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[maggies_minder]

This is a joke! What retail park mate if you don't mind me asking

the ravenside retail park in birmingham right at the back of the Jaguar plant in castle bromwich.

[mini-luke]

i got the reg of the car which was a brown old renault megane scenic (im fairly certain) but it was on false plates that don't match any car in existence.

I was on the recieving end of a hit and run by a car on fake plates in Birmingham myself recently, it's very common when you can just buy a set of plates for a tenner off ebay with no logbook or anything needed

[Ipod]

Get one of these

http://www.halfords....tegoryId_165565

Iv been burgled n had my motorbike nicked from me garage, i gave up riding for a year, because of the "Why should i bother attitude"

After that i got a new bike, a few infact and just tightend my security

Your just having a knee jerk reaction...dont sell it, you'll kick yaself

[MaxAndPaddy]

Awwwwwwwwwww nooooo Maggie!!!!

Glad you got there in time..... but dont leave us

Remember why you have her? remember shes special, remember making your funny woolly dash, remember the smile factor, remember the pilgrims in normal cars, remember your country your people your friends yourrrrrr....

Freedom!!!!!

I've suddenly gone into a Twilight Braveheart world

cheers paddy, i had spent the past couple of weeks having "serious" talks with the misses about getting rid of it for a sensible car now insurance is realistic on any car now im 25.

i was going to wait for the decent weather and hope it made me change my mind but now ive lost all motivation to have anything which others desire. (except for my body ladies )

Mags I promise you'l regret selling her....so sell the misses instead

Or loan her out instead then you can concentrate on your 'male body for hire' service

Seriously....do nothing till summer Mags

[Ipod]

This is a joke! What retail park mate if you don't mind me asking

Umm maybe dont answer that..you dont know whos reading this lol

[M J W J]

Sorry to hear it Maggie.

Its a shame you didn't manage to grab them. Its a horrible feeling when you get so close to someone you are after but not quite close enough to actually catch them. I know what its like as I have been in a similar situation myself (didn't involve a car).

Hopefully the forensics come back with something. At least as you have seen them, a works colleague has seen them and they left evidence at the scene if the police can find out who it was, you should be able to convict them. They will probably get squat for it and find some way to wriggle out of it but you never know.

[Moggyton]

Any cctv in the area? Id imagine so in a retail park :)

[PaddyShepherd]

Get a snap off steering boss, battery isolator with a keyed switch, and a handbrake-to-gearstick lock. Prevents the car from starting, turning and being put in gear/handbrake taken off. Don't let an attempted theft ruin your enjoyment.

[maggies_minder]

Any cctv in the area? Id imagine so in a retail park :)

no cctv of car park only of store fronts.

[Moggyton]

Any cctv in the area? Id imagine so in a retail park :)

no cctv of car park only of store fronts.

oh right :/

[Noah]

Why should you sell it?

I understand that this event has caused you too loose faith, but if you give up they win. You'll sell it and it'll get stolen from the next person. You wouldn't sell your pet labrador because someone tried to steal him. Same thing here, you just take the correct precautions to reduce the risk of it happening again.

Obviously a Mini will never be completely secure but, with your Immobiliser, Alarm system, wire in a couple of kill-switches, and a steering lock like the one linked earlier.

It's unfortunate that this has happened but, giving up should never be an option.

[KernowCooper]

Now you need more like hidden switched to cut the supply to the coil and even the electric pump and even a metal steering wheel lock, shame you didn't catch the bloke though.

[MaxAndPaddy]

Birmingham does seem to be a hot house for mini thefts lately

[mini*mad]

A big improvement is an internal bonnet release & tracker
Glad you spotted it before it was too late!

A decent cat 1 alarm can also text you when any of the doors or windows are opened
And a tracker helps get it back
a motion detected is worth it's weight aswell as they stop it being put onto a low loader!

The above can cost as little as £250 fitted!
I've got drilled front discs for my mini which a standard motorbike disc lock fits onto no problem!

Edited by mini*mad, 05 April 2013 - 10:15 PM.

[BVY]

Mate, there's nothing to say they wouldn't have tried to steel your car if it was something boring like a Ford Fiesta... All that's needed is a few simple security improvements to deter the robbing B-stards. As much as I'd like to have your mini, DON'T SELL because of some low life scum