Dont suppose you stashed the key on the car whilst you were out surfing by any chance???? I made that mistake a few years ago at Scabs . My Commodore turned up 3 days later luckily. These days I just leave my key with my towell on the beach or put it in my leggie if Im using one.
BEWARE some pricks target surfers . THis has been going on for some time now in the Trigg/Scabs area. Its time to rise up and watch the bastards watching the surfers lock up thier cars[}:)][}:)][}:)]
SOrry to hear ur misfortune man. I feel for ya.

The thieves certainly have the Carpark wired. I have heard of people leaving their cars for 5 minutes and having their cars broken into. It is a shame the Police & Council are not more pro-active to this. They have Surf Cams in the area why can't they put CCTV Cameras in the Carpark. As usall if it does not happen to someone with a bit of authority nothing happens.

nobby444 said...

yeah was stashed on the car, last time i do that. i'm gonna bait them when the next swell hits, hide in the dunes n bust them. thanks for ya help guys. no news yet, u know of any places they take stolen cars around here?

I use one of those padlock storage thingos, neva had a problem since.

I really hate hearing this. It seems almost every second day there is a car break in along the scarbs - trigg stretch. Its getting out of hand. My beloved Scabs is being over run by moron low lifes who prey on people pursuing there love of a sport, the ocean and a healthy lifestyle (i use the term healthy quite loosely ). The whole thought of the practice is so damn unethical!!

Its not just all car break ins either, just plain old d1ckheads spoiling the area for everyone else.

It pisses me off immensely and Im ****n over it!!

I really hope sometime soon one/some of the break in perpetrators are caught by one of us and they receive a good old fashioned vigilante lesson [}:)]. Im ready for the red thumbs but the reality is this is what will stop them doing it again!

Perhaps a bait car as mentioned above is a good idea...?

Having vented and calmed down a tad. I am fully up for some law abiding means of prevention. Not exactly sure what these may be - cctv cameras is a good one (they do pay police to patrol at certain times, perhaps this money could be used towards camera set-up?). I do doubt the stirling city council will come to the party here...but perhaps a petition may be in order?

If I get some support on this I would be happy to create a petition and post up on some of the pin-up boards in the local scarbs area shopping centres etc. Let people know where they are. Give it a few weeks then present to the City of Stirling.

Im not sure how successful the petition would be (has it been done before?), but for a small effort at least the council would know how pissed off we are. I imagine there would also be a wave of support from the kitesurfing and windsurfing fraternities.

Anyone have any other ideas? This issue needs action, not just talk.

Yeah totally keen to bust some of these guys, could be good waves early thurs i've got my bait car ready to go, plus a few mates just as pissed off as i am. My hilux was spottted in joondalup last thurs night, at the shopping centre doing burn outs with some young, dark haired, flogger driving it. Obviously the "police" are to busy rooting each other to do anything so it's left up to us. If anyone thinks they spotted my car, please contact me or the police asap so we can nab these fools and hopefully all their low life mates. My details are posted at the top of this topic. cheers.

Full support for a petition as well, i could round up 50 signatures to add to the list. Just gotta get the council and police to pull their fingers out!!

Heard back from Foosh, he was nice enough to contact the council...below is what he reported back with...

Fooosh said...

OK, sorry guys, it took me awhile longer to get in touch with the council.

I spoke to Mike Newson, the Senior Security Officer at Stirling Council today.

He basically said that they get daily mapped updates of crimes in the ward and meet weekly with the police. He says that there hasn't been an increasing trend of break ins so they have to send resources where it's most needed (not beach car parks for now).

If we wanted to check these stats, we need to log on to the police website or contact the cops.

BOTTOM LINE: I think for everyone that gets broken into or sees anything or person suspicious around the car parks, you must report it to the police on 131 444. They should give you a case id.

We need to do this if we're ever going to get the council to do something.

Will the council act on a petition? Possibly, if we use it to lobby the MP who's worried about his election chances... oh, sorry, I'm being so cynical in my old age. Otherwise, I don't think so.

LAST BOTTOM LINE: We're on our own for now, I think. Check the avoid car break ins sticky.
1. I'll be parking at the Esplanade area (look for the CCTV cams, Council said there's the only place with them) or Trigg Cafe (most populated part),
2. plus leaving my downwind window open, glove box etc open.
3. I put my normal car stuff in an old plastic bag now and leave that at home when I go to the beach.
4. I use a non-electronic key which I take in my harness/wetsuit.
5. And considering no / low excess insurance (including kite gear) with a different insurer to SGIO who were extremely difficult to deal with for this claim.

sadly I guess Foosh is right about the petition doing didly squat and right again saying we're on our own.

Take note of his "Bottom Lines" ..plus keep a good eye out for any suspicious characters when your down down there.

A year or so back a couple of friends & I did notice a couple of pesky teenagers checking wheel arches & so on...we gave them a not so friendly "move on please". Wish I had done more now... I didn't report

If only I was lucky enough to live in one of those scarbs beach front apartments! Then I could really keep watch.... along with the other benefits...sigh.