Japspeed Drift Scooby stolen at Santa Pod - GT-R Register - Official Nissan Skyline and GTR Owners Club forum

ragt20 · 11th June 2011, 10:17 PM

heads up, just incase anyone spots it

Team JapSpeed ? Wall | Facebook

taken from japspeed FB page:

People please help us ... Somebody has stolen our Subaru drift car from the Performance Vauxhall Show at SantaPod .. this happened earlier tonight. Can you PLEASE help us get OUR car back guys ... Reply here if you have any information or saw anything.

how the funk anyone can just drive that outta there,

Nigel-Power · 12th June 2011, 01:03 AM

That's really shocking to hear. Hope it's found in one piece though and without having been tampered with.

furrywoolyhatuk · 12th June 2011, 11:40 AM

Apparently the runts have made it to the m25 this morning:
http://video.l3.fbcdn.net/cfs-l3-snc...6985ded584ef01

Initial P! · 12th June 2011, 12:07 PM

Where are the traffic cops when you need them

. Hopefully it's not a big job destined for a container and just some goons who will get caught pretty soon.

R32 GTR R32 GTR · 12th June 2011, 12:07 PM

Just to confirm the video was from 7.45 pm yesterday not this morning.

They have some serious balls to steal it from Santa Pod during a full on show. Such a shame as its the drivers birthday today as well.

We all know what will happen to this car now if it hasnt been found within the next 24 hours.

R32 GTR R32 GTR · 12th June 2011, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Initial P!

Where are the traffic cops when you need them

. Hopefully it's not a big job destined for a container and just some goons who will get caught pretty soon.

Stealing something that well known and popular is definitely an ordered job. It would be hard to strip it for parts as it has so many custom bits on, converting a subaru to RWD isnt easy and you'll eat through shafts. Hence why Walton from Garage-D has full Skyline running gear underneath his Subaru drift car.

R32 GTR R32 GTR · 12th June 2011, 12:30 PM

Just heard that its being chased through London at the moment

Mookistar · 12th June 2011, 12:40 PM

If they can drive a drift car, in the wet, and shake off the cops, they deserve to keep it. Lol

Trev · 12th June 2011, 01:10 PM

Not the first thing to be stolen from Santa Pod - the place is seriously lacking in Security.

Initial P! · 12th June 2011, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R32 GTR R32 GTR

Just heard that its being chased through London at the moment

If true they should be getting it back hopefully without too much damage, or at least nothing they will find too hard to fix.
The thieves will get suspended sentence and disqual at most probably.

Nigel-Power · 12th June 2011, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mookistar

If they can drive a drift car, in the wet, and shake off the cops, they deserve to keep it. Lol

lol you nutter

This looks like it was a well coordinated operation, the theives knew who the owner was obviously and they were waiting for him to leave the car and get busy with something else whilst being under observation by one of the thieves and meanwhile the actual get away driver breaking into the scooby and off he goes.

Normally what they do is to disable the tracking device (if there is any), once the tracker has been sorted, it will either stripped down and shipped abroad, or the parts will be sold. A car of that calibre is more likely to be shipped abroad.

Terrible situation this, but hope it's found somehow.

x.laura.x · 12th June 2011, 10:04 PM

Off sxoc

well, i've just got home from PVS, absolutely gutted about this!!

i can shed a little more light on the situation from the santa pod end...

as the owner and organiser for the Vauxhall Bertone Owners Club, this year, i (along with all the other owners and organisers from every stand) were invited to the VIP room for a drink with the event organisers at it was PVS's 10th birthday...

most of the guys went after an hour ish my and my mate stayed for a while... we were chatting to the total vauxhall magazine guys, the event organisers, and as most of the owners had gone, the VIPs started coming in to relax, one of which was baggsy, the driver of the scooby. the event organiser introduced us to him after he said he was more of a jap guy than vauxhall, and having an S14a, i agreed with him, so we got talking to baggsy... it was about 8 in the evening at this time, about 20mins AFTER the footage was taken of it driving on the M25... at this stage of the evening, the driver nor the maxxis team had any idea it was even stolen!

walking back to our club area, we saw there was only the S15 on show, but knowing they were doing demos we assumed the car had been left in the stunt arena

we found out today that it had been stolen and taken out of pod about half 6

they had to open the bonnet, re-connect the battery, prime it, start it and then drive off in it...

now, if you saw this happening, you'd assume the guy ding it was MEANT to be doing it, surely!? anyone can buy a japspeed hoody and not look out of place there (i have no idea if this was the case, just a for-instance)

it then (apparently) got driven straight out of the main gates, past the camping areas, and not at high speed, plenty of people saw it, so the time it was taken got discovered very quickly, but no one questioned it moving around pod, cos it had been doing that all day anyway...

