Stolen - London E16 - 205 Gti 1.9 Sorerento 1990 - Please Look Out For

[lapazlane 0]

Stolen from Custom House/Beckton area of east London E16 between 0045 and 0735 on Fri 28 March 14.

 

205 GTi 1.9 Sorrento G805DRD. Tow bar fitted. Full black leather seats. Good condition.

 

Please notify Police immediately if seen.

 

Thank you

[RossD 44]

Sorry to hear this. I'm in Kent, so not a million miles away so will keep eyes peeled!

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

scum, hope it gets found in one piece.

[iPlod999 143 1 Cars]

I work East.

 

I'll keep em peeled!

[aarontrophy 26]

scumbags hope you find it mate

[kyepan 291]

Not seen a stolen post on here before, hope it turns up

[ScoobyJawa 23]

Keep your eye on ebay for an influx of Sorrento parts - though maybe not what you want to hear

 

Scumbags.

[jackherer 543]

  On 4/4/2014 at 10:19 AM, kyepan said:

Not seen a stolen post on here before, hope it turns up

 

There have been a few over the years, this is the first for a while though IIRC

 

With your 2005 join date I'm surprised you haven't seen any before actually.

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Oh f***, let's hope this isn't the start of something

[eddie bullit 37]

I expect so...RS2000 et al

[PeterGriffin 20 1 Cars]

This little toy might help more of us avoid

 

It takes a sim card (giff gaff cards dont expire). You can text it and it will reply with google map link, also showing direction and speed. Strangely you can also phone it and listed in on the people in the car. Bargain at £30.

 

Good luck with finding your car mate, hope it's all in one piece.

[jackherer 543]

That's a good idea. I got something similar a while ago so I could find out where my cat was going but I might hide it in my 205 somewhere.

[eastlondonpug 6]

Not good at all. I am 5 mins away from where you have mentioned the location. Was there no basic security on the car?

[kyepan 291]

i'm not far either. tbh.

[johnhenry 20]

gutted for you mate :/

 

were/are there any specific parts that would be easily identifiable on the car other than mentioned above?

 

the cars are easily identifiable now, my guess is it'll be being broken down

[Ams 23 1 Cars]

Nice link by Peter, didn't know such a system was so cheap and effective. I'd like to chime in with a good visual deterrent - a snap-off steering wheel boss. Only really applicable cost-wise if you already have or plan to fit an aftermarket wheel and prefer it sitting closer to you. Otherwise the problem is you lose the GTI wheel and wheel position is brought closer which some may not like. People say an ardent thief could just use locking pliers to overcome such an issue, but it wouldn't be quite so simple considering the replacement boss has a much wider diameter base (dependant on snap-off boss design). Plus it's hardly conspicuous for a thief to drive around on mole grips during a getaway. Locking the steering wheel on top would add further time consuming difficulties. It's a good extra hurdle to throw in the way and has proved successful for me in the past.

I'm also currently looking into a way to make my alarm more obnoxious by way of horn and indicator/headlight activation . Living in central Glasgow and having experienced car theft attempts in the past, I can't take any chances.

 

Hope you find who did it mate.

Edited April 10, 2014 by Ams

[PeterGriffin 20 1 Cars]

Any joy with finding this mate?

 

I've been reading my installation manual today, and as well as listening in on the car when it's stolen, I found out you can also remotely kill the fuel pump, provided you divert fuel pump wire through the relay supplied with the unit.

 

List of features is unreal, I barely need 1/10 of them. Check out my help me thread also

[Harni 6]

Sad to see people are stealing these cars but then East London is hardly the safest area around and the 205 is hardly the most secure vehicle around!

I use a old iPhone in my 306 as a tracker hidden away with a free sim card that EE gave me which piggybacks the data from my contract. Plugged in on a constant 5v feed and I've never had battery issues even when left for long times.

 

Also, my work car has a Tomtom tracker on it which you can log on and see a live map of where the cars travelling, previous journeys for 90 days, how fast, how hard it corners and brakes and can even phone my manager if it detects i crash the car. Fantastic bit of kit and i think they are less than £200 to be installed but there is a monthly subscription and i don't know how much that is.

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

  On 4/12/2014 at 8:38 PM, Harni said:

Sad to see people are stealing these cars but then East London is hardly the safest area around and the 205 is hardly the most secure vehicle around!

I use a old iPhone in my 306 as a tracker hidden away with a free sim card that EE gave me which piggybacks the data from my contract. Plugged in on a constant 5v feed and I've never had battery issues even when left for long times.

 

 

That is a cracking idea.