Offroad-Express

i dont beleive in car alarms organised theives can get pasdt them easy as 1 2 3 im thinkn about getting a quick release steering wheel (if thats legal) and taking my gear stick out each time its on the street or parked up at night.
The ##### are taking the fun of owning a decent vehicle away im keen to fight back they have it too bloody easy

instead of driving around the police station park around it only watch for the ticket wardans

found the remains of blue hilux out at the ashly river today..was gutted out no numbers....bill has a pic , will get him to post it...didnt look like it had been there long....not much left of it...tossers

So alarms are no good aye they must slow them down abit

dont put what brand of alarm sticker you have so they dont come prepared..... same with the flashing lights that scream "i have an alarm" have it all stelth..... that way if they are unsupecting of an alarm it may catch them off-guard??

Yeah that makes sence, the guy I was talking to had up to 3 systems installed if they managed to stop one then then it would be onto the next

chch has the most 4wds going missing Finished 4wds stolen page last night.

Its in the raw format at the moment. I can make the info how people want.

So far listed by region and reverse date. stolen vehicles matching 4wd last 6 months

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/vehicles

Good work Mike,
It's bloody scary when you see how many have gone in only 6 months eh.

I'm considering opting out but just wondering if there are any negatives with doing so?

wayfastwhitee wrote:I'm considering opting out but just wondering if there are any negatives with doing so?

There are no negatives ....it only effects non governmental people seeing your details...& thats who you want to stop seeing ya info.

Gq grannies son's gq ute ripped off in tassie last night too

anyone else notice the pattern in chch with the hilux's? always 4 in so many days. Seems they grab 4 hiluxs and deal to them and then go out and grab another 4.

HI Mike, any idea where the regions are? Is Central in the NI or down here? Otago must be safe - not listed!

anyone else notice the pattern in chch with the hilux's? always 4 in so many days. Seems they grab 4 hiluxs and deal to them and then go out and grab another 4.

I was having a yarn to a Rangiora cop about this the other day and he was telling me that they are going to war torn countries. 4 x Hiluxs = 40ft container??
Maybe 3 news is a better place to be keeping an eye on?

NJV6 wrote:HI Mike, any idea where the regions are? Is Central in the NI or down here? Otago must be safe - not listed!

southern - otago

you can find them all here with a map
http://www.police.govt.nz/district

yeah 4 at a time is very sus, look at the dates, then work out when they are next going to strike and hook yours up to 240v

Our Goals
Our main goal is to work with our communities to make where we live, and the lives of the people who live and visit here, safer. We aim to reduce crime and the fear of crime, in particular burglary and car theft, and increase personal security and road safety.

District Commander
Superintendent Gary Knowles
I like the part in their goals about car theft yeah right they don't won't anything to do with it

Don't know if I posted this before but my mates van was stolen and they rang a few weeks later to say they'd found the guy due to finding the plates at a scrap yard after one of those raids or something.

Anyway, they said they were going to raid his place soon and would keep in touch, you know in case any of his 4k worth of contents were in there (he was moving flat the at time).

Mate rang back 2 weeks later, officer in charge had changed, nothing had happened, all good they were busy.

Same thing again a while after that.

After the third officer change and no progress my mate got a bit upset that nothing had been done and this bastard was probably still out ripping other people off. After asking why nothing had been done about it and saying it wasn't really good enough when they had all the info they needed, he got a massive lecture from the cop about how he must think his 'piece of crap stolen van must be more important than the rape victims that I'm dealing with everyday' and hung up.

2 or so days later in The Press there was an article about how Chch was very quiet and crime was at an all time low for the first time in a while

I know they sometimes struggle with staff (although mainly in Auckland?), but if the quality of police work from the system and some officers is this crap surely it is time to do something about it? They seem to have the man power to have enough officers to blockade boy racers in at NIGHT time for a few hours but not to raid the property of a known car thief?

if they stopped parking up dishing out tickets for stupid shit and stop revenue collecting and actually focus on the thefts they may get somewhere, they have a police unit specifically set up to tackle boy racers but where is the unit to tackle car theft? car theft is way more important than boy racers and revenue collecting specially at the rate vehicles are just disappearing with no trace and no in in the police wants to do anything. when my car got nicked all i got told was we'll keep a eye out

If you want to raise awareness and request Police support to address an epidemic of vehicle theft:

•Write directly to your local Police District Commander (http://www.police.govt.nz/district/index.html)

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•Write directly to the Commissioner of Police, Peter Marshall, at Police National Headquarters, PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140. Fax: 04 498 7400

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And, importantly, cc. all correspondence to The Minister of Police: j.collins@ministers.govt.nz

It is well worthwhile to be conversant with the New Zealand Police Strategic Plan, 2011-2015 http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/resources/strategic/nz-police-strategic-plan-2011-2015.pdf and quote from that mission statement, e.g.:
"People and Victim Focus –
Putting Victims and Witnesses at the Centre of Our
Response

Having a people and victim focus means that we will
continuously seek out opportunities to improve the quality
of service we provide, particularly to victims and witnesses.
Victims and witnesses are part of the criminal justice
system through no fault of their own. They have to deal with
the financial, emotional, and physical effects of crime long
after it has been committed.

We take seriously our responsibilities to victims, and will
improve the overall quality of the service we provide,
especially to the vulnerable members of our society such
as children. We will also seek out opportunities to prevent
them from being a victim of crime again.

