Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses

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Wed 16 Dec 2015 07:37
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - Scott2015

Christmas shopping in Lidl car park yesterday, 11.15am, while inside shop a man got in the Land Rover and female accomplise in a van hooked up to our Landy and towed it out of the car park not 10 yds from the Lidl huge front windows and tills in board daylight in front of all. Our irreplacable cherished family vehicle gone in the most brazen way.

Police are being superb and we're doing all we can pursueing various avenues but hold out little hope as everyone knows what happens to stolen Defenders.

Admiral Insurance less impressive, poor attitude on phone. Apparantly I get no courtesy car, will have to pay the £200 excess and they only cover all the tools/spares inside for £100. That's before we even get into arguments about what will surely be a derisory offer for the value of a very clean last of the 300Tdi CSW 12 seater with much work done, extras etc.

Can I do anything to press Admiral for more help in putting me back in the situation I was in at 11am yesterday morning, ie courtesy car, loss of contents etc?

Thanks all.

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Wed 16 Dec 2015 09:05
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - Chris M

That's bad news. From what you say, it was a desirable car (to some) and perhaps not as theft proof as it could have been. Are you saying they just attached a rope and towed it away? How did they get in the car?

As for Admiral and your statenment "I get no courtesy car, will have to pay the £200 excess and they only cover all the tools/spares inside for £100." That'll probably be what the T&Cs say when you accepted the policy. And did you tell them about the "extras"?

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Wed 16 Dec 2015 10:33
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - jc2

Surely a vehicle of this age would have a steering lock?

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Wed 16 Dec 2015 11:21
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - catsdad
It's unbelievably brazen theft. As for insurance mine has courtesy car as an extra I had to pay for and £100 contents is also pretty standard. You might be covered for some of the contents on your home insurance but again cover out of the home is normally an extra. Unfortunately you will only get an enhanced payout on the vehicle itself if you insured on an agreed value basis.
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Wed 16 Dec 2015 21:12
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - Smileyman

suppose it's a good argument for a tracker type locator (having suffered the theft of a car before I do have every sympathy with Scott2015)

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Thu 17 Dec 2015 11:52
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - meldrew

suppose it's a good argument for a tracker type locator (having suffered the theft of a car before I do have every sympathy with Scott2015)

Nowadays almost a necessity for anything of value. Even an iPad can be tracked.

A friend of mine had a speedboat stolen from his drive even though the trailer had wheel clamps. It is always so easy to be wise after the event.

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Thu 17 Dec 2015 12:08
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - Wackyracer
Which town was the car stolen? It might help others to be more vigilant.

Quite often passers by are completely unaware of what is going on. Years ago a friend had his car stolen from outside his shop, a neighbour saw a man with a suit get in the car with a key and drive off. She thought nothing of it as the man used a key.
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Thu 17 Dec 2015 21:56
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - Manatee

When I had an old Land Rover, I was told to use a Disklok as being the only more or less effective deterrent to easy theft.

I passed this advice on to a pal of mine when he bought a second hand TD5 a few years ago; he didn't consider it necessary. The Landy disappeared from outside his house one night, never seen again.

He's had the replacement for three years now, and uses the Disklok every night.

I wondered when I saw your post if you used one at home, but felt safe enough to leave it off in a supermarket car park (as I would have). I doubt if it was an opportunistic theft, more likely they had targeted your car.

I'm glad the police took some notice. They wouldn't turn out, or investigate, the theft of my friend's car.

Edited by Manatee on 17/12/2015 at 21:56

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Thu 17 Dec 2015 22:10
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - Trilogy

I have a Disklok for my W124 Merc. I use it no matter how safe a location might appear to be. Putting it on, wherever parked, is habit forming.

