Our car has been stolen & we’re so massively angry & upset!
We were visiting London over the weekend (drove so we could deliver Christmas presents etc) and it simply wasn’t there when we went to collect it.
Car was parked in a supposedly safe place on a private drive. Despite having quality manufacturer-fitted security, it was hacked & the perp simply unlocked it, disconnected it from our tracker app & drove off.
Met reckon it’ll be sold for parts & was probably broken down a few hours after the theft. It’s not popped up in ANPR checks.
Apparently new-ish electric cars are very much targeted at the moment, this wasn’t simply taken for a joy ride.
Despite doing all the right admin stuff, being pragmatic & calm, now that we’re home I feel absolutely traumatised by the whole thing - to the point of panic attacks & paranoia about locks. I’m amazed at the scale of the impact, even though nobody was physically hurt (it could have been much worse in that sense).
So just a warning really - if you have a modern EV, please take extra, visible security measures such as an obvious, high quality steering lock.