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stolen car - audi tt

  • 02-12-2005 9:40am
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 46


    Morning all - car nicked during night so would apreciate any help in locating. Usuall job of removing pvc frame and glass and walking in without tripping alarm.
    Car is black audi tt coupe - 180 model (1 exhaust at back) reg 02 WH 3851.
    Stolen from Malahide area.

    If anyone spots it can you post here? Thanks!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,613 ✭✭✭Big Nelly


    Pic would be best. Or any things that people could notice? scratch on door? bump or something. Plates would probably have been changed by now.

    Again mention a forum on this? Stolen Cars or something?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Ernie Ball


    I assume that car is equipped with an immobiliser. Any idea how they got past it? Doesn't sound like these guys were joyriders....

    I am feeling your pain, though. I've noted the reg in any case.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 46 Ayashii


    Guys very neatly took the entire glass window from the back door by removing the window frame and walked into kitchen where keys were on the counter among a load of old letters and other bits. Alarm wasnt set off as they didnt break the contact sensor on the door itself. Cops say this method is becoming very common and is a professional job.

    Anyway, sorry for posting if this is the completely wrong forum, so mods please move/delete as appropriate. Thanks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    Wow did you not have any sensors in the actual kitchen like


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,444 ✭✭✭fletch


    blahblah06 wrote:
    Wow did you not have any sensors in the actual kitchen like
    Generally the sensors are located on the opening parts of the window....these guys sound like they jus took the whole main glass part of the window out


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭Doolittle51


    Ayashii wrote:
    Guys very neatly took the entire glass window from the back door by removing the window frame and walked into kitchen where keys were on the counter among a load of old letters and other bits.

    Sorry to hear your car was nicked, but why do people still leave their keys on the counter in the kitchen? This practice of removing the window pane and robbing the keys is so commonplace now that people should not leave car keys in such obvious places around the house.

    I know it's too late now, so I just hope you get it back soon. I'll keep an eye out for it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    I understand but what about motion sensors. I know with eircom it picks up the window pane been taken out due to vibration and i also have a sensor in the kitchen and stairs. I keep the keys in my room. Lock the kitchen and hall doors etc. Is that not the right thing to do


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭prospect


    I'd leave the keys in the kitchen myself.
    If they want them, they can have them. I'd rather that than get stabbed or something over a flippin car.

    To the OP. Any distinguishing marks on your car? Upgrade alloys, or body kit?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    Prospect are you serious ? I defo wouldnt leave the keys there for them to take ive worked to hard to get my new car so they can sod off.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭Sleipnir


    Unfortunately it's probably being stripped down to parts in some garage somewhere. It'll then be packed in separate crates, shipped out and re-assembled in another country.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    What way does this work with the insurance then will the car be replaced


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭ds20prefecture


    Ayashii wrote:
    Anyway, sorry for posting if this is the completely wrong forum, so mods please move/delete as appropriate. Thanks.
    This is exactly the right forum for these posts. Not many people will browse a "Stolen Cars" forum.

    Hope you get it back - it must be very depressing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 687 ✭✭✭sector


    Ayashii, bummer man. to kindle some hope i know a guy where they did the same dam thing, at least came in & got the keys part, even moved their other car to get his, now it was a nice car like yours & well over 2 weeks later the Guards got it back but be warned it was stripped down, alloys gone, airbags & lots of other **** u wouldn't believe, he got it all replaced & is driving it like a new car today.

    even after that amount of time it was the guards that spotted it driving a little erratic with a false plate going down the keys then they had to chase it before they jumped so keep your eyes pealed as chances are if they went to that trouble they changed the reg to something else, you could hope they stuck a wrong year on your model or something...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,613 ✭✭✭Big Nelly


    Ayashii wrote:
    Anyway, sorry for posting if this is the completely wrong forum, so mods please move/delete as appropriate. Thanks.

    Yeah right forum...just has been alot of stolen cars on here recently and was wondering what people thought of opening a forum? just an idea!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 687 ✭✭✭sector


    Big Nelly wrote:
    Yeah right forum...just has been alot of stolen cars on here recently and was wondering what people thought of opening a forum? just an idea!

    It might be a better idea if we starting researching a secure & affordable GPS security system, I'm sure most people that browse here love their car & wouldn't mind spending a few bob in the knowledge that a nicely hidden gps would let you find it & likely get them caught too.

    i know these are generally expensive & for high end cars but there must be a more basic alternative.

    any comments...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,016 ✭✭✭lomb


    anything distingusihing like scratches or dents, or wheels, will keep a look out


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭flanzer


    Very sorry to hear. A mate of mine has a convertible TT 180 and lives in Castleheath in Malahide (which has security gates and a security guard up the road in Abington) and spotted 2 guys a few weeks ago looking into his car and his neighbours DB9. He let a yell at them and they scarpered.

    But this looks like it might have been robbed as part of a TT order. I'll let him know of this and make sure he brings his keys to bed with him!

