Wayne Rooney's dad had his £40,000 sports car stolen... after leaving the keys in the ignition - stopped at a petrol station in Liverpool yesterday morning to fill up the black Mercedes. But as he paid for the fuel, a man got into his car and drove off.
Furious Mr Rooney called the police straightaway and they are now scouring CCTV footage to try to identify the thief and track him down. A police source said: "Unsurprisingly Mr Rooney wasn't too delighted that his flash car had been taken. But to leave the keys in the ignition probably wasn't the wisest thing to do."
A spokesman for Merseyside Police said: "We can confirm we are investigating the theft of a black Mercedes sports car.
"The incident occurred at a petrol station in Queens Drive, Liverpool, at about 7.15am.
"The male driver of the vehicle was not in his car at the time. He was not subjected to any threats or violence or receive any injury.
"We are pursuing all lines of inquiry, including CCTV."
Perhaps this will assist trying to get the message into a few thick skulls ?
I love the police statement re Mr Rooney was not best pleased.
Another high priority investigation?
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after leaving the keys in the ignition -
>>stopped at a petrol station in Liverpool
>>to fill up the black Mercedes
YOU might think that, I couldn't possibly say so...
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He probably gets it free as part of Wayne's deal with Mercedes.
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What a prize plonker. Insurance won't pay out either. I wouldn't leave my car unlocked anywhere, never mind Liverpool!
Could make a good advert for pay at pump ;-)
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I wonder if this was a 'police source' or was the green eyed monster writing this drivel...
**Unsurprisingly Mr Rooney wasn't too delighted that his flash car**
must be wonderful to be perfect and never make a mistake.
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must be wonderful to be perfect and never make a mistake.
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Oh, come on, GB, this sort of thing has been widely publicised, and to leave your keys in an expensive car in a petrol station in a place which is well known for that sort of thing is just asking for it... and I hope the insurance company don't pay out, I don't see why the rest of us should pay for his stupidity.
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and I hopethe insurance company don't pay out I don't see why the rest of us should pay for his stupidity.
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Would you say that if you rear-ended someone? ;-)
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Would you say that if you rear-ended someone? ;-)
Whats he did was totally avoidable just by removing the keys... what you give is a totally different scenario with many more variables. This scenario is not even comparable with the delivery man one... there was just no excuse in this case, can't see why anyone would want to defend him...
And yes, I would expect the same response if I was stupid enough to do the same thing.
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Anyone who does regular deliveries, especially short hop, will not only leave the keys in the ignition regularly but often the engine running, especially if it is raining and you want the fan running. And as much as you are sure the vehicle is going to be in sight while you are out of it it is so easy to get distracted.
Watch your postman or courier driver and you will see this all the time. Having said that, whenever I am going to pay for fuel the keys come with me.
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Oh well just a days wages for this guy. I have no sympathy at all.
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Oh well just a days wages for this guy.
Its his Dad, isn't it?
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I must admit that it's probably only in the last ten years or so that I've been careful to lock my car and remove the keys at petrol stations. Naively, it hadn't really occured to me to do that until these kind of thefts became more widely publicised.
I used to live in a rural area where car crime was very very rare and like most of my neighbours I would often leave the keys in the vehicles even overnight. We rarely locked our house doors either. Sounds daft I know but that was normal. When we came to live in a town it felt prudent to be a bit more careful.
Sad really.
Edited by Humph Backbridge on 22/11/2009 at 13:03
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Anyone who does regular deliveries especially short hop will not only leave the keys >> in the ignition regularly but often the engine running especially if it is raining and you want the fan running.
Bet they wouldn't do it if they had to pay for it themselves. Laziness and carelessness. A well known Pizza delivery company has been plagued with their mopeds being stolen, so fitted an extra locking system...and the result?...same as before, because none of the riders can be bothered to use it.
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I should not of thought that many people around in Liverpool at 7.15am , unless they are delivering the Sun newspaper .
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I should not of thought that many people around in Liverpool at 7.15am....>>
Engage brain before typing...:-)
Liverpool has very hectic morning and evening rush hours, including lots of pedestrians, although major routes are busy at most times.
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Bet they wouldn't do it if they had to pay for it themselves. Laziness and carelessness.
You're quite right Westpig, but the reason people do it is that constant repetition of the little things like turning on and off, belting up etc, can add a fair amount of time to your day when you are on multi-drop. And as most or all drivers are on job and finish you can see why it is common practice.
The same trait of human nature also explains the rather gung-ho style of driving one might occassionaly notice from our hard working delivery men.
Edited by Robin Reliant on 22/11/2009 at 13:25
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We have a small fleet of multi-drop vans at work.
Few years ago the fleet manager bought a few Toyotas.
The ignition lock failed on nearly every one - couldn't take 'in-out, in-out' usage.
So it was back to the drawing board - rhyming slang in this case for Ford.
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I had a little job doing fifty-odd drops. I always locked the van, but I used to feel for the starter motor.
I was once in a two tonner at traffic lights. I felt the rear suspension drop and could see a face in the back window where they'd stepped up on the bumper to peer in. Fortunately I'd locked the doors. What could you do if they nicked something and legged it in the opposite direction?
SWMBO was picking me up one day. As I walked to the agreed point I could see her in a queue ahead. I opened the passenger door and sat down - she stopped screaming when she recognised me. She ALWAYS drives with the doors locked now!
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I was once in a two tonner at traffic lights. I felt the rear suspension drop and could see a face in the back window where they'd stepped up on the bumper to peer in.
