My dads new car was stolen last night, it's a Silver VW Golf R reg no SL15 BHW, has black mirror caps and a black glass sunroof. Please get in touch if anyone spots it.
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18-06-2015 03:20 PM #1
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Car stolen from Craigleith area last night
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18-06-2015 03:30 PM #2
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18-06-2015 03:37 PM #3
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Not sure about the keyless start tbh, he only took delivery of the car a few weeks ago and the b******s broke into his house during the night when he was in bed and took the keys and his wallet.
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18-06-2015 04:03 PM #4
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19-06-2015 08:11 PM #6
Saw something on police Facebook about another couple of cars stolen in the pentlands area
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19-06-2015 08:41 PM #7
For many years now cars have been near impossible to start without the keys. This, in turn, has led to many more break ins to obtain the car keys. The easiest way is to use a telescopic magnet for people who have a hall table where they throw the keys when they get home. If you know of anyone who still does this, advise them to alter their habits. Have you tried contacting the manufacturer concerning the theft? With built in gps I am sure someone can trace it's movements similar to "prey" for phones and computers etc.
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20-06-2015 11:53 AM #8
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21-06-2015 12:11 AM #9
If your dad has just bought it, maybe the old owner ( or someone dodgy at the garage etc) had a spare/ cloned key and just stole it to be chopped for parts. I realise this probably won't assist you with getting the car back, but it's just a theory.
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21-06-2015 08:01 AM #11
So he did, I didn't notice that. Well let's hope the second part of my theory is wrong as well then.
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21-06-2015 08:33 AM #12
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Her car was later used in a bank robbery and trashed.
Anyway she was advised not just to avoid dumping keys on a 'handy' table but to keep them out of sight to make the OPs theft less likely.Space to let
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21-06-2015 01:03 PM #13
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R's and S3's are the thieves car of choice at the moment that's why I'm reluctant to get one.
Fingers crossed it turns up but if maybe not if its been trashed/thrashed.
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21-06-2015 08:15 PM #14
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21-06-2015 08:29 PM #15
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If you look on the R forum there has been many taken some have also been car jacked in broad daylight! Total ****bags with no consideration of the effects it has on people.
I've got a new GTi and I'm a bit paranoid about its security but thankfully they don't seem quite as desirable.
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21-06-2015 09:55 PM #17
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22-06-2015 06:42 AM #18
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22-06-2015 09:42 AM #19
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Another focus rs stolen in Edinburgh last night. I use my remap handset to put my car into anti theft mode every night now. The problem is the chances of getting it back whole are slim as parts are so desireable
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22-06-2015 10:14 AM #20
Why don't manufacturers insert a hidden 'homing device' so that you could locate your car on GPS?
Seems an obvious solution that would probably eliminate most car thefts at a stroke.
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22-06-2015 10:35 AM #21
Yep RS stolen from East Craigs last night, broke in and stole keys from house the fourth RS in recent weeks stolen in Edinburgh.
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22-06-2015 11:08 AM #22
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22-06-2015 02:03 PM #23
I was stopped a few weeks ago now just before the Lizzie Bryce roundabout in Livingston, travelling home from a nightshift in the early hours. The Police explained a lot of high end cars are going missing in Edinburgh and they think they're travelling West. When they were checking my details there was a message over the radio announcing another car had been stolen, the same MO as what's happening here, breaking into the house and taking the keys, he also mentioned that it was the 6th car stolen that night from Edinburgh. I'd be getting a tracker fitted or at the very least a crook lock.
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22-06-2015 04:00 PM #24
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22-06-2015 04:01 PM #25
Not just Edinburgh, it's happening all over. Mate at work had to leave early last week as his mum & dad's had been broken in to overnight in Newarthill area (North Lanarkshire), brand new Audi A3 stolen, the cheeky buggers then locked the door on the way out and bent the key so nobody could leave the house and Chad them!
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