    Again deapest regrets :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,016 ✭✭✭lomb


    flanzer wrote:
    his neighbours DB9
    jesus, fine car....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭prospect


    blahblah06 wrote:
    Prospect are you serious ? I defo wouldnt leave the keys there for them to take ive worked to hard to get my new car so they can sod off.

    Deffo,

    Which would you prefer:

    1. They break in, do little/no damage, take the keys from the kitchen and head off, unknown to you and your family.

    2*. They break in, can't find keys. Head upstairs, take one of your kids out of bed, bring them to your room with a knife to their neck, threathen to slice the kids throat unless you hand over keys, then smash a few things on the way out (because they are frustrated for being delayed), and they make off with your car anyway.

    * Probably a bit dramatised, but you get my point ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 46 Ayashii


    Thanks for the replies so far. Car is standard and there is a very small dent (bout 1.5 inches across) on the passenger side skirt of the car. Apart from that nothing out of the ordinary.

    I always leave the car keys downstairs but out of obvious sight. A mate of mine who brings his keys to his bedroom woke up a few weeks back with a guy standing over the bed demanding the keys. Thats far scarier!

    Heres my car!

    tt893.jpg


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    but why dont ppl lock there kitchen doors etc


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭ds20prefecture


    A low cost GPS locator is a mobile phone. There was a story on the news the other day how the police located a woman who had chrashed her plane by her mobile phone.

    What baffles me is that the mobile telcos don't offer a number locator service to the gardai, so that you buy a pay-as-you go phone and hide the thing somewhere on your car, with a charger if necessary. 3 days battery life will help if they disconnect everything. It is small, cheap and ubiquitous. I can think of around 16 places on mine where it would only be found if they took the car apart. Hopefully, by that point, they'll be nabbed.

    The problem is the lack of accuracy but if it is accurate to a 500m, they at least know where to look. I believe it is accurate to about 10m.

    The reason why there isn't cheap GPS tracking devices is because they need a back end service provider to allow anyone to track the car. This is quite expensive to setup, apparently. O2 and Vodafone already have this capability, but I wouldn't offer it to everyone, just the Gardai.

    Either way, this isn't high technology - we just don't have a market big enough to justify the investment.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,613 ✭✭✭Big Nelly


    A low cost GPS locator is a mobile phone. There was a story on the news the other day how the police located a woman who had chrashed her plane by her mobile phone.

    What baffles me is that the mobile telcos don't offer a number locator service to the gardai, so that you buy a pay-as-you go phone and hide the thing somewhere on your car, with a charger if necessary. 3 days battery life will help if they disconnect everything. It is small, cheap and ubiquitous. I can think of around 16 places on mine where it would only be found if they took the car apart. Hopefully, by that point, they'll be nabbed.

    The problem is the lack of accuracy but if it is accurate to a 500m, they at least know where to look. I believe it is accurate to about 10m.

    The reason why there isn't cheap GPS tracking devices is because they need a back end service provider to allow anyone to track the car. This is quite expensive to setup, apparently. O2 and Vodafone already have this capability, but I wouldn't offer it to everyone, just the Gardai.

    Either way, this isn't high technology - we just don't have a market big enough to justify the investment.


    As far as I know it aint too cheap to trace a mobile phone like you mention they did in the UK. Heard about this and it is a few times they have done this in UK. Remember the two kids that where killed a few years ago. Reason they couldnt find quickly was there phones had been turned off. If you want this technology there is a system you can buy where a third party company track the car. The Garda wouldnt have the time to track every car that is stolen in Ireland. You could see your car as being precious if worth a fortune, but also an older person who has a Micra or something that isnt worth much more to anyone else than her. If its stolen and garda spend a fortune trying to trace. Not sure if best explanation!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭ds20prefecture


    Sorry for the Off Topic, by the way. This isn't helping you find your TT. I'll blitz that last post and create a new thread.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭MercMad


    Surely an easier way is to have a device that allows the engine to run for 60-120 seconds and then shut down unless a code has been activated ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭ds20prefecture


    MercMad wrote:
    Surely an easier way is to have a device that allows the engine to run for 60-120 seconds and then shut down unless a code has been activated ?
    This just gets them angry 2 minutes from your house. They'll torch the car or pop back down the road to you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,471 ✭✭✭elexes


    ive never been robbed whilst i was in the house but i have friends that were and they always tell me that there is never the same feeling in the house after the robbers got in .

    i think your lucky you slept through it . btw get a dog and a big heavy gate


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,891 ✭✭✭Kersh


    I would assume that locking the doors in the house is bad news if a fire breaks out. I reckon...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭Automan


    Was watching a program on ITV I think a while back were they had an ex burglar breaking into houses, amazing how easy it was, anyway after he broke into the house a security team went around the house and put extra bolts, hide all the extra keys and loads of other stuff. What they did with the windows, with the frame outside, was to take the frames off and put them back on with a line of silicon on them. They said that it would make it a lot harder for the thieves to take the frames out.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    Should have got him to try again afterwards. Put their money where their mouth was.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    they did try again ballooba


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 46 Ayashii


    They found it! :D

    Garda in Clondalkin just called - they found it in underground carpark.
    He says no visible outside damage - will know later today when drop car keys down.

