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Dowks



Member Since: 29 Nov 2012
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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 HCPU Keswick Green
Stolen - 2.2 TDCI Defender 130
Sad to report my beloved Defender 130 was stolen today from Witley Station car park in Surrey.

I doubt I will ever see it again but on the off chance…. Very distinctive spec, reg GM64FDU



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Post #994569 30th May 2023 11:14pm
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mini Anaconda



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Sorry to hear that Big Cry

Did it have any additional security layers fitted? Put it on LandyWatch (Facebook) if you haven't already. BORG - Bucks & Oxon 4x4 Response Group
Post #994581 31st May 2023 6:21am
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diesel_jim



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What a shame, lovely looking truck, especially the wheels.
Post #994589 31st May 2023 7:49am
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Dowks



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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 HCPU Keswick Green
Some good news, I managed to find the car this morning via Apple AirTag activation. Called the police who have recovered for forensics, made a mess of the inside but no real structural damage!

Air tag: 1 Scum bags: 0



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Post #994754 1st Jun 2023 6:39pm
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Co1



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Great result. Happy for you. Thumbs Up
Post #994756 1st Jun 2023 6:42pm
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diesel_jim



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Excellent news! bet they were leaving it for a while to see if anything happened.

More layers of security on it now. Cool
Post #994757 1st Jun 2023 6:44pm
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HTB



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United Kingdom 2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Buckingham Blue
Good news. I have an AirTag in mine, somewhere tucked away and have removed the speaker, so good to know the tech works. Hopefully you’ll be back on the road soonish.
Post #994760 1st Jun 2023 6:56pm
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90 Dreamer



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Brilliant result.....
Post #994764 1st Jun 2023 7:03pm
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Clemmo



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HTB wrote:
Good news. I have an AirTag in mine, somewhere tucked away and have removed the speaker, so good to know the tech works. Hopefully you’ll be back on the road soonish.


Could you explain “ have removed the speaker”?
Cheers
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Post #994769 1st Jun 2023 7:28pm
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jim4244



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Good news 👍

Jim
Post #994771 1st Jun 2023 7:31pm
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HTB



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United Kingdom 2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Buckingham Blue
Clemmo wrote:
HTB wrote:
Good news. I have an AirTag in mine, somewhere tucked away and have removed the speaker, so good to know the tech works. Hopefully you’ll be back on the road soonish.


Could you explain “ have removed the speaker”?
Cheers
Clemmo


Because AirTags were being used by naughty/nasty people to track others, say by slipping an AirTag into a bag or coat pocket, Apple added a small speaker to later AirTags so that anyone ‘pinging’ the tag, tracking it as a ‘lost item’, it makes a sound. This is great if someone is tracking you and you don’t know - every time an iPhone come into range the airtag will make a noise and you’ll hear it and be alerted to the fact it’s on you. Not so stealthy.

If you’re using it as a tracking device in a vehicle with the speaker still in place, when you set the airtag to let you know its location (I.e. ‘find my AirTag’), it’ll makes a noise alerting the thieving oik to the fact that there’s an airtag in the vehicle. F*ckface may take the time to locate it and throw it away.

If you take the speaker out there is nothing to indicate the AirTag’s presence so hopefully it remains tucked away in the vehicle and you can track it

Of course the noise may freak said scum of the earth out causing them to carefully park your vehicle up and run away. I guess it’s down to personal prefermace if you want to alert them to possible tracking….

Do a YouTube search for ‘remove AirTag speaker’….

HTH.

H
Post #994779 1st Jun 2023 8:08pm
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Dowks



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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 HCPU Keswick Green
It turned into quite the day.

I haven’t been able to have a good look as it’s being taken for forensics.

There were multiple air tags, they found one and had been searching.

They had accessed the OBD and battery compartment.

While I was there, a van came past and went off fairly quickly. Reg confirmed as the same as the vehicle which was with the Defender when they dropped it, plate known to police

We only found this out because the person living opposite had a Tesla which recorded footage of them arriving and leaving
Post #994781 1st Jun 2023 8:17pm
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L110CDL



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Great news you got the 130 back and good info on the Censored who took it Thumbs Up 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.


Clayton.
Post #994790 1st Jun 2023 9:10pm
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mini Anaconda



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Very good result Thumbs Up
I see from the recovered picture that they had changed the number plate too. Rolling Eyes
Edit: a quick Google suggests the LK54 plate is the Defender photographed for Prince Philip's funeral Shocked


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Post #994797 1st Jun 2023 10:20pm
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Dowks



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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 HCPU Keswick Green
According top the police standard practice, if it has a fake plate or indeed no plate, ANPR cannot track it

I did comment that ANPR seems very good at getting you at 74 in a 70 but is useless for catching people stealing cars.......
Post #994828 2nd Jun 2023 10:19am
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