Stealing to order?

[rincewind]

Just a heads up for anyone in the Bradford area - my DBP R32 was stolen last night from Cleckheaton - police said another R32 was stolen the same night, also from near Bradford. They used some kind of arm device through the cat flap to get the keys from the kitchen counter.

Beware, hope it doesn't happen to anyone else.

Rince [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Mattchaps]

Nightmare, sorry to hear that mate.

Too much of this going on at the moment, worries me a lot.

[garcon]

Bad luck mate.

R32 does seem to be a big favourite at the moment.

This is one major thing putting me off the temptation to go for a new Impreza STI.

[Soulboy]

Sorry to hear about the theft mate - but it could have been worse.....I think mine was the most 'exciting' TSN R32 theft to date.

Armed gang in balaclavas smashing the front door down at 2am on a monday morning, then proceeding upstairs to smash the bedroom door frame off the wall while I jammed it shut with bare feet and by holding the door handle up.

Despite CCTV and prints etc, the Dibble never caught them and the car has not been seen since. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[M8CKN]

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Just a heads up for anyone in the Bradford area - my DBP R32 was stolen last night from Cleckheaton - police said another R32 was stolen the same night, also from near Bradford. They used some kind of arm device through the cat flap to get the keys from the kitchen counter.

Beware, hope it doesn't happen to anyone else.

Rince [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Number plate mate?

I'll keep em peeled [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/169144-ok.gif[/img]

[rincewind]

Number plate was KJ56 KMJ, but police reckon that would have gone within the hour [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Gonna get a nice fast bike to transfer it to, methinks [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Soulboy definitely wins the brown pants car theft award - I just think of it as a (rather expensive) chance to get rid of all those alloy scratches and paint chips...

[JonC]

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Just a heads up for anyone in the Bradford area - my DBP R32 was stolen last night from Cleckheaton - police said another R32 was stolen the same night, also from near Bradford. They used some kind of arm device through the cat flap to get the keys from the kitchen counter.

Beware, hope it doesn't happen to anyone else.

Rince [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Gutted to hear that, Rince. I hope you get every penny back from your insurers for your loss, although that hardly makes up for the theft of your .:R [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/169144-ok.gif[/img]

[MajorH]

Sorry to here it, mine was taken about 11 months ago from the North east and was sold in Bradfud for 2.5k the same day, plod collared the little lads but said they were the runners for a much larger organised gang in West Yorks.

[Nelson_R32]

It's bizaare really, I mean it's not as if the R32 is an RS4 or a new M3 [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] In desirability terms it 'old hat'. Why are they still after them?

[D1MAC]

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It's bizaare really, I mean it's not as if the R32 is an RS4 or a new M3 [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] In desirability terms it 'old hat'. Why are they still after them?

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Good for bank jobs (esp in 5dr form), easy to change the appearance and thus disguise as a runabout. Wouldn't take too much effort to make a R32 just another Golf.

Also, even though they're half the price of RS4/M3, there will be at least as many about (probably more than RS4, dunno about M3) and they will still represent a healthy profit margin. Remember, armed robberies are now down in the couple of grand (and sometimes even less) territory so a couple of grand + made at each stage from stealer to fixer to ultimate seller (latter two might make £5k each or more - dunno, I'm guessing) is a decent earner, often with relatively few risks once you get the car off the streets.