Stolen Evo's

[marksmart]

Hi Guys,

Due to reading on the forum this morning (10-01-2009) that yet another one of our Evo's has been taken away from it's owner. I wanted to start a thread to see exactly how many Evo's are being taken, what Evo's they are and the area's that they are being stolen from.

I've started the list off and you can feel free to comment, express your anger or sadly add you name to the list.

Matt Clay / Black Evo 8 260 / Hereford & Worcester Area / 09-12-2008 / Stolen & Recovered
Ultimatewarrior / Black Evo 9 FQ340 - EU06 AWA / Sheffield / 15-08-2008 / Fraud Scam & Ongoing
Darron1823 / White Evo 1 / King Street, Edinburgh / 23-12-2008 / Stolen & Recovered
Russs / Blue Evo 6 Time Attack / Birmingham NEC / 08-01-2009 / Stolen & Recovered but also damaged.
Smscew / Blue Evo 9 / Aylesbury / 29-11-2008 / Stolen, Arrested, Car Unrecovered
Yellow8mitzi / Yellow Evo 8 260 / Reading / 11-11-2008 / Stolen, Unknown outcome.
Mechell / Red Evo 9 FQ320 / Potters Bar / 10-09-2008 / Stolen, Unknown outcome.
Evo Dan / White Evo 4 / Bovey Tracey in Devon / 02-09-2008 / Stolen, Unknown outcome.
Big_Jim / Black Evo 4 - R400 EVO / North Berwick / 20-08-2008 / Toad CAT 1 Alarm, Stolen without keys, Still missing.
Diehard / Evo 4 / Darlington – Couty Durham / 02-03-07 / Stolen, Unfound.
Itmustbejock / Black Evo 4 / Rotterdam / 20-08-2008 / Stolen, Unknown outcome.
Huffy / Red Evo 8 MR 400 no 50. / Santa Pod Car Park / 25-06-2006 / Stolen, spotted, but unrecovered.
Random Member (wishes to remain anonymous) / Blue Evo 4 / Nottinghamshire / 29-12-2004 / Stolen but later recovered.
TomEVOsix / Blue Evo 6 GSR / Driveway in Derbyshire / 17-03-2006 / Stolen & Recovered
WX04JKY / Yellow Evo 8 FQ 300 / Congleton, Cheshire / 24-03-2006 / Stolen & Unrecovered.
Br00kmeister / Silver Evo 6 / Ilkeston, Derbyshire / 18-07-2008 / Stolen, Unknown outcome.
Bresta / White Evo 4 Stolen / Nottingam / 25-06-2008 / Stolen, Unknown outcome.
Neilex / White Evo 10 / Cork, Northern Ireland / 24-06-2008 / Stolen & Recovered
Supraphil / Evo 8 MR FQ320 / Bangor / 23-07-2008 / Stolen, crashed and had to have the roof cut off by fire brigade.
Compressor / White Evo 5 / Bishops Stortford / 18-05-2008 / Stolen and Found on the Roadside.
Evo Dan 01 / Evo 7 / Solihull / 20-02-2008 / Perants beaten Badly, Stolen & car recovered.
Barrie @ DCY / White Evo 7 RS / North Yorkshire / 22-03-2008 / Stolen with Keys & Recovered.
Woosh / Blue Evo 6 GSR / Stonehenge / 19-12-2007 / Stolen, chased and lost, found at later date, but Burnt out.
Mpleeke / Blue Evo 6 UK no. 258 / Swindon / 11-03-2008 / Stolen, Unrecovered.
David gto / Evo 6 / Stonehenge / 05-03-2008 / Stolen, chased and abandon, recovered ten minutes later.
Robert Wilson / Black Evo 2 / Milton Keynes / 16-10-2007 / Stolen, Arrested and Recovered.
Antberns / Evo 6 / Zabbar / 24-01-2008 / Stolen and Recovered.
Adam J / Grey Evo 8 FQ320 MR / Armley, Leeds / 04-12-2007 / Stolen, Chased, Crashed (writen off) Recovered.
Maddane / White Evo X / Brecon / 27-11-2007 / Stolen, Unknown outcome.
Sweep121 / White Evo 3 / Springburn, Glasgow / 25-11-2007 / Stolen, Chased and got away, Speeding ticket received, Seen for sale on Ebay, Unknown outcome.
Bye all c ya / White Evo 6 / Birmingham / 25-11-2007 / Stolen, Spotted on CCTV, Unrecovered.
Beemer Deano / Blue Evo 4 / Pudsey, Yorkshire / 16-11-2007 / Stolen, Recovered undamaged.
Evo Beast / Evo 8 / Warrington / 18-11-2007 / Stolen, and found written off.
Diavlo / Evo 9 2.4 in Black / Birmingham NEC / 08-11-2008 / Stolen, Never recovered.
ShinobiJim / Blue Evo 6 / Bristol / 16-10-2007 / Stolen, Spotted, Never Recovered.
Piaras / Evo 8 in silver / County Derry, Northern Ireland / 19-10-2007 / Stolen, Unknown outcome.
ManicStreetEvo / Evo 6 RS / Heathrow area / 18-04-2007 / Stolen, Never found.
Knight / Blue Evo 6 / Surrey / 01-07-2007 / Stolen, Found & Recovered.
