Stolen

[bry]

I just had a text from my mate.He has had his Pajero nicked overnight.
Needles to say he is gutted

 

[clivvy]

ffs, poor guy. itll be on its way abroad by now probably.

is he insured appropriately?

 

[bry]

Yeah clivvy he is insured.It seems strange Alarm never went off Dog normally barks if a leaf falls to the ground.if you know what i mean.So its either been towed or trailered away.i am not too genned up on Pajero's but i thought they had a immobiliser akin to the terrano.I know they can be bypassed,but on someones drive well lit up?

 

[Fez_uk]

they could of disabled the alarm if it's easy to get to, then break into the truck. Push it away then either trailered away or craned. Steering lock can be broken easily too.

 

[clivvy]

if no movement sensor, then they probably picked it up (front wheels up and winched onto wagon perhaps)

any scrapes/rubber on the drive as if its been dragged a little?

 

[zippy656]

any scrapes/rubber on the drive as if its been dragged a little?

oh


thats clever that is!

 

[clivvy]

is it? I thought it was a common way to steel cars...?

 

[bry]

if no movement sensor, then they probably picked it up (front wheels up and winched onto wagon perhaps)

any scrapes/rubber on the drive as if its been dragged a little?

Yeah i thought that,but he always parks it forward facing his house almost touching the wall.
The strange thing is,i have been to see him.And he reckons it was seen tearing around the streets and almost rolled it at 5-30 this morning.Now i may be gullible.But how would they by pass the security on it.

 

[bry]

Update.
He has now bought a 1997 Cherokee Jeep.£400.Not seen it yet.

 

[wildbri]

no one is going to pinch that are they?

 

[Barrbeast]

Yeah i thought that,but he always parks it forward facing his house almost touching the wall.
The strange thing is,i have been to see him.And he reckons it was seen tearing around the streets and almost rolled it at 5-30 this morning.Now i may be gullible.But how would they by pass the security on it.

How old was the Pajero? If it was a mk2 (pre 2000 ish) then assuming Mitsubishi marketed them the same as the Shoguns then I think immobilisers were an option only or even aftermarket fit and I assume alarms were similar.

I've had 2 '95 reg Shoguns a SWB and a LWB and both had central locking but only the LWB had an immobiliser (old style, "insert fob and wait for beeping before inserting key turning on ignition" kind - PITA ). Neither of them had alarms.

 

[bry]

Its just to get back on the road again till his insurance coughs up.Had a quick look well tidy tho.

 

[vince]

my mate had his scooby knicked and used in a ramraid, they cut the handbrake and used one of those dollys like the AA have. its on cctv and took less than 2 mins! proffesional criminals. A bloke i used to work with had a mitsubishi animal with all the extras including alloys imported from usa, when that got stolen he searched the local (in hull there are LOTS) gypo camp and found it parked next to another animal and they both had the same plates!!! It was defo his due to the wheels. coppers didnt care so he told them he was going to set it on fire and they soon turned up. apparently nobody owned it or the other one and the plates matched a car in kent.
thieving amoral scumbags are everywhere

 

[bry]

my mate had his scooby knicked and used in a ramraid, they cut the handbrake and used one of those dollys like the AA have. its on cctv and took less than 2 mins! proffesional criminals. A bloke i used to work with had a mitsubishi animal with all the extras including alloys imported from usa, when that got stolen he searched the local (in hull there are LOTS) gypo camp and found it parked next to another animal and they both had the same plates!!! It was defo his due to the wheels. coppers didnt care so he told them he was going to set it on fire and they soon turned up. apparently nobody owned it or the other one and the plates matched a car in kent.
thieving amoral scumbags are everywhere

Pond life they are.Gypo's used to look through my letter box looking for keys until i fitted all four CCTV camera's.

 

[bry]

Well the old bill has now found his Pajero.Damage is door and ignition barrels.Unsure about the body work or engine.

 

[96terrano]

Well the old bill has now found his Pajero.Damage is door and ignition barrels.Unsure about the body work or engine.

Where was it? Abandoned? Did they catch the people who had it?

 

[bry]

I think it was in hull.Seems to be several nests of Gypo's in that area.

 

[96terrano]

I think it was in hull.Seems to be several nests of Gypo's in that area.

Ahh, we get them in this town loads too, they use the nearby caravan sight or the carpark near my house, always Irish ones.

 

[bry]

KIN low life the lot of em.

 

[96terrano]

KIN low life the lot of em.

Careful what you say about them here, I had a thread closed because I bad mouthed gypsies/tinkers