Help identifying this car that may hold a thief

redman · 14-04-2012 09:25AM #1

Hi

Hope someone can help.

One of my CCTVs has attracted attention, anyone able to identify model?

In Cabinteely area and maybe out to take my car (535d)
Have spoken with the Guards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLhCFPrgQTc&feature=youtu.be

Cheers
Redman

Anan1 · 14-04-2012 09:28AM

That's a W210 Mercedes with Avantgarde wheels.

redman · 14-04-2012 09:34AM

thanks and could be 1995 to 2002?

Bigcheeze · 14-04-2012 10:11AM

huh? what am i missing ?

It looks like a taxi or limo driver trying to identify the number on a house.

redman · 14-04-2012 10:17AM

there is a big obvious number of house on the front wall of the house that a driver would not miss. The passenger is shining a light directly at the CCTV nowhere else and with other robberies in the area I see a potential link.

ShaneMc2012 · 14-04-2012 10:37AM

Was he shining a light or taking pictures do you think?

redman · 14-04-2012 10:40AM

mmm well if it had been photos , would have presumed we'd seen flashes?

no1beemerfan · 14-04-2012 11:30AM

Anan1 wrote: »

That's a W210 Mercedes with Avantgarde wheels.

Agree with this.

redman wrote: »

thanks and could be 1995 to 2002?

Probably. Dark colour too so not a whole pile to go on.

Bigcheeze wrote: »

huh? what am i missing ?

It looks like a taxi or limo driver trying to identify the number on a house.

No taxi sign on roof and would you honestly see a hackney driver's passenger shining a torch at houses (and it doesn't look like your average torch)?

Definitely casing out the area imo. Whats the clicking noise from?

MidlandsM · 14-04-2012 11:41AM

Anan1 wrote: »

That's a W210 Mercedes with Avantgarde wheels.

i dunno, looking at it again, it looks to me like a 2003 > onward E-Class......, I'd be wedging in the 535d with another car if I were you.

redman · 14-04-2012 11:41AM

no1beemerfan wrote: »

Whats the clicking noise from?

Its the camera switching between IR and normal video mode.

I have another camera outside at another angle to catch reg's on road so leaving that with the guards only for the mo... but I couldn't tell model when spoke to the guards.

Also I noticed other thread of large diesels stolen in Cabinteely so maybe the same crew.....

thanks for input

Vertakill · 14-04-2012 11:42AM

Fair play redman, handy little set up.

With the amount of robberies going on lately, it'd definitely be worth giving the Garda a shout and mentioning a, most likely, navy Merc possibly casing houses and see if they've heard of any other sightings.

If one person reports it, not much might happen but if you're the 2nd or 3rd person to report suspicious stuff going on, it may help catch them.

Idbatterim · 14-04-2012 11:42AM

op is your camera visible or covert? also id install a floodlight with motion sensor if i were you... maybe lock the gates at night aswell? how about one of these?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Realtime-Mini-Personal-GPS-Tracker-GSM-Car-Tracking-Spy-Bug-/230674079354?pt=UK_Gadgets&hash=item35b53f1e7a#ht_4726wt_1103

redman · 14-04-2012 11:46AM

Idbatterim wrote: »

op is your camera visible or covert? also id install a floodlight with motion sensor if i were you... maybe lock the gates at night aswell? how about one of these?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Realtime-Mini-Personal-GPS-Tracker-GSM-Car-Tracking-Spy-Bug-/230674079354?pt=UK_Gadgets&hash=item35b53f1e7a#ht_4726wt_1103

Thanks for that.

Cameras are visible but good and load up into cloud...
thinking the same on the gates and have a flood light but only detects those who come into the driveway.

thanks for the link.... the car does have a tracker

-Corkie- · 14-04-2012 11:48AM

redman wrote: »

Thanks for that.

Cameras are visible but good and load up into cloud...
thinking the same on the gates and have a flood light but only detects those who come into the driveway.

thanks for the link.... the car does have a tracker

Fair play to you for being proactive here. Did your camera pick up the reg??

pippip · 14-04-2012 11:50AM

Might be worth you parking your cars the other way round in the drive for a while.

Damokc · 14-04-2012 11:51AM

Christ I'd hate to have to live with this everyday. What's the betting that these gangs follow these threads? Hope they back off your car. Far too many of these threads on boards unfortunately.

redman · 14-04-2012 11:55AM

yes, I presume they look at these threads ....
they will get whatever car they want, just presume they will go for easier targets

With a community like boards motors, its great to share and see how we can help keep ourselves aware of whats going on and you never know how it might help the guards

Bigcheeze · 14-04-2012 12:22PM

no1beemerfan wrote: »

No taxi sign on roof and would you honestly see a hackney driver's passenger shining a torch at houses (and it doesn't look like your average torch)?

Lots of them use handheld lamps similar to what the cops have, but if it's a passenger then yes it seems odd.