according to the maxxis guy i spoke to, the first they knew of it being stolen was the driver coming back to the trailer at about half 9 and asking where the hell his car was! they thought at first it had been moved as a practical joke by one of the other drivers, but soon realised it wasn't when they asked pod staff over the radio where it was, and security said they saw it leave about half 6...

why pod security didn't stop it i have no idea, the event was still letting people in and out for camping at the time, so there were people around, and they MUST know a car like that is only ever trailered in and out of shows!?

anyway, that's all i know, i realise it's in no way helpful as far as finding the thing, but sheds a little more light on the circumstances...

i hope this thing gets found!!

apprently around the fullers slade area...

keep look out guys

nazams · 12th June 2011, 10:10 PM

could it be set up???

ragt20 · 13th June 2011, 06:41 AM

good news, car has been found, minus a spoiler and a few decals, twas found in the Reading area

andrew186 · 13th June 2011, 08:16 AM

great news

did they catch the scum that took it?

11th June 2011, 10:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
ragt20 ragt20 is unaware they can edit their status Executive GTR Owners Club Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Middlesex Cars owned: VZR N1, R33 GTR Posts: 439	Japspeed Drift Scooby stolen at Santa Pod heads up, just incase anyone spots it Team JapSpeed ? Wall \| Facebook taken from japspeed FB page: People please help us ... Somebody has stolen our Subaru drift car from the Performance Vauxhall Show at SantaPod .. this happened earlier tonight. Can you PLEASE help us get OUR car back guys ... Reply here if you have any information or saw anything. how the funk anyone can just drive that outta there, __________________

12th June 2011, 01:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
Nigel-Power Nigel-Power is playing a Game GTROC Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Cars owned: a wheelbarrow Posts: 3,849	That's really shocking to hear. Hope it's found in one piece though and without having been tampered with. __________________

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Initial P! Initial P! is in love with Mines :D GTR Register User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: East London Posts: 690	Where are the traffic cops when you need them . Hopefully it's not a big job destined for a container and just some goons who will get caught pretty soon. __________________

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x.laura.x x.laura.x is thinking sleep tight daddy :( x GTR Register User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Northern lass :) Posts: 1,079	Off sxoc well, i've just got home from PVS, absolutely gutted about this!! i can shed a little more light on the situation from the santa pod end... as the owner and organiser for the Vauxhall Bertone Owners Club, this year, i (along with all the other owners and organisers from every stand) were invited to the VIP room for a drink with the event organisers at it was PVS's 10th birthday... most of the guys went after an hour ish my and my mate stayed for a while... we were chatting to the total vauxhall magazine guys, the event organisers, and as most of the owners had gone, the VIPs started coming in to relax, one of which was baggsy, the driver of the scooby. the event organiser introduced us to him after he said he was more of a jap guy than vauxhall, and having an S14a, i agreed with him, so we got talking to baggsy... it was about 8 in the evening at this time, about 20mins AFTER the footage was taken of it driving on the M25... at this stage of the evening, the driver nor the maxxis team had any idea it was even stolen! walking back to our club area, we saw there was only the S15 on show, but knowing they were doing demos we assumed the car had been left in the stunt arena we found out today that it had been stolen and taken out of pod about half 6 they had to open the bonnet, re-connect the battery, prime it, start it and then drive off in it... now, if you saw this happening, you'd assume the guy ding it was MEANT to be doing it, surely!? anyone can buy a japspeed hoody and not look out of place there (i have no idea if this was the case, just a for-instance) it then (apparently) got driven straight out of the main gates, past the camping areas, and not at high speed, plenty of people saw it, so the time it was taken got discovered very quickly, but no one questioned it moving around pod, cos it had been doing that all day anyway... according to the maxxis guy i spoke to, the first they knew of it being stolen was the driver coming back to the trailer at about half 9 and asking where the hell his car was! they thought at first it had been moved as a practical joke by one of the other drivers, but soon realised it wasn't when they asked pod staff over the radio where it was, and security said they saw it leave about half 6... why pod security didn't stop it i have no idea, the event was still letting people in and out for camping at the time, so there were people around, and they MUST know a car like that is only ever trailered in and out of shows!? anyway, that's all i know, i realise it's in no way helpful as far as finding the thing, but sheds a little more light on the circumstances... i hope this thing gets found!! apprently around the fullers slade area... keep look out guys __________________

12th June 2011, 10:10 PM	#13 (permalink)
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