VAG - Most Stolen Cars in Ireland

Honey-ec

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/crime-gangs-target-germanmade-cars-3217955.html

Saw this today and found it quite interesting - VAG hold spots 1 to 4 on the most targetted marques by car thieves in Ireland, with the Passat, Golf, A4 and Octavia respectively.

Had the keys of my Passat stolen out of the house back in November. Thankfully the idiot woke the whole house up and I was able to move it into the drive and block it with my dad's car immediately. Always assumed it was just an opportunistic crime (keys were in bag on kitchen table, which he grabbed), but maybe not.

pred racer

Just shows that thieves are taken in by mass marketing too;)

kirving

Well there will always be more Golf's stolen than Subarus for example, because there are more Golfs on the road.

Or was the list found by dividing the number of a particular make on the road, by the number of them stolen? That would be a more sensible way to measure the chance of a certain car being stolen.

tossy

Clearly scumbags have exceptional taste!

Nissan doctor

So the brand of car that there is the most of on the road are the most stolen...hardly shocking is it?


I'd be willing to bet that VAG group cars are the most crashed in Ireland too....and get the most parking tickets and speeding tickets etc etc.

Nissan doctor

tossy wrote: »

Clearly scumbags have exceptional taste!

Or just test driving what type of VAG vehicle they are actually going to buy:P

1200 break ins to obtain car keys in 7 months, that's nearly 6 a day, about one tenth the death rate.

dar83

OSI wrote: »

Awesome! I drive one of the most stolen cars in an area with the most stolen cars! Hit the jackpot!

Just drive it like ya stole it... for fitting ins sake, of course.

"I swear Gard, thats the only way to put them off it" :pac:

Jimbob 83

Yay won't have to lock the ST anymore then.

Hey wait it locked itself, stupid paranoid car

Honey-ec

Nissan doctor wrote: »

So the brand of car that there is the most of on the road are the most stolen...hardly shocking is it?

I doubt it's that simple. The A4 is third on the list, doubt they're the third most prolific model on the road by a long shot. Same goes for the Octavia at #4.

MetzgerMeister

Honey-ec wrote: »

Thankfully the idiot woke the whole house up and I was able to move it into the drive and block it with my dad's car immediately. Always assumed it was just an opportunistic crime (keys were in bag on kitchen table, which he grabbed), but maybe not.

Are you saying what I think you're saying - the thief was so slow in robbing your car that you had time to go downstairs, get in your dad's car and block your own car in with it?!

pcardin

there's not much choice in this country I bet all those stolen vag's are silver in colour.

Honey-ec

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Are you saying what I think you're saying - the thief was so slow in robbing your car that you had time to go downstairs, get in your dad's car and block your own car in with it?!

No, I'm saying he made so much noise getting into the house in the first place that he woke everyone up and had to leg it before he could even open the car. Giving me the chance to go out with the spare key, move it into the drive and then block the drive with my dad's car.

Chris_Heilong

Things have changed alot, I remember noticing it when I had my FTO and Honda Civic parked outside my house, I looked out the window and saw a gang of 5 guys passing by and checking out my friends VW Golf which was also parked outside, they didnt even look at my cars

MetzgerMeister

Honey-ec wrote: »

No, I'm saying he made so much noise getting into the house in the first place that he woke everyone up and had to leg it before he could even open the car. Giving me the chance to go out with the spare key, move it into the drive and then block the drive with my dad's car.

Fair play to you. A lot of people would have just stayed where they were.

pcardin

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Things have changed alot, I remember noticing it when I had my FTO and Honda Civic parked outside my house, I looked out the window and saw a gang of 5 guys passing by and checking out my friends VW Golf which was also parked outside, they didnt even look at my cars

yeah, people have lost the taste nowadays and majority going only with a masses with "I'll have what everyone else is having no matter how uncool it is" be it famous iCrap, stupid hipster nonsense glasses or silver tastless VAG **** outside the doors.

Tea 1000

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Things have changed alot, I remember noticing it when I had my FTO and Honda Civic parked outside my house, I looked out the window and saw a gang of 5 guys passing by and checking out my friends VW Golf which was also parked outside, they didnt even look at my cars

It's because they're brain-dead scumbags. They don't know any better!
The problem is their dads are in jail, so they grow up with no real leadership. If their da's were out of jail, they'd clearly teach their scumbag sons "Look son, aim high. Steal something quality and rear wheel drive, preferably a V8.".
But because they don't have that kind of leadership, they go for the same old crap that everyone else in the "clueless about cars" group goes for! The A4!