Evl / Orange Evo 8 MR RS / Donington / 29-05-2007 /Company was ramraided, Evo stolen, Spotted on M6 by MLR member, Never found.
Woodywoodpecker / Silver Evo 8 260 GSR / Sedgefield / 30-09-2006 / Stolen, never recovered.
Evogeof / French Blue Evo 7 - MH02EOE / Hereford / 19-11-2006 / Stolen without key, Police chased but losed it, used in 3 armed robberies. Found!
RSE Motorsport / Silver Evo 8 FQ 330 / North Wales / 12-12-2008 / Keys stolen, Car stolen, Stinger trap set, Car Recovered by Police.
Gt-pete / Black Evo 5 / Lichfield / 27-10-2008 / Keys forcefully taken, Car Stolen, unknown outcome.
Stu8 / White Evo 5 / Southport / 01-10-2003 / Break in, Keys taken, Car Taken, Police Chased but lost, Self Recovered, Minimal Damage
Overpair / Black Evo 8 GSR / Moston Lancashire / 17-01-2009 / Break In, Keys Stolen, Car Stolen, Tracker Activated, Police Recovered (10 Minutes)
Big wig 074 / Green Evo 1 / Cheltenham / 23-01-2009 / Stolen by known Person, Offered a £100 fee for it's return, Recover for £100, Damage Caused.
Dribbler / White Evo 9 GT - WM05DPK / Birmingham (Bromford Road) / 09-02-2009 / 2 alarms fitted but still stolen without keys, Ongoing.
Magivor / Gunmetal Grey Evo 8 FQ340 MR / Hereford / 03-03-09 / Took keys from house, crashed mile up the road, written off, offer to buy back at £5k
Snaponman / Black Evo 8 - WX03-WYG / Inverurie in Scotland / 06-03-2009 / Stolen and found the same day...Ongoing.
Ichyban / White Evo 6 GSR / South-East London / 09-03-2009 / Stolen from drive without keys, Alarmed immobilsed and steering lock...Not found.
Cryptwalk / White Evo 6 TME Monte Carlo RS / Manchester / 11-03-2009 / Stolen from a pub, as yet not found, Ongoing.
Evo Star / Black Evo 9 FQ320 / Yorkshire / 12-03-2009 / Key stolen and car taken during the night, not yet found, ongoing.
Loowey / Silver Evo 8 260 GSR limited edition number 0072 -MW04 EWB / Leigh in Lancashire / 26-02-2009 / Car taken in broad day light, not found.
JayKDC5 / Silver Evo 9 FQ340 - WX06 GYA / Sheffield / 03-04-2009 / Was up for sale, and stolen 15 minutes after a viewing, still missing.
Wilkins / Silver Evo 7 - Y789 VOP / Coventry / 09-04-2009 / New owner, three ARMED theives took the car from home by force, Ongoing and still missing.
Dogsoldier20 / Blue Evo 6 / Bristol - St. Michaels / 14-05-2009 / Attempted theft, moved car but not start causing damage @ £,3500. Possible write off.
Steviegsboots / White Evo 6 / Bracknell / 11-07-2009 / Barrels broken off, moved 500 yards and burnt out.
DexUK / Silver Evo 8 GSR - R30DEX / Castleford West Yorkshire / 18-07-2009 / Break in & stole keys and car, Used this car to steal a VW Golf R32.
Evo4MR340 / Rare Red Evo 4 / Dunshauglin / 19-07-2009 / Clutch broken and Battery dead, but still heard being driven away, currently missing.
Dan83 / Silver Evo 7 with a Rear Evo 9 bumper / Cheshunt / 01-08-2009 / Taken over night without keys, alarmed & trackered (but out of subscription)
Lil_Noddy_Evo_5 / Black Evo 5 - H13 BRW / Everthorpe Prison, Hull West Yorkshire / 20-08-2009 / Taken without keys, Possible CCTV coverage.
PeterPan / Evo 9 / Sheffield / 05-10-2009 / House broken in to, Key's and Car stolen, Car found and recovered / No damage but now CAT D registered.
Andy33 / Grey Evo 9 FQ360 MR - YN08 KZR / 2009 / S43 in Chesterfield / House break in, Evo stolen with the keys, tracker removed and dumped. Car never found
Greggers / Silver Evo 9 FQ340 / 20-01-10 / Brentwood / Flat broken into on forth floor, keys stolen as was Car / Tracker Fitted, Police currently involved.
Sifu / Gunmetal Grey Evo 9 FQ360 MR / 31-01-10 / Cheltenham / House broken into, keys taken, tracker fitted, spotted being driven, found but stripped!
AL737 / Black Evo 10 FQ 330 Manual - LX08 KNS / 11-03-10 / Birmingham Airport - Staff CarPark / Stolen without keys, see driven, tracker de-activated, Not found.

