Macans are about to be uninsurable!

[wab172uk]

I'd love to get to the bottom of how they're getting into the cars. We never figured out how they got into my neighbours, but they've not come back for it either (thankfully an AirTag let them follow the car and pick it back up!).

That's what I would like to know. Slightly paranoid now that cars without keyless are just as vulnerable.

[Wing Commander]

I think Macan thefts are almost entirely inside the M25 although there are a few in Gloucestershire.
Don’t understand any of this but presumably it depends where the “chop shops” are located??
Design is so old they must be stolen for parts??

Any reason behind singling out Gloucestershire, have I missed something here!!

Lots of money in The Cotswolds!

[Wolands Advocate]

Well car theft is hardly new - it was around before keyless. It just involved different techniques.

I used to have a Mk2 Golf GTI 16v way back when and I remember that needing an alarm and an immobiliser with a little fob you had to press on to the dash to turn off a red LED, and then you still needed a steering lock and reinforcing plates around the door handles to stop the screwdriver brigade.

Talking of which, we had a rental car (a Jeep Renegade) broken into in central Milan a couple of years ago and that was done by sticking a screwdriver into the keyhole on the driver's door.

[Pythongrün]

Well car theft is hardly new - it was around before keyless. It just involved different techniques.

I used to have a Mk2 Golf GTI 16v way back when and I remember that needing an alarm and an immobiliser with a little fob you had to press on to the dash to turn off a red LED, and then you still needed a steering lock and reinforcing plates around the door handles to stop the screwdriver brigade.

Talking of which, we had a rental car (a Jeep Renegade) broken into in central Milan a couple of years ago and that was done by sticking a screwdriver into the keyhole on the driver's door.

I remember losing the keys to my MG Metro whilst in town and opening the door with a wooden chip fork that I ripped in half

Picture below for the benefit of those not from the North

[crockers]

I think Macan thefts are almost entirely inside the M25 although there are a few in Gloucestershire.
Don’t understand any of this but presumably it depends where the “chop shops” are located??
Design is so old they must be stolen for parts??

Any reason behind singling out Gloucestershire, have I missed something here!!

Lots of money in The Cotswolds!

Yea but they all drive Defenders and RR sports.

[ScotMac]

Well car theft is hardly new - it was around before keyless. It just involved different techniques.

I used to have a Mk2 Golf GTI 16v way back when and I remember that needing an alarm and an immobiliser with a little fob you had to press on to the dash to turn off a red LED, and then you still needed a steering lock and reinforcing plates around the door handles to stop the screwdriver brigade.

Talking of which, we had a rental car (a Jeep Renegade) broken into in central Milan a couple of years ago and that was done by sticking a screwdriver into the keyhole on the driver's door.

I remember losing the keys to my MG Metro whilst in town and opening the door with a wooden chip fork that I ripped in half

Picture below for the benefit of those not from the North

Eventually I didn't bother locking my MG Metro (great wee car mostly (bodywork was terrible!))

[andreas]

Eventually I didn't bother locking my MG Metro (great wee car mostly (bodywork was terrible!))

My first car was an MGTC which didn't have lockable doors and was in a general condition which no thief would have found appealing!

[MikeM]

Any reason behind singling out Gloucestershire, have I missed something here!!

Lots of money in The Cotswolds!

Yea but they all drive Defenders and RR sports.

No not all

[Old Chimer]

I remember losing the keys to my MG Metro whilst in town and opening the door with a wooden chip fork that I ripped in half

Picture below for the benefit of those not from the North

We have those in the South, too, but down here they're Silver-plated

[Wolands Advocate]

I remember losing the keys to my MG Metro whilst in town and opening the door with a wooden chip fork that I ripped in half

Picture below for the benefit of those not from the North

We have those in the South, too, but down here they're Silver-plated

Plate? Tsk. You mean inherited sterling silver ones with your family crest on them...unless of course those have already been nicked along the rest of the silver, the contents of the house and the car...