Where to look for stolen car Reddit

It really depends. If it is abandoned in a conspicuous spot or used in a crime it’ll be found pretty quick.

When I lived over by the stadium someone parked a newer Jeep Cherokee in front of my house. Good park job, nothing obviously hinky with it, it’s pretty common for people in the area to take the LRT to work and not drive for longer periods. After a couple weeks It sat there and I got curious, looked inside it and nothing looked untoward but a week later and it still hadn’t moved called the cops and gave them the tag, sure enough, stolen. They came and grabbed it within an hour

Has anyone had a car stolen in Brisbane recently and can tell me what to expect? My car was stolen today in Yeerongpilly and I’m curious to know if I could expect to get my car back and what state it’ll be in.

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· 7 mo. agoMaybe we should just call it "Redlands"

We got our car stolen a few years back after they nicked the keys from inside in a break in. They used the car to handle the haul from their week long break-in spree and left it a week later 5 streets away when they upgraded to a Mercedes. Police called us after a week once a local reported it. They told us we shouldn't drive it without getting it inspected. Good thing too, as they ran the thing ragged in a week, brakes and suspension were basically destroyed. The undercarriage looked like it had hit every large rock this side of the river. Insurance wrote it off.

At the time we had 2 weeks rental and market price insurance. So we got a rental and hunted around for a new car to buy. Annoying, disruptive, lost all the cool CD's in the car. But they left the child seat and all the stolen drivers licenses they had for a few weeks in the car (about 20 in total).

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When I lived in Brisbane years ago I had someone steal my plates & replace them with others. Reported to local police Station where they took the plates from my car. A week later police call me to tell me they found my car, while I was in my car 😂

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Years ago I got my $600 XW Falcon stolen from the railway station and reported it. The police phoned me a week later saying it was found abandoned, maybe they were too scared to drive it any further. I met the police there and drove it off. Not sure if this helps.

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Now an XW would be worth like 20 times that.

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Depends if they find it! But unfortunately for you, Usually stolen cars get set on fire or written off.

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Sorry to hear, theives are scum.

If found you probably want a sharps inspection done as well as mechanical etc., your insurance company might sort that out maybe. Maybe check your insurance PDS to see details around theft overall. They may collect the car if found and handle things for you or you may need to arrange some of it (depends on company and cover).

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Thanks for the advice! The insurance company said they’d need to take it before we can drive it so I suspect they plan to but I’ll confirm when/if I get to that stage.

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Back in the early 00s my skyline got stolen from the tafe I was visiting, cops found it three days later dumped in bushland with all its windows and doors open. I had to replace all the seats/floor lining/etc cos it had rained, and mould/mushrooms were growing in it.

I think the thieves probably had plans to strip it, but the car was in such bad condition they realised they wouldn't get any money out it so they dumped it.

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My friend had his car stolen, it had a stupid giant clown nose and whiskers on the front. The thieves left the red nose and whiskers on the footpath where they stole it from. Police eventually found the car, wasn’t damaged.

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My brother had his car stolen. They found it on the other side of Brisbane and it had been stripped of everything inside and parts too that could be resold. Depends what kind of car and why they stole it I guess.

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Our car was stolen about 3 years ago by kids. We had a GPS unit in it that helped the cops track it down. They had to use a stinger to stop it & smash in the drivers window to drag the kid out. It was a write-off, the cops told us we probably wouldnt want it back after having those kids in it.

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i had both my car stolen last year, one car took 24 hours to retrieve, the other one took a few days, that car was write off, but insurance replaced with a new car instead. Most of the thieves are teens, but only one guy is 19 yo, so he got charged and put behind bars, thank God for that.

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every pannel dented and with the unpaid tolls you have to do a stat dec each time for unpaid tolls as the one completed one week ago does not cover the week just passed

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if it is found and you are notified go and check it out take any personal belongings if anything left as it's much quicker than having to wait for insurance to give you access and could be a distance away too

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How are modern cars being stolen? Is it people stealing the keys in most cases?

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They stole my keys from inside my bag while I was at the gym.

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Mates car was stolen this week, will update on what happened

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Friends had theirs taken, about a month later it was found. The inside was a little trashed but just generally uncared for/disrespected but everything worked and outside of a really good detail, it was business as usual.

Is this the 1% of good news when car thefts are involved, maybe haha. I swear it's either this, absolutely trashed or burnt out.

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· 7 mo. ago · edited 7 mo. agoGot lost in the forest.

Usually they end up on the side of the road and Police put a sticker on them stating "police aware" Eventually they get towed away but If you have insurance then you go down that path. Did you have it insured for market value? All my insurance is bundelled together.

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I have an old for new car insurance policy so I’m glad I won’t be at a loss if anything were to happen at least but it’s a 14 day wait to see if it’ll come back and I would only get a new car if they completely totalled it or if it was still missing past that 14 days