We will deliver a people and victim focussed service by:
keeping victims informed and providing a timely and
sensitive response; delivering an effective and appropriate investigation and resolution; and delivering excellent service so that every contact counts".

x2 for no flashin lights, used to have a ke30 corolla had an alarm and 2 kill switches. Had to park it up drive and went out n brought solex locks for it... talked to a friend and it was raised, why let them fk your door lock and door screwdrivin it when they can open it with a fork, then they can poo their pants once they open it with a fork and the alarm goes off. Unless they reach "under" the dash and another place it... wont drive. This car was regularly "unlocked" but when I raced out with a 6pound hammer, not a creature was stirrin - not even a mouse.

^^^^^^^^^^ Had to read that 3 times,still cant understand,looks like english but I dont know.

Anyone who signed up for local alerts for the NZ Police might be astounded at the incredible amount of elderly people going missing in Chch these days - some of them for half an hour - thats 30 minutes people!!!???

But not a single stolen vehicle report ever - Oh apart from that plastic Chev Mike Pero own/ed a few years ago - that was an All Points Bulletin - Oh & the Porsche owned by you know who - thats newsworthy

I for one was very amused = Corvette owned by some guy thats mug is famous / cars worth a bit / well insured / was front page news, yet some poor pricks Safari from Mitre 10 thats worked hard for a living? Nadda not even a Police update

111 - used to mean emergency

klompy wrote:^^^^^^^^^^ Had to read that 3 times,still cant understand,looks like english but I dont know.

I agree with a car alarm without the blinking lights. I used to own a 1978 toyota corolla that was desirable to young people.

For a while I had to park it up a short driveway on a busy street. I purchased "solex" aftermarket locks to fit in it.

My friend mentioned that if I fitted these new locks the louts that attempted to steal my car previously would wreck my new locks and the door they were attached to - with their tool of choice (a screwdriver), when the origional lock can be worked with a shaped fork (2 prongs bent in) and door opened with no damage to door or lock.

My car had an alarm without a flashing light so once said doors were open there was a large and surprising noise emited from it scaring the crap out of those trying to take possession of things that werent theirs..

There were also additional switches to slow down the vehicles removal.

The alarm went off on a semi regular basis but there was no damage to the car when I arrived outside each time with a medium sized persuasion device to discouraged these activites. The door was open and unlocked but nobody to be seen.

Hope it makes sense.

hahaha best laughs all day great banter tarmac and klompy

Thats better

Tarmac wrote:

klompy wrote:^^^^^^^^^^ Had to read that 3 times,still cant understand,looks like english but I dont know.

I agree with a car alarm without the blinking lights. I used to own a 1978 toyota corolla that was desirable to young people.

For a while I had to park it up a short driveway on a busy street. I purchased "solex" aftermarket locks to fit in it.

My friend mentioned that if I fitted these new locks the louts that attempted to steal my car previously would wreck my new locks and the door they were attached to - with their tool of choice (a screwdriver), when the origional lock can be worked with a shaped fork (2 prongs bent in) and door opened with no damage to door or lock.

My car had an alarm without a flashing light so once said doors were open there was a large and surprising noise emited from it scaring the crap out of those trying to take possession of things that werent theirs..

There were also additional switches to slow down the vehicles removal.

The alarm went off on a semi regular basis but there was no damage to the car when I arrived outside each time with a medium sized persuasion device to discouraged these activites. The door was open and unlocked but nobody to be seen.

Hope it makes sense.

agree with that. A firend got so sick of replacing door pannels and windows from them getting destroyed that he never ever locks his doors these days. So long as you leave nothing worth taking inside the car/truck and your confident in your measures tp stop the whole thing getting taken its win win.

Careful with cops they have been hammered just like the health system where they have to report all activity so if they can keep you of the books then its win for them as chances are they wont solve your case. Its no different to the way the health system doctors the books by shipping people out asap which looks great when they have to report the average time that someone came into the emergency and when they were dismissed. There are not figures if they were dismissed with a "cure". Cops are in the same boat and have been hammered by the govt so these days they try and keep cases that they no will not be solved off the books. The best thing you can do when you report a crime like car theft is ask for a ref number and follow up with it. If you dont ask they tend to "forget" to put it into the system so that it doesnt add to the unsolved crimes percentage that they HAVE to report on.

rangimotors wrote:agree with that. A firend got so sick of replacing door pannels and windows from them getting destroyed that he never ever locks his doors these days. So long as you leave nothing worth taking inside the car/truck and your confident in your measures tp stop the whole thing getting taken its win win.

If it did get taken and the doors were unlocked, wouldn't you be up shit creek with your insurance?
I mean it makes sense if your car is being hammered all the time, but if someone who really knows what they are doing has a crack....

Taz wrote:

rangimotors wrote:agree with that. A firend got so sick of replacing door pannels and windows from them getting destroyed that he never ever locks his doors these days. So long as you leave nothing worth taking inside the car/truck and your confident in your measures tp stop the whole thing getting taken its win win.

If it did get taken and the doors were unlocked, wouldn't you be up shit creek with your insurance?
I mean it makes sense if your car is being hammered all the time, but if someone who really knows what they are doing has a crack....

guess that depends if you have insurance. If someone who really knows what they are doing has a go they will take it if the doors are locked or not. It just stops every 12 years old stuffing ya locks to steal the loose change that you dont even have in your glovebox.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/interior/steering-wheels/auction-454983379.htm
Itll slow them down with no steering wheel... a cheap option.