930 Targa Stolen

[lvhellgren]

My black 1988 930 Targa was stolen from the garage in Newport Beach in the morning of 04-29-2016. Apparently a professional job; the thief acquired one of our garage door openers, entered the garage shortly after we all had left the house for school and work, forced open the steering column lock, and took off in a matter of minutes. Some indications suggest that it was driven South to the Lake Forest area.

[2porscheguy]

Any news? Love that car....hope you get it back!

[Jim Richards]

Damnnnn!

[sand_man]

So sorry to hear! If you haven't already, be sure to post this on the 911 Turbo forum:
911 / 930 Turbo & Super Charging Forum - Pelican Parts Technical BBS

[Mike80911]

Sorry to hear about that. Post the VIN it will help.

[Tobra]

I put this up on a few other boards, miata one and Grassroots Motorsports

[speeder]

It's like the 1980s all over again.

[Steve Carlton]

I think they're shooting Gone in 60 Seconds II.

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

I think they're shooting Gone in 60 Seconds II.

I think Ted Varick got out of prison.

[look 171]

Sorry to hear. Did they break into your home to gain access to the opener or did they use some type of electronic device to gain access to your opener?

[daepp]

I will spread the word.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by look 171

Sorry to hear. Did they break into your home to gain access to the opener or did they use some type of electronic device to gain access to your opener?

I've disabled my garage door opener and keep the rail blocked with a pair of vice grips that can't be reached from outside. Though I have the glass windows painted over, garage doors are SO easy to breach if cool tools and toys are just a broken window away.

[greglepore]

Freaking me out, going to padlock my garage.

[intakexhaust]

Damn, another. Read about Wayne's and now this. Can't recoup the labor hours some might have put into their car but its a good reminder to verify ins. coverage / and or declared value. These old Porsche's have certainly gained and an insurance adjuster may not see it the same.

[David]

Sorry to hear this. I just increased the declared value on my 930 with prices going up like they are. My agent wanted me to get an appraisal but after explaining what a racket that is, he agreed to a higher value after I sent him several current 930 ads.

[Steve Carlton]

Looks like it's time to give Lojack a call. And Hagerty.

[daepp]

I installed Lojack 4 years ago.

When Wayne's 914 was stolen I raised my Hagerty insurance and I called Lojack to ask how to determine if it's functioning ok. They wanted $100 to come back and test it. Is it worth it?

[tcar]

How do you know they broke the steering column lock...???


Did you recover the car????

[atcjorg]

I upgraded to these purchased through amazon couldn't be happier, check out the features, installed by myself easy peasy https://www.liftmaster.com/for-homes/garage-door-openers/elite-series/model-8500

[stomachmonkey]

Why spend a $1,000 on lojack when you can grab a used older smartphone for $75 with a cheap pre-paid sim.

Use any "Find My Device" app or a service like https://preyproject.com/

Hide the phone in the car with a hard wired charger.

Done.