Polo GTI stolen

[Zepelin]

My Black MY12.5 Polo GTI 5 door was stolen from my driveway last week on Thursday or Friday. Only 5000kms on her.

I was staying at my girlfriends house and had left my car at home and my house was burgled and the bastards found my spare key in my top drawer. Laptops/digtial cameras and playstation stolen but the buggers got my Polo!

Police said there is a low chance of recovery and I am hoping insurance will pay out the full value!

Stolen from Wellington, New Zealand. Its such a distinctive car it may show up, but the police have better things to do than chase my car.

[Lemonskin]

Oh man, I'm so sorry, that sucks! I'd be devastated if mine was stolen too. Hope insurance pays out fully on it. Fingers crossed.

[Zepelin]

Yeah, I paid $36,000 NZD in August 2012. It was a demo with 250kms on it. The full retail price here is $38,250. I saw one recently going for $32,000 same kms as mine. I will certainly put up a good fight to get a good value back from the insurer!

[gavs]

Stolen from Wellington, New Zealand. Its such a distinctive car it may show up, but the police have better things to do than chase my car.

Unfortunatley you seem to be correct with the amount of crappy NZ Police shows we get over here. Motorway patrol, Send in the dogs etc...

fingers crossed for you mate! Though I might be taking that money and buying a Golf GTI instead.....

[Hail22]

Unfortunatley you seem to be correct with the amount of crappy NZ Police shows we get over here. Motorway patrol, Send in the dogs etc...

fingers crossed for you mate! Though I might be taking that money and buying a Golf GTI instead.....

With the MK7 around the corner...better to have a crappy thrash box til November when the shipments come in full swing..

[Polo GTEye N9]

[QUOTE=Zepelin;912482]My Black MY12.5 Polo GTI 5 door was stolen from my driveway last week on Thursday or Friday. Only 5000kms on her.

I was staying at my girlfriends house and had left my car at home and my house was burgled and the bastards found my spare key in my top drawer. Laptops/digtial cameras and playstation stolen but the buggers got my Polo!

This is the number one way of housebreaking thieves, get the car keys and they have a quick way to take all the loot with them..
Get a safe and lock your keys and small valuables in it.

[gavs]

Polo GTI stolen

I'd stick with the mk6 though, being so heavily based on the Mk5 unless you get an oil burner which is rarer than a polo, it would be a safer option than the Mk7. As shown with the 6R, and the Mk4 golf as well, big introduction if new systems, tech and chassis updates results in, well, 114 pages about oil consumption in a single model and 113 pages of problems...

[Lemonskin]

I'd stick with the mk6 though, being so heavily based on the Mk5 unless you get an oil burner which is rarer than a polo, it would be a safer option than the Mk7. As shown with the 6R, and the Mk4 golf as well, big introduction if new systems, tech and chassis updates results in, well, 114 pages about oil consumption in a single model and 113 pages of problems...

Exactly! I'd be loathe to get the first model of any car. Get the one-year update when they've found all the bugs and started sorting them out.

[gavs]

Polo GTI stolen

Yep, except for VW who just keep plodding along unless it costs them ****e-loads like replacing engines.....

[nomadx38]

I for one am looking forward to the new ea888 engines in the new golfs. It also has to be said that I cannot complain about my 1.2t, beautiful engine and never a hickup - more than I can say for my DSG which after my re-adaption is still driving poorly. It's probably 50% better but still is misbehaving. The new golf r is firmly set in my sights for the upcoming years...

[AC74]

My Black MY12.5 Polo GTI 5 door was stolen from my driveway last week on Thursday or Friday. Only 5000kms on her.

I was staying at my girlfriends house and had left my car at home and my house was burgled and the bastards found my spare key in my top drawer. Laptops/digtial cameras and playstation stolen but the buggers got my Polo!

Police said there is a low chance of recovery and I am hoping insurance will pay out the full value!

Stolen from Wellington, New Zealand. Its such a distinctive car it may show up, but the police have better things to do than chase my car.

Damn, sorry to hear that Zepelin! I'm on holidays in the North Island (Taupo today heading for Napier then Ohakune) so I'll keep my eyes open. Of course, being a new GTI owner I've been looking for them everywhere over here but haven't spotted one yet - just some Mk6 and Mk5 Golf GTIs. I've only seen two 6R Polos in a week of travelling so far so seemingly not nearly as common as in Melbourne.

Does your car have any distinguishing features?

Good luck, I hope you get a favourable outcome one way or another.

Cheers,

Andy

[Zepelin]

Well I have some good news! Polo GTI found in Petone, Wellington on the side of the street by the police.

A old fella in the street rang it in after it had been sitting in the same spot for a week, the police siad he apparently saw someone drive it there in the middle of the night and run off, dont know why he waited a week but it has been towed to a recovery yard and is being fingerprinted tomorrow.

Cops said that one of the beautiful polished Detroit rims has been kerbed and scratched and rear window was down a bit but apart from that no visual damage.

After fingerprinted she will be towed to the local VW dealer where they will assess all damage, give it a road test then repair everything for me. Insurance even said they will pay for whatever was stolen from inside the car. Ipod, cds, tennis racquets so that is good. And a new set of keys and locks (because the crooks still have one set of keys) which is supposed to cost a bomb because of the coding etc.

Only bummer is the $500 insurance excess I have to pay. But shes back

Girlfriend wants me to sell it now that it has been 'violated' !

[amazeer]

Geez thats lucky, I hope it hasnt been mechanically trashed and had years of life driven out of it. Hopefully they were part way smart criminals who didnt want to attract attention to a car load of stolen gear and treated it kindly.

I wouldnt have given any chance of it turning up without being burnt out. I've had the same car attempted stolen 3 times and not once did it get fingerprinted. Clearly your police arent too busy at all.

[kkierann]

good to hear, hope it all turns out well for you, make sure youre fully happy with it when you pick it back up

[Zepelin]

Yeah I want a full check done, including a test drive to make sure they didn't thrash the life out of it. I think the idea of a safe in the house or leaving the spare key at a different location than where the car is parked could be an idea for the future. Because I think it would be hard to steal one of these cars without the keys, although an expert car thief could probably do it.