Thanks to the w*nker who tried to steal my car

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 13-05-2009 1:53pm #1

walked out to the car this morning, to find the lock broken, and a load of wires pulled out of the ignition, in an attempt to hotwire it.

F*CKING SCUMBAGS

Car is fit for scrap now as it was a 94, and will prob cost more to fix that what the car is worth. This is just great, first i lost a job, now, no car

SV · 13-05-2009 1:54pm

That sucks..

sorry to hear it

Captain-America · 13-05-2009 1:54pm

Ouch. Sorry to hear that.

Lu Tze · 13-05-2009 1:56pm

Hard Luck lad

GrumPy · 13-05-2009 1:57pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J---aiyznGQ

TheZohanS · 13-05-2009 1:58pm

Sorry to hear about your car.

If it was me I'd leave it exactly as it is and see what happens.

tech77 · 13-05-2009 1:58pm

Gabriella Uninterested Fairy wrote: »

walked out to the car this morning, to find the lock broken, and a load of wires pulled out of the ignition, in an attempt to hotwire it.

F*CKING SCUMBAGS

Car is fit for scrap now as it was a 94, and will prob cost more to fix that what the car is worth. This is just great, first job lost, now, no car

I feel your pain.
Something similar happened to me twice this year.

My car's nothing special either, which makes it all the more baffling.

Not a nice feeling.
Were the guards helpful?

MagicMarker · 13-05-2009 1:58pm

Well now that you have no job, where ya planning on driving to?

Rowley Birkin QC · 13-05-2009 2:00pm

Probably won't cost a whole pile to fix to be honest. These people are your friends.

alan4cult · 13-05-2009 2:02pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

Well now that you have no job, where ya planning on driving to?

Shop? Find another job perhaps?

Saibh · 13-05-2009 2:03pm

Sorry to hear that.

Can you claim anything from your insurance company?

Captain-America · 13-05-2009 2:04pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

Well now that you have no job, where ya planning on driving to?

To Summerhill Spares.

Puddleduck · 13-05-2009 2:04pm

Check how much itd cost to fix.

Vain · 13-05-2009 2:04pm

Its a sign from god telling you your new career is to become a mechanic firstly by fixing your car.

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 13-05-2009 2:07pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

Well now that you have no job, where ya planning on driving to?

Job interviews?

tech77 wrote:

Were the guards helpful?

They came out in a half hour, still waiting on guys to try and take finger prints. I doubt they will get anybody for it, and if they do, what will they get only a slap on the wrist

Rebelheart · 13-05-2009 2:08pm

Gabriella Uninterested Fairy wrote: »

walked out to the car this morning, to find the lock broken, and a load of wires pulled out of the ignition, in an attempt to hotwire it.

F*CKING SCUMBAGS

Car is fit for scrap now as it was a 94, and will prob cost more to fix that what the car is worth. This is just great, first i lost a job, now, no car

That is pathetic. A 1994 car. It's the car robbers equivalent of beating up a poor elderly lady rather than robbing a bank.

Morlar · 13-05-2009 2:10pm

Gabriella Uninterested Fairy wrote: »

I doubt they will get anybody for it, and if they do, what will they get only a slap on the wrist

They would have to kill somebody with it first then get a suspended slap on the wrist. Sorry to hear about the car - that sucks.

13-05-2009 2:13pm

happened to my husband years ago but the battery in the car was dead so they couldn't get it out of the drive way! the guards came, took a piece from inside the car and said they'd be back in touch, never heard from them again and then when my husb tried to get the piece of car back, they knew nothing about it!

netman · 13-05-2009 2:14pm

Scumbags love old cars for some reason. I was getting back to my car parked at the back of DCU in Santry a few months back, only to find 6-7 scumbags around it, some pulling the door handles, others sitting on the car or having a look around. A gang of 15-18 year olds.

Guess I got off lucky, managed to get into the car and drive off, with just insults being thrown at me. Another 30 minutes and I wouldn't have it anymore... And it's a '96 micra for god's sake!!!

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 13-05-2009 2:16pm

I'm not a doctor, but they should have the wires pulled out of thier spine :mad:

dr.bollocko · 13-05-2009 2:19pm

Saibh wrote: »

Sorry to hear that.

Can you claim anything from your insurance company?

Claiming anything for that on a 94 isnt worth the money tbh. Bloody insurance companies.

Degsy · 13-05-2009 2:21pm

Unfortunatly old cars are much easier to steal.
They tend not to have immobilisers,central locking,alarms or prgrammed keys.
If you have an old car and no alarm for it,get a length of big,thich chain and secure it to the wheel with a big-old padlock.
They might be able to cut the chain but that means they'd have to bring a bolt cutters with them and carrying one alone will get them nicked.

