Car Stolen

[TeaandBiology]

Worst end to the festival I could have imagined; rolled all the gear back to the pink car park to find my Land Rover Defender had been stolen. What's more, thieves removed the apparently-not-so-hidden live GPS tracker and placed it into another car, so the Avon n' Somerset police were sent on a merry chase this morning, helicopter included, after some poor other innocent reveller. I'm sure the thieves will have a bit of a chuckle at that... 

 

Anywho, apparently an entire convoy of Land Rovers and other vehicles were stolen by Friday, largely from the pink car parks, last spotted up in Staffordshire somewhere. No doubt entirely stripped to bits now, never to be recovered.

 

Posting to vent, but also in the remote hope of reaching out to the half a dozen or more other victims in hope of maybe coordinating info (pursuing CCTV footage etc.).

 

Off home via the train for a long cry in a bath now. Eep!

[she bangs the drums]

7 minutes ago, TeaandBiology said:

Worst end to the festival I could have imagined; rolled all the gear back to the pink car park to find my Land Rover Defender had been stolen. What's more, thieves removed the apparently-not-so-hidden live GPS tracker and placed it into another car, so the Avon n' Somerset police were sent on a merry chase this morning, helicopter included, after some poor other innocent reveller. I'm sure the thieves will have a bit of a chuckle at that... 

 

Anywho, apparently an entire convoy of Land Rovers and other vehicles were stolen by Friday, largely from the pink car parks, last spotted up in Staffordshire somewhere. No doubt entirely stripped to bits now, never to be recovered.

 

Posting to vent, but also in the remote hope of reaching out to the half a dozen or more other victims in hope of maybe coordinating info (pursuing CCTV footage etc.).

 

Off home via the train for a long cry in a bath now. Eep!

What a sh*t end to the festival for you, sorry.

 

Enjoy your bath and hopefully a good nights sleep.

[Steveb72]

Sorry to hear this, hope you can get in touch with the people affected.

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

That sounds absolutely horrendous.

 

Hope you get a bumper insurance package for a new car soon!

[Superscally]

Urg... 

Sending big hugs.

[Alex DeLarge]

First of all, I'm extremely sorry that happened to you. Sending hugs your way.

 

Secondly - I don't understand how people were stealing multiple cars? Hopefully those degenerates are caught. 

[Guest]

Sorry to hear this. Hope you manage on the train ok. That’s terrible. 

[Alex DeLarge]

Oh and also if you're looking out for ways to contact people you could try posting on the Glastonbury Subreddit and the Glasto Chat Facebook page. 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Oh, that is bastardry of biblical proportions. 

[Chawk]

Sorry to hear this, even before opening the thread, after seeing the title I thought, 'bet it was a Defender'.

 

You can't leave them in any sort of long term car park anymore where people know you're going to gone for a while. They're the perfect balance for thieves as they're easy to steal and disassemble vs worth a fair amount of money.

 

My friend got back from their holiday, their Defender was stolen straight out the airport car park.

[august1]

Crazy this.

 

Wasn't it land rovers that all got stolen last year?

[Talcroft]

Ahh man this sucks, I'm sorry this happened. 

[northernangel]

And I thought the entitled car parking staff not letting pink passes into orange at 4pm but at 5pm it was okay was rubbish! Hope you catch them and string them up! Sending love 

[Spindles]

Sadly it is something that's happened every year for as long as I can remember, although in recent years it has been more about stripping parts in the car parks rather than stealing whole vehicles from what I've heard.

[gigpusher]

So sorry to hear this. 

[Superscally]

From an ITK pal:

Defenders (new ones. can't speak for others) won't be stripped, they'll get hidden then shipped. Good money in it. My brother's got stolen, but was made too hot on social and then it was spotted hidden in some woodland covered in camo netting and leaves so he went to retrieve

 

Maybe social is the way forward?

Edited July 1, 2024 by Superscally

[henry bear]

1 hour ago, Chip Batch said:

Sorry to hear this. Hope you manage on the train ok. That’s terrible. 

Nice that you make them feel better with a comforting downvote!

[verrymerry]

2 minutes ago, henry bear said:

Nice that you make them feel better with a comforting downvote!

Guessing it was a mistake. 

[Lucy92]

That’s awful! People can be the worst sometimes 

[deepkittycaz]

51 minutes ago, henry bear said:

Nice that you make them feel better with a comforting downvote!

Possibly downvoting the situation?

[WforWill]

That’s bloody awful. Feel terrible. The place is like Fort Knox so you’d think they could stop car theft! 

[Blownimpression]

2 hours ago, august1 said:

Crazy this.

 

Wasn't it land rovers that all got stolen last year?

It was, I think they were stripping them of parts in the car part last year, from what I remember reading on here?

 

 

Edited July 1, 2024 by Blownimpression
Added link for last years thread

[august1]

Just now, Blownimpression said:

It was, I think they were stripping them of parts in the car part last year, from what I remember reading on here?

Yeah, just checked back. I dunno what they could do. Have a separate secure section for them

[fred quimby]

Really sorry to hear this. sh*tty way to finish the festival 

[LoraMaze]

f**king hell, I immediately thought of the defender that had its doors stolen last year. So sorry that happened, it is also my dream car 😭