catalyst thieves

[lameduck]

Please be aware

my car was targeted this afternoon whilst parked outside broad daylight 2 30 pm

3 men in balaclavas

registration GU56 HGY BLACK PUEGEOT

[macutd]

where are you?

[Fitzgeraldo]

Is car reg yours or that of miscreants? If miscreants then advise local cops. These crimes are reaching epidemic proportions locally (see Missy eliot 27 January and several other posts). Police seem to unable to do much about these crimes. It is vital that any dodgy behaviour around parked vehicles is reported to police - a note for those that ignore this type of activity - your car will probably be next.

[lameduck]

I am up peckham rye

thats not my reg, took 2 minutes apparently

broad daylight

we reported it immediatly, put on here hopefully

may save one of you. Hoping now they are not moody plates

and they get caught.

Please be vigilant

[macutd]

have the police followed up on those details

GU56 HGY

PEUGEOT 207

Colour: Black

Fuel Type: Petrol

First Registered: 15/09/2006

I looked it up and the car is taxed and mot'ed until October.

Is the car stolen?

[lameduck]

they told me they were going to follow up

and put it on ANPR cameras

x fingers crossed x

sad thing my car is 21 years old, and got to go in oct

and is money i can do without spending

i have also had 2 side wall punctures

on another vehichle

so has somebody else up road

have not upset anyone, I feel the world is full of nasty idiots

[Metallic]

It seems to be the most common thing you hear about these days. If they have been at your house to steal it they know where it is after it is repaired. There is nothing anyone can do about these chancers except hoope they are caught in the act.

[lameduck]

Got onto insurance this morning

my car is likely a write off as she is old

shame she is an excellent reliable old girl

with very low mileage

please watch out police tell me even in super market

car parks, they are doing several at a time

and this is organised by gangs

[RichH]

Sorry to hear about your car. I'm worried about mine for the same reason. As you were planning to sell your car by October, is it worth getting some quotes on what its resale value would have been prior to the catalytic converter theft so you can compare these to what the Insurance company offer? If the Insurance company valuation is significantly lower you might be able to use the quotes to argue that they should increase their offer.

[sally buying]

Because of Khan car values in London and on the resale market because of the ulez are scrap only.

I have the same problem. No one wants them.

[exdulwicher]

They're quite expensive and generally require professional fitting but you can get protection devices for catalytic converters, eg:

http://www.catsafe.org.uk/

Hope police come up lucky with tracing the car and the thieves.

[Sue]

sally buying Wrote:

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> Because of Khan car values in London and on the

> resale market because of the ulez are scrap only.

>

> I have the same problem. No one wants them.

"Because of Khan?"

You think he is wrong to try to reduce pollution levels?

I will also have to get a new car, but I'm not blaming Sadiq Khan for it!

[jazzer]

Whilst battery cars maybe the future, what appears to be conveniently over looked is where is the power coming from to make and charge all these batteries and the inadequacy of charging points across the UK?

Issues already exist with the reliability of electric vehicles, some "dying" after a minimum of three years, and

a requirement for batteries to be replaced. How will these be disposed of safely? And how will electric vehicles eventually be scrapped when some are inevitably written off?

The "green agenda" is driving these changes, but all changes have impacts and consequences.

[lameduck]

people are using food banks

businesses are going under and struggling

due to hardships over covid

oct 25th you cant drive in london unless you have a 16 plate van

or newer, prices are artificially high due to demand

ordinary people have got to get rid of cheap little motors

I can understand pollution and trying to rid us of it,

I would have thought Khan would have put on hold as cars and vans

are naturally being replaced all the time

my vans will go abroad and pollute in another country

Covid put me out of my business, but if covid had never existed Khan would have done so

on the 25th oct

[malumbu]

I used to work for a famous match company. I told them about the management consultants who advised said company to save money by reducing the sand paper to only one side of the (friction) match box. It was an urban myth, there had only ever been sandpaper on one side.

It's similar to green electricity. Oh nobody in government is considering where all this electricity is coming from to power electric cars. Of course they have. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-plans-to-make-uk-world-leader-in-green-energy

Back to the subject - more thefts just up the road today: a catalytic converter stolen this morning and another resident intervened to stop a theft occurring. The police are looking for a blue Zafira without number plates. 3 men were in the vehicle. This was quite brazen.

[lameduck]

Hi Malumbu

roughly whereabouts are you

these were brazen with my volvo, my motor is written off due to this

wont get sod all for it

my neighbours saw a lot of it but didnt put much to it

this is a disease, just like covid

[malumbu]

PMd you, not very far away

[Carron]

FYI .... Champion Grove cat. theft sometime this month.... grrrr.

Police and Insurance informed.

[lameduck]

Sorry Carron to hear this

no police follow up to mine, only police

sorry to hear you are a victim letter.

we must keep eyes open for individuals

hanging around or going under vehicles

apparently they use angle grinders

[ must make a noise ]

[kford]

sally buying Wrote:

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> Because of Khan car values in London and on the

> resale market because of the ulez are scrap only.

>

> I have the same problem. No one wants them.

ULEZ brought in by one Boris Johnson, in 2013

[lameduck]

kford Wrote:

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> sally buying Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Because of Khan car values in London and on the

> > resale market because of the ulez are scrap

> only.

> >

> > I have the same problem. No one wants them.

>

>

> ULEZ brought in by one Boris Johnson, in 2013

Our vans then go cheap to pollute

Poland or Africa

Dont worry it will happen again

[intexasatthe moment]

Spoke to a friend yesterday - 2 cars done in Waveney Ave ,think last week .Both were Honda Jazz ,apparently these are popular ,? older cars have more of the valuable metal they want .Not sure of details as to why this model is a known target .

Carried out early evening ,v v fast . *BB gun used to threaten( not my friend) when interrupted .Police attended immediately .Some action apparently caught on door bell footage ,no reg nos capture of car being used by thieves .

*A BB gun is a type of air gun designed to shoot metallic ball projectiles called BBs (not to be confused with bearing balls), which are approximately the same size as BB-size lead birdshot (0.180 in or 4.6 mm in diameter)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB_gun

[lameduck]

Oh dear hope no body was hurt with BB gun

I have heard or read somewhere that honda jazzes and toyota Pruis

are ideal targets for some reason, they are so blatant Waveney Ave is looked over by lots of eyes

it is worrying, I would be scared of being seen or caught

[malumbu]

This all sounds like the East End or OKR in the 60s. What is a BB gun (OK I found out by Googling) but is this common knowledge?

[joom]

Ours was cut out last night on Kelvington Road 😡 Three guys doing it plus one getaway driver.

Super quick - 30 seconds. They propped the car up onto a wheelie bin, rather creative use of the bin! Called police who said they wouldn't come out but gave crime number for insurance, luckily it is covered and will be fixed.