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Hi, I had an old k reg Disco stolen Feb last year, parked it the same as you in public view but not outside someones house as I did not want to annoy anyone. Police said wait 24 hrs and then ring them and they would make a report as stolen. Disco nether recovered. Police did nothing, I got a letter saying case closed 48 hrs after it was reported stolen. Car was worth something to me as I had had it 12 years and kept records of all the servicing that I did and reciept etc. Police said they are targeting old 4x4 that were with out good security eg electronic key identification and then, shipping them abroad. Sorry about your car and I hope you get it back.
 
So sorry for you. BLOODY LOW LIFE SCUM, hope they have an accident and suffer horrific injuries or worse:(
 
ive been doing some research

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rustic said:
Sorry to hear about this, if my wife had done this, I would say are you sure you parked it there, so I won't insult you by asking the question. :doh

It might be worth looking at the location in daylight, and look for any signs that say, limit the hours of parking.
This is happening a lot near railway stations and the like to stop people taking up customer parking spaces.

Like all my projects, I was thinking of making an Anti-Hijack alarm, it will work as follows, start the car, leave the engine running, keys in ignition, a mild mannered pedestrian, sees the vehicle as a free lift, so drives off, gets about half a mile away ( You don't want this guy to come and ask you to get it started for him do you?) and ....... engine shuts down, won't start..
Might be something I could sell on ebay... thoughts please..

Best regards, Rustic
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On a similar train of thought, some vehicles where fitted with a one way valve in the brake hydraulics. Had a combination type lock on it to release it to normal 2 way operation.
So the theory goes, get down the road as far as the nearest junction BRAKE and you stay there.
 
Thanks all. Yes, insured - and this year for some reason I decided to insure my no claims too, so at least I won't lose that.

Getting to work. I'll have to ride all the way, all of the days. Usually I ride 3 out of 4 and car/train the other 1. Now I'll have to ride all four. I have got a folding bike, but it folds quite big and I'm not sure I'd get on the train with it.

The problem will come when the lane between me and work/the train station is icy, it's like a skating rink, narrow, bendy, high hedges, no pavement or verge and everyone treats it like a race track.

So, there's a petrol auto for sale... I like diesel and manual, although I think the petrols are more powerful. The Handbook gives the auto doing MORE mpg than the manual! At 56 constant the Handbook reckons 22mpg for the manual and 25mpg for the auto. If I can find the torque figures comparing diesel to petrol I might go for the petrol. If I ever get this car back I could make it a proper offroader and go out to play in it... (cash permitting obviously).
 
PS I keep disappearing because my computer at home says it can't find the server for this site. Annoying, I need to speak to IT at work to see if they have any ideas.
 
Karinofnine said:
PS I keep disappearing because my computer at home says it can't find the server for this site. Annoying, I need to speak to IT at work to see if they have any ideas.
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Check with Bat21....there are a couple of technical anomalies that might be related to your ISP, I can't recall cos I never had 'em...but he has the fix...just tell him you want your tenner back and he'll be online like a rat up a drainpipe LMAO!:lol

Re your NCD insurance, sadly it doesn't work that way as I understand it. because you have a claim, they stick you in a higher risk bracket so that the base premium goes up - your discount %age against it remains the same but of course its a higher £ number.....ask them and see what they say....
 
mickmonk said:
. Police said wait 24 hrs and then ring them and they would make a report as stolen..
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That is incredibly bad advice. In fact presuming you haven't misunderstood them or there's not somthing we don't know about, its disgraceful.

If anyone else finds themselves in a similar unfortunate situation, DO NOT be fobbed off with a phone back later.
 
Karinofnine said:
PS I keep disappearing because my computer at home says it can't find the server for this site. Annoying, I need to speak to IT at work to see if they have any ideas.
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It might help if you open a command shell and try:
"ipconfig /flushdns"
without the quotes!
 
daved said:
That is incredibly bad advice. In fact presuming you haven't misunderstood them or there's not somthing we don't know about, its disgraceful.

If anyone else finds themselves in a similar unfortunate situation, DO NOT be fobbed off with a phone back later.
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well it might have had an argument and stropped off to play with its mates and not told you where it was?..

Oh wait, its a car....:doh:doh

I bet if it was a nice shiny new Audi or Beemer the scuffers would be straight round....
 
Karinofnine said:
PS I keep disappearing because my computer at home says it can't find the server for this site. Annoying, I need to speak to IT at work to see if they have any ideas.
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i had a lot of problems with this, apparently my ISP 'orange' is to blame, BAT21 sorted it for me :thumb2
 
Karinofnine said:
Thanks all. Yes, insured - and this year for some reason I decided to insure my no claims too, so at least I won't lose that.

Getting to work. I'll have to ride all the way, all of the days. Usually I ride 3 out of 4 and car/train the other 1. Now I'll have to ride all four. I have got a folding bike, but it folds quite big and I'm not sure I'd get on the train with it.

The problem will come when the lane between me and work/the train station is icy, it's like a skating rink, narrow, bendy, high hedges, no pavement or verge and everyone treats it like a race track.

So, there's a petrol auto for sale... I like diesel and manual, although I think the petrols are more powerful. The Handbook gives the auto doing MORE mpg than the manual! At 56 constant the Handbook reckons 22mpg for the manual and 25mpg for the auto. If I can find the torque figures comparing diesel to petrol I might go for the petrol. If I ever get this car back I could make it a proper offroader and go out to play in it... (cash permitting obviously).
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Hi Karin,

So sorry to hear your new's :( Ive had 2 attempted thefts on an old land rover of mine and thats bad enough.

I havn't got a manual to refer to but mine patrols a diesel auto and the final gear/overdrive is higher than a manual so cruising revs is ridiculously low, about 1,800rpm at 70-80mph so it probably does do more mpg at cruising speeds. That said if your going to use it around town going to work and not on motorways it will be the same or a little more thirsty than a manual. On the flip side petrol is cheaper than diesel so you will prob end up better off!!! :)

Just make sure the auto box is good!!!! i got several quotes for mine and a full rebuild is approx £1,200 worst case scenario!!!

Good luck

Daz
 
My car stolen today

Just a quick tip regarding extra anti theft devices.
put HI - LOW BOX IN NEUTRAL.
Might slow them down a bit.:thumb2
 
Can I just point out that it says in the handbook (for the Y60) to move the gearstick swiftly through the neutral position when changing from high to low ratio, and NOT to linger in neutral.
 
any news yet ? , did you see the links / info i posted ?
 
Karinofnine said:
Can I just point out that it says in the handbook (for the Y60) to move the gearstick swiftly through the neutral position when changing from high to low ratio, and NOT to linger in neutral.
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but as the hand brake is on the prop shaft leaving it parked in neutral is not going to be a disadvantage or cause damage but might just confuse a thief, Rick
 
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