Thread: Defender 2012 Stolen, rebirthed, rego'd, Gov dept not interested

Originally Posted by 101RRS

My neighbour had his $300k AMG Mercedes (only 4 months old) and his wife's $150k top spec C Class (2019 model) knocked off from his garage the night before last. They did not touch the 2008 Lamborghini, the brand new Nissan Navara, the BMW X5 or the Nissan work ute - yes it is a big house with a big garage.

My bet is the AMG will be used as a getaway car for a middle eastern or bikie gang hit and the C Class will be stripped for parts. Was a professional job as they clearly knew what they were after. I think these cars would be difficult to rebirth but you never know.

I am sure the cops will be more interested in finding the Mercs than say, some old RRS that was parked in my drive if it had been knocked off instead.

Garry

How did they get past the immobilisers?

A couple of years ago high end stolen cars from here were reportedly turning up in China and Japan.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

How did they get past the immobilisers?

Broke into the house with 4 people inside and stole the keys off the hook - lesson - do not leave your keys in the house within easy reach of an intruder. Oh and consider where you locate the switch inside to open the garage door - in this case the Navara, the Mercs and the Lambo were inside the garage with electric door closed and they just pushed the button to open the garage door - was definitely a well planned job.

As a result I now have my keys stored in a more secure location and considering what to do with the garage opener.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

As a result I now have my keys stored in a more secure location and considering what to do with the garage opener.

Good point but if like me and probably most doors (not that I have a Lamborghini or similar) your garage door has an internal switch on the actual door motor, what then?

I was told that if you have a keyless start car, the key fob has a range and this can be used via a computer like a relay to start the car. Solution? Put the keys in a tin, not plastic or china but tin, as the signal cannot get out of the tin.

Unless you're confident and able enough to take on a couple of professional scumbags or meth heads it's better to leave keys outside the bedroom .
They will probably have both the element of surprise and some sort of weapon.
Having better security / cameras for your dwelling and / or a vehicle tracker with remote shut down if your in the city or burbs is a good idea.
Country folk more likely to have dogs / guns and less likely to drive status symbols worth stealing in general .

The investigating copper might just have a look at their finances from the perspective of someone having $450 000 worth of vehicles stolen but not the lambo ( sentimental value maybe ?)

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Broke into the house with 4 people inside and stole the keys off the hook - lesson - do not leave your keys in the house within easy reach of an intruder. Oh and consider where you locate the switch inside to open the garage door - in this case the Navara, the Mercs and the Lambo were inside the garage with electric door closed and they just pushed the button to open the garage door - was definitely a well planned job.

As a result I now have my keys stored in a more secure location and considering what to do with the garage opener.

WRONG!!! Very wrong!

Leave the keys away from your bedroom... Or you will find out how they coerce you to hand them over.

Originally Posted by gruntfuttock

I was told that if you have a keyless start car, the key fob has a range and this can be used via a computer like a relay to start the car. Solution? Put the keys in a tin, not plastic or china but tin, as the signal cannot get out of the tin.

and line the tin with lead

Originally Posted by Tombie

WRONG!!! Very wrong!

Leave the keys away from your bedroom... Or you will find out how they coerce you to hand them over.

Yeah .... unfortunately the recommended thing now is to leave the keys where a home invader can grab them without coming into contact with the people at home.

Cars can be replaced, people less so.