CreepingDeath · 13-05-2009 2:22pm

Gabriella Uninterested Fairy wrote: »

walked out to the car this morning, to find the lock broken, and a load of wires pulled out of the ignition, in an attempt to hotwire it.

Car is fit for scrap now as it was a 94, and will prob cost more to fix that what the car is worth.

That's perfect, you can use it to learn car mechanics.

Abi · 13-05-2009 2:23pm

SV wrote: »

That sucks..

sorry to hear it

Lulz. 10/10 for sig aptness :pac: Pity hes potless though

chrisp2281 · 13-05-2009 2:23pm

You shoudl put some horrible stuff on the underneath the door handles for them if they come back. I suggest dog sh*t

:D:D

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 13-05-2009 2:28pm

well the reason they went after my car, as its a 1994, no alarm. The bonnet was open so they must have had a bit of trouble trying to start it. I live in a fairly quiet estate, never see too many scumbags around, just the odd one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ePS1teP9G0
2:07 into the video, this is how i feel:D

Abi · 13-05-2009 2:37pm

Gabriella Uninterested Fairy wrote: »

The bonnet was open so they must have had a bit of trouble trying to start it

Not being bad like, but I'd say you had too :pac:

Take it as a sign.. the universe was telling you to let it die with dignity. Or something like that.

Snowie · 13-05-2009 2:38pm

netman wrote: »

Scumbags love old cars for some reason.

hmmm

take any old car you can put a carrot in it and the door opens like some sort of magic...

Exaggeration slighty but any car pre 97 and some further up the scale are all easy to open if looked...

Take the honda civic.... even if its locked you can pry the driver's side indicator stick a coat hanger in hock the bonnet pull pull it thus opening the bonnet disconnect the batty from there you can break the window bend the door back... figure out the alarm if it has one.... and from there break the steering lock, and of you go... welll more or less

SRFC90 · 13-05-2009 2:39pm

Tough break. Ya auto be locking up your car better in future though man!. I think it is my civic duty however to offer condolenses. Terrible thing to happen to anyone. Just scumbags trying to Impreza their mates no doubt. I'm sure you're findin' it hard to Focus on anythin else so heres to hoping to can a aford to get it repaired!

I am so, so sorry.

javaboy · 13-05-2009 2:40pm

Maybe we shouldn't turn this thread into the Haynes guide to breaking into old cars.

Snowie · 13-05-2009 2:43pm

javaboy wrote: »

Maybe we shouldn't turn this thread into the Haynes guide to breaking into old cars.

I thaught it was common knowledge

I've never ever broken into car i just knew people who have

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 13-05-2009 2:50pm

Abigayle wrote: »

Not being bad like, but I'd say you had too :pac:

ha!
I had to replace the battery last November, and there is a set of jump leads still behind the driver seat!

dsmythy · 13-05-2009 2:56pm

Degsy wrote: »

Unfortunatly old cars are much easier to steal.
They tend not to have immobilisers,central locking,alarms or prgrammed keys.
If you have an old car and no alarm for it,get a length of big,thich chain and secure it to the wheel with a big-old padlock.
They might be able to cut the chain but that means they'd have to bring a bolt cutters with them and carrying one alone will get them nicked.

Another advantage of the chain is that while professional thieves will no doubt have the tools to deal with it you can be pretty sure some snivelling little 14 year old won't be able to get it.

Abi · 13-05-2009 3:04pm

Gabriella Uninterested Fairy wrote: »

ha!
I had to replace the battery last November, and there is a set of jump leads still behind the driver seat!

Is it a Corolla? those fcukers never die :pac:

Sorry to hear about the job, hope ya get something soon. Wait a minute.. You had jump-leads behind your seat? Good lawd.. give some homeless hens a new gaff dude :pac:

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 13-05-2009 3:07pm

Abigayle wrote: »

Is it a Corolla? those fcukers never die :pac:

yes it is! over 241,000 on the clock and still going grand!

Degsy · 13-05-2009 3:08pm

dsmythy wrote: »

Another advantage of the chain is that while professional thieves will no doubt have the tools to deal with it you can be pretty sure some snivelling little 14 year old won't be able to get it.

Dont forget to padlock the chain and place the padlock in a visible place on the steering wheel,somepeople just wind a chain round the wheel and dont lock it..the scumbags know this.

Super-Rush · 13-05-2009 3:11pm

Frank how are ya going to go fishing now???

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 13-05-2009 3:32pm

alan4cult wrote: »

Shop? Find another job perhaps?

Ah... here's the answer to Irelands problems... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

marcsignal · 13-05-2009 3:34pm

sorry to hear that OP, you should get yourself one of these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrzMGdYWZc

ScumLord · 13-05-2009 3:44pm

I had a friend with an old fiesta(a favorite for thief's) his solution was to put a stop on the fuel line under the seat. Won't stop them breaking in but they won't get away.

