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[Varche]

I've only had four. Two Mini Cooper S (Leyland not BMW) one never re-appeared. The other I hadn't actually noticed had gone. The police knocked on the door saying it had been abandoned after doing lots of "rallycross" in a field.

Capri recovered in Luton - exhaust system ripped off somehow. Radio gone plus everything else loose.

Mint Carlton CDX never recovered. Suspect stolen to order as it was taken from a locked car park with alarm armed and one of those (useless) Krooklok steering wheel bars. It was well over two years before I stopped looking for that car. Twas in fact after a holiday in S. Cyprus where there are loads of ex UK cars. If only our police liaised with their police........

Lost money on three of the four.

Maybe explains why the punishment for TWOC should be death (or worse) in my opinion. 

[Welung666]

I've voted never as I've not had one taken. Years ago I had a shed of a metro that I caught someone trying to break the ignition lock off. A couple of digs to the back of the head followed by slamming is fingers in the door disuaded him from continuing his efforts, and he fled in floods of tears. Doubt he's ever tried again

[Jusme]

Had my Sierra Cosworth RS 500 go missing. Had it for 4 years, thought it was safe..  :-? 2 Alarms on it and still some cretin had it away.
Police not in the least interested, possibly as the one taking the report wasn't male.  Never was seen again. Assessor reckoned some of it could have been circulating Brands Hatch as we spoke. I Told insurance company I did NOT want a payout, I wanted another RS 500 in same condition. 'We can't do that sir'. I'll bet you can't, paid £22,000 for it, it was absolutely mint, payout amounted to £9,500............. 

[Del Boy]

Never had one stolen and won't *touch wood*, but I have was sold a Ford Granada years back, that was the real car but had a fake logbook (which me being a trader should've noticed really), someone else got a fake car but my logbook. Lucky for me I obviously had the real car as I do all those check before I do anything and being the genuine car I got to keep it, the othe rpoor fella didn't and it was scraped, that was £3500 of his money down the drain 

[SJKOO01]

I've voted never as I've not had one taken. Years ago I had a shed of a metro that I caught someone trying to break the ignition lock off. A couple of digs to the back of the head followed by slamming is fingers in the door disuaded him from continuing his efforts, and he fled in floods of tears. Doubt he's ever tried again

Is that the PA way of saying you did a Vinnie Jones on him   

[Welung666]

I've voted never as I've not had one taken. Years ago I had a shed of a metro that I caught someone trying to break the ignition lock off. A couple of digs to the back of the head followed by slamming is fingers in the door disuaded him from continuing his efforts, and he fled in floods of tears. Doubt he's ever tried again

Is that the PA way of saying you did a Vinnie Jones on him   

I didn't go that far! Just the fingers on his right hand, I thought at the time, as the red mist cleared, that it'd stop him doing it again... at least until the swelling went down

[jonnycool]

I had my Escort Mk 1 1300E taken from outside my then girlfriend's house, wouldn't have been difficult as you could open it with anything resembling a key. It was a bit of a shed so I rang a couple of friends thinking it was a prank. The police found it about a week later on my birthday burnt out in a nearby field. The remains are still there about 18 years later 

My second one was a diesel Fiesta that was taken from outside my present house about 7 years ago, containing a brand new pushchair and baby seat base which later turned up at the local market  Whoever took the car also side-swiped 3 cars in the street on the way, and it was never seen again

[Richie London]

i had my fiesta stolen about 15 yrs ago but silly idiot bragged about it. people like to brag and thats where they make the mistake. 

[redelitev6]

  Had a motorbike stolen from my back garden , 400 honda superdream,never seen again ,worse part was that it wasn't insured so money down the pan

[Richie London]

Had a motorbike stolen from my back garden , 400 honda superdream,never seen again ,worse part was that it wasn't insured so money down the pan

that made me think of the david essex film yrs ago, when his bike went down right at the end.

[Martin_1962]

1 bike damaged from attempted theft, blew a fuse and hacked the loom

Sunbeam 2 attempted thefts, 1st was in Gloucester damaged door lock, car alarm and door light switch attacked to air horns stopped it

Sunbeam - front wheels stolen from near my bedshit.

Sunbeam attempt 2 outside first house damaged door

[millwall]

a few years ago i had my mint mg montego turbo stolen  i was absolutely gutted    police found it burnt out a week later  it was parked in my garage when stolen as it wasnt insured at the time

[05omegav6]

My first car, an '85 2.3 Granada lx with all the ghia x trimmings. Was recovered following am about 2 miles away. Tit who stole it couldn't drive, stuck it into a bank on a country lane and couldn't get it going again.
 >:(Insurers screwed me over it, barstewards. they wanted me to pay the balance of my instalments before they would process the claim, then wanted me to pay them another £100 to cover the shortfall between their sh*tty valuation and my excess. Told them in no uncertain terms what they could do with that idea.
 By the time I got the car back, it had been sat outside all winter with the windows open, so ended up scrapping it.

Turned out that the delinquent kid from over the road had nicked it. He got his comeuppance a few months later when he stole his mums' Cavalier GSI. Killed himself and two mates in it. The fourth scrote, survived and coughed to being involved in several car thefts. Didn't replace my car though.
What goes around comes around :-/

[Mr Hagon]

Only ever had one car stolen.  Was a Y reg Cavalier parked round the corner from my house.  No central locking and deadlocks back then so someone just did a quarterlight and hotwired it.

Was recovered shortly thereafter as it ended up being parked in a private car park at a block of flats about 5 mins up the road and a resident reported it to the police.

In the end I lost the window and the factory fit stereo was gone, but there was an SLR camera in its place...even better was the fact that I paid £250 for it and then p/x'd it for £300 about a year later  .

[tidla]

boozy night out in solihull high street.woke up int the morning, wheres my passion wagon?

realised i had left it there. no problem normally , only it was the last day before turning the area into a pedestrian zone with a big fanfair as the mayor of solihull was to be the last to drive down the high street..