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Byronavitch



Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: NE
Posts: 115
England 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Stornoway Grey
Stolen Parts and my New Defender
Waited 30 years to get my Defender new to me 2011 Puma Hardtop County with a big spec and already my pride and joy,just come back from the outer Hebrides and to be honest the Landy made the holiday,
Unfortunately my son was seriously ill on Monday so i left the L/R at work (garage dealership) put my heavy duty steering wheel lock on locked the car and raced to York Hospital came back to work 2 days later car was gone had been retrieved by Police CSI unit and is now in a secure lock up MINUS the bonnet and both doors complete. The bodywork is Stornoway Grey and totally as new.
Bonnet has Black L/R badges slightly larger than normal but no gap between land rover and the door panels have RDX cloth door inner handles with electric windows they where taken from Richmond in North Yorkshire.
Sorry or the long thread but this has devastated me and now have a lot of thinking to do going forward if anybody has any news please PM me i would be grateful
Post #277054 26th Oct 2013 9:48pm
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CEEGEE



Member Since: 02 Oct 2013
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 135
United Kingdom 2006 Defender 90 Td5 HT Cairns Blue
Sorry to hear about what happened - until I got a Defender and joined this forum I had no idea how many are either stolen or have parts taken off them. Sad

I will get a Disklok in the next week or so, and am trying to way up how far to go with an enhanced alarm and perimeter alarm system.

I hope you get your parts back, or at least your insurance company sort out your claim quickly and get you back on the road.
Post #277055 26th Oct 2013 10:06pm
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Lou Sparts



Member Since: 15 Apr 2012
Location: Kent
Posts: 1501
United Kingdom 2005 Defender 90 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver
Don,t let the theiving scum force you out of the car that you choose to own.

Threre,s plenty of threads on here about how to protect your defender and its parts from these parasites.

Welcome to the forum and i hope you resolve this temporary blip in your ownership of the worlds most versatile vehicle.

Never let the B@r$t@rds get you down. 2005 Td5 90 XS

Steve
Post #277056 26th Oct 2013 10:12pm
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Byronavitch



Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: NE
Posts: 115
England 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Stornoway Grey
Hi thanks for the reply the ironic thing is i work in the Motor Trade but always have a company car and usaully motorbikes and never lost anything before but the landy felt special and i dont know know if I want to keep it.

Now I have done more homework it seems there really isnt much you can do to stop them no matter what you do Ripon L/R said it is a matter of minutes to get my parts off left my new Kenwood/Hertz system though
Post #277059 26th Oct 2013 10:17pm
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Lou Sparts



Member Since: 15 Apr 2012
Location: Kent
Posts: 1501
United Kingdom 2005 Defender 90 Td5 XS CSW Zambezi Silver
Hi byronavitch,I had my previous Defender stolen from my place of work (car sales site) 3 1/2 years ago and seriously considered buying a Land Cruiser to replace it but Mrs Sparts convinced me that i really wanted another Defender which i did (obviously) and have not regreted it one jot but i am a bit more security conscious now. 2005 Td5 90 XS

Steve
Post #277061 26th Oct 2013 10:26pm
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Byronavitch



Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: NE
Posts: 115
England 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Stornoway Grey
Thanks for the words I think I will wait until it has been repaired and make the decision then see how I feel when its back,
Post #277066 26th Oct 2013 10:37pm
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Likeomg



Member Since: 29 Jun 2012
Location: Lake District / Newcastle
Posts: 2655
2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Stornoway Grey
i think im living less than 10 miles from you, theres a fair few defenders in my village and we so far (fingers crossed) haven't had any stolen defeners / parts luckily mine spends every night in a locked garage with full cctv coverage but on a whole i don't think the north east is too bad yet
Post #277177 27th Oct 2013 1:11pm
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Byronavitch



Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: NE
Posts: 115
England 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Stornoway Grey
I thought that till I started speaking to people apparently a lot of activity Teeside area in the last few months just does your head in
Post #277180 27th Oct 2013 1:26pm
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ARC99



Member Since: 19 Feb 2013
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 1831
United Kingdom 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Cairns Blue
I have not heard of any activity in the Teesside area, If you have any details I would like to know what's going on Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to Censored us off.

Richard
Post #277193 27th Oct 2013 2:12pm
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Smilesapart



Member Since: 28 Sep 2013
Location: Suffolk
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They are scum bags!
We as a group of Defender owners need to make sure we are very careful who we buy used defender parts from, to make sure we do our best to discourage these thefts.
If the parts seem cheap, or they cannot show where they got them from, we should walk away. If they don't get the buyers, they won't nick them hopefully.
I'm thinking about CCTV for the driveway, but not sure what to do about when I'm at work and its in the car park
Post #277238 27th Oct 2013 4:44pm
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GSLRO



Member Since: 13 May 2012
Location: Tyne and Wear
Posts: 499
United Kingdom 2002 Defender 110 Td5 CSW Chawton White
Where about in Sunderland was it taken from? I live in Sunderland, heard a few wheel theft in Houghton le Spring and Fence Houses area but this is too close to home Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad

PM me rather than display on fourm.

Thieving low life scum Censored

George Adventure isn't paved!
Post #277356 27th Oct 2013 8:30pm
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Likeomg



Member Since: 29 Jun 2012
Location: Lake District / Newcastle
Posts: 2655
2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Stornoway Grey
i'm in cleadon and theres a few knocking around in Boldon and Cleadon... haven't heard anything over this way yet
Post #277364 27th Oct 2013 8:35pm
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pj2106



Member Since: 20 Dec 2012
Location: Huntingdon AKA The Shire
Posts: 1500
United Kingdom 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Stornoway Grey
there was a pair of doors and a bonnet in your colour on ebay end of last week a seller in Lincoln area think the sellers name was ponygirljo

no idea if there is a connection but might be worth a follow up?? 2008 110 2.4 XS Utility (Hagrid)
2002 90 TD5 Hardtop (Sully) Sold
1998 300TDi D1 (Billy) Sold
Post #277376 27th Oct 2013 9:10pm
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custom90



Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
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That ebay user name rings a bell with me too! Can't remember anything much about it though, I just remember the user. Chillin In The BackwoodsπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
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Post #277398 27th Oct 2013 10:50pm
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Byronavitch



Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: NE
Posts: 115
England 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Stornoway Grey
GSLRO wrote:
Where about in Sunderland was it taken from? I live in Sunderland, heard a few wheel theft in Houghton le Spring and Fence Houses area but this is too close to home Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad

PM me rather than display on fourm.

Thieving low life scum Censored

George


Hi this happened in Richmond North Yorks had to leave car at the garage where I work,had I not had to go to Hospital to see my son would have taken the Landy home
Post #277407 27th Oct 2013 11:30pm
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