Stolen : Ae86 : Bendigo, victoria

[amulday]

Sprinter Stolen! Any info would be greatly appreciated.
You can contact me via pm

When : Stolen between 9pm 31/01/09 and 10am 01/02/09
Where : Central Bendigo, Victoria.

Model : 1985 Toyota Sprinter
Colour : Ghetto Red
External Mods : Cressida wheels, few HR stickers, Tinted windows.
Internal Mods : Stripped interior from front seats back, Fixed bucket drivers seat, Dished Steering wheel, 3 gauges on side of dash. Battery in Boot + kill switch at cig lighter.

A couple other jap cars have been stolen recently from Bendigo and have ended up in Geelong, so if anybody is in Geelong can you keep your eyes out.

Members Ride : http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/showthread.php?t=170

Picture :
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/9132/redbeareh5.jpg

[chris84]

fukin ass holes man sorry to here hope you find it good luk

[focus_7]

I hate hearing about stuff like this. I sure hope it gets found soon.

[amulday]

Good news and bad news...well all bad news.

The car has been found, and the car is totally fucked.

After calling up the police today around midday to file a stolen car report, They told me they'd send somebody around or call me up to get a detailed report. I then called up the insurance agency and made a claim informing them that the car was missing ect....

So I kill some time by watching dexter and at 4 oclock I get a call from a Bendigo Police officer who sounded pretty stern with me on the phone, by this stage was just thankfull I had insurance and I'm not the type of person to get worked up about things, I mean it had happened and there was nothing I could do.....so when he called up I did sound pretty relaxed, he informed me that I had to come into the police office to get a statement, I kinda laughed and made a joke about it would be hard as I didn't have a car, He said it was a serious matter, I told him if there was a spare work van out the back I'd come down. Sure enough the spare set of keys were in the kitchen and I headed down to the police station.

As I'm lead into a room the guy gets my details and asks what time the accident was....accident?? WHAT? he repeated the question, I told him that the car had been reported stolen. He then realised why I was so calm on the phone. He and the rest of the guys at the police station thought I was the driver!, After finding out I had called up about a stolen car they showed me photos and man was it grim...A4 sized photos of my not so beautiful "red bear"...I was shattered, my heart had sank and my tounge unleashed like a sailor.... I better not go into the details about what the cop said had happened as they are going to be dusting for prints and opening a case.

So basically the car has been found, albeit with less of a booty than I had left it, the front looks fine however. Definitely looked like a write off from the pictures.

Anyway thanks for the support, I think I'm going to go cry over the good times myself and the red bear had together.

[Otaku]

mother fuckers! >|

[shift_rook]

dude that's fucked. sorry to hear man. at least you have insurance but still. massive pain in the arse. also i'm sure there would have been a bond with it

[drift kid]

sorry to hear man.

[hachirusto]

that sucks hard sam hopefully you get a good pay out from insurance to get another one

[shift_rook]

what insurance company are you with???

[wideslider]

Sorry to hear mate, all the best making a new red bear!!!

[Water Boy]

Very sad to hear... When all is finalised with Cops give us the low down on the extent of the this dick brain :cries:

[marvis]

That's pretty gay. Good to hear you had insurance.

'OMG I'LL STEAL AN AE86 AND I"LL BE SICK DWFTER' WILL SKID BETTR TDEN MA COMMODORE.

[rthy]

Dam that sucks bad, hope they catch the dood that did it...

just a reminder to everyone to make sure your car is safe and have alarms or immobiliers of some sort.

hate when this kind of shit happens...

[ATESIX]

That's truly bullshit and shattering, sorry to hear that. I would be devastated too.

Like the other guys said, it's good you have insurance.

[JPN_HOUSE]

buddyclub bodyguard seems like a decent device i got one goin on my ae86 seems to be the best setup in protection yet anyone else got one?

[45aken]

best car immobiliser = taking out the microtech
when i first got my 86 i could open it with a 5c coin.
but that sucks man, hopefully you'll get something back on the road asap

[focus_7]

I used to take out the lead that goes into the dizzly.

Maybe I should keep doing that.

[Shahzan]

sorry to hear it man... really

[GAKI86]

this is really telling me to add an immobilisers, afterall our cars are a corolla... i have a key that can open another persons ae86... hehehe

[Intense]

Just get an alarm + imob, doesn't cost much and it's sooo worth it. Was one of the first things I got for my car

[Rice86]

my car has no security what so ever...i mean...any toyota keys can open both my doors or start my car up xD....seriously...

but my car ant something you wold really wanna spend time planning out to take...but even saying that, i still got a steering wheel lock, which i say should be minimum what so ever

ur story sucks man, loosing your own car will always suck...sorry to hear what happened...was the accident big enough to end up on Tv news?...just wondering

[djscheppy]

as soon as they find him... let us know. we'll each take turns hooking him up onto the back of our hachi's with rope and take him for joy rides...

[sonsta]

fuck im deffinetly getting an alarm when i move to brissy!!!

plus a few other precautions!!



sorry to hear it man!!

[amulday]

Alright well I went to check it out today....

Didn't look as bad from a distance and front on..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/8/5217.jpg

Engine bay...As I parked it, Dirty but no horror story melted block here. Probably would have started but battery in the boot had ripped outta the case.
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/2385/dscn3085fo2.jpg

Left hand side had some decent dints up the rear quarter but overall not that bad....
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/8/5219.jpg

Car looks a bit lower at the back, back bumper looks alittle worse for wear.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/8/5220.jpg

Now for the right hand side....SHIT SON, WTF HAPPENED HERE!!!!
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/8/5221.jpg

Closer inspection
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/8/5222.jpg

The car theives were obviously getting loose, look at the tires.....Look at the DISC!!!:unseen:
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/357/dscn3082cc8.jpg

After seing this picture I'm going to contact the police and see if anybody was admitted to hospital....
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/2813/dscn3084ev2.jpg

My apple was bruised and was no longer worth eating.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/1/5/8/5225.jpg

Well that sums it up. Nothing from within the car was stolen, all the tools ect were all still there.

