etc that they try and put you through.

When you think about it in real world scenarios, if your friend baited you in to a situation its sick.

Mate i cant believe all the problems your son has had!! what an issue and a headache! i would have just lost the plot.

seriously becoming a problem!

So now added to the "i drive an import" i must be a hoon quick where are the police i need to be bent over my car and A** raped for pod filters etc i have to now look at storing my car, anti thefting (preventative measurements), watching my patterns of how i drive where i drive and which ways i come home etc, leaving the car in certain areas etc etc and watching for ppl checking out my car etc.

it is F**ked up. totally going to become a paranoid freak with my car now. i suppose thats a good thing, i just thought i was reasonably safe, i mean you hear of cars getting pinched etc and presume it will never happen to you and then it does and u feel violated and sick.

I was compeltely shocked when Mike SIR RB told me how his went.

i mean its almost at the point where taking the wheels off and bricking your car is a safety feature. come the fk on.

[rondofj]

Just been reading this and yes its just totally fked man, do u guys have GPS trackers on ur cars?? I think Im goin to get one pretty soon. What about removable steering wheels, do u remove the steering and take it with u, man thats a big lol!

[StevenCJR31]

some of the grief we cop from insurance companies is because of the few scumbags out who there who have no problem with commiting fraud when it comes to car theft. . . . . . .years ago a mate of mine sprung a towie reversing up to his F100 (late at night)with the intention of hooking it up and taking it away, he soon got out of there when confronted!

[GTR-N1]

Did he...

a) take he take his Rego #

b) check it against his Rego sticker

c) report him/it

???

[Nee-san]

Honestly with skylines they get stolen often because they hold very high chop value.

Have a think about all the stuff you've done to your car, then add up the value of all these parts a pretty normalish street GT-R could probably be wrecked for 10 - 15k easily, and they are not hard to steal.

Just ask Chris Rogers to show you how easy it is to get into one(I'm glad he is in the car security business and not the other way around!), one of the reasons I will be getting a good security system as soon as my build is finished.

Best advice, make your car as hard to steal as possible. that is the deterrent. proper car thieves can steal a car without making a sound.

I had a mate who lost a very expensive 180SX this way while he slept not 3 meters from it.

[sydking]

Ive got a locked garage, Though im planning to install thoes removabe mental posts that you see outside banks ect, 2 of them in the drive way.

end of the day, If someone wants yours car bad enough they WILL get it.

[BakemonoRicer]

This is such a fked topic!! i cant believe the scum that do this to others. we arent thugs or crims with excess money to buy grey imports cause we want subz chicks and we constantly run drugs, we are enthusiasts that belong to a club, group that appreciate simmilar vehicles.

AND these are the ones that are going, the clean, crisp, well kept JDM examples, take for instance Sir RB and my gtr's, gun metal kept in immaculate condition.

The next one (import whether Gtr supra RX7 whatever) i get is going to have the following.

-steering wheel which i can remove, removable boss kit.

-fancy alarm with all the goodies and the trackable stuff

-fuel cut imobiliser whatever linked in to alarm system

-car cover and locked up, if i drive it anywhere i will park it in an underground monitored carpark, dont even care about paying extra or inconvenience.

im fking sick of this, you cannot have a nice car these days.

im also buying a rotweiler or staffi to guard the bloody thing also. and seriously will consider my movements, obviously they track and look out for these cars to learn patterns etc etc so when they can they pinch them, going to use the motorbike as my daily and car every other time or weekend.

its totally bullshit, and mine was from a good area! insurance is better for me living there! CRAP.

:END RANT:

Don't even bother with alarms or immobolisers, they are very easy to bypass..

The best thing you can do is get kill switches and hide them in strategic locations in your car, that will ensure your car wont get stolen with thieves on foot and your only vulnerability will be getting your car towed on a truck.

If you park your car on the street, buy 2 very cheap cars to box your import in which means the tow truck will have to tow one of the other cars first before it can get to yours

OR

buy a heavy duty wheel lock.....and combine that with kill switches....and the box in strategy.

But yeah, having kill switches are the most stealthy.

[alex182]

^^^are you allowed out of the wasteland benjamin?

i genuinely lol'd at the cheap box cars idea though.

i'm amazed at the lack of respect/acknowledgement for the concept of ownership these days.

i know people in West Melbourne who live in a pretty steep hill-ish suburb. Their car got broken into (but not stolen) by some kids, who just let off the handbrake and pushed it down the hill. i mean, what the f*cks the point.

i think a quick release boss kit is probably the best thing to stop people actually driving away with your car. just take the steering wheel into work with you.

there isnt much you can do (in practicality terms) to stop your car getting towed. i remember here on SAU a while ago, someone 34R was taken from a shopping centre car park, broad daylight on the back of an unmarked tow truck.