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Nickbat

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Wretched thieves...
« on: 09 July 2008, 09:29:51 »
SWMBO's number plates (front and back) were nicked off her Corsa last night. Police informed. Now I have to get some plates made up urgently as she needs the car tonight.

Grrr!  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
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Re: Wretched thieves...
« Reply #1 on: 09 July 2008, 09:42:24 »
Listening to the news this morning there are quite a few cases of this happening in certain areas. These barstewards nick a set of plates to put on their own cars, drive into a garage and fill their tanks up then drive off without paying. As soon as they get down the road, the nicked plates are discarded. The CCTV only gets the registration No. of the the nicked plates and they get away with it. >:(
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Re: Wretched thieves...
« Reply #2 on: 09 July 2008, 09:42:52 »
bastewards >:(

happened to an ex of mine about 15 years ago, got a knock on the door in the early hours by plod about car stealing fuel from petrol station.

load of hag but sorted eventually. >:(

need to tap quicker
« Last Edit: 09 July 2008, 09:43:30 by johnnycboy »
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Re: Wretched thieves...
« Reply #3 on: 09 July 2008, 09:43:21 »
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SWMBO's number plates (front and back) were nicked off her Corsa last night. Police informed. Now I have to get some plates made up urgently as she needs the car tonight.

Grrr!  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

Did the Police give you an incident/crime number?....as provenance `lest the inevitable 'cloning' come back to haunt you with speeding/parking tickets :'(
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Re: Wretched thieves...
« Reply #4 on: 09 July 2008, 09:49:01 »
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SWMBO's number plates (front and back) were nicked off her Corsa last night. Police informed. Now I have to get some plates made up urgently as she needs the car tonight.

Grrr!  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

Did the Police give you an incident/crime number?....as provenance `lest the inevitable 'cloning' come back to haunt you with speeding/parking tickets :'(

Yes, Debs, they did, and I'll get a letter in the post with full details in the next few days.  :y
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Re: Wretched thieves...
« Reply #5 on: 09 July 2008, 09:49:47 »
What the??? What is wrong with people!!??sorry to hear that mate... People can be a right pain in the ass!  >:(
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« Reply #6 on: 09 July 2008, 09:53:00 »
What I failed to mention on here was that last Wednesday night (2.30 am) a Corsa stopped in the road and one occupant got out and started eyeballing Corsas (there are three in the road). My neighbour spotted them and one guy shouted out "Come on, Steve, there's someone at the window!" and scarpered. The police were told about this. My hunch is that, for some reason the plates were "stolen to order".

Look out for a "Steve" driving a Corsa.  ;)
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Re: Wretched thieves...
« Reply #7 on: 09 July 2008, 09:54:29 »
Local accessory shop want £25 for a pair of new plates. Seems reasonable, I guess.
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« Reply #8 on: 09 July 2008, 10:01:43 »
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Local accessory shop want £25 for a pair of new plates. Seems reasonable, I guess.



I did get some nice personalised (the trim ect) off e-bay for about 8 quid. They were quich too.. but I guess you need them today??
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Re: Wretched thieves...
« Reply #9 on: 09 July 2008, 12:10:03 »
Get some anti-theft screws?
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Re: Wretched thieves...
« Reply #10 on: 09 July 2008, 13:27:11 »
Use some torx headed ones or something, they will likely only have normal screwdrivers..
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Re: Wretched thieves...
« Reply #11 on: 09 July 2008, 14:15:41 »
Gather that's about the right price, was cheapest we could get after a bit of phoning around.  Good luck
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Re: Wretched thieves...
« Reply #12 on: 09 July 2008, 14:21:05 »
Great example of the kind of treats we're all in for due to our great new secure world run by computers and CCTV.
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« Reply #13 on: 09 July 2008, 15:46:46 »
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Get some anti-theft screws?

Yep, I will go down that route, but with the pouring rain and the need for SMBO's car to be street-legal tonight, I have just put them back with double-sided adhesive tape (as before). If the weather was nice I would get rid of all the old tape adhesive (what a job!), get some antilock screws and attach the new plates that way. The immediate snag stopping me doing that today (apart from the weather) is I don't have a template to drill the holes in the new plates. With a nice sunny day and piece of cardboard for a template, I'll get it all sorted.  :y
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Re: Wretched thieves...
« Reply #14 on: 09 July 2008, 15:52:31 »
I'm sorry to hear that. Looks like we must all be vigilant in todays economic climate, where people find ways of getting what they can't pay for :(
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