Where's my car?

Hello KiwiRover,

Fantastic result... :D I felt so pleased as I read through your post,...excellent!!

The person or persons who stole your Rover are worthless articles indeed, and as you indicated clearly had no idea what they are tampering with.

Just a thought,....keep your eyes peeled on ebay just in case the missing items should appear.

All the best,
Ron.
 
Great news indeed! :D
Will let mum & freinds know in Waipu.
Pop into the museum next time you are up there and say hi for me to chris and mike .
 
What a great result I'm so pleased for you.

I have to confess I misread your post & thought you must be some kind of time traveller :oops: I missed the word soon in "as soon as the Police have been round tomorrow to fingerprint her" & wondered how could the Police have already been round tomorrow???? :roll:
 
2Diesels said:
What a great result I'm so pleased for you.

I have to confess I misread your post & thought you must be some kind of time traveller :oops: I missed the word soon in "as soon as the Police have been round tomorrow to fingerprint her" & wondered how could the Police have already been round tomorrow???? :roll:
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He's in New Zealand, so his tomorrow is actually our today, so it's already today here, so it's already happened on what was our yesterday. Hope this clears up any confusion......

Glad you got it back, time to up the security now.
 
Good news indeed . Hope they catch the thieves then it will be even better .Do they properly punish car thieves in NZ ? Over here it's a slap on the wrist
 
Excellent news - love a happy ending - we're all so pleased for you KiwiRover. Unfortunately many a car that has been taken for a joy-ride or easy-pickings seem to end up becoming a non-salvageable burned-out shell (to hide fingerprints). You indicated some damage but from what you describe, it's a fantastic outcome. Lock her & the rest of them up good as I'm sure you will.

It's probably a good lesson for any P6'er with a 'driver' out there, no-matter where we live or how safe we may like to think our neighbourhoods are. Anyone with non-rolling works in progress may be in little danger of projects 'walking' out (yet) but for others, a good reminder to be vigilant. It's a shame that there is a bad element and we must therefore resort to more than just trust. Insurance, keeping photos, locking vehicles & keeping valuables out of sight are all basics we can all do. I'm personally not a huge fan of unsightly steering-wheel locks, annoying alarms or warning decals etc but they do serve a purpose & fit the needs for some. Something less visible & as simple as a hidden battery cutoff or ignition immobilizer system may be worth considering for others as a small investment to prevent a vehicle being taken by any opportunistic thief

On the bright side, P6's are quite distinct & don't blend in unless you're at a car show - something most bad-sorts would likely want to avoid. We're losing enough to time so let's not let the nasty fringes of society take any others.

Congrats again KiwiRover - made my day hearing you got her back!

Paul
 

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Great news about finding your car!
Sounds like there won't be too much to do to put it right.
Hope your back on the road soon.
 
Thank you all! No, there isn't too much to sort which is fantastic. I have a spare hub spanner luckily and spare tools so that should be no problem. I will be fitting some sort of alarm/immobiliser shortly. I hadn't done this because the car was so original and unmolested but I will have to see if I can do a neat, discreet install without chopping any wires.
I'm starting to wonder if Rovers are mutually exclusive though. Having driven home from work yesterday in the 'S', I got the call about my TC about an hour after I got home and raced out the door. The 'S' refused to start. My flatmate dropped me off at the address and the TC started up like nothing had happened and drove to the Police station and home again without a hitch.
This morning I started the 'S' to go to work then went to move the TC and... nothing! No click, no whirr, silence. So I push started it, no trouble, ran great and took the 'S' to work which is now running like a bucket of poo. :x
Is it asking too much to have more than one Rover running at the same time?
As an aside, I had started working on the Sage TC as a replacement just in case the Red on never showed up so I think I will keep on at this and hopefully have something to report soon.
 