    Never thought I'd get this back !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    Glad to hear you got it back, that's great news and i'm sure a great weight off your shoulders. Did they give you any more details?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭flanzer


    Glad to hear! Similar happened to a mate of mine. They found his A4 in a car park in Blanchardstown 2 weeks after it was stolen.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,263 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Ayashii wrote:
    They found it! :D

    Garda in Clondalkin just called - they found it in underground carpark.
    He says no visible outside damage - will know later today when drop car keys down.

    Never thought I'd get this back !

    That's great news! I would imagine they were leaving it there for a couple of days to see if there was any tracking unit on it.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 46 Ayashii


    They need the spare keys later today so that they can fingerprint the car.
    Will need locks etc changed (expensive) though as keys still missing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,016 ✭✭✭lomb


    excellent news, i personally would have fitted it with a tracker, and left it in the underground car park and they would have caught the bastards when they came back for it, stupid garda...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    does anyone have a site to get the tracker fitted.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,287 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    Extremly lucky Ayashii!
    Well pleased for you. What's with all these HP cars being stolen and showing up in underground carparks? Surly it's the work of the same gang?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    Maybe not so stupid Garda realise that not so stupid criminals already know that they have found the car and fitting a tracker now would be a waste of time.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,016 ✭✭✭lomb


    i doubt criminals have realised, how can we stop these losers if we dont even try to! i say fit a tracker and a hidden cctv and wait for 2-3 weeks, to see what happens. they would have probably led the car to the gangs base, and no doubt there MANY other stolen cars. the gardai are nuts in my opinion. one of these days someone might be killed haven confronted the thiefs. i think the gardai should put every resource into catching them, usually it will lead to a drug ring also, as the proceeds of car thefts are used to finance drugs like coke etc. all alot of the gardai do is drain a hundred grand a year out of the exchequer, when are we going to see some value for that money and convictions? i dont see what the problem is in catching the thiefs. they havent left the car there for the good of their health.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66,401 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Glad they found your car :)
    lomb wrote:
    i say fit a tracker and a hidden cctv and wait for 2-3 weeks, to see what happens. they would have probably led the car to the gangs base, and no doubt there MANY other stolen cars

    Agree. Not only to solve other car thefts and prosecute the criminals, but also to get more knowledge of their modus operandi

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭prospect


    Great news that the car was found.


    RE: Gardai.
    How do we know that they haven't put a tracker on other cars and followed the gangs? Maybe they are currently doing this and gathering as much info as possible before they crack down. You can't assume they are doing nothing...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 46 Ayashii


    In fairness the guards told me that they had spotted the car on Sunday night (apparently) and have been watching it since. Nobody came back to car so they towed it to station this morning.

    Dont know how they were actually watching it though - would be funny to think that the guys would come back during one of the times that they guards werent actually there!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,808 ✭✭✭Ste.phen


    Big Nelly wrote:
    As far as I know it aint too cheap to trace a mobile phone like you mention they did in the UK. Heard about this and it is a few times they have done this in UK.

    O2 used to offer this as a commercial service here in Ireland.
    It was called locator, and was accurate to within about 50m.

    If you wanted to see where someone was they were sent a text by O2 asking them to approve you to see their location, and after that you could pay 10c and you'd be shown their approx location on a map (from the website), or sent a text with the approx location to the nearest intersection (if you used your phone).

    it was pretty accurate in Dublin anyways; we looked into it a little in college when it was active, and as far as we could see it was hooked pretty well into O2s backend infrastructure. When you requested a person's location, that person's phone re-synched with the base station(s) giving O2 a nice set of points for triangulation


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    That must be such a relief, I'm glad for you!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    I pretty much guarantee you that within 20 minutes of the gardai finding that car that a professional criminal would know about it. Whether from a member of the force, from a look out watching the car or from friends who live/work in the complex.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,241 ✭✭✭drdre


    thats great news you got it back. i think you should get a tracker on the car or something for extra saftey.it might be expensive but its worth it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,395 ✭✭✭5500


    Ayashii wrote:
    They found it! :D

    Garda in Clondalkin just called - they found it in underground carpark.
    He says no visible outside damage - will know later today when drop car keys down.

    Never thought I'd get this back !

    Did they mention in what carpark it was found?
    My friends mams car was taken recently and left in an underground in clondalkin,Garda have recovered a few cars from the same lot already...


  • Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Is the reason they leave these cars unattended in places to see if they have a tracker? Presumably they would be back a week later, when they are sure the car hasn't a tracker...


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