A shocking 68 Evo's stolen from MLR members.

If it's of any use, there is a free to register website where you can add your stolen car (regardless of make or model) and there is a chance of someone who's looking to buy an Evo and been offered your stolen car to get in touch with you to let you know that they've seen it. Here is the link http://www.twoc.co.uk/

Sorry if I've come across as angry in this thread, but the theft of people's pride and possessions, and all their efforts to be able to get them in the first place annoys the hell out of me. But my hope was that from adding to the list we could see patterns of which Evo's are being taken and which area's are the biggest risk, maybe suggesting gangs at work.

Regards

Mark

[marksmart]

Edited at the request of the owner of the cars mentioned within this post. However the rest of the thread remains fully active giving accurate and interesting information.

Regards

Mark

[Ferg F]

Originally Posted by marksmart

Sorry if I've come across as angry in this thread, but the theft of people's pride and possessions, and all their efforts to be able to get them in the first place annoys the hell out of me. But my hope was that from adding to the list we could see patterns of which Evo's are being taken and which area's are the biggest risk, maybe suggesting gangs at work.

Regards

Mark

Sorry if we think you are coming across as angry I totally agree with you mate, but the problem starts when you report it to the police, well thats when my problems started, they couldn't give a toss .

I even spotted mine getting driven about three weeks after it was stolen and when I went and told them they siad that I had already been paid out so what was the big deal

I know what I would do if I got hold of the theiving scum, but hay, that would mean I would be in the $h!t!!!!!

[marksmart]

Originally Posted by Ferg F

Sorry if we think you are coming across as angry I totally agree with you mate, but the problem starts when you report it to the police, well thats when my problems started, they couldn't give a toss .

I even spotted mine getting driven about three weeks after it was stolen and when I went and told them they said that I had already been paid out so what was the big deal

I know what I would do if I got hold of the thieving scum, but hay, that would mean I would be in the $h!t!!!!!

So you went and told them where a stolen car was, and they didn't even want the details to check in to, on the off chance it might have been used for drug running, robberies, and eventually being rung and sold on to the innocent!!! Totally not on, the more and more I hear about the lack of efforts from the police the worse I get.