Great news there Kiwi

Glad to hear you got her back. I've had a car stolen a few years back in Northern Ireland and I never saw it again so good to hear this one has a happy (ish) ending. Hopefully you won't have to go through that again.

cheers

Dave
 
As in all the other posts I am stoked that you got your car back, I can suggest a simple device for isolating the battery when leaving your car parked. It's called a dis-car-nect and it is made by richbrook products. If you haven't seen one it's a removable battery terminal that allows a low current fused connection to remain so that clocks, alarms etc can stay running when the screw on part is removed. If any attempt is made to start the car the fuse pops and it all goes dead. the unit is very easily hidden in the battery box on series 2's. To reconnect you simply slide the two terminal halves back together and replace the screw in fastener. I use one on both my cars as well as a gear/handbrake lock and it makes me feel better about leaving my car in the darker bits of London and elsewhere, anyway congrats on getting the old girl back.
If you look for the post titled I would feel sorry for this guy in the lounge you'll see what the thieving toe rags deserve, all the best,
 
Of course the other way of looking at this is: nill security = undamaged car!!

Just hope there's plenty of incriminating fingerprints!

Chris
 
Of course the other way of looking at this is: nill security = undamaged car!!
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This is true! I guess they had a key that did the job because the door locks and ignition lock were undamaged and I don't think they even opened the bonnet. I imagine that if their key had fitted the boot, I would have no damage at all! Oh well... :roll:
Sadly the Police were unable to get any useable prints off the car so I guess that's that. Tomorrow I will take her in to work, clean all the talcum powder off her and refit the back seats and stuff. (If she starts)
The starting problem is a bit odd, I seem to get one start but if I try it again while it's still warm... nothing! I'll go through it all tomorrow, hopefully a dirty connection but it could be a defective solenoid or ignition switch. Then it's off to the panelbeaters to get the bootlid resprayed. Then I'll install an alarm, maybe with a siren inside the car. (and no warnings) :twisted:
 
That's great news.

Your Police are quick, it took from the 10th September to 11th November for the Police here to tell me that the fingerprints they took were no good. :shock: If they took up drag racing, I am sure they would would turn up with a Donkey and Trap.

Great to here you have it back though :)

Then I'll install an alarm, maybe with a siren inside the car. (and no warnings)
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Just remember it's in there!!
 
The Police here are usually pretty good. The last place I lived was in front of a park and one night some delinquents broke the gate and were doing donuts on the grass in there crappy old mitsubishi. We called the cops and within 6 minutes, four squad cars had arrived :shock: Must have been a slow night :)
The forensics guy who did the fingerprinting was chuffed because his father had had several Land Rovers, a P4 100 and a 2000. (Which spontaneously combusted apparently) So he was thrilled to have a look at some of the collection and thought they were lovely.
The starting issue turned out to be a tired spade clip on the solenoid so that was sorted quickly and she was dropped at the panelbeaters yesterday. These guys often deal with Jags, Astons, Ferraris and such and are going to go over the car and touch up some minor chips and scratches while they're at it. So I might wind up with a better car than I started with. :D :D :D
 
A simple yet effective security device,is to wire in a heavy duty switch to the main batt cable right up under the dash.
I have one,and its a real swine to get at even when you know where it is,I have the radio and clock permanently wired to the power side of it, everything else is totally dead!!
You would have to run a cable from the batt in the boot to the eng bay,and know where to connect it to make it all work! :wink:
 
pilkie said:
A simple yet effective security device,is to wire in a heavy duty switch to the main batt cable right up under the dash.
I have one,and its a real swine to get at even when you know where it is,I have the radio and clock permanently wired to the power side of it, everything else is totally dead!!
You would have to run a cable from the batt in the boot to the eng bay,and know where to connect it to make it all work! :wink:
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Dave

I'd be extremely careful about detailing your car's security features on what is essentially an open forum!

It's only cos i care :)

Dave
 
what makes a good security policy is to retro refit all those old Lucas devices that over the years we have all replaced, potential theives will be lucky to get the car 100 metres up the road before the first breakdown. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:


Graeme
 
Should be possible to fit a rally-type cut off switch either in place of or near the china insulator where the battery cable goes through the toe-board
 
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