I needed to buy a few things in town so walked to the city from the hospital. I had to walk because our car had been stolen the previous day!! Such a cheeky theft. The perpetrators had changed us from being registered owners nearly twelve months earlier, then made an insurance claim for 'lost' keys. The insurance company arranged a locksmith to acquire two new sets of keys and the perpetrators then accessed the secure car park and drove off with it. I fortunately discovered the theft pretty quickly. You can imagine my disbelief when I realised my car was gone! This cemetery is really old and I love the unkempt look.
I read this out to Harry as I couldn’t get over the planning & craftiness of the thieves!
Unbelievable planning & cunning! Never heard of that before! Obviously the modern easy way to steal your nice car Delwyn! 🤦♀️🤬
How has your insurance company reacted? Must tell this to sons in NZ!! X
A fabulous shot of this old cemetery.
I’m so sorry to hear of your loss , the amount of this sort of property being stolen these days is unbelievable, hope it get resolved asap for you
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Thanks for all the above comments. I thought further to your interest I should update you regarding the car theft. The car was found, undamaged, two days later. Someone called the police regarding a suspicious person in a suburb close to Auckland CBD.Surprisingly the police turned up, then when they arrested the person, they found a set of Porsche car keys in his pocket. I'm not sure what this person was like, but obviously they didn't think he would own a car like that. The police drove around until they found the car (our car) that responded to the set of keys, then took it back to their police station. They then found our name in the service records in the glove box and rang us. I don't know what has happened to the perpetrators, but our insurance company has said they are happy to get the keys rejigged. Porsche head office is taking the theft pretty seriously. They don't like that a locksmith got hold of Porsche keys and then rejigged them. Nor is the perpetrators insurance company, who arranged the locksmith, very happy that they were duped!
What a story Delwyn - it seems incredible that they could get away with it, or even think of doing it. What a worry that it actually worked! You were so lucky to get it back! :)
@dkbarnett So much fir all the forward planning Delwyn. Simple detective work by your police starting from that observant member of the public. It’s good to be nosy sometimes!! The powers that be will now be aware of this scam……quite a story! Thanks for the update! Harry was very interested!
Wow cheeky car thieves indeed. Hopefully you have the full support from your insurance company.
(I can’t believe the gall of your car thieves)
Unbelievable planning & cunning! Never heard of that before! Obviously the modern easy way to steal your nice car Delwyn! 🤦♀️🤬
How has your insurance company reacted? Must tell this to sons in NZ!! X
I’m so sorry to hear of your loss , the amount of this sort of property being stolen these days is unbelievable, hope it get resolved asap for you
Beautiful b&w capture.
Thanks for all the above comments. I thought further to your interest I should update you regarding the car theft. The car was found, undamaged, two days later. Someone called the police regarding a suspicious person in a suburb close to Auckland CBD.Surprisingly the police turned up, then when they arrested the person, they found a set of Porsche car keys in his pocket. I'm not sure what this person was like, but obviously they didn't think he would own a car like that. The police drove around until they found the car (our car) that responded to the set of keys, then took it back to their police station. They then found our name in the service records in the glove box and rang us. I don't know what has happened to the perpetrators, but our insurance company has said they are happy to get the keys rejigged. Porsche head office is taking the theft pretty seriously. They don't like that a locksmith got hold of Porsche keys and then rejigged them. Nor is the perpetrators insurance company, who arranged the locksmith, very happy that they were duped!
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