My mate got caught the other day for being two days out on his road tax, he said he saw a police car parked in the middle of the road on Chevrons reading a newspaper, not even watching the road for **** sake. He then must have got picked up on the incar computer by his registration from the camera sitting on the roof; he then put the paper down and went off and chased. I'm not doubting that he shouldn't have been pulled, as road tax evaders should be caught! But when your being paid big bucks, and tieing up resources (car etc...) at least look for others maybe speeding, not wearing seat belts, on the phone etc... Lazy sodding police!!

Regards

Mark

[SiB321]

I think this list could be very interesting, good work. Do you have the dates they were stolen so we can see how fast they are being nicked e.g. 10 per month?

[sybez]

Have any actually been recovered and returned to the owners?

[marksmart]

Originally Posted by SiB321

I think this list could be very interesting, good work. Do you have the dates they were stolen so we can see how fast they are being nicked e.g. 10 per month?

Nope to be honest I didn't think to add the dates in, but yet again what a good idea. Also some of the thefts where reported in the thread from this website, however in attempts of getting this thread up and moving I didn't read through all the threads to see the final outcome. However I've no doubt as this thread gets more popular, then name's that I found already on the list will have more details added to it.

there are bound to be more than this from here as when I did search word "stolen" 20 pages popped up, but I only listed the first 10. It would appear that more Evo's are getting stolen than we first thought, yeah we hear about them from time to time, But has anyone actually ever stopped and counted them before like we are attempting to do now.

Regards

Mark

[E5_DCB]

Yes


RSE Motorsports evo

[stu8]

clicky

was a while ago now

Stu

[weekenny]

The thing that strikes me is its evo's I-X that are taken they don't just target newer ones.

I for one don't believe the situation will never improve as the law is far too lenient with car thieves, they know what 'punishment' awaits them and its worth the risk. Until that changes we'll just have to try our best to keep them secure. Its a sad state of affairs.

[marksmart]

Originally Posted by stu8

clicky

was a while ago now

Stu

Thanks Stu, that made interesting reading, you actually got it back with very minimal damage, all beit the clutch was smelly!!! I can't believe the cheeky sods came back for a second go!! well there is a positive story to add to balance out all the others, and in your case Police presence and response was bang on.

I take it your still running the same Evo to this day?

Regards

Mark

[MR.C]

This is a good idea. Sorry to hear so many cars being stolen.

Agree with above that dates of theft would help if it can be added.

[r8fev]

its allways sad to hear of anyones car/pride and joy being stollen no matter what make or model, for most people there car is the second most expensive thing they own (after there house) and to hear of it being stolen or vandelised sickens me
i think people have a right to be angre and that the police should show a little more compation and spend more time finding these cars and bringing organised car theft figures down
just my little rant

[marksmart]

Originally Posted by MR.C

This is a good idea. Sorry to hear so many cars being stolen.

Agree with above that dates of theft would help if it can be added.

I'm currently going through them and listing them as we speak a few more to add before uploading....however the 24/06/2008 two were stolen and two more were stolen on the 25/06/2008, maybe indicating a "gone in 60 seconds gangs at work scenario" This is the main pattern I found so far, but in addition to this Black most popular, No Evo 2's and 3's are not coming up as being stolen, There is only 1 Evo 1 and just 1 Evo X the rest are Evo's 4 to 9's

I've got 8 more pages of reading through before I upload all the dates and final outcomes, but it's sure gonna make interesting reading.

Regards

Mark

[stu8]

Originally Posted by marksmart

Thanks Stu, that made interesting reading, you actually got it back with very minimal damage, all beit the clutch was smelly!!! I can't believe the cheeky sods came back for a second go!! well there is a positive story to add to balance out all the others, and in your case Police presence and response was bang on.

I take it your still running the same Evo to this day?

Regards

Mark

The clutch was knackered, it slipped after i got it back, the brakes were cooked, and they had bumped into a hedge, though did little damage. The problem was they still had the keys so new lockset, new reciever for the remote locking, and alarm recoded. the police response was good as i was so quick to report it, and at 5 in the morning there are a lot of bored police up for a chase with an evo (coppers words )

I'm still running the same evo

If people are concerned about this i can't believe

clicky

hasn't had more of a response, vehicle tracking and remote immobilisation seems the way forward to me

Stu