Car Theft In Australia, Abc Four Corners 830pm Tonite

[sigsputnik]

Hi y'all,

Four Corners tonight is looking at car theft in Australia. It's on at 830m ABC. Site is:

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2006/s1670135.htm

Cheers,

Sig

[br3tt]

Thanks for posting this up. Might check it out ;D

[sigsputnik]

holy sh*t did you guys see that? definitely scary viewing...and relevant.

i think they are going to repeat the story, but the transcript is here:

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2006/s1672334.htm

[The_Paladin]

great post!

[julion]

summary anyone?

[jonjon]

Thanks for posting this up. Might check it out ;D

makes you wonder whether some of the skylines we get from japan were originally stolen back here...

[AgentR31]

lock your car?

[sigsputnik]

They always repeat Four Corners later in the week so maybe keep an eye on yourtv.com.au if you missed it.

It's kind of funny how some of the people or groups lauded in 'the scene' in all the magazines and dvds aren't so innocent. leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Edited June 26, 2006 by sigsputnik

[TracidTrax]

"still about 85,000 cars are stolen every year – one every six minutes"

damn thats a lot

[Abo Bob]

Pretty scary stuff.

[silver gts-t]

yeh i saw this also, talked about MC racing group being a rebirther

[CruiseLiner]

sounds like the middle eastern and lebonese are big players in the dodgy car stealing rings

i reckon most of the top top show cars are drug dealers when u see them at 20 years old with a car thats had over 100k spent on them.

p.s. im not racist its just the info i got from the program

[akeenan]

anyone got a vid? i cant watch australian tv

[Shell]

I missed it...

says it will be shown again 11 pm Wednesday 28 June for anyone else that didn't see it.

[nizmokid]

yeah that was crazy on the car jacking ect! the Dodgy Guy from MC racing was on the street ignition DVD with this fast as black WRX! so thats how he payed for that car!!!! and the crazy mods!

[sigsputnik]

I remember an article on damon dupriez's carjacking incident in autosalon maybe a year ago. coincidentally not long after there was an article about brian el hassan's new car in another mag.

[Mr Italy!]

i reckon most of the top top show cars are drug dealers when u see them at 20 years old with a car thats had over 100k spent on them.

They didnt pay for everything under those hoods by selling groceries, and doing tune ups. I bet you they hijack large trucks full of cargo, with harpoon guns and black honda civics with Moshimoto ZX tires and the same green neon glow from under the chassis.

Ahh fast and the furious, gotta love it

[MacGuyver]

I also remember Dupriez's car jack story in Auto Salon, scary stuff!

[Links]

Very interesting to watch - especially after getting the demo/sample DVD for ignition and watching it thinking.. man.. this guys got some serious money to be building cars like that..

microdots seem to be a great idea.. but i'm sure it's only a matter of time till people work out how to remove them and respray them..

[benm]

I missed the first 10mins but recorded the rest (35mins). It's a ~370mb divx file though....