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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Brisbane
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Hope they put some holes in the bastards.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Fordsville..
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Sounds like it will be a good outcome for the owner, although I am sure it was a brown jocks moment having a gun stuck in your face
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From the Futura
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Canberra, Australia
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Would have felt more satisfying booting up the GPS software and dialling 000 as they tear away.
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V8 Powaah
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD
Posts: 1,994
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Hope they get the scum and they havent slipped away.
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Awesome
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In my own little world..Everyone here knows me :)
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They are a great investment those GPS systems. I will be having one installed in my car when it is done.
Hope the car is returned to the owner undamaged.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Melb north
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the owner must be distraught, lets hope his pony car is released unharmed, thiefs with good taste,who da thunk.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Mid North Coast
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Intersting, this has me looking at GPS tracking software for my cars....I think I might invest in a tracker for both cars, the XB and FPV, I think you can get some now that you can track yourself on your iPhone(or other smart phones) and shut the engine off yourself remotely.
Lets hope they get them, armed robbery in company and home invasion, they will be doing a few years behind bars spending some quality one on one time with 'Big Bubba' ![]() ![]() |
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Mr Polish
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Across the road from Speedway City
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He'll have to store the car elsewhere once he gets it back
poor bugga. Hope the cops give them bastards what they deserve its a golden rule that some ********* need to learn - don't touch, steal or **** with another man's car. I don't care what model it is. There's some things you just don't do. especially an italian or greek's car. he'll have his ten million cousins, uncles etc on your *** in no time and you'll be ****** over majorly
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
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The other good thing is that if they took the car to where they normally do their "business" other cars may be recovered. Or at least the parts.
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I see you....
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Ha ha ha...love it when the good guys win against againts what were obviously professionals
That car would be in bits in a day or so I think without the Police turning up. |
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Obsessed with wheels
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,298
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Looks like the GPS works a treat. Bet them scumbags are brown jocking it at the moment.
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: On the Dark Side of The Moon
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Removal of the dominant hand of those found to be in possession of the car.
Those GPS systems can be great, had a friend with one in his GT-P, only down side was that the alarm started playing up and we were getting calls while at car shows from the monitoring company stating that the car had be broken in to.
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Making superman jealous
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Bondi
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yay thats so awesome.. sucked in to those douchebags i hope the judge sends them away for a few years..
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Making superman jealous
Join Date: Feb 2010
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If life deals you lemons dont complain just get on with it and make lemonade ![]() 2006 SY Territory Ghia AWD in ego with roof mount DVD, tints, 7 seats, iPod input 2005 Crewman Cross 8 with 350 cubic inches, AWD, black on black rims on black leather, tints and polished racks NEW TOY Bayliner 185, inboard 3L 4 cylinder pushing us along at 50MPH whenever i get a chance ![]() I love Aussie cars and are gonna really miss them soon....... |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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The poor guy must be terrified. Six men including one with a gun know where he lives and are probably not too pleased with the outcome of their theft.
Makes me wonder... I assume you would be charged if you deactivated your stolen car and as a result it was then hit by traffic??? |
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: South Island High Country
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I hope the car is returned in a good condition. Scum like this make me sick, you just dont touch other peoples stuff, its not hard.
I also hope the car was not stolen from the owners home as what kind of retribution can be expected from the offenders for the GPS leading to their arrest. I would imagine the punishment wont fit the crime and they would be looking for some payback sooner rather than later.
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: The Shire, NSW
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The first thing I would be installing into any 'desirable' car is a GPS tracker. They seem to be a great investment
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Pity the fool
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Wait Awhile
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The TRG have stormed the warehouse, but the alleged offenders who were reported to be barricaded inside were not there. The car has been recovered.
Edit: it was a wrecking yard, and the Mustang may have been a Shelby Cobra (replica or original I do not know).
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Mid North Coast
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Great news about the car.
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Making superman jealous
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Bondi
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If i had a more collectable car I would get it in a heartbeat. No i was referring to WA as per the pic on the ABC website, only joking about it being Congo though. ![]()
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: SE Melbourne
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Good news the car has been recovered
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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doesn't matter that they were not there... it's not like they have taken the stolen car to a reputable place for a "service"..... owner of the yard will have some explaining to do for sure. great stuff regarding the outcome... makes you very aware that if you have a GPS of sorts / cops numbers / and are switched on, it helps with the outcome, not just waiting for the boys in blue to do the job.
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Join Date: May 2010
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I've seen these systems work with great results in the past. Including one guy who logged in from the Bahamas to check where his GT3 Porsche was whilst he was on Holidays (It should've been at his mechanic in preston). The website told him it was doing 150km+ along the western fwy outside of Ballarat. Police caught up with the car just prior to Melton, deactivated it on the fwy to find one of the workshop apprentances with his mates on one hell of a test drive. ![]() |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
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There is a lot more to this than has been reported so far. I suspect that they all know each other and there is a lot of money or a debt of some kind involved. |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Brisbane
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Not found in, but beside the property:
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: WA
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I hava just purchased a GPS Tracking system. $280.00 (cant remember the name all paperwork at home)
It was advertised in Perth Street Car recently. Put a sim card in it and it calls you when your car is moving when it should not be. You also get a reference to where it is via Google Maps. You can also call the unit and listen in on the occupants conversations without them knowing, AND YOU CAN SHUT IT DOWN!! Only cost is a mobile sim card hooked up. Will find paperwork tonight for yas
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Pity the fool
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![]() Anyone know this car?
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