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What's worse than getting your car stolen...

  • 03-07-2015 5:48am
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭


    ...having half of it stolen!

    http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33348506
    A bizarre crime wave is sweeping one part of England - thieves are stripping down Vauxhall cars as their owners sleep. Hundreds of owners have fallen victim - but why?
    One morning Lisa Frankland woke to discover the front of her Vauxhall Corsa had vanished.
    A neighbour knocked on her door and told her she should take a look. The bonnet, the bumper, the front lights and radiator had all been stolen.
    "I just wasn't expecting it," says Frankland, 43, a midwife. "I didn't expect to go out and find the front of the car missing."
    The day she discovered the theft, she had to cancel her shift at work 40 minutes drive away and the damage cost £5,000 to repair.
    Body parts stolen to order by the sounds of it.


Comments

  • #2
    Asmooh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭Asmooh


    At least they left the engine.. it's easy to replace those parts and 5000 to repair? thats a joke!
    the other cars are worse tho..


  • #3
    ironclaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    There was a thing going on here with Catalytic Converters being stolen from the underside of some SUV's. Still though, seems like alot of effort when you could just lift the car and be gone.


  • #4
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    What's worse is returning to find it still there. If you ever had Mercedes W168 you'd understand.


  • #5
    pippip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭pippip


    Asmooh wrote: »
    At least they left the engine.. it's easy to replace those parts and 5000 to repair? thats a joke!
    the other cars are worse tho..

    I would have thought it could easily be that depending on how it was all removed and what was specifically removed. If they cut the wiring loom you're into all sorts of messing. Certain parts could need re-programming. I'd say there would be a few hours just trying to sort out what needs to be done and what needs to be ordered.


  • #6
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,902 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    What's worse than being left with half a corsa?

    Being left with all of it...


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  • #7
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,707 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Very odd they pick one manufacturer to take them from, are they assembled like Lego so they are really easy to strip? It's amazing there's a market for the 500 cases of components being stolen. Toyota/Lexus have the chasiss number imprinted on all body panels, not sure if anyone else does.


  • #8
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Fiat 500 suffered the same problem. Dash would be stripped out while the owner was asleep.


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