My fairmont stolen!!!

[ilsautomotive]

Sorry to hear about the car :( Most are recovered within a week. It was stolen not far from my area so I will keep an eye out.

[EFFalcon]

Max had just contacted me and said its been found.
From what i've heard rims and lights are gone, they're going to look now.

[RavenLS1]

Thats kinda good to here.

[-jjM-]

glen waverly ay, not to far from my place accully
well its great to hear that the cars recovered nywayz
hopefully its still a ford when it comes back

[Stevo]

He is a very luck man!

[Tiga_EL]

good to hear that its been found, hopefully nothing else has been taken.. might still be lucky enough to have the stereo..

[XRated]

Damn. They must own an EF/EL too :S

I hope there's no other damage.

[EBII Fairmont]

Just look out of another e-series ford on the next cruise. Who knows what you may find. I'm not going into detail, but i have experienced on other cruises stuff that have been stolen from amtes cars, on one at the cruise. It's frightening to just think they may be the one who ravaged your car.

[DUMTEF]

its good to hear it was found, i hope there isnt any damage done other than the lights and wheels being taken.

[Gubas]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

The guy is in Hobart, so unless he teleported it across the Tasman, I doubt its his ;)

Also you cant exclude the fact that it could of been someone from the forums who stole it, they would probably know your mods, car condition etc.

Teleported???? There is this big boat that travels to tassie and can, believe it or not, take cars over as well! Wouldn't arrouse the owners suspicion as much over there than here, and may have a better chance of selling it.

I know it was a long shot, but anything is worth doing when you loose your pride and joy. But yeah, no reason to think outside the box, because things are always found again, arent they?

BTW, glad your car is back Max. I assume there will be a insurance claim, given the amount of replacement parts? Good Luck.

Gubas

[mcflux]

The upside to this is that you have newfound incentive to fit 18s

Great news (in a way) regarding getting your car back mate, I'm glad to hear it's not gone forever.

-Dave-

[HSVETAR]

so sorry to hear that dude, there couldnt be much worse than to loose your pride and joy. hope it gets recovered, and in good nik i mite add.

[BLACK 6]

the stereo still there?

[BLACK 6]

good news aswell

I just hope this doesn't happen to anyone else

[PetesEBII]

will keep an eye out bro, i know what it feels like.

[frost]

Hate to depress you even more, the car will prolly be written off and the insurance company will prolly pay out cash

i know this because I quote up cars all the time

[NZ]

Originally Posted by sphell

phew, at least my ea1 is safe then :P

Hey Karl, how would that work anyway, don't they have chips in the key to disable smartlock?

As long as the key gets turned without damaging the mechinisim at the bottom which is what sends the code to the module the car will start. But 99.9% of the time the lock will be damaged when being forced, so no code from the switch = no start.

[galaxy xr8]

Glad to hear it's back mate, did they damage the vehicle in any other way???. did you mark the rim's at all?, if so keep a look out on Ebay, theiving *****'s.

[LUXO_8]

holey crap, that really sucks....
glad to hear its back.....hopefully its not fudged

[dcstraight]

The rims, amp, sub, auto shifter, tail lights (wtf?!) and spoiler brake light (doubly wtf ?!) were taken...ignition barrel was forced along with driver's side door lock - understandable that the tibbe locks can be forced and opened - we all know how sensitive they are...but to start the car without the key - I'm a bit amazed at that part. Some minor damage to front end (headlights, bonnet / bar).

It doesn't look like the car was taken for a joyride or anything - no rubber on the rear guards etc. To me (IMO) it seems they saw the rims and just wanted them...the rest of the bits taken were bits that were easily removable ie shifter, tail lights, amp / sub.

I think Max may have taken some pics to post up.

Just a lucky thing that it was found ~12 hours later and not torched / vandalised...sounds like parts on Max's car were on someone's shopping list :(

- Steve

[xespac]

so when they stole your rims did they just dump the car on its belly or put it on bricks?

[EFFalcon]

lets hope a small insurance excess will cover and replace everything.

I know max wanted his car back, a replacement just isnt the same.

[snypereb]

Ill keep an eye out im down at cranbourne mate!

[CruizinEB]

Originally Posted by EFFalcon

lets hope a small insurance excess will cover and replace everything.

that's all good and well but he will be pay for this as long as the car is insured with inflated premiums because some idiot has no respect for others property. now that really you know what!

[snypereb]

Sorry boys didnt read the whole thread good to here its been found!

[EFFalcon]

Originally Posted by CRUIZIN EB

that's all good and well but he will be pay for this as long as the car is insured with inflated premiums because some idiot has no respect for others property. now that really you know what!

thats the point of insurance........................

[Walkinshaw]

Originally Posted by CRUIZIN EB

that's all good and well but he will be pay for this as long as the car is insured with inflated premiums because some idiot has no respect for others property. now that really you know what!

I like cheese

[tick5.0]

Originally Posted by NZ

Tibbe locks can be picked. My friend at ford made his own key that he can use to open and start any car ea2 - BA.

I thought the AU onwards had 'transponder' keys with a chip in them. When a mate and I got spares for our cars his had to be programed using the car while my EF didn't. The keys are also bulkier.

Very good news to hear you got your car back not totally stripped or torched. Good luck with getting it back on the road.

[CruizinEB]

nup there the same

[24CIT]

I'm so sorry to hear about your car mate!!! there are some absolute scum out there in this world!! like you said karma is a ... but payback to those who are resaponsible is sweeter.. i hope you get your ride back inone piece.