I don't know why my car was stolen, it is very rare now being a Mk1, 6 Cylinder, 2.5l Ghia X. There was no MOT since I was still doing it up for an MOT in a few weeks, there was road tax and insurance though.

There are many reasons for stealing a car but this model is not a good choice. For spares?, number plate?, pool car for thiefs?. Hopefully the police ANPR will flag it even though the number plate is changed, Does the ANPR also detect the body shape?, it probably won't be able to be cloned as there are very few around now and the colour red is not common.

I read various reports of stolen cars being recovered but anyone know where to find out an accurate % of this?

Jaymack

It may help others, good news that my Mondeo was found by the police; the front bumper was badly damaged and the passenger side front wheel was badly damaged, 3 of the fixing bolts were sheared off, the last one was slightly bent, it was hammered and straightened out to get the wheel back on to enable getting the car on the recovery vehicle. Cost me about £600 all told, then there is the repair costs still to come, both number plates were also missing and my tools worth about £1500, were gone .

Fortunately, I had bought a new replacement bumper, a complete fog lamp was also missing, fortunately spares are still around. The car had done very little miles from about 69950 on the clock since, it was stolen, this seems it was stolen by a chancer who didn't know the car, probably a druggie.

I am also trying to find out the circumstances leading to the police finding the car, I have emailed them but I've been told by another, that they don't give out this information, I wonder why.

Jaymack