Miscellaneous Car News | Page 757 | FerrariChat

Miscellaneous Car News

Discussion in 'Australia' started by Aircon, Mar 23, 2009.

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.

  1. PAP 348

    PAP 348 Nine Time F1 World Champ
    Lifetime Rossa Owner

    Dec 10, 2005
    99,174
    Mount Isa, Australia
    Full Name:
    Pap
    Of course, you feel violated to some degree.

    I dread the day someone breaks into my place while we are all sleeping, just worried about the kids that's all.

    They can take whatever they want, that's what insurance is for.

    Hope you get things sorted as soon as possible brother.
     
  2. MonsterCro

    MonsterCro Formula Junior

    Mar 4, 2014
    586
    Sydney Australia
    Full Name:
    Steve
    The worst thing was I heard someone downstairs and thought it was my daughter getting a drink untill I heard the cars. I'm glad there was no confrontation especially if my daughter or wife went down to have a look
     
  3. Aircon

    Aircon Ten Time F1 World Champ
    BANNED

    Jun 23, 2003
    100,524
    Melbourne, Australia
    Full Name:
    Peter
  4. greg246

    greg246 Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Jun 2, 2004
    25,478
    Sydney,Australia
    Full Name:
    Greg
    That's just terrifying really
     
  5. MonsterCro

    MonsterCro Formula Junior

    Mar 4, 2014
    586
    Sydney Australia
    Full Name:
    Steve
    It was very unsettling after we realised what had just happened. Usually when my daughter gets up in the night to go downstairs I always get up and check. For some reason I didn't last night. I got up took a couple of steps and went back when I heard my daughter in her room and it was quiet again downstairs
     
  6. au-yt

    au-yt F1 Veteran
    Silver Subscribed

    Aug 13, 2006
    5,834
    Burradoo... Actually
    Full Name:
    Graeme
    Wow...I so pleased the Fcar wasn’t there, and I recon they may not have taken it, as it’s more than likely the cars are in containers ready be shipped.
    Are you planning trackers on the replacement cars?
     
  7. MonsterCro

    MonsterCro Formula Junior

    Mar 4, 2014
    586
    Sydney Australia
    Full Name:
    Steve
    I'm not sure what I'm going to do for replacement yet. The Golf R was my wife's daily and the alfa was my new daily. The 718 was my wife's weekend car.

    Other than looking total stock the Golf R was highly modified and extremely quick. The others were all standard

    The police believed that they would of had a sealed car track a few kms away in a dark side street which the cars would of been loaded into. There is plenty of side streets to hide these trucks in our area
     
  8. Ferraridoc

    Ferraridoc F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Jun 20, 2012
    16,067
    Gold Coast, Aust.
    Full Name:
    Patrick
    Jesus, Steve, that's bloody horrible! You must feel violated. If you don't have CCTV, maybe the neighbours caught the crunts on film.
     
  9. MonsterCro

    MonsterCro Formula Junior

    Mar 4, 2014
    586
    Sydney Australia
    Full Name:
    Steve
    We have CCTV but you cant identify them as they were well covered up. It is a very uneasy feeling. I think tonight will be a hard night to sleep.
     
  10. Ferraridoc

    Ferraridoc F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Jun 20, 2012
    16,067
    Gold Coast, Aust.
    Full Name:
    Patrick
    They'll make a mistake - they always do. The cops will get them eventually. ITMT change the locks and add a deadbolt and a sensor light
     
  11. islerodreaming

    islerodreaming Formula 3

    Aug 11, 2007
    1,425
    Full Name:
    John - a proud Australian man
  12. kerrari

    kerrari Two Time F1 World Champ
    Silver Subscribed

    Oct 22, 2004
    23,482
    Coolum Beach AUSTRALIA
    Full Name:
    Karen H.
    Sorry to hear about this Steve - horrible feeling!
     
