Not really sure if it merits its own post, but someone tried to break into my much loved 110 this morning so just sharing incase it contains any information that rings true or helps anyone else.
Parked outside a Unit I have in Wigan, a blue 110 hardtop pulled up next to mine, partially blocking my view. My interest was perked by seeing another Landy pull on to the car park at this point rather than thinking anything suspicious was going on.
I saw the driver jump out of his car and walk around to my drivers side and stop, at this point suspecions raised I went out to see what was going on. The chap in passenger seat whistled and his friend quickly jumped back into the drivers seat to drive off.
Trying to block the path of there 110 after it had reversed out to leave, I challenged the driver, he claimed to be having a pee and drove off at speed forcing his way off the car park and nearly having a crash.
Its only after they'd left I walked around the far side of my 110 to see the drivers door had been unlocked and opened, which isn't especially challenging on my110 I have to say, I can't see anything visibly stolen at this point, so I keep telling myself I've got there in the nick of time.
I've reported it to the police they've gone as far as giving me a crime number but thats pretty much the end of there interest. We do have CCTV on the car park covering the entrance, but we can't rewind the tape (so to speak) until the land lord is back in on Monday.
I did get a partial plate number for them, but the last 3 digits maybe wrong they were hard to make out but there car details were;
Blue Landrover 110 Hardtop
BN51 YSD - the last digit may have been an O as I say the last two were really hard to make out plus I was a bit spooked at the time if I'm honest I've checked out both variations on the DVLA website and they seem to draw a blank.
My 110 was parked on a car park just off Warrington Road, Wigan (very close to the town centre) and they drove off in the direction of Platt Bridge.
The gentleman driving was wearing a red top and had distinctively chapped lips, I couldn't make out his accent and really didn't get a look at the chap in the passenger seat, but the driver looked to be mid to late 20's.
I did check and there was no sign anyone had had a pee and why you'd use that as an excuse at a spot adjacent to a road with 14500 cars a day passing I'm really not sure, when there's a nice quite spot just over the road!
Sorry for going on, just getting down all the information I could, I can't imagine its going to be overly useful, but after drawing a blank with the police I wasn't really sure what to do. Plus if anyone's got any pointers for anything I should check/look at on my 110 to ensure there's nothing out of place I'd gladly welcome any advice.
Thanks
Marc
Parked outside a Unit I have in Wigan, a blue 110 hardtop pulled up next to mine, partially blocking my view. My interest was perked by seeing another Landy pull on to the car park at this point rather than thinking anything suspicious was going on.
I saw the driver jump out of his car and walk around to my drivers side and stop, at this point suspecions raised I went out to see what was going on. The chap in passenger seat whistled and his friend quickly jumped back into the drivers seat to drive off.
Trying to block the path of there 110 after it had reversed out to leave, I challenged the driver, he claimed to be having a pee and drove off at speed forcing his way off the car park and nearly having a crash.
Its only after they'd left I walked around the far side of my 110 to see the drivers door had been unlocked and opened, which isn't especially challenging on my110 I have to say, I can't see anything visibly stolen at this point, so I keep telling myself I've got there in the nick of time.
I've reported it to the police they've gone as far as giving me a crime number but thats pretty much the end of there interest. We do have CCTV on the car park covering the entrance, but we can't rewind the tape (so to speak) until the land lord is back in on Monday.
I did get a partial plate number for them, but the last 3 digits maybe wrong they were hard to make out but there car details were;
Blue Landrover 110 Hardtop
BN51 YSD - the last digit may have been an O as I say the last two were really hard to make out plus I was a bit spooked at the time if I'm honest I've checked out both variations on the DVLA website and they seem to draw a blank.
My 110 was parked on a car park just off Warrington Road, Wigan (very close to the town centre) and they drove off in the direction of Platt Bridge.
The gentleman driving was wearing a red top and had distinctively chapped lips, I couldn't make out his accent and really didn't get a look at the chap in the passenger seat, but the driver looked to be mid to late 20's.
I did check and there was no sign anyone had had a pee and why you'd use that as an excuse at a spot adjacent to a road with 14500 cars a day passing I'm really not sure, when there's a nice quite spot just over the road!
Sorry for going on, just getting down all the information I could, I can't imagine its going to be overly useful, but after drawing a blank with the police I wasn't really sure what to do. Plus if anyone's got any pointers for anything I should check/look at on my 110 to ensure there's nothing out of place I'd gladly welcome any advice.
Thanks
Marc
