Ever had your vehicle stolen???

[953]

We have, and its not a nice thing to happen. We want our vehicle back.
We are looking for any tips that may be of any help in recovering it.
The car has been gone for nearly two weeks now. We believe it is not a joy rider, rather someone who wants the car for parts/accessories. Some of the contents of the car were found in a dumpster in 12 Manton Road South Oakleigh VIC. We believe the car maybe somewhere in that near vacinity. If you have ever had any dealings with anyone in that area, could you please send me a personal message.

Again, any tips at all would be appreciated, we are getting desperate!:mad::mad::mad:
Cheers Dean

[Pedro_The_Swift]

while this should be in the STOLEN GOODS forum, I can understand your concern and reasoning,,

Pics might help,,

[953]

Thanks for your help, all pics and description are in stolen category

Cheers Dean

[Pedro_The_Swift]

http://www.weaselsnout.net/web/pics.nsf/pictures/MARR-786DFK/$File/MARR-786DFK.jpg

[Scouse]

Looking at Google Maps, it looks like the block of land between 3 & 5 Manton Rd (across the road from 12) is the resting place of quite a few vehicles.

Good luck with your search but I fear the worst :(.

[V8Ian]

Bad news, good luck on it's recovery but from experience, the longer it's gone......the lower the chance of recovery.

I had a Volvo stolen a number of years ago, it was finally recovered 6 months later. The owner of the property where it had been dumped reported it to the police, who checked it out and said the number plates did not belong on the car but were not reported stolen; no further action! The correct rego could have been read on the still attatched label. The finder contacted me via a phone bill left in the car.

It's not just the loss of the car that's devistating, it's also the violation and loss of tools, papers et al.

Again, hope it is recovered and the scum caught.

[Bushie]

Bad news, good luck on it's recovery but from experience, the longer it's gone......the lower the chance of recovery.



And the less chance that you would actually WANT it back



Martyn

[Tombie]

Dont get to upset (if you're insured that is)

I've had 2 vehicles stolen, 1 written off (180+km/h impact with a Stobie pole and then through the front of a house)
And the other stolen, thrashed and stripped.. (Fully rebuilt by insurance)

I've also had 3 vehicles broken into and ransacked etc....

Plus a home invasion where all the vehicle keys were stolen etc.... (Was years ago, in a good neighbourhood in Adelaide)

You get over it...

Best not to dwell on the bad, but rather move forwards...

There is always scum on any pond, and they will always take what they could never own..

[George130]

Yep had a few stolen and broken into.
Worst was a dato 1600. 3 weeks after it was stolen we got a call from a guy in Sydney who was sick of the police not moving it from his naturestrip.
We went up to get the car back and within minutes of opening the car had several police units surround the area. Turned out they had not moved the car due to all the weapons in the boot but had been waiting for who ever owned them to return.

hope you get it back good as new but fear you won't now.

[lardy]

We have, and its not a nice thing to happen. We want our vehicle back.
We are looking for any tips that may be of any help in recovering it.
The car has been gone for nearly two weeks now. We believe it is not a joy rider, rather someone who wants the car for parts/accessories. Some of the contents of the car were found in a dumpster in 12 Manton Road South Oakleigh VIC. We believe the car maybe somewhere in that near vacinity. If you have ever had any dealings with anyone in that area, could you please send me a personal message.

Again, any tips at all would be appreciated, we are getting desperate!:mad::mad::mad:
Cheers Dean

look on ebay mate i had a bloke on the landrover owners international magazine(uk) forum saying he found his items dumped in a ditch but when he looked closer he found an ebay reciept he checked that out was checker plate for a landy defender, got the buyers address and it was 10 miles his house, the old bill went round but reckon it was on its way to africa or the middle east (i doubt that but...10 year old landy)

[disco gazza]

I watched a program on CI(foxtel) the other night.
It was all about the cars(new & old),being stolen,then shipped to anywhere in Africa.
It was filmed in britian.

