Stolen: WRB Bugeye STi, Whitby Wellington Saturday morning

[lagbort]

My blue bugeye sti was stolen from my driveway sometime this morning, rego FGB206.

[ryn]

Ah wtf that\'s bullocks! Little aholes. I hope you get her back in one unraped piece...

[Eight_dollar]

Gutted man, will keep an eye out for ya

[dzk]

That is rude man. I have seen this car in the driveway too when coming through Whitby from pauatahanui. Will keep an eye out for it too.

[Stoffa]

stink, thats not far from my house, I was driving to work around the bays (SH58) just after 5 but didn\'t see anything.

[toad]

gutted dude thats shit

[boon]

What\'s the bet it went to Porirua shortly afterwards?

That sucks man. Always makes me worry a little bit extra when a late-model one goes missing.

Out of interest, was it alarmed and if so is there any sign of how they got around it?

[MercuryFree]

We went for some \'investigating\' round a known dodgy part of porirua but couldn\'t see it anywhere.

Was alarmed and no sign of entry other than the boost solenoid cover left behind.

Problem is it lived outside in a high traffic area so would\'ve been planned

[ben-jamminn]

Wonder what they were doing under the BCS cover? does your alarm wiring go through that area?

[bailin]

That\'s sh1te sorry to hear, I\'ve been hoping that wasn\'t me for the last few weeks.... Hope you get it back

[lagbort]

I very much doubt i will ever see it again tbh, chances are it is parted out already. The next question is what to replace it with...

[bailin]

 lagbort said:

I very much doubt i will ever see it again tbh, chances are it is parted out already. The next question is what to replace it with...

Insured obviously ( I hope for you) ? You will be waiting at least a month for a payout hen expect to haggle.... I hate insurance companies....!

Hire car cover doesn\'t count when it\'s been stolen!

[Stoffa]

 ben-jamminn said:

Wonder what they were doing under the BCS cover? does your alarm wiring go through that area?

free boosting for high speed getaway

[lagbort]

 bailin said:

Insured obviously ( I hope for you) ? You will be waiting at least a month for a payout hen expect to haggle.... I hate insurance companies....!

Insurance has quoted me a 7 day period before a payout so hopefully won\'t have to wait a month, its bloody cold on the motorbike at the moment!

[ADIKT]

 bailin']

[quote name='lagbort said:

I very much doubt i will ever see it again tbh, chances are it is parted out already. The next question is what to replace it with...

/quote]

Insured obviously ( I hope for you) ? You will be waiting at least a month for a payout hen expect to haggle.... I hate insurance companies....!

Hire car cover doesn\'t count when it\'s been stolen!

Not the case with all insurance companys.. i had a standard 2 weeks incase the car turned up. After those two weeks they payed me what we agreed on.

[boon]

 ben-jamminn said:

Wonder what they were doing under the BCS cover? does your alarm wiring go through that area?

I\'d say 99% of the derp-worthy AVS installs I\'ve seen have "cunningly" put the siren underneath it.

Go have a look in the bushes nearby, see if you can find your siren.

Did it have a bonnet sensor pin?

[lagbort]

yep, it was a supposedly 5 star mongoose alarm, bin net pin, immobilizer , everything

[ADIKT]

 lagbort said:

yep, it was a supposedly 5 star mongoose alarm, bin net pin, immobilizer , everything

Same story with me. Had a 5star dynatron alarm. immobilizers bonnet pin and they still managed to take it. I suspect the rolled my car down the road straight onto a truck and took off. Wouldnt be suprised if they did the same with yours.

[MercuryFree]

Dumb thing is that your star rating is only valid if installed professionally (otherwise byebye insurance) yet most installers don\'t do more than the default.

[X]

you can easily said it came with alarm already was told its 5 star

[boon]

 MercuryFree said:

Dumb thing is that your star rating is only valid if installed professionally (otherwise byebye insurance) yet most installers don\'t do more than the default.

There\'s a pretty obscene number of "5 star" alarms in New Zealand with the bonnet pin on the radiator support bar, the siren right up top on the firewall and the brain just tucked up by the steering column, usually with all the immobiliser cuts done at the same place in the wires. Not that this helps the OP sadly.

I\'ve worked with a very good alarm installer, wondering if over this summer I might offer to have a look over alarm installs if people want and tell them where they could be improved. I\'m sure there\'s a good few members here who would vouch that I\'m not going to use that knowledge to come after anyones car later.

How many people actually check their alarms function as advertised? I didn\'t know the drivers door wasn\'t even connected on my old alarm until I pulled the thing out to replace it.

[D-Style]

 boon']

[quote name='MercuryFree said:

Dumb thing is that your star rating is only valid if installed professionally (otherwise byebye insurance) yet most installers don\'t do more than the default.

/quote]

There\'s a pretty obscene number of "5 star" alarms in New Zealand with the bonnet pin on the radiator support bar, the siren right up top on the firewall and the brain just tucked up by the steering column, usually with all the immobiliser cuts done at the same place in the wires. Not that this helps the OP sadly.

I\'ve worked with a very good alarm installer, wondering if over this summer I might offer to have a look over alarm installs if people want and tell them where they could be improved. I\'m sure there\'s a good few members here who would vouch that I\'m not going to use that knowledge to come after anyones car later.

How many people actually check their alarms function as advertised? I didn\'t know the drivers door wasn\'t even connected on my old alarm until I pulled the thing out to replace it.

Most of the "5-Star" alarms straight out of the box are crap. Add to the fact they arent install very good and on the cheap. No-one wants to pay $400+ to do a proper install. Just another Insurance money making venture.

GPS, lock in a alarm garage and chained to the floor still wont stop it being stolen.

Its a Question of when, just like Death and Taxes.

[lagbort]

Police have officially given up the "search" : . Insurance company will call me on monday to discuss a settlement :-\.

Now the question is to Evo or not to Evo ?

[Wiretap]

 D-Style']

[quote name='MercuryFree said:

Dumb thing is that your star rating is only valid if installed professionally (otherwise byebye insurance) yet most installers don\'t do more than the default.

/quote]

There\'s a pretty obscene number of "5 star" alarms in New Zealand with the bonnet pin on the radiator support bar, the siren right up top on the firewall and the brain just tucked up by the steering column, usually with all the immobiliser cuts done at the same place in the wires. Not that this helps the OP sadly.

I\'ve worked with a very good alarm installer, wondering if over this summer I might offer to have a look over alarm installs if people want and tell them where they could be improved. I\'m sure there\'s a good few members here who would vouch that I\'m not going to use that knowledge to come after anyones car later.

How many people actually check their alarms function as advertised? I didn\'t know the drivers door wasn\'t even connected on my old alarm until I pulled the thing out to replace it.

Most of the "5-Star" alarms straight out of the box are crap. Add to the fact they arent install very good and on the cheap. No-one wants to pay $400+ to do a proper install. Just another Insurance money making venture.

GPS, lock in a alarm garage and chained to the floor still wont stop it being stolen.

Its a Question of when, just like Death and Taxes.

A 5-star alarm installed properly will stop anything short of a towtruck (or someone with a few uninterrupted hours and a full toolkit). The problem is not the alarms, it is the installers.

[Guest]

 lagbort said:

Police have officially given up the "search" : . Insurance company will call me on monday to discuss a settlement :-\ .

Now the question is to Evo or not to Evo ?

Go see some dealers and joyride some cars. Which evo would you go for? Only get a evo 5-6 for the sameish money as what you had I wouldve thought.