Insurance prices have gone through the roof this year in Aberdeen coz there was a group of 20 lads walking into people's houses and lifting the car keys!

Got a text from my mate at the other side of Sheff yesterday, someone had broken into their house over night while they were sleeping, lifted the keys and nicked off with his 12 plate Octy vRS, obviously only wanted the car tho as a laptop and tablet were left, nothing else taken at all!

Sadly this sort of things happen, will be some young scrote I expect, wrong side of the tracks, hormones raging and rebelling against everything.....showing his mates how hard he is by damaging a car he probably doesnt even know the value of.

I remember some years back a lad I went to school with who I got on with but was the bad lad of the year, always making trouble for himself and seemingly for his family. In any case his folks were lovely and always had nice new "obscure" cars, hot hatches and Jap imports. Anyway they were always having their cars targeted; paint stripper was the main culprit and on every panel! I know some of it was down to my mate but suspect an element of envy of them having nice cars (for the time) probably contributed.

Not long ago whilst doing some work over a weekend in Plymouth a bunch of young toss-pots thought it would be funny to run over my car whilst in the hotel car park; didnt witness it but the numerous size 6/7 trainer prints and obligatory dent in the bonnet made it obvious.

In fairness it was a company car and coming to the end of its lease but still goes to show it could happen anywhere. I run my own debatably nicer and newer car now thats immaculate; be spitting feathers if the same thing happened to that....particularly given ive just agreed to part ex it for another!

Saw another Octy III keyed along the drivers door earlier, it was a silver 13 plate, followed it off the M1 at J33 towards Rotherham, it was also a strange spec, looked like an Elegance with 17" alloys, and had a slim boot lip spoiler but no front fogs, also had a diesel only sticker on the fuel filler flap so assume it was a hire car!

Got a text from my mate at the other side of Sheff yesterday, someone had broken into their house over night while they were sleeping, lifted the keys and nicked off with his 12 plate Octy vRS, obviously only wanted the car tho as a laptop and tablet were left, nothing else taken at all!

I know someone nearby to Sheffield. Has a Discovery. Looked out the window one morning to see a couple of lads trying to nick the car. She went out, got the hose, and gave them a good soaking! Unbeknown to the scumbags, they wouldnt have got very far with the car. It has a fuel cut off switch hidden somewhere. Car wouldnt even have started!!

I know someone nearby to Sheffield. Has a Discovery. Looked out the window one morning to see a couple of lads trying to nick the car. She went out, got the hose, and gave them a good soaking! Unbeknown to the scumbags, they wouldnt have got very far with the car. It has a fuel cut off switch hidden somewhere. Car wouldnt even have started!!

The vRS has since been recovered, but was front and rear ended in a police chase, owner hoping for a write off now as he thought the chassis looked twisted also!