That used to happen quite often at junctions when someone would walk over the chassis rails 'tween truck and trailer when i had a previous gen transporter to save them walking round or waiting...one particular day just off Priness Rd Manchester, i'd just started to turn left at some traffic lights and i felt a movement and just caught sight of two young lads clambering over the chassis, you can imagine the angles the chassis goes to on a turn...still makes me blood run cold....wasn't you Rattie was it?
Back to the current thread, yes he shouldn't have left the keys in but during the course of a lifetime we all make an odd mistake...maybe if it had been a priest or nun's mistake the comments would have been a little more sympathetic.
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The priests and nuns round your way must be dealing on the side Gordon, round here they drive Fiestas and Corsas.
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this car might have been stolen by someone who cant actually drive and they might have killed someone half a mile down the road (i bet it was auto which usually most young car thieves dont know how to work it anyway)
i too hope the insurers refuse to pay/people who leave keys in cars deserve no respect
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People who steal cars whether there were keys left in them or not deserve no respect. The victims of such crimes whether foolish or not deserve sympathy. Not to start another ball rolling but if our society had a punishment system which more actively discouraged crime in the first place......
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I agree HB. I don't usually leave the keys in the car - take them out by reflex - but I don't disrespect people who are more trusting (or careless) than I am. I do feel a certain distaste though for people who nick anything that isn't bolted down. They seem badly brought up to me. Call me old-fashioned if you like.
Poor old Mr Rooney (actually I imagine he's a lot younger than I am). He probably enjoys modest local celebrity status and must feel very affronted. I bet he'd like his nipper to give the thief a kicking.
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The priests and nuns round your way must be dealing on the side
My cousin (Irish side) is a priest (lovely fellow and i mean that) and he favoures the Astra....i once asked him quite jocularly ' ..... do you ever watch Father Ted', he fixed me with that steely glare once the preserve of the deputy head (Mr Buller, his glare could form ice inyour pants) and replied in a low tone that brooked no further discussion ''no i don't''...gulp, tail between legs:-)
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you should have said to him try it ;-)
go on go on go on
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Italy's the place for remarkable priests. Back in 1969 or 70 there weren't many silver cars, but I did notice a very nice silver Alfa Giulia one day. Getting into it was a very handsome, very well-dressed priest with wavy iron-grey hair. He wasn't accompanied by a glamorous woman but he looked as if he might have been going off to meet one. Looked a total Mafia-style playboy.
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Italy's the place for remarkable priests. Back in 1969 or 70 there weren't many silver cars but I did notice a very nice silver Alfa Giulia one day. Getting into it was a very handsome very well-dressed priest with wavy iron-grey hair. He wasn't accompanied by a glamorous woman but he looked as if he might have been going off to meet one. Looked a total Mafia-style playboy.
Gazing into a mirror Old Hand??
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"Getting into it was a very handsome, very well-dressed priest with wavy iron-grey hair. He wasn't accompanied by a glamorous woman but he looked as if he might have been going off to meet one"
More likely to have been on his way to meet a glamorous chap!!
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...still makes me blood run cold....wasn't you Rattie was it?
Might have been me, though !
I was called out to collect a stolen Victor in Collyhurst. The place was surrounded by 10 to 13 yrs old kids. They swarmed all over the trailer and kept interfering. I got the thing going and got in to drive it on when the engine stopped...they'd ripped all the HT leads off and thrown them up the road. I winched it on, secured it and drove away with about 6 of them hanging on the back of the trailer..... The curse of central locking...I was walking back to the car in the village when a young lady started walking by me and started chatting. She asked where I was going...I just said ' home '
She wouldn't go away, I walked up to the car and used the remote as I got to it. I forgot that it opened all the doors. She got in the passenger seat and started making rude suggestions and trying to touch me up, etc..............she was actually quite nice, but it wasn't a situation I wanted to be in......I eventually gave her a pound for a cuppa and chucked her out to try her luck elsewhere.
I keep going back, but she's never there...:-)
Ted
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I opened the passenger door and sat down - she stopped screaming when she recognised me. >>
do you always have this effect with the ladies?...;-)
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Nah.
They usually start after they've recognised me.
Where did I put the fava beans and chianti?
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Another good advert for the Renault keyless entry system. Just have the card in your pocket and you just need to press the button to stop and start.
Ideal if you are so lazy you can't even muster the effort to take your key out the ignition!
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There is a thought actually.
If this was a Renault and the same thing had happened, then the scroats wouldn't have been able to start the car.
However if you are in paying for your fuel and you see scroats getting into the car, then the automatic reaction would be to run back to your car. Of course, the closer you got to it, the better the chance of the car being able to start as it picks up the signal from the card in your pocket!
Or does it work in such a way that the card must be physically detected inside it?
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No, anywhere in range will do.
I can't believe anyone in this day and age so much as gets out of a car and leaves the keys in it, never mind goes to pay for petrol. There's just no excuse for doing it.
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>>..never mind goes to pay for petrol. There's just no excuse for doing it.>>
I trust you are not inferring that this individual - or any other - wouldn't pay for the fuel they have just put in a vehicle?
...:-))
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**Unsurprisingly Mr Rooney wasn't too delighted that his flash car**
If I had a Baby. i.e a new child I wouldn't call it Wayne, or Tracey or Chelsea or Sky. I wud fink of summfink else.
Oh! stuff it. I just don't like modern..............Innit
Dinosaur's may be extinct, but I ain't goin' yet!!!!!
MD
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