Bloody car thieves! :(

by **Ric** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:01 am

kvn wrote:which shopping centre was this?

sorry to see that kind shit happen ric..

Airport West Shoppingtown in Melbourne. Between 6:30 and 7pm on a thursday night, so quite busy.

by **markii** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:34 am

That my friend is @#$#$e'd...
How low are people these days, what they do for pettycash..

I feel for ya dude, i would have been mad pissed!!
Wish you caught the guy in action, so you could smack him up

I would of #(@)O and #@$)(@O him up so $#@()%@ hard... Grrr losers!!

by **bonski** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:52 am

Did you have the cradle/suction cap mount on your windscreen at the time?

by **adam** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:08 pm

sorry to hear that bad news ric..
cuckin' funts! :evil:

by **Kevlar GT** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:01 pm

As per the others sentiments, sorry to hear that you had some low life do that.

by **My08Liberty** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:16 pm

Mate thats a low ruddy act to do to someone, I hope the next time he injects his arm its a hot mix (that will fix the F@#%er :twisted:

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by **Ric** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:34 pm

bonski wrote:Did you have the cradle/suction cap mount on your windscreen at the time?

Yep. I'd heard all the stories about how even just having a ring on the glass is enough for them to break in and look in the glovebox.
Just thought "it's broad daylight in a busy carpark, they wouldn't dare". How wrong I was.

Allowing for $500 insurance excess, and about $450 to replace the Navman, it's nearly a $1,000 lesson

by **bonski** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:43 pm

A few guys I know (and me) dont bother with the cradle now. Just leave it in the centre console or passenger seat and use the voice directions only.

This was as a result of my mate learning the hard way. Driver's Window, Ipod, Navman, Blackberry, Wallet with his rent money ($1650). They would have thought they had hit the jackpot.

Nothing was visible either.

by **suff** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:24 pm

Ric wrote:I had the shopping centre security guys there straight away, and was on the phone to 000 when a police car on routine patrol came cruising past.
The policewoman you can see reflected in my window in the first photo gave me those gloves to avoid cutting myself on the glass while I was cleaning up. They said there was no point fingerprinting, the crooks never touched anything, they didn't even open the door, just reached in and grabbed the GPS. They didn't even notice the laptop and camera on the back seat...

Hey Ric.. sorry that happened mate, but at least on the brighter side it could have been a lot lot worse!

Ch

by **spec_b1** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:13 pm

Still a dam sight annoying though. Ric sorry to hear

Brendan

by **gt_dicko** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:26 pm

That's a bummer Ric, how many $$ damage was the window etc? Worth paying the insurance excess?
Will the navman be replaced by your insurance?

by **Ric** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:34 pm

gt_dicko wrote:That's a bummer Ric, how many $$ damage was the window etc? Worth paying the insurance excess?
Will the navman be replaced by your insurance?

Subaru have quoted me about $1300 to fix it (just from looking at the photos in this topic!

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No, AAMI won't cover a portable GPS. I just priced them again today, and I can pick up a replacement for $390 in a special sale on thursday or friday night.

by **XRC15T** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:27 am

KENTS!

by **MY07GT** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:02 pm

Fark sorry to hear Ric.

Thats why i have held off on a portable sat nav.

Prob get those funky gadget decks that Brendon has! haha

Phil.

by **adam** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:36 pm

XRC15T wrote:KENTS!

my mate used to drive tourist buses and he one day pulled up behind a "Kents Removals" truck..
as some drivers do he said over the mike "kents removals... i heard they didn't last too long in New Zealand because of their name"
all the guys on the bus were laughing and all the wives were asking "what did he say that was so funny?"

Bloody car thieves! :(

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