LouOB · 13-05-2009 3:47pm

Let your dog sleep in the car a night
Cheaper alternative to a car alarm

anniehoo · 13-05-2009 3:48pm

Aww poor OP. I know how you feel. My first car was robbed...an old Civic. It was found burnt out in a field in Darndale and i burst into tears when i seen it...although i soon found out i was crying beside the wrong car as there were 2 others also smouldering beside it and i couldnt tell which was mine.

If i ever get hold of the little boll*xes who did it....:mad::mad:

4zn76tysfajdxp · 13-05-2009 5:29pm

SRFC90 wrote: »

I am so, so sorry.

Don't be, I was expecting this thread to be hijacked with puns a lot earlier tbh.

OT: Diesel goes to show that nobody is safe from these scumbags. Stories like this are ridiculously commonplace and tyre-ing nowadays.

Capt'n Midnight · 13-05-2009 6:30pm

Have had door locks broken twice, two windows broken.

no respect for the scum, as the car can be opened with a coat hanger
its just brute force and ignorance ,

GalwayKiefer · 13-05-2009 6:39pm

ScumLord wrote: »

I had a friend with an old fiesta(a favorite for thief's) his solution was to put a stop on the fuel line under the seat.

Interesting idea! Never heard of that before.

Sorry to hear about your car op. Never had mine stolen (touch wood) but had my van broken into, probably looking for tools.

stovelid · 13-05-2009 6:42pm

With all the older cars staying on the road nowadays, and the many talented out-of-work PIRA volunteers up North, a great business opening exists for ignition-tripped shrapnel devices for car seats.

AlmightyCushion · 13-05-2009 6:49pm

Sorry to hear about the car, frank. It's a pity you didn't catch them in the act so you could go all American History X on it.

gamgsam · 13-05-2009 7:12pm

Go to a scrappie, 20 quid and youll be laughin!

You'll have a different key for the door like me then!

Wibbs · 13-05-2009 7:58pm

Yep wanker scum and no mistake. I fcukin despise these type of scum. Had a car nicked years ago and swore it wouldn't happen to me again. Or at least I would make the monobrowed, bad haired, ovenchiped skinned little pussbags really work for it. Got the lowdown from a guy who used to do it but who fair play and uncommonly turned his life around.

OK my 2 cents. The chain and padlock as said before is a good plan. Locking wheel nuts(good quality) are another if you have decent alloys. It slows the scum down and that's all you're after. Hidden fuel cutoff and separate fuel pump cutoff another link in the chain. Then the alarm. Most are crap, or more to the point are badly or obviously fitted and some make it actually easier to jump start the car. One bunch of "pro" propeller heads were actually bypassing the cars internal key immobiliser by supergluing the master key to the steering column. Sure sign darwin got it wrong.:rolleyes: Fit an alarm but put the alarm control box somewhere hard to get at. Word to the wise, behind the dashboard is not hard to get at and where 99% of alarm fitters put it. Behind a rear panel that requires 15 mins with screwdrivers is a far better bet. Fit a second small 12 volt backup battery beside it. That way popping the bonnet does them no good. Get a second high volume siren and fit it inside the car. Deafen the scum. Fit the main siren in one of the wings under the plastic splashguards not under the bonnet where again 99% are fitted. Get a siren with its own built in backup battery so even if they do get to the wires and cut them it's still going off. Fit a secondary time delayed immobiliser so that even if they ahve the keys the car shuts down after half a mile. There are a few other tricks too. If you have a civic like Snow-Monkey said popping the bonnet is too easy, so re route the bonnet release through the other side of the bulkhead. again that slows the scum down. There are other things you can do too. The plan is to slow them down. Confuse the scum. Most have no brains and are easily confused. Slow them down enough that it's too much bther to keep going or they will be disturbed by someone. The people who say "if they want it, sure they'll get it" are defeatist IMHO. Yes it's true to some degree, but these guys are not advisers on "gone in 60 seconds". You can slow them down to the point where you stop them.

Ok some of this stuff is pricey. The alarm for a start, but even there you can get a clifford level alarm on ebay for not as much as you think. Viper and a load of others are all owned by the same crowd. Ebay for internal sirens and backup batteries too.. Lets say you have a "junker" but fcukit it's your junker, so fit the fuel pump cutoff and a second ignition cutoff. Throw in the dirty great padlock and chain like Degsy suggested. That lot will cost you buttons and is worth it in the long run. If you have something nicer and you don;t go the whole hog and protect it then I really don't know. If your stereo costs more than the price of your security I think your priorities are skewed.

Abi · 13-05-2009 8:23pm

Cripes Wibbsy. When you decide to post in a thread, you really do commit to it, doncha?

/post essay

:pac:

Good points, as per usual

Wibbs · 13-05-2009 8:24pm

Feck off:p I thought ladies like the long ones anyway. Now that's an AH response.

Thanks to the w*nker who tried to steal my car

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