ShadowHearth

great... i am told now that my car is one of the most stolen cars in ireland and they called me a boy racer too. lovely... :rolleyes:

keithclancy

Gotta love the comment on the page:

Bren5 Collapse

I think anybody selling a car should meet the buyer at a filling station or shopping centre where there's plenty of CCTV, and take a friend/family member with them. Don' let the potential buyer drive the car either until the cash is paid over.

I wouldn't buy a car off someone that wanted to meet at a petrol station with their mate and wanted me to hand over cash.

Hay_man

What's with all the slagging/hatred/dislike what ever you want to call it towards VAG cars on this forum?

dgt

Hay_man wrote: »

What's with all the slagging/hatred/dislike what ever you want to call it towards VAG cars on this forum?

What's your position in VW? :pac::pac::pac:

Hay_man

dgt wrote: »

What's your position in VW? :pac::pac::pac:

Audi actually :pac:

Ah no there just seems to be a lot of VAG bashing on this forum, I've noticed

RandomAccess

Jealousy :cool:

Chris_Heilong

Just peoples personal opinions, there are a lot of German car lovers also. IMO Most people who are not into cars seem to buy VW, when I ask why they all say the same thing "German reliability" Fair enough, just not my thing.

Pottler

I was err, listening to two people I don't know at all talking the other day in a public place:D, and one casually said to the other that he had bought a certain almost new top of the range vehicle of possible German manufacture very cheap as it had suffered some serious interior damage. All good. What shocked me a bit(a lot actually) was when he added(completly casually and matter of factly) that he had repaired it very cheaply by getting a, err foreign acquaintance to steal one the same in Germany in order to acquire the parts at lowest cost and vehicle was now mint. Obviously he was a hardened criminal to think like that, you're wondering. Nope, normal joe soap.
It just stuck in my mind as 1.a crap way of going on. 2.pretty shocking and appalingly casually done considering he's supposedly a respectable citizen.
This would never occur to me and if it did, it's not somthing I'd even contemplate doing, utterly scummy. His final comment on the matter was that it was going against the grain of the trade as mostly cars were stolen to order here in order to be exported out to E. Europe as German cars were considered very prestigious there.
The casual way it was taken as normal shocked me, and I can't remember the last time I was shocked by anything anyone said.

Matt Simis

keithclancy wrote: »

Gotta love the comment on the page:



I wouldn't buy a car off someone that wanted to meet at a petrol station with their mate and wanted me to hand over cash.

I have bought and sold most of my cars with some of those suggestions (and I buy and sell cars.. alot). Its actually a really common neutral ground with independent security, public place etc. Considering I have a yard with "interesting" cars and stuff, I really prefer not to lead strangers to my home, which is a country house so somewhat isolated.

Paying cash or not is simply an product of the value of the car. For anything upto 5k Id expect cash. Anything over that you are looking at drafts, which are far more dodgy and suspect. Now I do allow test drives without cash being handed over obviously, I dont see that one flying.

Trippie

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Things have changed alot, I remember noticing it when I had my FTO and Honda Civic parked outside my house, I looked out the window and saw a gang of 5 guys passing by and checking out my friends VW Golf which was also parked outside, they didnt even look at my cars

So its basically you were dating the fat chick, brought her out to show off to your mates and they all cracked on to her sister

goz83

Trippie wrote: »

So its basically you were dating the fat chick, brought her out to show off to your mates and they all cracked on to her sister

More like they were into the fat chick. You have seen an fto before?

Wetbench4

Pottler wrote: »

I was err, listening to two people I don't know at all talking the other day in a public place:D, and one casually said to the other that he had bought a certain almost new top of the range vehicle of possible German manufacture very cheap as it had suffered some serious interior damage. All good. What shocked me a bit(a lot actually) was when he added(completly casually and matter of factly) that he had repaired it very cheaply by getting a, err foreign acquaintance to steal one the same in Germany in order to acquire the parts at lowest cost and vehicle was now mint. Obviously he was a hardened criminal to think like that, you're wondering. Nope, normal joe soap.
It just stuck in my mind as 1.a crap way of going on. 2.pretty shocking and appalingly casually done considering he's supposedly a respectable citizen.
This would never occur to me and if it did, it's not somthing I'd even contemplate doing, utterly scummy. His final comment on the matter was that it was going against the grain of the trade as mostly cars were stolen to order here in order to be exported out to E. Europe as German cars were considered very prestigious there.
The casual way it was taken as normal shocked me, and I can't remember the last time I was shocked by anything anyone said.

I don't get this, the steering wheel is on the wrong side isn't it?? Am i missing something?

Blazer

Wetbench4 wrote: »

I don't get this, the steering wheel is on the wrong side isn't it?? Am i missing something?

From the sounds of it I'm assuming said chap shopped at a warehouse of parts etc rather than stealing a car..