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Fri 18 Dec 2015 09:06
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - catsdad
I watched a driver apply their disc lock while parking next to me. It was certainly effective because when we returned to cars the next morning no one had stolen their car. However I guess it was rather unlikely that a car would be stolen on the ferry to Santander. Habit forming indeed!
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Fri 18 Dec 2015 09:31
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - gordonbennet

The usual supects just lift the things with a hiab where they can get access, you'd need to secure the vehicle to the concrete with ships anchor chains and even then they'd just use a disc cutter, if they want it its gone, the tragedy is that no one apart from normal people like us cares a jot, stop them physically in the act and you're arrested before you know it, and you risk retribution from their hordes such as having your house torched.

White painted lorry light bars flashing, two shaven headed blokes in official looking hi vis, epaulats on their black jumpers, there's never a policeman about doing beat work, who's going to question them?

Its just another symptom of a sick materialistic society where few in a position of power or authority actually care that the country they administer poorly either as politicians or apparatchiks is disappearing upside down round the U bend...the old theory about those who desire power being disqualified from ever having any still true.

Edited by gordonbennet on 18/12/2015 at 09:33

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Fri 18 Dec 2015 10:22
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - John F

Cheer up, GB - while I greatly sympathise with victims (a few years ago my son got up to find his Ford escort passenger door missing!), things aren't that bad.

www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport...l

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Fri 18 Dec 2015 11:44
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - John Boy

As some of the comments below the article suggest, it has limited meaning i.e. cars with trackers only, but why is it 3 years out of date?

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Fri 18 Dec 2015 21:34
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - injection doc

You call it your cherished Landrover and certainly from the Picture on a landrover forum it looks in fab condition.

So why have it insured with a budget insurer who will wiggle out of anything , why didnt it have an additional crook lock ?

Its certainly one that sticks out in a crowd, Tracker ? worth their weight in gold compared with the hassle once its stolen. Just the same with in-car cameras, most people buy them after they have been involved in an accident and cant prove their inocence !

Im a landrover fan and own one myself and have noticed from incar camera footage in the past when its parked how often doors have been tried and people peer in looking to see if they should lift it !Even on my drive way !

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Sun 20 Dec 2015 16:49
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - mss1tw

My father drove lorries many years ago. One he was driving was stolen along with his wallet by members of that community.

It was visible at their camp, from the police helicopter. The police refused to go in and get either the lorry orthe wallet.

So you might know where the vehicle is. So what?

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Sat 2 Jan 2016 15:31
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - Dwight Van Driver

Not yours Scott?

www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/land-rove...4

Defenders no longer produced and as an icon vehicle those on the road will be attractive targets for their parts etc. If you have one review your security.

dvd

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Sun 3 Jan 2016 23:56
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - focussed

My father drove lorries many years ago. One he was driving was stolen along with his wallet by members of that community.

It was visible at their camp, from the police helicopter. The police refused to go in and get either the lorry orthe wallet.

So you might know where the vehicle is. So what?

I have been involved in several instances of that example of police negligence or cowardice as a technical advisor years ago-not with cars I hasten to add.

The usual face-saving method for the police is to say that they cannot act as the alleged theft is not a theft at all but that it's a civil matter involving a transfer of the ownership of property.

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Mon 4 Jan 2016 07:38
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - RT
The usual face-saving method for the police is to say that they cannot act as the alleged theft is not a theft at all but that it's a civil matter involving a transfer of the ownership of property.

That would apply to every alleged theft then - it's just a civil disagreement over the transfer of ownership of property - there's something wrong with that logic but can't quite put my finger on it !

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Mon 4 Jan 2016 08:58
Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses - gordonbennet

Difficult for normal service to resume when certain groups have been issued blind eye or untouchable status, and endorsed by PC interests.

We are, and will for years to come, be reaping what has been sown over the last couple of decades with various groups.

Reluctance to pursue a stolen vehicle into an elephant in the room unspoken no go area is just the tip of the iceberg that awaits this Titanic.

Edited by gordonbennet on 04/01/2016 at 09:11

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