Stolen Holden V8

Not good news. Make sure it is reported to Police. When you put something like this onto a forum it's always a good idea to include the Police Report Number so that if someone has information they can advise Police including the Repoirt No to expediate the process. The State where the offence occurred is also a good idea as not everyone is familiar with all towns and suburbs in all states.

Likely it'll be in the bush out the back of Pinjarra unless they crash it or run outta petrol before they get that far.

That said, I'll keep an eye out, but don't get the hopes up too high, often when recovered they are either burnt out or vandalized or stripped for parts, crashed and written off etc.

Maybe something good will come from this experience in the end - but it won't be without pain going thru the process, for which i feel sorry for your son.

1. Our kids tend to place too much "pride & joy" into a horse n buggy (basic transport) thats likely to get banged up or stolen at some point in the transport process.

2. Until we lose one - we live in a dream created by insurance company adverts that our insurers will make us whole again, when nothing could be further from the truth.

3. We will get market value at best back from the insurer - and that won't cover all the personalised things in the vehicle let alone any where near its replacement cost.

4. Our premiums will go up along with our excess.

5. He will feel personally violated and not trust anyone anymore.

With an ounce of luck at the end of it - although he will lose heavily financially - hopefully he will learn a little about security of his possessions that most of us ignore.

My young fellow & I worked in the security industry.
As a result he and I have these installed in our vehicles - boat etc.
http://www.ezitrak.com.au/

Had your young fellow invested a few $ (about $1300) into one of these tracking disable alarms, rather than say into a sun roof or other accessories - he'd already have his vehicle back and the thieves who stole it would be getting dealt with by the law & justice system.
(Yes vision is always 20/20 with the benefit of hindsight).

Being wise after the fact is easy - he NOW has the motivation necessary (after going thru the meat grinder that is the insurance claims process) to this time round - take appropriate measures to protect his property.

Pretty much no one who hasn't lost a major possession, will bother to spend the $ necessary to protect themselves fully with the newly available technology.

Now - with this "lesson in life" - your young fellow is in a position to NOT put himself right back into the exact same position again.

Nearly all kids these days want to spend $ on their vehicles that make them "Unique" that will catch the eye of their peers. Sometimes associates of those very peers are the ones who do the stealing - and do it because the vehicle is unique.

Spending those $ on something like this:-

http://www.ezitrak.com.au/

Does not allow your son to brag to anyone about his latest purchased accessory to his vehicle - because once installed...no one can see it!
This means its no where near as appealing as a new set of rims n tires etc.

However, if the vehicle is thus then protected, he CAN then afford to add all the fancy accessories that make it more of a theft target, because anyone who wants to steal it, isn't going to get far before the alarm has rung him - he has contacted the police and they are following it, when he remotely deactivates the engine, and the thieves are apprehended.

There's no point telling this to anyone who hasn't already had a vehicle stolen - they just don't "understand" and until they have been thru the wringer they won't / they can't.

Hopefully with this info and some action on his part this will be the first and last time he goes thru this pain.

Best of luck with it, some insurers won't pay out on a stolen vehicle (if it isn't found immediately) for up to 6 weeks after the theft (RAC for example in my mums case).

She was VERY lucky in that, 6 weeks to the day when the insurance payout was due to be made - the car was reported abandoned in a suburban street and recovered undamaged.

Your son COULD be similarly lucky...BUT - will he have learned anything from the experience?

He CAN buy a tracking disable alarm system before he even buys another replacement vehicle - but will he?.

My guess is after this experience he will - most of the purchases are by people who've been stolen from once or more times.

I used to be an agent for these products - but that was years ago & i no longer have any business association with the company but I do still use their products to protect our families assets, and find them excellent

Cheers

Thanks very much for the replies the coppers found the car lunchtime today they apparently chased it last night and lost it. The fingerprint boys have done there thing and now we wait for the assessors as they have burnt the clutch out plus damage to the under carriage when they drove it through the bush.