  13. IanB

    IanB F1 World Champ
    Owner

    Jun 15, 2006
    15,624
    Sydney
    I watch people spending vast amounts of time and money building replica GT40's and think, what is the fuchsing point? Building a car around the correct steel monocoque with the myriad of correct castings and fittings is a $500K exercise these days. A set of Weslake heads alone runs to US$100K.

    Meanwhile, there are so may real cars that are fun to drive and you don't have to spend the rest of your life answering the question "is it a replica?"
     
  14. MonsterCro

    MonsterCro Formula Junior

    Mar 4, 2014
    586
    Sydney Australia
    Full Name:
    Steve
    Thanks Karen. Now that a day has passed the family is feeling calmer today
     
  15. ihavearedferrari

    ihavearedferrari F1 Rookie

    Nov 23, 2007
    3,316
    Sydney
    Full Name:
    Adam
  16. SPEEDCORE

    SPEEDCORE Four Time F1 World Champ

    Jul 11, 2005
    45,906
    Full Name:
    Toe Knee
    Most likely the cars are in a warehouse/scrapyard in Sydney waiting to be re birthed. Quite a few syndicates have been busted in Western Sydney over the years and a Ferrari 360 stolen in 2014 was recently recovered from a syndicate operating in Alexandria.

    Easy to disable trackers that use GPS. Buy them from ebay for $7 (they are illegal don't buy).
    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/12V-Car-GPS-Blocker-Cigarette-Lighter-Interface-Signal-Jammer-Shield-Tracking/283464733944?hash=item41ffd094f8:g:Tt8AAOSwJEpcw~XG&frcectupt=true


    Sorry to hear, 3 cars at one time is crazy. :(

    You mentioned the cops think they were pros. Pros would case a house for a few days before hitting it? Maybe look at the past few days of CCTV footage to see if any dodgy people hanging about?
     
    Maranello550 likes this.
  17. SPEEDCORE

    SPEEDCORE Four Time F1 World Champ

    Jul 11, 2005
    45,906
    Full Name:
    Toe Knee
  18. Bas

    Bas Four Time F1 World Champ

    Mar 24, 2008
    41,300
    ESP
    Full Name:
    Bas
    Was the woman with the thief? Or was she left in the car whilst owner went doing whatever he was?
     
  19. SPEEDCORE

    SPEEDCORE Four Time F1 World Champ

    Jul 11, 2005
    45,906
    Full Name:
    Toe Knee
    #18920 SPEEDCORE, May 25, 2019
    Last edited: May 25, 2019
    They haven't released those details yet but probably both joy riders.
     
  20. Bas

    Bas Four Time F1 World Champ

    Mar 24, 2008
    41,300
    ESP
    Full Name:
    Bas
    If that's correct then good riddance.
     
  21. DMWC

    DMWC Formula 3

    Jan 23, 2013
    1,718
    Sydney Australia
    Full Name:
    David C
    Sorry to hear about your house been violated whilst you were inside.
    After a similar experience some years ago at our place, when we were sleeping upstairs whilst downstairs was robbed, we were advised by the police that the best way of preventing it from happening again was to get a dog. However, our thief was thought to be an opportunistic druggie.


    Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat.com mobile app
     
  22. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Feb 25, 2009
    28,802
    North Qld
    Full Name:
    simon klein
    Report said 1 hour later so you'd have to,hopefully,think it was the thief's sheila.
     
  23. Aircon

    Aircon Ten Time F1 World Champ
    BANNED

    Jun 23, 2003
    100,524
    Melbourne, Australia
    Full Name:
    Peter
    Didn't you say you weren't coming back to fchat? Honourable people stick to their word. Oh.... No wonder you're back.
     
  24. Maranello550

    Maranello550 F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Aug 25, 2011
    12,324
    HongKong
    Full Name:
    Gary
    Geez 100K for a set of Weslake heads....I think Dad kept the spare set off his Lola T70....I'll have to keep an eye out when I move all his stuff....
     

Share This Page