the TURTLE is back!

[_turtle_]

Hey guys, my poor car has been recovered! The broadmeadows cops busted some guys. From what I could see at the towing place where I picked up my car they had stolen 5 cars. 2 x skylines, 1 x celica, 1 x mx6, 1 x s15. All with new plates on them and driving around. No idea how they did it or got busted. I still need to get in touch with the police.

My car is OK, i have attached some pics. They swapped my rims with some other ones which have lock nuts on them, which i now can't remove. They also swapped my spoiler, I saw it on the other skyline which was there.

Problem I have now is,

1. I've got no plates for the car, i cancelled the rego. Do i need to get RWC etc again?

2. I can't pop the bonnet, it looks like they cut the cable, nothing happens when i pull the latch from inside. Perhaps done to prevent any checking of the id in engine bay.

3. I don't know if they took off the vin#, compliance plates etc. I'm going to have a hell of a lot of trouble selling the car if this is the case.

[_turtle_]

Overall im just sooo glad to have the car back

[DSKYLINE2C]

Congrats man!!

Your really lucky the car was used for driving purposes otherwise you would have been returned with half a car. And to get away with those three minor things, thank your lucky stars

[_turtle_]

thanks DSKYLINE2C, i know i am VERY lucky.

Anyone got any ideas as to how to pop the bonnet open? i tried to pull on the cable from the front grill but i dunno if thats the one which opens the latch.

[Interloper]

dude, your very lucky to get it back!

i just hope they haven't thrashed it to an inch of its life

[Sarumatix]

WOW this is the first time i've seen a car found and still in driveable condition in ages! You're so lucky dude, congrats!

[_turtle_]

hahah tell me about it!!! i had already given up any hope of getting it back.

I couldn't sleep the night before i picked up the car coz i wasn't sure what to expect, thought it would have some panels damaged etc.

we nearly couldn't drive it home though, had 1 punctured tyre and 1 flat. these rims they put on had dam centre caps and locknuts on. the guys at vicwide towing were nice enough to use a chisel and hammer to remove the locknut off so that we could put the spare tyre on.

[saff_cossie]

Awesome you have your car recovered and in such a comparitable good state compared to most that are recovered.

No idea how to pop the bonnet but Al on here might know, he knows his stuff

[linxus40]

an idea for poping the bonet,

the mesh you had as the grill seems to be half gone so just get in there with a screw driver and try and pop the latch thing manually. its probably how they got you your alarm in the first place (if you have one that is).

very lucky to get your car back in such an unharmed condition, congrats

[_turtle_]

thanks linxus40, i will give that a shot. i did have an alarm, but it stopped working :Oops:

the car is now in my driveway, but i've club locked it anyways as i'm very paranoid these days!

[Sarumatix]

hehe i'm not surprised you are .

[_turtle_]

hey guys, i managed to pop the bonnet, they've stolen my compliance plates. i think i have to contact vic roads?

also, can anyone tell me where the VIN# is located? i took a look earlier but couldn't find it?

thanks

[(B1) MR_fanny]

ur one lucky dawg denny!! so which car are you gonna keep now?? ur vin should also be on ur rego sticker if the plates are missing.

[_turtle_]

lol, mucs mate, u reckon the rego sticker would still be on???! i'm going to sell the skyline, its not the same anymore. i still luv em though!

[heartbrkr]

Isnt the VIN on the build plate, usually on firewall, drivers side?

The engine number would be on the bottom side of the motor, but i doubt trouble there.

[_turtle_]

thanks heartbrkr, i will have a look there and see if i can find it. hopefully nothing has been changed, i then just need to contact vicroads to see what i can do about the compliance plates.

[ZigenGT]

Happy to hear you got your car back!! Well done Coppers!! Good job!

[(B1) MR_fanny]

lol, mucs mate, u reckon the rego sticker would still be on???!   i'm going to sell the skyline, its not the same anymore.  i still luv em though!

LOL....haha, of course. yeah wouldnt be the same alright, like sloppy seconds:D

[_turtle_]

yep full credit to the cops, we shouldn't be bagging em all the time, well not too much

anyways, i've found the engine# its on the passenger side, all matches up. i now need to somehow get some compliance plates for the car, hopefully vic roads can just pop some replacement ones on. then we're back on the road!