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Crims seem to be one step ahead or cleverly adapt at changing tack. Back in the 70s crime seemed to be simple , bit of weed, theft, burglary and big bank jobs and some Ford’s nicked.
Up market Car radios and stereos became a status symbol easy to take from cars, pull out and run. Solved by incorporating them into the facia so you needed to take the whole dash ! CD players under the seat became a target and thankfully superseded with new tech . Then we all bought Tom Tom navigation for the car, occasionally left them in overnight by mistake and they got stolen.
Cars obviously get stolen with certain brands prime targets and often are shipped abroad or broken for spares.
A few years back it seemed that wheel theft was rife as I regularly saw cars on bricks with no wheels. Not seen this for a while now.
We locally have ended up going back to steering wheel locks to supplement alarms. Many have kill switches where you have to remember to press lots of buttons in sequence - no good for me as I can only remember one simple PIN number
Recently two vehicles 50 metres away are now being targeted with (god bless improved tech) cordless angle grinders. They have worked out where to cut through to all the electric cables , so they can steal. 3.30 am a couple of weeks ago, woken up to see this happening on a friends new Range Rover. Confronted by the owner in his dressing gown they scarpered but came back later and he then had to move the car to a safe storage location. Two weeks and it has just been returned .
A lady a few houses away went to her car this morning to discover the steering wheel stolen . Last year she had the headlights taken to order no doubt, unless some crim has decided to build a merc usurping all stolen parts.
Another big merc SUV had that big radiator star taken a month back and I think it cost a fortune as it has cameras, laser beams etc etc.
Number plates stolen are anther issue.
Fingers crossed but Volvos locally don’t seem worth stealing. according to the local network group, hope that doesn’t tempt fate.
Been lucky over the years, only had an Escort stolen many years back, unfortunately it was my wife’s dads we had borrowed for some reason !
Anyway hope your pride and joys are safe.
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