Suspicious car outside house...!

justback83 · 29-10-2014 8:49pm #1

Hi all,

This is a long shot but I'm wondering if the 07 Audi A4 that's parked outside my house may have been stolen. It's been there for almost 2 weeks now. People usually park there during the day (perhaps working in IFSC) but this hasn't moved.

Should I post the reg up here??

MuppetCheck · 29-10-2014 8:50pm

Have you tried reporting it to the cops? Would probably be as quick as posting a thread here.

Victor · 29-10-2014 8:51pm

justback83 wrote: »

Should I post the reg up here??

No. You report it to the Garda.

It may be someone on holidays.

justback83 · 29-10-2014 8:52pm

Victor wrote: »

No. You report it to the Garda.

It may be someone on holidays.

Cool - will do!

Believe me - nobody would leave a car in this area if they were going on holidays!

Cocoon · 29-10-2014 8:55pm

justback83 wrote: »

Cool - will do!

Believe me - nobody would leave a car in this area if they were going on holidays!

Are the wheels still on it?

goz83 · 29-10-2014 8:56pm

justback83 wrote: »

Cool - will do!

Believe me - nobody would leave a car in this area if they were going on holidays!

Could be Vodafone keeping an eye on you

Bigus · 29-10-2014 9:25pm

Is it black ?

colm_mcm · 29-10-2014 9:30pm

Pretty sure I saw some random facebook page about stolen cars where someone has an.A4 abandoned outside their house.

29-10-2014 11:28pm

Are you in or near tallaght?

Kenny Logins · 29-10-2014 11:29pm

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

Is it an Irish or foreign reg plate?

OP said 07, so I assume it has Irish plates.

29-10-2014 11:30pm

Kenny Logins wrote: »

OP said 07, so I assume it has Irish plates.

Ya sorry, tried to do a ninja edit but you caught me

cerastes · 29-10-2014 11:34pm

Saw a British tv programme, about stolen goods, thieves will park up a high value item somewhere to see if someone comes looking for it, rather than go ripping it apart for a GPS security device.
If no one comes looking they can move it on.
Think they rely on the general apathy of people of anything outside their own personal sphere paying any attention.

Frynge · 29-10-2014 11:36pm

Report it to the garda. My brother in laws was parked outside someone's house for 5 weeks after being stolen.

corktina · 30-10-2014 10:10am

cerastes wrote: »

Saw a British tv programme, about stolen goods, thieves will park up a high value item somewhere to see if someone comes looking for it, rather than go ripping it apart for a GPS security device.
If no one comes looking they can move it on.
Think they rely on the general apathy of people of anything outside their own personal sphere paying any attention.

it's a seven year old Audi though

justback83 · 30-10-2014 10:12am

goz83 wrote: »

Could be Vodafone keeping an eye on you

Creepy

ironclaw · 30-10-2014 10:18am

Probably stolen. Had a decent spec Volvo T5 up my way for 2 days, and called it in, stolen.

my3cents · 30-10-2014 10:24am

I don't know if its because I live in a rural area but no car would be parked anywhere around here for more than 24 hours before someone reported it.

There was one poor sod that left his car down our lane for some reason and the guards were out to it within 12 hours of it being parked because 4 people had phoned up about it. One reason for reporting it would have been it was parked near a cliff edge walk so there would be the worry that the owner had fallen off the cliff.

cerastes · 30-10-2014 12:11pm

corktina wrote: »

it's a seven year old Audi though

Is it a high spec or in demand that might be stolen, and exported.
Weren't there a load of old mercs that were being nicked, and as I heard broken down into parts and shipped abroad? at least alledged on boards to Africa where the parts were in demand, ie every part.

or maybe the owner owes money on it, has appropriate cover and is hoping someone will burn it out??

H3llR4iser · 30-10-2014 4:49pm

my3cents wrote: »

I don't know if its because I live in a rural area but no car would be parked anywhere around here for more than 24 hours before someone reported it.

There was one poor sod that left his car down our lane for some reason and the guards were out to it within 12 hours of it being parked because 4 people had phoned up about it. One reason for reporting it would have been it was parked near a cliff edge walk so there would be the worry that the owner had fallen off the cliff.

Conversely, there was an older 5-Series (e39, I think) parked up in central Cork for months and nobody seemed to take notice. I actually hadn't noticed it myself even 'though I walked past it every day - it was my dad who pointed out he had seen it there every day, all day long, on two consecutive visits months apart. Shortly after that the tires went flat, and somebody finally had it removed.

Best place to hide a stolen/abandoned car seems to be by the side of a very busy road!

Gazzmonkey · 30-10-2014 5:52pm

corktina wrote: »

it's a seven year old Audi though

That can still fetch a 5 figure sum

colm_mcm · 30-10-2014 9:44pm

Gazzmonkey wrote: »

That can still fetch a 5 figure sum

In what currency?

coolisin · 30-10-2014 9:56pm

Call it in or google the number plate, could be stolen.

Also could be a high end audi, the OP has given very little info.
Our car was parked up for approx few days so you never know.

You'd be surprised what cars have trackers on them now, 7 years old or not, if its stolen its somebody's property.