My Yellow 20VT was stolen early Tuesday morning - 9th October from Chingford, London E4. Please keep an eye out as someone may see it parked up / thrashed / burnt out?
Thanks,
Richard.

Dude thats sooooo bad

Hope u get it back.

Ross

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Seems the new breed of scumbag owners take to nicking them rather than buying engines.

The moon grey plus stole from your way has just been found, Recaro's & engine/box now missing

did they steel the keys and then nick the car?

sorry to hear, whats the engine number (probably wont be much use unless they are stupid enough to sell on here or ebay).

They forced front door, picked up keys from kitchen table plus the usual phone, credit cards, wife's handbag etc. Then drove it away. This was at 3:30 a.m while I was asleep! The thing was that I heard a nice sounding car tearing down the road - did not occur to me that it was mine

First I knew was at 06:00 when I went to make a cup of tea to find the front door wide open - not a nice experience.

Car has a "distinctive" 2 foot dent in the drivers side behind the door- thanks to someone t-boning me the week before. It was about to go to the garage for some bodywork repairs - guess I can cancel that now as I doubt I will ever see it again.

Just waiting for the inevitable punch-up with the insurers now.

Really bad luck Rich - in a way its probably better if you dont get it back as it will doubtless have been totally thrashed

Hope you get a decent deal from the insurance

Sorry for your bad news.

really sorry to hear the bad news, you must be gutted

Gutted for you

Not just for the loss of your Coupe, but the fact that they've been in your house as well

This is terrible.
I know the feeling of having a car stolen. I had a BMW stolen a few years back. Phone call 2 days later off the police, said they had found it, and to take a blanket with me. Yep, they had spread poo all over the interior!! Stole the car for parts,as half the bolt on panels and front bumper was missing.
Now i suffer with insomnia.!!

Andy.

Terrible news

Thats why my keys sleep on the table next to my bed.

Man that seriously sucks, I always keep my keys in my room, when I sleep. always been paranoid about stuff like this

Same here,but if they want it bad enough they'll take it anyway!

Really gutted for you mate,sorry to hear this

Sorry to hear about your Coop mate .

What you need to get is a dog,my 2 Border Collies go mental if they sniff someone creeping round the outside of the house at night .

Baz

Funny enough, I used to have an Alsatian cross who was a great guard dog, only ever barked if there really was a noise outside or he thought something was up.....then one night my shed was done over (for power tools, left everything else inc pushbikes) and they smashed the door to matchsticks, which must have made a lot of noise, but the dog never made a sound

Anyway, back on cars, I was surprised at the title of this thread, as I hadn't heard of a Coupe being stolen before. Our local parish council magazine came round a few days ago and they warned about a rise in high value cars being stolen exactly like yours - people getting the keys from inside the house. Apparently people are being followed home, pics taken, then they come back for the car later. Always take the keys upstairs with me too.

Gutted for u Rich

Had my old escort nicked right off my drive about 15 yrs ago - thing was it was tuned up but not had the brakes sorted yet, so the thieving a$$wipes wrote it off.

Will defo keep me eyes peeled.

I also have 2 border collies. They are just mental. Period. Useless as guard dogs though; they just lick you to death.

Sorry to hear about your coop. Good excuse to trade up to a plus though

Lol my old one Jed is the killer and the younger one Fern,well she`s of the lick `em to death variety .

Baz

Sorry to hear about this. I still find it hard to believe a coupe is top of a car thiefs list. There not exactly worth lots of money. Although stealing for the engines

Stolen from a Fiat Dealer i believe, in daytime. Assholes stole the fuel cap and came back with a key.

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Im thinking its an airbag shell, teach the fcccukers, set of sexbags they carnt fit.

hi rich,

Sorry to hear of your theft. i have seen your car parked on the chingford mount rd? as i spend alot of time in the area.

i cant beleive the extent they went to to steal a 3k coupe.

Good luck with the insurance, if you want another coupe i have a real nice R reg sprint blue for sale shortly.

cheers.

sorry to hear your bad news, its so bad in my area ive put cctv on the front of my house, 3 cars in 6 weeks have been stolen. I have linked the system to a tv in my bedroom, and record all night. I know its a bit over the top but it acts as a deterant.

Sorry to hear that Rich. I worked in east london for a while.. although it was rough, i didn't think it was that bad.

Sorry to hear that Rich.

Will keep an eye open for it.

Thieving shit heads though, please somebody find them!

Can't belive you guys take the keys to bed! Sorry but if some drugged up scumbag wants my car their welcome, rather the car go, than they come upstairs to find the keys. Love my car, but not more than me and the missus!

That is a very good point murph which I nearly made yesterday but decided against sounding doom and gloom and all Crimewatch....sleep tight and don't have nightmares





BTW if anyone is interested, my keys are always with 'er indoors at night

really sorry to hear of this....grrrr its so not needed!!!

id be gutted if mine was stolen, then again thinking about it now, wouldnt take much to get my keys, i hang them by the front door...new place for keys me thinks! also i only have a chihuahua x, so not much of a guard dog

hope you get some info on the thieving b******s who took it!

keep us updated!

ill keep an eye out down here for you...coupes arent that common here, and i always notice yellow ones!

really sorry to hear about your car rich, hope you get it back, and the experience doesn't put you off owning a coupe.

on a lighter note, i suppose people could try attaching their keys to the dogs collar at night (especially those with a potentially vicious looking dog) ??? maybe that would deter them?

Surley, if you were going to strip a plus (ref carlt's post) and you had time to take the engine and box + recaros you would have bothered with tthe doorcards and gaiter too? only little bits but makes the difference with the red stitching. Then again i suppose scum usually arent noted for their intelligence.....

Thanks all for your comments - I hadn't considered it might get as far away as Cornwall Thanks to gurly_racer for that thought!!!!

I'm convinced it will have had its engine removed and be stripped out/dumped. I live near Epping Forest and I see many cars burnt out there. So far mine is not one of them.

I have to remain at least a bit philosophical about this as it can be replaced and a new Coupe presents new opportunities? Shame though as this one was going so well.

Cheers all,

Rich.