953
Sorry to hear about your loss.

disco gazza
92 disco tdi

[moose]

I had a motorbike get stolen. It was a kawasaki zx9r, three weeks old, stolen in broad daylight in elsternwick (inner melbourne suburb). And it was three days before christmas. Gone vanished, never to be seen again.:(

[Pedro_The_Swift]

What happened Moose??
did they just lift it up and carry it away?:eek:

[Rudolf]

Not me but my Dad, a company supplier, colleague and neighbour.
My Dad. At gun point 4AM in his house. Demanded money and jewelry. He is 65 years old.
Supplier, hijachked his wife at gun point. Stood on her bach to hold her down. (55 Old) Took a Austen Martin. The car just disapeared. Strange thing is there are not many of them here but it is gone!!!
Coleague. Whent to his gymm about 50m from police station.
Single Cab Hilux(New Model) gone.
Neighbour had a traditional wedding at his house.
Visitors cheap car parked next to my gate with guards in street.
Also gone.
Now I wonder why so many people from South Africa emigrtates.
Crime is all over but much less all over.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

We are only just beginning to have those episodes here,,
stuff still gets stolen,,
but not much person to person violence ,,
not considering the population,,

[Rudolf]

Nobody escapes theft here.
Not even members of the newly lected goverment.
Last week a MEC (Member of the excecutive comitee) had her fancy Merc stolen/hijacked in her driveway of her house. She resigned due to the not following protocol of having the vehicle fitted with the necesary alarm systems. She was told it was. All was blamed on her mistakes but no mention was made about the general crime ratios and that the policing here is not sufficient. This is rich people. The very poor suffers even more person to person violence. For me all comes down to what the powers to be are prepared to do or to what extremes they are prepared to go to.
Ask any South African living in Australia and you will hear simmilar stories.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I'm not sure what the average Aussie can do for your Country Rudolf,,
Like most world troubles,, its lack of info that keeps us unaware--.

[moose]

What happened Moose??
did they just lift it up and carry it away?:eek:
Cops reckon they would have done just that, picked it up and chucked it on a truck, then off to be parted out, usually to "track day" or race bikes.

[Panda]

I had my Kwaka stolen ... it was chained up outside where I was living in Sydney ... the police caught the bloke trying to start it down the road at some ungodly hour. How lucky was that?

When the cops knocked at the door & woke me up the bloke was already in the back of the paddy wagon. I felt pretty bad for him actually, so went & had a long conversation, asking him why he had decided to try to steal my bike ...



I had a motorbike get stolen. It was a kawasaki zx9r, three weeks old, stolen in broad daylight in elsternwick (inner melbourne suburb). And it was three days before christmas. Gone vanished, never to be seen again.:(

[Rudolf]

Austen Marten recovered at a nearby Casino Parking lot.
Some 30Km from where it was stolen.
I wonder why it was stolen in the first place.

[abaddonxi]

Five or six times, all recovered eventually. Two were dumped within walking distance - same car twice. One gone for months, I think until rego ran out. One gone long enough to pay out insurance, and found less than a kilometre away after a string of servo robberies. Fifth one recovered outside Dobbo's work. I don't think he had anything to do with it.:angel:

Simon

[George130]

Fifth one recovered outside Dobbo's work. I don't think he had anything to do with it.:angel:

Simon

Of couse he did. He is the mafia boss up that way. Must have been found just before it was loaded onto the train on it's way to Ron's place.

[3toes]

Cops reckon they would have done just that, picked it up and chucked it on a truck.

In the early nineties the Upper Mt Gravatt shopping centre car park in Brisbane was loosing a couple of cars a day. This went on for nearly 6 months before they were finally caught. They had a tilt tray tow truck and were just winching them on and driving off. If anyone asked said the owner had lost the keys and with electronic locks it had to be taken to the dealership to be fixed. It seems that everyone who asked thought this was reasonable and so did not think to tell anyone.

[Casper]

I had a 120y stolen from out the front of a mates place in Ashburton (melb inner suburb) one night.

We came back from a party and past my car parked on the street a few streets down.

We went back to see what was going on and it was open with a note on the steering wheel reading "This thing is useless"...

Nothing was missing, change still in the ashtray and every thing, thought it must have just been joy riders with a sense of humor.

Good luck finding your truck Dean.