A friends car got stolen

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Post by ALi » 15 Oct 2009, 7:00 am

hi guys,
A friend of mine parked his Hyundai Tucson 2007 near majaz park on Jamal Abdul Nasir Road shj. He just went to a shop to get something for less than a minute, when he came out what he saw was somebody taking his car. It happened on tuesday night and still police has no idea where his car is. A cop at buheira police station told him you won't get it back. Just go home and sleep.. :(
So guys will he get any claim from insurance?? The problem is he had left the engine running. Poor guy din't know there was somebody waiting for him.
Guys never leave the engine running, there are lots of similar cases reported in sharjah specially.

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Post by Accord98 » 15 Oct 2009, 7:33 am

Hi ALi,

Unfortunately, this happens quite frequently in Dubai/Sharjah.
A friend of mine had a high-end luxury 4x4 stolen from a petrol station. This was over 2 years ago.

Chances are your friend will not get his car back. It's too common a vehicle for the cops to really care and its probably in parts by now if these thieves are professional.

Insurance will be depend on the company and his relationship with them. Its a difficult point to argue when you've left the keys in the ignition.

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Post by Ozimandius » 15 Oct 2009, 7:48 am

And it's against the law to leave a car running with the keys in the ignition btw. Sorry for your friend's loss.

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Post by Tamu » 15 Oct 2009, 8:13 am

woow, never new that type of stuff goes down in emirates. What did your friend write in the police report? did he say he left the car started? if it was me I would have said i came back and the car was gone end of story. Later go to insurance and claim the car was stolen without any negligence on your part...
most likely like accord said the car has been stripped and the parts are probably being sold in the market right now...down here in Canada you have 12hours to find your car, after that just forget it!!

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Post by ROJ » 15 Oct 2009, 9:58 am

Im sorry to hear that... Yeah in SHJ it happens.. Once some old guy came to me cuz i left my car running for a minute & started lecturing me that they will steal ur ride if u do that again..

Keep chasing them around & seeing where they went so far if u have a couple of ppl u know in the police get them to sort it out for you.. If they never find the car @ least the case should be closed & insurance would compensate...

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Post by ekU » 15 Oct 2009, 10:46 am

i think 100 thousand ppl leave their cars started when they go to gas station, i m 1 of them and know 100 of them for sure.
did it few minutes ago for 15 min :arrow:

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Post by Mr_boost » 15 Oct 2009, 11:36 am

Hmm didnt know before , Sad for the LOSS .. but be careful next time !!!!!!

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Post by DLock » 15 Oct 2009, 1:51 pm

Tamu wrote:down here in Canada you have 12hours to find your car, after that just forget it!!
my cousin lost his beloved honda 600RR in Halifax overnight....after that the family Fit....it\s really bad there i've heard!!

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Post by RasHooD » 15 Oct 2009, 3:01 pm

Ozimandius wrote:And it's against the law to leave a car running with the keys in the ignition btw. Sorry for your friend's loss.
AED 300 fine for leaving the car unlocked and with the engine running in Sharjah. Been there, done that :P have had the honorable experience just last month.

I'm pretty sure it has to be considerably more in Dubai...

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Post by lime » 15 Oct 2009, 3:08 pm

yea u told me about it today :P

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Post by doctor » 15 Oct 2009, 3:27 pm

Tamu wrote:woow, never new that type of stuff goes down in emirates. What did your friend write in the police report? did he say he left the car started? if it was me I would have said i came back and the car was gone end of story. Later go to insurance and claim the car was stolen without any negligence on your part...
most likely like accord said the car has been stripped and the parts are probably being sold in the market right now...down here in Canada you have 12hours to find your car, after that just forget it!!
Ohhh !!! You are enjoying the situation ...... by saying WOOW :s

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Post by ALi » 15 Oct 2009, 5:26 pm

lime wrote:yea u told me about it today :P
yeh..how can i forget that v had a small UB meet today...lolz (Y)

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Post by Tamu » 15 Oct 2009, 8:53 pm

doctor wrote:Ohhh !!! You are enjoying the situation ...... by saying WOOW :s
Yes, I enjoy the thought of fellow members cars being stolen..I lol, lmao, and rofl because I find it so funny.....

Dude, I don't need to explain myself to you. If you cant understand the tone of my post then I feel very sorry for you...

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Post by zeemmee » 15 Oct 2009, 9:01 pm

Repeat!!
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Post by zeemmee » 15 Oct 2009, 9:01 pm

Shocking!!
Sorry for your friends loss.
I don't mean to be sarcastic ,but can't restrain myself from saying this"I thought u were the Daku" :wink: :D
!PEACE!



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