accessallkit Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 On reading a recent article in a Landrover magazine my husband and I realised we are not alone in the habit of waving to other Defender drivers and getting a thrill when they wave back. We have met many other landy drivers over the past few years and feel we are well on the way to becoming part of the landy family. Our own little landy family consists of a 1989 90 (my husbands first landy and a work in progress), 1999 Disco II and the latest addition in the last month a 2005 110 XS SW our pride and joy. We bought our latest landy with the intention of travelling far and wide, so in the previous six months we have been collecting all the required equipment a roof tent, roof rack etc You can imagine our excitement at finally getting it on the new landy. What better way to spend our summer holiday than travelling from our home in Inverness to the south of England and giving our new equipment a good run for its money. After our trip last year to Billing and the Landrover Show and meeting so many pleasant and interesting people from all over the world we thought this would be a good place to stop for a day trip on the way. So we arrived full of enthusiasm to pick up some bits that we hadn’t managed to get and also some spares for our trips to come. We arrived back, arms laden, to our 110 to find that someone had stolen our Roof tent, Roof Rack, Jerry cans and Ammo box containing Tools and gas cooker. You can imagine we are distraught. This would have been no easy task as we put it on with a fork lift. To add insult to injury they also badly scratched, scrapped and damaged our 110. There is also problems with the CCTV at the site so any hope of identifying the culprits is gone. We are writing this letter to ask for help from the landy family and also warn them if they aren’t aware that roof racks etc aren’t covered under your normal Car insurance. We have lost about £2K worth of equipment and would hate to think of someone else having to go through the same experience. But where we ask for your help is if you come across a Technitop roof tent or Outback roof rack for sale please get in touch with us (07783952142). These are quiet rare in the UK as there is no UK Distributor. We in no way feel that anyone from the landy family is involved because who would do that to another landy enthusiast. The only thing that has raised our spirits in the last 24hrs is the landy drivers that have waved to us while driving along the M1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul64 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I am really sorry to hear about your loss. Not able to do much from over here, but very sorry all the same. Is it not possible to insure tent and rack seperately? Seems a lot of money to spend on kit that can simply be removed. There must have been more than one person involved to remove it all without a fork lift. Lets just hope somebody saw something, and can help out. Regards, Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diff Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Absolutely gutted for you! Regards, Diff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyzeus Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 sorry to hear that, thieving scum . why does "problems" with the cctv not surprise me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 welcome to LR4x4 , I hope you are lucky enough to trace your tent/rack etc . The bravado of thieves like this does make it hard to protect your stuff . I take it you have reported it to Billing org/ local plod/ mag & as many forums as poss. May also be putting a search on Ebay , Cheers Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dew110CSW Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Very sorry to hear your loss, I was at the show and can say it seemed a really good bunch of blokes all willing to help each other out. Shame some scumbags try to ruin the party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Oh bugger, that must have been awful ! Keep an eye on eBay. Thieves have been caught trying to sell stuff on. Good luck. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Terrible news is there no way your house contence insurance could cover it maybe posibley. credit card insurance etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 thats carp, hopw you get it covered by someone. The audacity by people nowadays beggards belief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 That stinks, I really hate thieving scumbags who do things like that, I've just checked ebay [uK site] for both items, nothing listed so far, I hope you can get them back, best wishes for a successful result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSG Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 It is a problem - must have had some b@lls to nick it in braod daylight. I was looking at the roofracks - I love a Patriot type rack but noticed that they all seem to just bolt on to the gutters, which made me wonder about security. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul64 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 It is a problem - must have had some b@lls to nick it in braod daylight.I was looking at the roofracks - I love a Patriot type rack but noticed that they all seem to just bolt on to the gutters, which made me wonder about security. What about drilling through the gutter and padlocking it on. They could then use bolt cutters but it would slow the most determined down and cut out the opportunist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WALFY Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I agree they must of had some b*lls but if you seen 3 or 4 blokes taking a roofrack etc off a car would you challenge them. You'd assume it was their car. People with that sort of bravado will steal anything. But that doesn't make it right. A pretty **** way to end the show with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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