Motorhome stolen of my drive!

[pampam]

So sorry to hear some body stole your van tributes are a nice van

 

[sedge]

ROFL - years ago if we ever needed to go out in Brum at night, I had to take a bag that a HT lead would fit in ......

 

[The general]

Same here any trips into London use to take out rotor arm

 

[Bart]

Same here any trips into London use to take out rotor arm

Always the favoured option here as well

 

[Riverbankannie]

I have to say I've checked outside the window a few times today to see if the van has just as magically reappeared. Unfortunately it has not!

Good morning, First thing I did was look outside my window, probably like many others.
I imagine that a good night’s sleep was not had in your house.

I have read all the things above that some people do to prevent theft, however ease and practicality of use has to be considered. Your van was your only vehicle, so probably used on a daily basis to go shopping etc, is it really practical to be fitting and taking off clutch plates, steering wheel locks, straps on the doors, removing bits from the engine and so on, I know that I couldn’t manage it. As for remembering an up to 20 sequence of button pushing …., hubby usually doesn’t remember to take the handbrake off.
Our autowatch alarm will have to do, but I do have a camera with an alarm on my phone if it detects movement, however I would probably sleep through it. I think I might change the alarm sound to dog bark as that would wake up our dog .

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[Speve]

Good morning, First thing I did was look outside my window, probably like many others.
I imagine that a good night’s sleep was not had in your house.

I have read all the things above that some people do to prevent theft, however ease and practicality of use has to be considered. Your van was your only vehicle, so probably used on a daily basis to go shopping etc, is it really practical to be fitting and taking off clutch plates, steering wheel locks, straps on the doors, removing bits from the engine and so on, I know that I couldn’t manage it. As for remembering an up to 20 sequence of button pushing …., hubby usually doesn’t remember to take the handbrake off.
Our autowatch alarm will have to do, but I do have a camera with an alarm on my phone if it detects movement, however I would probably sleep through it. I think I might change the alarm sound to dog bark as that would wake up our dog .

That’s why I like strikeback and non starter just a pin to disarm the nonstarter and a press of key fob for alarm

 

[MisterB]

We have a neos smart cam inside our motorhome, it connects to the home internet (wireless), we get a notification everytime its activated (sound or motion) and records up to 30 seconds at a time in a cloud somewhere .... plugs into a usb socket in the van. it only works where it can connect to the internet and wont stop a vehicle being stolen, but it might offer peace of mind - we used to link it to our modem when out and about, great for keeping an eye on the dog if needed and telling it to get off the furniture!, £29 on amazon

Amazon product ASIN B07JY7K3SZ

 

[Nanniemate]

This is such a sad post, not only for Dorwyn but for how worried people are about having their vans stolen. My old van is is on the drive but cannot be seen from my windows sometimes don't see it for days and when in work I am always pleased to see it peeping around the corner as I drive up to the house. Riverbankannie as for waking your dog she would really really terrify the rotters.

 

[L' Hobo]

This is such a sad post, not only for Dorwyn but for how worried people are about having their vans stolen. My old van is is on the drive but cannot be seen from my windows sometimes don't see it for days and when in work I am always pleased to see it peeping around the corner as I drive up to the house. Riverbankannie as for waking your dog she would really really terrify the rotters.

I've seen Rosie and if she got mad she could, probably, lick them to death!

 

[Riverbankannie]

This is such a sad post, not only for Dorwyn but for how worried people are about having their vans stolen. My old van is is on the drive but cannot be seen from my windows sometimes don't see it for days and when in work I am always pleased to see it peeping around the corner as I drive up to the house. Riverbankannie as for waking your dog she would really really terrify the rotters.

I've seen Rosie and if she got mad she could, probably, lick them to death!

….but then she would wake me and I could tell them to “stop that now” in my best teacher’s voice through the camera. Wouldn’t that work?

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[L' Hobo]

….but then she would wake me and I could tell them to “stop that now” in my best teacher’s voice through the camera. Wouldn’t that work?

of course it would!

 

[MR BLO]

We have a neos smart cam inside our motorhome, it connects to the home internet (wireless), we get a notification everytime its activated (sound or motion) and records up to 30 seconds at a time in a cloud somewhere .... plugs into a usb socket in the van.

Great gadget MisterB
I am getting one on order immediately.

 

[headlight]

Sorry to hear this.
Did you have any physical security like a steering lock and pedal lock?

I use those and also have 3 cheap vibration alarms I bought from eBay for £15 each. They are stuck to the inside of each door.
If you touch the door handle you get a warning alarm, if you touch it again the sirens go off. As far as I can tell there is no way to get in without making a lot of noise and the van is under my bedroom window.

Possible consolation: If you are insured for market value, you might well get back more than it cost in 2016!

Do you have a link to the vibration alarms you use ?
I've had a quick look on eBay and can see ones that you stick on the window glass ?

