KNS

I hate people looking in my garage when its open. I've had tools stolen from my garage many years ago so perhaps I'm a little paranoid. If I don't need to have the garage open then the door stays closed. If the P car is relatively clean then I throw a sheet over it so it just looks like "some car" in there.

doublecabmel

man, these threads really make my blood boil. I live in So Cal and I am extremely cautious with my rare air Porsches and VWs. I really would like to setup a sting operation with one of my cars and exercise my 2nd amendment right to make the world safer for our cars. In fact, I'm sure there are many others who would love to be part of taking down one of these bastards. Problem being, is I live in CA and would most likely be thrown in jail and having the key thrown away while I get sued by the thief.

Spyerx

No, they did not steal a code. The area this guy lives is a super quiet suburb, a nice area, looks like an attached garage on the front of the house. Typical sort of orange county house/town home. Thieves grabbed the emergency release with a coat hanger, slid the garage door open, grabbed the porsche. I can bet the car was towed or driven off in a matter of seconds with minimal noise. Clearly it was targeted. And given LA has one of the biggest ports in the world very likely on a ship somewhere or being cut up for parts.

How to prevent?
block off / tie up emergency release
ensure you have a tight seal on top of door, black out windows in garage
lock the door with a bolt
alarm on the door

Bottom line is if a thief wants it, a thief is going to get it.

goofballdeluxe

You've been watching too many movies, Clint.

KNS

I hope it is recovered but....

Keep your eyes open for "993 parts for sale". There was a rash of air cooled 911 thefts in Phoenix a couple of years ago, they caught the guy and he went to prison for grand theft. He was selling used Porsche parts on Pelican and here on Rennlist.

nine9six

Kurt,
Do you happen to remember his screen name?

KNS

^^

He sold parts under various names:

Bluemotors
Classico911
Rs911s
Jupiter930
lcl1492
Dennis911
Mobile 1

I hope nobody here bought parts from the above. Again, this was a couple of years ago.

911F1

On the other side of the pond a 993 was just stolen as well. This is becoming a bit crazy.

http://911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=108735


Edit: They recovered it with a tracker. Sometimes they return!

luft

i do not believe stolen cars can be exported as US Customs are determent looking at the paperwork and check them physical before export is approved for sure. Sadly its the parts they after and cutting / slicing them as its nothing for them.
The low lifes did not work hard for it as we do. Please hang them, prison is to liberal and to short.

Spyerx

trust me they get exported AND cut up. not every container gets physically inspected. people get paid off... where there is a will there is a way.

Mark in Baltimore

Did this to my garage as soon as I learned of the remedy years ago.

Excellent idea. I have cheap, plastic blinds on my windows.

Another great idea. I often throw the garage latch (that needs to be hammered into place), but a big padlock makes a lot more sense. I've been thinking of this lock (http://www.onguardlock.com/store/beast-padlock-8101) to secure my pressure washer and think it would also dissuade a lot of thieves who might want to try and lift my garage door.

MUSSBERGER

These stories always bum me out. Seems an inordinate amount of this happens in SoCal. Lots of scumbaggery around and a lot of really nice cars to pick from. 911f1 is right. Could have been any soulless POS saying that they saw a really nice porsh. Heck...Been to cars and coffee lately?

Sorry for your loss. She was a beauty.

Ed Hughes

Well this sucks, and they certainly were ballsy in that neighborhood.

As to agreed valuation, there is no excuse not to have it. it was easy before Hagerty did anything about posting values. I've raised mine twice in the last couple of years. No questions asked.

windydog

Sorry for you loss. At the expense of someone elses grief i have learned something new.

IMHO, CA is way to easy on thief. My buddies mom is a high ranking LAPD and because of recent changes in the law, we are all screwed.

I will not miss CA one bit when i move out.

Japan is looking mighty nice.

PelicanParts.com

Would like to share on our community to help spread the word. Any contact info that we can share to the community? We will keep our eyes open for postings on our forum as well.