No petrol worries

[Cliphead]

55°51'N, 04°12'W

Is police headquarters in Glasgow.

[Cliphead]

Looks like a fishing rod through the letterbox to get the house keys from the table, into the house and found the spare keys to the car which also had a house key attached. £130 to get the lock changed.

[SueEllen]

Looks like a fishing rod through the letterbox to get the house keys from the table, into the house and found the spare keys to the car which also had a house key attached. £130 to get the lock changed.

Happened to a friend of mine. They managed to steal two cars.

The problem is you have the choice of either leaving the keys where they can get them (and the insurance not paying out ) or being woken up in the night and threatened for them.

[NickFitz]

Bummer

[Wilmslow]

Looks like a fishing rod through the letterbox to get the house keys from the table, into the house and found the spare keys to the car which also had a house key attached. £130 to get the lock changed.

Ouch - I hope I am wrong, but this could mean uninsured??

[Clippy]

Happened to a friend of mine. They managed to steal two cars.

The problem is you have the choice of either leaving the keys where they can get them (and the insurance not paying out ) or being woken up in the night and threatened for them.

Happened to my new neighbours late last year - his Merc got nicked.

I guess it was their moving in gift to us - increased insurance premiums.

His insurance paid out - quickly too.

[SueEllen]

Ouch - I hope I am wrong, but this could mean uninsured??

Depends on the insurer and the area you live in.

That's why it always pays to read the small print.

[sasguru]

Happened to a friend of mine. They managed to steal two cars.

The problem is you have the choice of either leaving the keys where they can get them (and the insurance not paying out ) or being woken up in the night and threatened for them.

We have an alarm that automatically connects to the police.
Simples.
Never been used except by mistake. Coppers weren't that happy.

[FiveTimes]

eBay - one of the UK's largest shopping destinations

Quick search for new recording gear in the area and phone up any second hand shops which might deal in that sort of stuff. Some people are quite fick you know.

at a previous clients someone pinched test equipment from the lab.
The lab tech looked on ebay, found the missing equipment, reported to the police and the guy who robbed lost his job

[PAH]

It does seem the more common approach to car theft is house burglary for the keys. A bit of a conundrum of how to protect your family and car while ensuring you're still insured if you leave the keys too easy to find.

Almost had it happen to me a few years back. Fortunately I'm a light sleeper so them making a noise climbing the side gate and down the gravel path woke me so I was downstairs by the time they tried breaking into the patio door. Unfortunately they spotted me and legged it before the cops arrived.

Around that time there were about half a dozen cars stolen from the estate yet it still took the cops ages to catch the gang despite the estate only having one entrance/exit via road. One guy had his R32 nicked, replaced it with another, then had than nicked. Cheeky sods.

At least it wiped the smug grin off the young twat across the road who had his golf gti nicked soon after trying to wind me up for not having a gti. After my close encounter I did warn him and said to empty his garage to keep the car out of sight but he didn't listen.