D Spares & Tyres Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 I'll pm puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Great news, tempered by you now needing to fix extra stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 I have a few bits knocking around; if you send me a list Paul you can have them gratis if Mr D Spares can't sort you out. Carlosfandango, Dirk Diggler, purplebargeken and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Result - my deerstalker duly doffed. puddlethumper, HillmanImp, Aston Martin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Great news, and well done for doing the polices job yourself! Shame there’s damage but at least you still have it. richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian_J_Hotson Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Everything happens for a reason eh? I was pretty sad to read this earlier, like most we know what it's like to loose something we're attached to. It's a fantastic ending to what's been a rather grey day. The thief is already being punished by living his dirty little putrid existence, long may it continue in pain and suffering. I wish them the worst, along with those bastard's that nicked my Escort. The Reverend Bluejeans and stephen01 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Glad the van has been found, Plod sounded the usual useless though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Same as the rest have said. Bad that it went and happy that you found it. Fucker that they took your tools but still at least the van is back and by the sounds on it the collective ASness have the bits you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy Bodger Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Very glad to hear this has been found. I'd have hoped things would have improved up that way over the years, not the case or just bad luck? Someone tried to nick my 30 quid 405 from Tipton years gone by but I'd armed the steering lock so it was still there in the morning. I take it that doesn't help much with the 305 if they know what they are doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Wow man, glad you got it back, what a shitter that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 I have a few bits knocking around; if you send me a list Paul you can have them gratis if Mr D Spares can't sort you out.Cheers geezer,Mr D has a goodly stash and doesn't live miles away. Carlosfandango and Dirk Diggler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chodweaver Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Glad you got it back. Being a congenital hoarder of tools, I'm sure I can find you a few screwdrivers, spanners and sockets that are surplus to requirements. Let me know what you're missing and I can have a look. HarmonicCheeseburger, Dirk Diggler, drum and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon.k Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Wow! Just read this, what a saga. Glad you've got it back to roll again. My neighbours mock the extra security measures I put on my old junk, thinking no-one would nick it. Here being broken was the best security! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 PC Puddlethumper on the case! You got the van back and avoided police fees/insurance so that's all good. Just a shame it went walkabout in the first place. puddlethumper and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 I'm delighted you found it; but amazed at how police view things there; I live in the countryside but 30 miles from Dublin and the cops are responsive to anybody getting robbed and proactive about CCTV. And most importantly because there's basically no ANPR here are on the ground and know the scrotes Read this today, delighted at the results Good advice regarding getting that booster pack dropped into them though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Well done on tracking it down. I might have some tools too that could be shitelyed down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 I'm so pleased that you have found it and that its only break-in damage that's occured. Shame about the tools though, probably more expensive to buy than the value of the van but its clear that it meant a million times more to you than that. You must be so relieved, what a sight it must have been to see it just a few streets away. I would recommend a disklok going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy Bodger Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 I'm delighted you found it; but amazed at how police view things there; I live in the countryside but 30 miles from Dublin and the cops are responsive to anybody getting robbed and proactive about CCTV. And most importantly because there's basically no ANPR here are on the ground and know the scrotes Read this today, delighted at the results Good advice regarding getting that booster pack dropped into them though Totally the opposite here. I live out in the countryside not too far from where this van wandered from. My mate had nearly 10k's worth of tools nicked the other week. Police just hand out a crime number and that's that. There's a Parish Hall next door with CCtV and they didn't even check it, nor ask anyone else nearby if they saw anything. Insurance covers it all as far as they are concerned, it's a non crime, except my mate wasn't covered, total loss Dirk Diggler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Well done on getting this back, and all your own work too Plod yet again demonstrating that victims of crime can GTF, and that all they care about is kickbacks from their approved recovery operators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Well done PC Puddle,ov-da-yard. puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Thanks for the offer of tools guys, although whether they were worth more than the van, Mr Splitpin, is either a compliment on my tool buying ability or an insult about the worth of my chariot. I'll have to think about that.Having had a fairly profitable time in Accers, thank you Moogs, I might pop down the fraud of half and buy a shiny new set of spankers. stephen01 and Dirk Diggler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_ZTT Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Like others I was disappointed to read about this earlier, glad to hear you've got it back. Re: police lack of interest, it's just that they've been severely under-resourced for years and so any non-contact crime (theft, fraud, etc) drops way down the priority list. It sucks, but also at the end of the day stuff is only stuff, and as said for most people insurance covers it and that's that. The police take a lot of flak for it but you can imagine the press would crucify them if they didn't turn up to an assault, stabbing etc so anything with physical harm takes priority. Most coppers I've met are just disappointed they don't have enough colleagues or hours in the day to investigate everything they'd like to. Sorry for going off on a tangent. Anyway, worth checking local Cash Converters or similar for the tools, they may well get pawned, also see if they come up for sale on local facebook/gumtree. Twiggy, Mr Lobster, stephen01 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 . Datsuncog, D Spares & Tyres, Cavcraft and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 This sort of nonsense is why no tools beyond the factory Jack and wheelbrace live in my cars now. Some sod will decide to help themselves to them on the odd day that the parcel shelf is out. Heck, they climbed in through the boot of the 107 to nick a cheap and nasty heads up display! (Battery was stone flat, and there was no way to lock it without a working battery attached). They've also got in through the side door of a rental van (that we didn't realise didn't lock until nearly midnight), nicked a load of bungee cords, and let the handbrake off so I found the van embedded in a hedge in the morning. If it ain't bolted down someone will have it these days. Older cars like these are getting more and more targeted for joyrides though simply because modern motors are so difficult to nick for the "casual thief" because of all the modern tech. It's for this reason that the Lada has had additional security added. Not least that the ECU isn't anywhere near the car during the winter layover, but day to day stuff has been done to ensure you can't just jump in and either smash the ignition barrel or hotwire it and go. It's been nicked once in its life already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisbon_road Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Great news. Made my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Glad it's been found, I do have spare locks and ignition barrels if anyone else who offered can't produce them.I don't have any Bosch pumps unfortunately. Sent from my F5321 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Thanks for the offer of tools guys, although whether they were worth more than the van, Mr Splitpin, is either a compliment on my tool buying ability or an insult about the worth of my chariot. I'll have to think about that.Having had a fairly profitable time in Accers, thank you Moogs, I might pop down the fraud of half and buy a shiny new set of spankers.No insult intended, I was thinking your tools might worth in excess of a grand or something and loosely basing that on the recent f/s thread for FOADs example. Probably worth more than my three put together thats for sure! Anyway, glad you got it back puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Spares & Tyres Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I'm delighted you found it; but amazed at how police view things there; I live in the countryside but 30 miles from Dublin and the cops are responsive to anybody getting robbed and proactive about CCTV. And most importantly because there's basically no ANPR here are on the ground and know the scrotesRead this today, delighted at the results Good advice regarding getting that booster pack dropped into them thoughI'm not normally one to stick up for the plod when it comes to car crime but the ratio of scrotes to fuzz in Brierley Hill is probably slightly different to rural Ireland... scdan4, puddlethumper and Scruffy Bodger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Keep an eye out for any of your tools for sale on Gumtree etc, when you find them go round and flay the scrote. Glad you got it back! stephen01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Great news! I wonder if the jump pack is worth more than your box of bits? Will you leave it elsewhere in future, just in case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.thumb.jpg.723c3487f1bcd0a7d0a546ecb461c65f.jpg)
Recommended Posts