Not my traveller but my MG which has been kept outside in our extended garden for a few years now out of sight and 60 ft from the road.
I had an attempt made to break the chain and padlock on my metal side access gate about a month ago... they bent the gate and sledgehammered the lock but diddnt manage to break it. They contented themselves with climbing over and stealing my spare traveller roof stored behind a shed, some other metal bits and the wheels and tyres off our Peugeot which I had been doing some repairs on. They left the car sitting on its belly on the grass
Anyway they returned the other night and fortunately my wife thought she heard a noise at 2.30 in the morning. When I went out and turned the outside lights on and shone the torch around I couldnt see anything... they must have been hiding.
When I went into the garden the following morning though I found that theyd broken into the field next to us and my MG was sitting halfway through the hedge
... theres a four foot drop the other side! Theyd used a tow truck to rip out the substantial hedge, roots and all and dragged the car some 20 feet from where it was parked - presumably with a power winch.As they were disturbed they must have waited until I went back into the house and then scarpered.
Ive now improved security, put all metal bits under lock and key and moved the cars next to the house.
Just goes to show though how desperate these scum are for a bit of metal for scrap.
Be warned then that some of these people are now after complete and useable cars for scrap and will go to just about any lengths.
Taupe
) and attempted thefts of a couple of cars and a motorbike, not to mention my garage doors being assaulted 3 times now (the up and over door locks are vandal proof, so the net result is I waste the time and effort buying/fitting another one, and have now invested in £120 of multipoint security locks)
