Unbeleivably the Vauxhall Belmont has been named as the most at risk car for being stolen in the uk, with 99 stolen per 1,000 registered.
2nd place is the mk2 Astra, 95 stolen per 1,000 registered.
3rd place is the Nova, 62 stolen per 1,000 registered.
Full list and report here:-
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/n_story.asp?item_id=747
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Stems from the fact that the 'older - cough' car lacks security and therefore a prime target for scroat.
Always ill at ease when SWHMO is out in the 89 XR3i.
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It would take a dedicated thief to seek one out. When did you last see a Belmont (Astra with a boot?)?
The survey does show how car security has improved. Of course this means it's all the more important to look after your keys now.
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When did you last see a Belmont (Astra with a boot?)?
Maybe that's why you don't see so many these days - they've all been stolen!!
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Will they switch to Daewoo Nexia's - same car ?
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The survey does show how car security has improved. Of course this means it's all the more important to look after your keys now.
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Tell that to my SWMBO. Whenever she goes out I wonder if she's coming back with the car. She always carries the keys in her hand and puts the keys down when she does anything. Sitting in a cafe she leaves them on the table, at a shop she puts them down on the counter. I have a lost key protection insurance through my credit card protection scheme and one Saturday I got a phone call from them to say someone had found the car keys and they gave me a contact number, it was a local frozen food store who had found them on top of the frozen peas. Two minutes later got a call from SWMBO saying can you bring the spare keys. I told her where to go and get the "lost" keys from, which she did. Did that teach her a lesson ?... No, she still does the same, puts them down anywhere.
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This is obviously to do with the fact that all the Vauxhalls of this era were easier to open and start with a screwdriver than they were with the keys!
Obviously Cavalier not mentioned as there are none of them left now.
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Obviously Cavalier not mentioned as there are none of them left now.
Don't know where you're from, but I still see plenty of mk3's and quite a few mk2's about as well.
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I see a few where I am.I even saw a HB Brabham anyone remember that car.Don`t know where it comes from but was a good motor in it`s time.Probably showing my age here!
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This is obviously to do with the fact that all the Vauxhalls of this era were easier to open and start with a screwdriver than they were with the keys! Obviously Cavalier not mentioned as there are none of them left now.
Mine is still going strong and there are plenty more being driven round Luton
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I meant the mark 2 Cavaliers. a lot more Mark 3s still about as they learned from the lessons from the earlier models and came with deadlocks.
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If you live in my area any car left in a blind spot will dissapear if not driven away put on a trailer or transporter.In some cases the alarm don`t put them off.1 car in particular had a full alarm immobiliser fitted being a Calibra the bloke spent almost a grand on security.Was still taken.And as we all know a lot of newer motor`s do the same trick.fraid deadlock`s don`t stop glass being broken.and circuit`s being bypassed
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It would take a dedicated thief to seek one out. When did you last see a Belmont (Astra with a boot?)?
About 6 months ago, just before the one belonging to my neighbour was stolen. ;)
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Indeed both the Escort and the Astra of the 80's were notoriously easy to take. Not many manufacturers cared that much at the time as long as their rival's cars were equally insecure.
I remember riding my bicycle home in 1988 one night (yes I had lights...) and been forced off the road by a stolen XR3i. I phoned the police. "How do you know it was stolen?" they asked.
"Well when I last saw them they were in a car park playing dodgems with some discarded shopping trolleys; would you do that with a year-old car?"
I never learnt what happened to the car, but the sound of it made me squirm.
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