It will get assessed Wednesday, I have no doubt it will be a write off, Thank God for insurance. Will let you all know how that pans out.

[dustyae86]

broken something thats for sure, hopefully badly and they are at the bottom of somewhere rotting to death, didn't you used to have soem really good wheels on it? lucky they aren't on it anymore

[driftke70]

all you need to do in a keto, is get a long pad lock, slip some tube over it so it doesnt scratch paint, wind your windows down 5mm, and slip it through the drivers and rear doors on both sides, and get a quick release steering wheel, take your wheel with you. If they break the window they cant get in, cant bend the top of the door back, cant break the door lock to get in, take em a fuck load longer to get the padlock off, and if they do, what are they going to do, get a hacksaw and take some of my roll cage?

[Stinger]

mother fuckers............that poor apple!!!!

this shit sux sam........buy back and new shell?

[seek]

all you need to do in a keto, is get a long pad lock, slip some tube over it so it doesnt scratch paint, wind your windows down 5mm, and slip it through the drivers and rear doors on both sides, and get a quick release steering wheel, take your wheel with you. If they break the window they cant get in, cant bend the top of the door back, cant break the door lock to get in, take em a fuck load longer to get the padlock off, and if they do, what are they going to do, get a hacksaw and take some of my roll cage?

in the case of something like your car, they wouldnt do shit, they'd just rock up with a flatbed trailer. but for your average-joe's car, then yeah

[amulday]

Spoke to the Police, nobody was admitted to the hospital and there were no prints.

The plan is to buy it back from the insurance agency for a good price and part out some of the gear that I won't use as the front panels are fine, as is the interior. Maybe transfer it all into a ke70 shell as I know of a fair few around here. I'll see how the insurance assesment goes on Wednesday.

[all torque]

That sucks. Good thing you were insured! Certainly would've sucked a lot worse, otherwise.

[marvis]

They so tried to drift it. Fucking idiots.

[GAKI86]

such weakness of our cars are those damn keyholes!! what do u guys think about solex as a replacement??

[reecegze]

invest in a monggoose m80g with sms paging system soon as they open the door it pre intrudes and sends sms to your fone without them knowing.. my car has been broken into once before and i came out running with a golf club..

[chris84]

that sux man sorry to here

[joeschmo_57]

man that sucks. really it does

my rolla got broken into. smashed the drivers window (was tinted and a pain to clean-up). they stole my rear speakers, my sickkkkkk tacho aaaaaand my seatcovers. yeop. thats darwin.

luckily i take the lead from the dissy to the coil off every night cos the bonnet was up, handbrake was off and was 20 metres down the road.

i guess i was lucky?


joe

[GAKI86]

^^ SEAT COVERS!!?! poor fella mustve used it as bedsheets

[joeschmo_57]

yeah, saw the seatcovers the next day
had already been turned into a tshirts for a family of 5.:hehe::P

[driftke70]

i lit a candle

[amulday]

Just got off the phone from the assessor at AAMI, he said the car is only worth $1000. WTF! I explained to him you can't even buy a stock ADM sprinter for under $2.5k, Did you realise there is a cult following behind these cars? This had the 4age engine conversion, sorted suspension, 2 way TRD LSD, Upgraded front breaks, Discs rears...and more. He said he'd refer it to Just Cars. I hope they realise what it's worth as the guy I was originally speaking to on the phone new what car it was and even commented on how good a car they are.

Will have to wait and see.

[KE70]

Unless you had an agreed value you will get market price, and we you know what market price for a 25 year old corolla is for them? lol

[slydar]

Private Price Guide $2,000 - $4,600

from redbook.com.au.

who is the insurer youre dealing with?

as long as youre confident the mods are all legit/legal. then you should get the upper end of that scale. you should probably just push the "same spec as an import" line.

[driftke70]

who is the insurer youre dealing with?


aami/just cars

[Dom86]

Sorry to hear about your apple Sam. :P

Thats some harsh shit.

[pen15]

dood if some1 stole my car and i found em i would kill them i hope that helps also helps to check the chemists for people wanting to get something for a little whiplash like really strong neck pains like maby from a crash
i hope u find the person who did this i really do

[Mooa42]

Sorry for crashing your thread but if you are persistent with your insurance company they will end up giving you more money. They always offer a low price on the chance you are silly enough to accept it. They will also drag it out for as long as they can. Don't take their first offer. My friend had his car stolen years ago and was with AAMI and they offered $1,500 and he ended up getting $4,500. I've also had one through a different insurer and been offered $800 and ended up with $3,200. (took 3 months and heaps of phone calls though).

So now my tail of woe.

Just on the off chance that anyone saw my ute floating around Bendigo last night.
Stolen somewhere between 1030pm and 7am this morning from near the hospital.

Had bugger all fuel and hardly a joy to drive so I don't think it would be joy riders more likely a lazy drunk.

REGO is TYM 240

http://excelrally.com.au/forum/picture.php?albumid=14&pictureid=78


http://excelrally.com.au/forum/picture.php?albumid=14&pictureid=79

[Wur86]

When my sprinter was written off after a truck cleaned me up the insurance company offered me $1500... I told them that wasnt enough and faxed them the values out of the unique cars magazine value guide (there is a new one out at the moment) I ended up with $6000 and kept the wreck.

Sorry to hear about your car mate..

Hope this helps.

[hitoriko]

wow thats crazy

at least you can salvage most of that