Saab Ed · 14-04-2012 12:46PM

My local chipper delivery guy does a similar thing when he's looking for the right number house to drop off at. Do you know what time did this happened at?

Bohrio · 14-04-2012 02:31PM

Video says 5.07am....

redman · 14-04-2012 02:36PM

Yes 5am and big house number is on front of pillar so no need for flash...

Bohrio · 14-04-2012 02:57PM

The whole thing is a bit suspicious to say the least.

If he was a thief checkingout your house there is a chance that he saw the camera and decided that it was too much hassle. Visible cameras are there to scare people off (in most cases). Either if the person comes back of for future situations, if I were you I would use that visible camera as bate. If I had the time I would install another camera facing the street but on a different angle, this time, make it hard to spot, so next time someone does something like this you might be able to get a good shot at the plates/model/driver. So while the thief is focussed checking out one camera you can get him with the other. Another alternative is have a dash camera on one car parked on the street, but this work better if you had 3 cars as 2 of them sleep inside your property. I think putting the less expensive car infront of the more expensive one to block your garage exit is a good idea too. Placing the dash camera on the rear/front of the cheaper car is a good alternative. Also, buy a set of BMW original keys (broken or without any codes in it) on ebay or somewhere and put them in a visible place, not visible from the outside but visible enough from the inside once you are in the house, this is incase someone breaks into your house to get the keys, they will likely take those keys instead of the good ones and waste a bit of time trying to figure out why they dont work...

But that might be too much hassle, I dont know, I know this is what I would do, however I might be a bit too paranoid

djimi · 14-04-2012 03:29PM

Bohrio wrote: »

Also, buy a set of BMW original keys (broken or without any codes in it) on ebay or somewhere and put them in a visible place, not visible from the outside but visible enough from the inside once you are in the house, this is incase someone breaks into your house to get the keys, they will likely take those keys instead of the good ones and waste a bit of time trying to figure out why they dont work...

If someone went as far as to break into my house to take my car keys then Im pretty sure Id prefer that they take the right ones first time rather than pissing them off and having them come back into the house a second time to find the real keys...

JerCotter7 · 14-04-2012 03:38PM

As a matter of interest what made you watch the video at that time? It would take hours to view over the videos of the previous night every day:eek:

Bohrio · 14-04-2012 04:00PM

djimi wrote: »

If someone went as far as to break into my house to take my car keys then Im pretty sure Id prefer that they take the right ones first time rather than pissing them off and having them come back into the house a second time to find the real keys...

That depends. Most of the times they wont bother. Specially if you have a house alarm etc. They might come back another day or not but this is things are just there to make it difficult for them. Otherwise you might as well leave the keys in the car

stephendevlin · 14-04-2012 04:06PM

JerCotter7 wrote: »

As a matter of interest what made you watch the video at that time? It would take hours to view over the videos of the previous night every day:eek:

probably record from motion sensors?

djimi · 14-04-2012 04:07PM

Bohrio wrote: »

That depends. Most of the times they wont bother. Specially if you have a house alarm etc. They might come back another day or not but this is things are just there to make it difficult for them. Otherwise you might as well leave the keys in the car

I would say that most of the time if they have gone to the bother of getting into the house once then they wont hesitate to go back in again. I know personally Id prefer them to find what they want the first time rather than come upstairs in a foul mood to get the keys from me...

In principle I agree about making things difficult for them, and I have never been a believer in leaving keys visible through a letterbox (as you say may as well leave them in the car as do that). But if you are going to give them enough incentive to actually break into your house then I dont see what you have to gain from putting yourself in danger just to inconvenience them by a couple of minutes. Its only a lump of insured metal at the end of the day.

14-04-2012 04:07PM

JerCotter7 wrote: »

As a matter of interest what made you watch the video at that time? It would take hours to view over the videos of the previous night every day:eek:

Could have motion detection...

Cant see if possible from cam, but if it is, I would close the gates and lock them with a U lock. I would assume they wouldn't want to damage the car if the were planning on taking it.

redman · 14-04-2012 04:10PM

JerCotter7 wrote: »

As a matter of interest what made you watch the video at that time? It would take hours to view over the videos of the previous night every day:eek:

My cameras have Audio, Motion and PIR detection and can record constantly or in bite size pieces.

slavetothegrind · 14-04-2012 04:32PM

you have to allow for when the missus is there on her own, so best have good alarm, good doorlocks ( plural important the standard 5 point front door assembly is not that good suppliment it witha good surfacemount lock)

also extra security latches on the windows, often easily forced by lever bar if not fitted with extra locks.

at the end of that if they do force their way in let the keys be easily taken from a wall hook in the hall and give them no reason to come near your family.

actually kindof all that djimi was saying

burglars deserve to die and should leave their rights behind them when they enter the home IMHO, the devestation they can cause lasts years.

Pity Judges never seem to get this.....

mark renton · 14-04-2012 04:43PM

Do you own the car or does the car own you?

Help identifying this car that may hold a thief

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