My Mk3 Minibus... stolen... IT'S BEEN FOUND!

[bigdazz]

that sucks sorry for you mate bunch of b,,,d

[Boycie]

UPDATE!!! IT'S BEEN FOUND IN ONE PIECE!!!!

It's down the road from me in Medway...

I'm slightly concerned it's now in a proper state, but the police said it looks 'ok'

I'm also very much concerned I'm gonna have to pay extortionate storage fee's etc... not to mention the transportation costs of getting it home. Anyone got any advice.

Can't wait to see the old girl again.

[Luke]

wow thats great news

how much storage fees are they wanting

[Boycie]

I'm not sure yet Luke...

The Copper has said when I collect, ring him beforehand and he'll release it.

I'm just amazed it wasn't cubed.

[Luke]

did they catch who did it

[Boycie]

They did... but apparently can't pin anything on him? Apparently he bought it in good faith, so may be an innocent party.

[MR BigBeefy LDV Guru]

very glad and supprised it has been found especialy after such a long time good luck m8

[dpsservices]

I'm not sure yet Luke...

The Copper has said when I collect, ring him beforehand and he'll release it.

I'm just amazed it wasn't cubed.

lets hope the guy loved it as much as you, and it is still in great condition best of luck m8

[Boycie]

Cheers all, I'm expecting the worst but hey, who knows?!

Just want to see it now, but the holding yard won't let me at it untill their paperwork has been sent through. It's been gone 6 months so could be in any state.

Copper said they think it was going to be exported.... Who would bother? It was hardly a desirable vehicle!!

I still think it's crazy it wasn't stolen for scrap- when it went, they could have got £300 for it.

[Gavin]

well im glad you got it back, but you might get a shock on storage. in london its around £12/day storage for bikes and £25 for cars. the police arent always so hot on informing people that their vehicle is in a pound - a mate of mine had his bike taken and it spent 4 months in a pound before the police got round to informing him.......by which time it wasnt worth having as the repairs it needed plus the storage was more than the bike was worth

[Luke]

well im glad you got it back, but you might get a shock on storage. in london its around £12/day storage for bikes and £25 for cars. the police arent always so hot on informing people that their vehicle is in a pound - a mate of mine had his bike taken and it spent 4 months in a pound before the police got round to informing him.......by which time it wasnt worth having as the repairs it needed plus the storage was more than the bike was worth

cant you get the storage money out of who took it - or the guy who had the van and if they thought it was going to be exported he doesnt sound so innocent

[Boycie]

Proper strange isn't it.

Yeah I'm expecting to be stung by storage charges. If it's too much and the van is not worth bothering with, I'll have to either let them dispose of it or call a local scrap-man.

For all I know, the LPG is missing, every panel is stoved in, my Weber carb has been nicked etc etc. All will be revealed soon I suppose!!

[intransit89]

nice one

[transitgeoff]

i had a motorbike nicked and they found it D&G cars had it, the copper told me they had recovered it and dg had it at there yard 4pm on a Friday, i phoned dg and they were only 5 miles from me and they said we havent sorted the papers come Monday i said bolx its my bike im cumin now well when i got there it was obvious they were just looking for a weekends storage i shoved it in the back of my van and they said because they hadnt had it long it wasnt on there system so they would give me a hand written invoice then post me the proper one later, well they wrote the name and address of the theifs house where they had recovered it from

moral, dont take no crap, its your van get it asap as charges are mounting

[Boycie]

Yup sound advice Geoff, I'm going up there tommorow, regardless of whether there's paperwork or not... as you say, it's my property!

Trouble is, moving it aint gonna be easy will probably take a week to organise recovery..