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Sep 26th, 2006, 12:00 | #1 |
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Do T5's attract unwanted attention.
I live in South Wales, which is known for being bad for car crime.
I would want to remove the T5 badge from my prospective purchase. Has anyone else had problems with their T5? IE envy stripes, breakins or theft. I think they are pretty subtle, only the Columbus alloys give the 850 T5 away. What I want is a sleeper, I like the "What the F**K was that?!" effect.
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Sep 26th, 2006, 13:33 | #2 |
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Where abouts in South Wales do you live? Ive had no problems what so ever in Llanelli.
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Sep 26th, 2006, 13:54 | #3 |
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i always thought south wales was the car crime capital of the uk..., im not so sure that vehicle crime is targetted solely to t5's...
i have never had any trouble with my car being targetted but then again i live in a quiet area with minimal "hoodies".. cheers jod
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Sep 26th, 2006, 14:08 | #4 |
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living in south wales your obviously going to have a higher than average chance of some moron having a go at your car but the chances of it being singled out due to the fact its a t5 are minimal i dont think the average taff hoodie would know what a t5 was if it bit him on the arse.
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Sep 26th, 2006, 14:24 | #5 |
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i've had mine key'd but that was a personal thing & nothing to do with the actual car. BT is kept on an open drive & no-ones tried anything else, even with aftermarket wheels & other visible mods
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Sep 26th, 2006, 15:08 | #6 |
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thanks to all
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I have seen an 850 T5 saloon on eBay that I like. It looks bog standard, good to me as I don't want to look like a 17 y/o cnut in a 1.1 Saxo with fart cannon. I live near RAF St. Athan, which is commuting distance for Barry or Cardiff oiks. I just worry that with modern sophisticated alarms and immobilisers that twoc'ers go for older cars. On the plus side the T5 I like has no cosmetic mods and asside from the badge and alloys looks like any other 11 y/o Volvo. I should check the car on ebay to see if it has an alarm. once again, Cheers
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Sep 27th, 2006, 00:27 | #8 |
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When I bought my T-5 the owners wife called it the wolf. I said what do you mean. And she replied Wolf in sheep's clothing.
A good statement for these cars I think.
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Sep 27th, 2006, 01:04 | #9 |
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A T5 seems to have a more widely known reputation than an R bizarrely!
My insurance company are insisting I fit a seperate cat 2 immobiliser on the 850R as they are at significant risk. |
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Also the Police have always used T-5 and not R. So T-5 is a well known mark. T-5 is an engine and not a car spec, the R is a car spec. Quote:
Although It wouldn't be a bad idea anyway.
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