 

[Nanniemate]

….but then she would wake me and I could tell them to “stop that now” in my best teacher’s voice through the camera. Wouldn’t that work?

probably ..............................

 

[maison]

One simple measure we take is to block in the m/h with our car whenever it is on the drive.

In addition to Vanbitz alarm, tracker, strap between cab doors and driver seat turned and locked. Don’t think we can do anymore.

Have you heard anything re the Tracker. Dorwyn ?

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[pampam]

What do they do with the stolen motorhomes?

 

[Landy Andy]

What do they do with the stolen motorhomes?

Live in them on their travelling sites

 

[Lenny HB]

What do they do with the stolen motorhomes?

Ring them and sell on or strip them.

 

[Bognor Saint]

We have a neos smart cam inside our motorhome, it connects to the home internet (wireless), we get a notification everytime its activated (sound or motion) and records up to 30 seconds at a time in a cloud somewhere .... plugs into a usb socket in the van. it only works where it can connect to the internet and wont stop a vehicle being stolen, but it might offer peace of mind - we used to link it to our modem when out and about, great for keeping an eye on the dog if needed and telling it to get off the furniture!, £29 on amazon

Amazon product ASIN B07JY7K3SZ

We've got a couple of these in the house. Basically cheap and cheerful. Picture quality is good. They are supposed to arm by geofencing but mine rarely do and I never remember to activate manually. However, I would think they would do a good job in a motorhome and left permanently armed.

 

[VXman]

If you get it back, I would strongly suggest a visit to VanBitz who are only down the road from you.
Get a decent immobiliser, alarm and tracker fitted.

(To be honest, you should have done this the day you bought it, most insurance companies insist on it as a condition to insure the vehicle)

We have a fairly new van, it does have an alarm but no tracker. Insurance have never requested one.

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[Dorwyn]

One simple measure we take is to block in the m/h with our car whenever it is on the drive.

In addition to Vanbitz alarm, tracker, strap between cab doors and driver seat turned and locked. Don’t think we can do anymore.

Have you heard anything re the Tracker. Dorwyn ?

Nothing as yet

 

[PrettyandFluffy]

Alan Kerr are advertising a very similar one on this forum, for £41,299, which is more than I paid for mine. Same age, etc. So I have asked them can they help with the valuation negotiations. Not hear back, only just posted it

You don't need to involve a third party - at least, I didn't; just take a pdf copy or screenshot of the listing. Get several examples. For information, I argued it out (and won) over the valuation of a Daihatsu Sirion Rally II - there are only around 50 of them left in the U.K. I foolishly loaned it to my new driver niece; fortunately I made her take out decent insurance because she wrote it off, but I retained ownership. She's still paying an increased insurance premium 4 years later.

 

[Nanniemate]

You don't need to involve a third party - at least, I didn't; just take a pdf copy or screenshot of the listing. Get several examples. For information, I argued it out (and won) over the valuation of a Daihatsu Sirion Rally II - there are only around 50 of them left in the U.K. I foolishly loaned it to my new driver niece; fortunately I made her take out decent insurance because she wrote it off, but I retained ownership. She's still paying an increased insurance premium 4 years later.

Is she more careful now ??

 

[mikebeaches]

Only just caught up with this thread.

How awful having your van pinched off your drive, just when you'd be relieved to be back home safe and sound after a long adventure in France.

Very sorry to hear about this! We have a not dissimilar van of the same age, and live not too far away from you, so struck an especially topical note with me.

Hope you are able to get things sorted one way or another - recovery or replacement. And that the insurer will play fair. As has been mentioned, don't hesitate to negotiate hard to achieve an acceptable settlement.

Best of luck!

 

[PrettyandFluffy]

Is she more careful now ??

Yes! Now she's in her own car and realises how expensive the consequences of not looking properly before pulling out into traffic can be. Lucky it was only damage to my car and the one she hit, no injuries.

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[Wack]

Loads of fiat based vehicles going at the moment
The advice I read was to change your door locks so they're different to the ignition , the door locks have no pick protection so they can create a makeshift key from the door lock which bypasses the steering lock and turns the ignition on , they they access the OBD port and start it , no damage , gone in minutes .

Disklok. Driven on the drive rather than reversed on , something parked in front of it , do whatever you can to put the scumbags off

 

[pampam]

I wonder if a fog bomb alarm would wirk in a motorhome ? If i was clever i could invent one with a percentage of pepper spray added

 

[Gina M]

Ring them and sell on or strip them.

Ring them ??? what does that mean?

Gina

 

[gus-lopez]

I wonder if a fog bomb alarm would wirk in a motorhome ? If i was clever i could invent one with a percentage of pepper spray added

Ideal. I've toyed with a detonation alarm. What I would really like is the remote detonation of the vehicle using explosives via mobile. You find it missing,ring the number, boooooooom, job done.

 

[gus-lopez]

Ring them ??? what does that mean?

Gina

Change the registration. And/or the chassis numbers

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