What a waste

[coupe060]

Was out riding yesterday and came accross this.Not sure if it was an fpv but whats left of the bottom grill says so.Sad end to a decent car.

[stang65]

It will buff out..... seriously very sad , feel sorry for the owner.

[futura97]

Originally Posted by stang65

It will buff out..... seriously very sad , feel sorry for the owner.

I wouldn't be. He (or She) is probably driving round in a brand new FPV.

It is a shame things like this have to happen because other people have nothing better to do.

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by futura97

I wouldn't be. He (or She) is probably driving round in a brand new FPV.

It is a shame things like this have to happen because other people have nothing better to do.

Nice assumption there

[futura97]

Originally Posted by DJM83

Nice assumption there

care to elaborate?

Nice assumption on me thinking it was a his OR her car, or that it was an FPV, or that it was insured?

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by futura97

care to elaborate?

Nice assumption on me thinking it was a his OR her car, or that it was an FPV, or that it was insured?

I read it as though they 'offloaded' it to get a new one but on re reading i read it as someone stole it and they got a new car through insurance.
Apologies bud.

[BAGT514]

Always sad to see any car end up like that....
Apart from the wheels nothing else seems to be missing.

[Professor Farnsworth]

Originally Posted by BAGT514

Always sad to see any car end up like that....
Apart from the wheels nothing else seems to be missing.

steering wheel

I'd be guessing BA GT, it has a tow bar though which is rare-ish on FPV's, but i'd still say that's my guess.

Honestly i've been in Melbourne taxi's that were in worse nick.

seriously though, terrible

is there a higher res/closer pic of the plenum? looks like you can just see a little of the "2*0" insignia melting down there

[mrbaxr6t]

yes this is sad but have you reported its location to the plod, they may not know and knowing where it is may help them catch the culprits - just sayin

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by mrbaxr6t

yes this is sad but have you reported its location to the plod, they may not know and knowing where it is may help them catch the culprits - just sayin

yes it should be reported. if nothing else they can get it removed, but it wont help them catch anyone (that's why they burn the car, to get rid of any evidence like fingerprints or hair). it would be useful for the police to close the file on the car theft itself (VIN).

[galaxy xr8]

Such a waste for sure.

[DJL351]

Still less rust than some newer Terri's out there - boom tish!

Going by the brakes I'd say it was an XR8 with GT nose.
(BF FPVs had those lower grills and all BFs had Brembos at least on the front)

[GT450]

xr8 maybe , certainly not brembos on the front.
GT450

[HULK EF]

modded xr8 im guessing.. perhaps had a genuine gt front bumper?

[TheInterceptor]

Yes, what a waste indeed.

Shame how the victim would go to gaol if said victim removes the theives hands.

[R1XSTA]

At the end of the day, It could always be an insurance job..

[Bucknaked]

Didn't the Early BA GT's get the blue 2 pot calipers, with the FPV logo on them? GTP's got the brembo's. Maybe it was a BA GT.

[cartaa100]

id say its a ba gt dont think they came with brembos.

sad site though :(

[RHR]

Xr8. No grooves in the rotors front or back.

[coupe060]

I don't have any more pics as we didn't want to hang around it as its on crown land and we were on motorcross bikes.Looks like its been there for a while and it looks like the wheels were the only thing taken off it.

[Professor Farnsworth]

Originally Posted by coupe060

I don't have any more pics as we didn't want to hang around it as its on crown land and we were on motorcross bikes.Looks like its been there for a while and it looks like the wheels were the only thing taken off it.

as i mentioned earlier, the steering wheel is missing

[Tucool]

The owner wouldn't be happy at all insured or not, because the crooks would have had to break in some where to get the keys and what ever else they could lay there grubby hands on.

[coupe060]

I think your right although the steering column is on the floor.

[DevilishChick60]

What a waste... Im feeling more sorry for the bloke that owned it.. Looks like it's been sitting there for a while??

[falconnut]

Heh, ill find that picture of the burnt out Holden i found in Coffs.

Sad to see a dead Falcon :(

[fmc351]

Whats the chances the brakes and other bits some of you mentioned are on the thiefs car now, and the originals said thieves had are now on the burnt wreck. A swap.

Thieves still got to move the leftovers after they pilfer what they 'shopped' for. Its going to be easier if you can drive it away.

[geckoGT]

I am going to go with the guess of XR8 with FPV front. Not a BF GT as that would have 4 spot brembo front at least, plus the rears are too small in both rotor and caliper for the PBR rears fitted to the BF GT. Also the rear rotors on that car are solid, BF GT had ventilated rear so it has to be either a BA GT or some form of XR going by the rear brakes, it can not be a BF FPV. The fronts are PBR which may point to BA GT except the rotor appears too small for the 325 mm rotor (they look like the 298 mm to me) and they were slotted on the BA GT. Added to that the front calipers look to small for the C6 caliper as fitted to BA GT. To me they look like the standard BA XR set up.

As for the thieves taking time to take the brakes off, putting stock brakes on it and driving it out there to dump it, I highly doubt it. They normally take it to where they are going to dump it, rip the wheels off and whatever else they want and then burn it. At least that is what they did with my commodore that they stole (less the burning but I wish they did).

It is a shame to see but sometimes from the owners point of view, you are better off if they do burn it.

[fmc351]

Originally Posted by geckoGT

As for the thieves taking time to take the brakes off, putting stock brakes on it and driving it out there to dump it, I highly doubt it. They normally take it to where they are going to dump it, rip the wheels off and whatever else they want and then burn it. At least that is what they did with my commodore that they stole (less the burning but I wish they did).

I grew up in a rough area, believe me, they do take them home/someones shed/whatever and take what they want and then do what they need to get it out of there. Ive heard of guys doing everything from cutting them up into bits and dumping them that way, to fitting standard stuff to drive it away to taking the shell away on car trailers and tying the shell to a tree and dragging the trailer out from under them. If standard stuff will bolt up, and then be drivable, then thats what some will do. If all they had was the XR they were stealing bits for, then the XR bits would go on.

You'd be surprised at the amount of work a thief will go to. Obviously it could just be a joyride and stealing the wheels too.

[coupe060]

The area it was dumped in is a very difficult spot to get at by car as I would not have been able to get my ute in there without damaging it.The radiator support looked like it had been cut or torn off and no melted front end in front of car.