Thread: stolen boat found minus aux motor

Excellent news, now go out and buy a big german sheppherd. Dont let them hit you a second time.

just the aux motor, you got out of it lightly.

Well done.

when you replace the motor have it "microdot" marked.or at least put a sticker on it. might help.

mns488: have you heard of microdots or datadots? I saw something about them on telly a while ago and it seems a good way of 'invisible' marking.

Then a few days ago I was in a Supercheap and for $90!! you can get the the microdots as a spray on.

Just a thought....

Glad you got your boat back

GQ

Microdots / datadots are next to useless for anything unless ALL items of the same type are marked with them..

Take for instance, buy a new falcon, they charge 500 to do it .. car get stolen, do you give a rats ?, Hell No! ... as you get a new one with insurance, and seeing what 1/50 would fork out the $$ to get it done to a falcon, why would you bother, give you nothing, not cheaper insurance, no one would look on a falcon panel for them, not even smash repairers, if they get the part cheap do you think they care ?

Ok ... BUT say BMW .. all new BMWs come standard with the dots on the box, so that means if ANY get stolen, they are all marked and you get your parts / car back because ever found / spare part / panel is marked, most insurance companies give discounts to cars with a FULL RANGE datadot system.

Doing it your engine would be useless UNLESS you found it and had to prove it in court that it was yours ... chances of finding it, slim unless you put it on the manufactures stolen list so if it goes in for service (doubt it) it will ring bells.

Rego / Mobile Number put somewhere they can not grind out, and somewhere you can see without interrogating the person is the way to do it, then head to your local ramps next summer with the shotgun and pitbull (or wife, what ever is scarier).