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MissTechnophobe · 15-09-2008, 12:05

This very same thing happened to me about 2 years ago. I had a lovely old Nova, was my pride and joy. Ok it sounded like a tank and the heater used to squeak but it was freedom for me and my daughter.

One morning at 7am the Police knocked on my door and said do you own a Nova, so I said yes wondering where it was when I looked past them and it was halfway down the road rammed into a lamppost!

The passenger side window had been smashed and they had tried to roll it down the road, but the steering lock had come on so it ended up in a lampost.

When I ask the Policemen why someone would want to nick an old Nova, they said they were loading them onto wagons and cashing them in for scrap!

Just to add insult to injury eh?! Apparently its mainly older cars they are targeting, and ones that are easier to get into.

15-09-2008, 12:05	#13
MissTechnophobe Full Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: With the fairies Posts: 273 Liked: 1 times Rep Power: 40	Re: car thefts - has this been mentioned here already? This very same thing happened to me about 2 years ago. I had a lovely old Nova, was my pride and joy. Ok it sounded like a tank and the heater used to squeak but it was freedom for me and my daughter. One morning at 7am the Police knocked on my door and said do you own a Nova, so I said yes wondering where it was when I looked past them and it was halfway down the road rammed into a lamppost! The passenger side window had been smashed and they had tried to roll it down the road, but the steering lock had come on so it ended up in a lampost. When I ask the Policemen why someone would want to nick an old Nova, they said they were loading them onto wagons and cashing them in for scrap! Just to add insult to injury eh?! Apparently its mainly older cars they are targeting, and ones that are easier to get into.