My car was stolen this morning...

[schnipps]

You wont get anything from insurance, not car insurance or house contents unless you can prove it was forced entry, which you cant as the police wont back it up. So you will not get back the cash. If they had of written the car off or you had never found it you would have been royally done as you would have lost the car and cash and got nothing back for it. I instinctly couldnt get out the car and leave the keys in, my brain just wouldnt let me, its like forgetting to breathe, its just doesnt happen.

 

[aphix]

its just a routine you get into i guess.. also you never think its going to happen to you.. does show though.. something you wouldnt normally do and some sum bag was in the right place at the right time.. unlucky you.. lucky him.

Thank god it wasnt written off or damaged and there wasnt a baby in the back seat or something.

I think im just suspicious of everyone.. i always press the key fob twice to make sure its locked.. never leave it unlocked in the driveway.. never leave anything on show..

saying that i do leave my stereo faceplate on.. which is bad of me. Afterall my dads stereo gpot taken in the middle of the night becuase he got into that routine

Rob

 

[jonjay]

I feel for you that someone stole your car mate but not that they stole money from your wallet. If you left it lying around then thats why they probably jumped in your car in the first place.

I make it a point not to carry huge amounts of cash on me. Pay for the holiday by debit card, internet banking and cheque its far safer.

 

[CupraTgirl]

I feel for you that someone stole your car mate but not that they stole money from your wallet. If you left it lying around then thats why they probably jumped in your car in the first place.

I make it a point not to carry huge amounts of cash on me. Pay for the holiday by debit card, internet banking and cheque its far safer.

I know what you mean about having big wads of cash but what do you do if you dont have Debit Cards, Credit Cards, Internet Banking or Cheques?

 

[Scotty_b]

Sorry for your loss fella, if im carrying anything over a ton in my wallet i get nervous and have one hand on it and the other clenched ready! Must have b4lls of steal to have left it around. Unless it was locked away in the glove box or something where its “Safer”.

What’s he car like? Any damage to the wheels or anything that looks like its been ragged.

Someone prob saw the car (prob a kid) and thought “Yeah man innit I is gona ave dat” bottled it, found the cash thought it was crimbo and done a runner. Is there any CCTV around that may have spotted the car and the person getting in and out.

I suppose it goes to prove the coppers aren’t so useless after all (Still needs more to prove that statement wrong tho), but seeing as it’s a quite village maybe they didn’t have anything else to do

 

[Scotty_b]

I know what you mean about having big wads of cash but what do you do if you dont have Debit Cards, Credit Cards, Internet Banking or Cheques?

Bankers draft? Personal Cheque from the bank? Account transfer from the bank?

 

[CupraTgirl]

Bankers draft? Personal Cheque from the bank? Account transfer from the bank?

Yeah thats true!

 

[PABLO ESCABAR]

Yes i am an idiot i ran in the newsagaents with my key in the ignition & in 15 seconds my car was gone i wouldnt mind i moved from liverpool to a sleepy cheshire village to get away from that sh1t!

anyway it goes like this

5:55am run in newsagents come out & find its gone, ring the police inform them my car has a tracker

5:57am tracker ring me confirm some details

6:00am i have 3 volvo estates pulled off the motorway circling around the village

6:40am they ring me to say they have found it & i need to bring the spare key to the scene so they can move it so they dont damage it putting it in the low loader..

7:00am get to the scene not a scratch on it but i have had my wallet taken with £1100 in it all my keys which means i have to change the locks at home & at work

so now stafford police have it impounded but cheshire have to investigate due to it being reported there!

god only knows when i will get it back...



so please learn from my stupid mistake, dont leave your keys in your car!!!!

just got home and read this sorry to here it mate glad your ok and the car is fine,wont follow on from everyone and say silly boy .So the stafford police have it well im off down the pound tomorrow to get meself some sat nav me thinks only jokin but if im there doin a job ill keep you informed,do a lot of a work at the pound,,,,,bet your well miffed aint ya and your village is like a morge how can it happen there mate i do feel for ya id be gutted well more than gutted

 

[jetsetjimbo]

I think in fairness we don't need to point out that the man mad a mistake.

Chewy - I know how gutted you feel and how hard you're probably kicking yourself! The money IS a downer but at least your pride an joy is back in safe hands and undamaged!

 

[CupraTgirl]

I agree i really feel for him, its awful

 

[jamie paton]

its a pity you couldn't hinge your knee the wrong way round, then you could kick your own ass mate, like peeps say though, just be thankfull that the car wasn't written off mate. hopefully the thief will drink himself to death or a wee overdose or something.

 

[The MoffMeister]

lucky lucky man, could of been worse silly sod!!

 

[sjtscott]

So trackers do work then!

Personally my car gets locked when I go and pay for fuel let alone a paper wherever I am
Then again living in London just makes you very aware of not making it easy for anyone to nick your stuff.

Well done for getting it back in any case.

 

[RickC]

well that was bloody stupid wasnt it, 1100 quid in the car aswel, you should have left your home number so they can go and see ur missus aswel,

its bad yes but we live in an age where your gran will get stolen if shes not firmly stuck in her wheelchair.

sorry for u mate but you deserve it really for your stupidity

please dont rip off my head cos of this,.

 

[WeeJase]

2 words chewee,DEBIT CARD, i just paid awesome 930 quid for work today,me walking around manchester with nearly a grand in cash?sod that, iwas duboius about walking around using my phone.
theives are raising the bar everyday(*****) the law abiding amongst have to adjust our habits accordingly.

 

[PABLO ESCABAR]

i think he probably knows all this and is kickin himself aswell so i dont think that people on here should be kickin him aswell,id be gutted if it happened to me and defo would not want the sarcy coments that some people are puttin.gutted for ya chewwy drop us a line mate

 

[WeeJase]

i think he probably knows all this and is kickin himself aswell so i dont think that people on here should be kickin him aswell,id be gutted if it happened to me and defo would not want the sarcy coments that some people are puttin.gutted for ya chewwy drop us a line mate

hes man enough to admit making a mistake,he's taking it gracefully.he knows,we know,wrapping the guy up in cottonwool is just not going to help(nor is slating him),what are we supposed to say?do it again tomorow?
how much has it cost chewee?not to mention the "wasted "police hours,just because he didn't take his keys out of the ignition.
we are on a public forum smiffy,opinions vary,if chewee was a personal friend or relative i'd probably call them a stupid C**T,but i'm more polite than that

 

[davidol]

that old chesnut "yeah mr insurance man, i had £1100 in cash in my wallet" lol

just teasing!

 

[cupra R con]

Am I the only one that is pondering the likelihood of an opportune thief hanging around a paper shop at 5.55 AM?

It's not really normal is it?

something is nagging at me.

but still, no real harm done, a bit of a costly lesson, but it could have been a whole lot worse & I'm guessing thats why this hasn't deteriorated into a major rant about car washes or Polish people

 

[WeeJase]

Am I the only one that is pondering the likelihood of an opportune thief hanging around a paper shop at 5.55 AM?

It's not really normal is it?

something is nagging at me.

but still, no real harm done, a bit of a costly lesson, but it could have been a whole lot worse & I'm guessing thats why this hasn't deteriorated into a major rant about car washes or Polish people

would it take so much for a bloke on his way to a really **** job to come across a rather nice hot hatch sat running empty on the side of the road?,guy thinks "fug it" and then finds 1100 quid after,hense the cars not so hard to find.he/she is quids in and on their toes.