World's best protected car stolen in 20 min!

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London November 23, 2004 1:59:32 PM IST

Car stealers took only 20 minutes to steal the worlds best-protected car, a 540,000 pounds Mercedes 600.
The car, built to withstand bombs and grenades, has bullet-proof glass and thick steel armour and can be driven even when the tyres are flat.

According to The Sun, the thieves, believed to work for the Russian mafia, stole the car from a street in the German city of Stuttgart.

J|rgen Schrempp, the boss of car giant Daimler-Chrysler, owned the car. He was attending a business meeting when the vehicle was stolen (ANI)

 

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Exec's 1M limo lifted





Daimler Chrysler head Juergen Schrempp is without wheels. His $1 million S600 Mercedes-Benz armored limousine was stolen while it was parked on a street in Stuttgart, Germany.
The limo, which sports a 12-cylinder engine, hasn't yet been found, the police said.

The S600 is the top Mercedes limo.

This one had bullet-proof windows, "finger-thick" steel plates as part of its chassis as well as tires designed to keep it running even when flat.

The car was probably stolen by the "Russian mafia," a German newspaper reported, citing an unidentified investigator.

The theft was confirmed by a spokesman for the German automaker which declined to make available a photo of the car.

The car is also fitted with a broadcasting device to help retrieve the car, which was reported stolen on Oct. 26.


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[anxi80]

this just in...the keys were left in the ignition and the doors were unlocked. 😛

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Moral of the story? Lock your damn car! 😛

- M4H

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: anxi80
this just in...the keys were left in the ignition and the doors were unlocked. 😛

😀

 

[glen]

I would think the satelite trackign would help them retrieve it.

 

[SONYFX]

Originally posted by: glen
I would think the satelite trackign would help them retrieve it.

The Russians towed the car into a truck with thick steel plates on all sides, rendering GPS useless.

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Moral of the story? Lock your damn car! 😛

- M4H

Dude, he was just running into the store to grab some smokes and was only going to be gone for a sec.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Sidebar: Bulletproof glass and armour plating doesn't stop a hotwire. 😛

- M4H

 

[bootymac]

Power ballin!

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Bootprint

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Moral of the story? Lock your damn car! 😛

- M4H

Dude, he was just running into the store to grab some smokes and was only going to be gone for a sec.

If I saw a beast like that idling unmanned, I'd HAVE to steal it. Any judge would side with me ... right? 😛

- M4H

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: Bootprint

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Moral of the story? Lock your damn car! 😛

- M4H

Dude, he was just running into the store to grab some smokes and was only going to be gone for a sec.

it took place in london... so the term wouldnt be smokes, it would be a pack of fa--...err, nevermind...

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

540,000 pounds?


Errr, that's 270 tons.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: anxi80

Originally posted by: Bootprint

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Moral of the story? Lock your damn car! 😛

- M4H

Dude, he was just running into the store to grab some smokes and was only going to be gone for a sec.

it took place in london... so the term wouldnt be smokes, it would be a pack of fa--...err, nevermind...

Why didn't he just bum one on a street corner?

... :Q

- M4H

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
540,000 pounds?


Errr, that's 270 tons.

hell the abrams only weighs 70 tons

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
540,000 pounds?


Errr, that's 270 tons.

Sarcasm detector goes boom. 😛

You suck @ the British currency. 😉

- M4H

 

[Demo24]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
540,000 pounds?


Errr, that's 270 tons.

thats a big arse 12cyl! 😛 😀

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Sidebar: Bulletproof glass and armour plating doesn't stop a hotwire. 😛

- M4H

but the transponder would

any car can be stolen, and I can tell you for sure that it didnt take these guys 20 minutes to do it.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Sidebar: Bulletproof glass and armour plating doesn't stop a hotwire. 😛

- M4H

but the transponder would

any car can be stolen, and I can tell you for sure that it didnt take these guys 20 minutes to do it.

You're kidding, right? 20 minutes is an eternity to boost a car.

- M4H

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Sidebar: Bulletproof glass and armour plating doesn't stop a hotwire. 😛

- M4H

but the transponder would

any car can be stolen, and I can tell you for sure that it didnt take these guys 20 minutes to do it.

You're kidding, right? 20 minutes is an eternity to boost a car.

- M4H

thats what I am saying. I could prolly do it in a half hour, so it should only take thieves that good only a couple minutes. Thats assuming they didnt just tow the thing away.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
540,000 pounds?


Errr, that's 270 tons.

Sarcasm detector goes boom. 😛

You suck @ the British currency. 😉

- M4H

I can't help that the British system sucks 😛

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
540,000 pounds?


Errr, that's 270 tons.

540,000 pounds as in british currency. Not weight.

EDIT: damn you beat me to it.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: GoodDad

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Sidebar: Bulletproof glass and armour plating doesn't stop a hotwire. 😛

- M4H

but the transponder would

any car can be stolen, and I can tell you for sure that it didnt take these guys 20 minutes to do it.

You're kidding, right? 20 minutes is an eternity to boost a car.

- M4H

thats what I am saying. I could prolly do it in a half hour, so it should only take thieves that good only a couple minutes. Thats assuming they didnt just tow the thing away.

😕 For some reason I read that as saying that you endorsed the 20-minute timeframe. 😕

I need to stop drinking ... so much. 😛

- M4H

 

[naruto1988]

pwned.

 

[mobobuff]

I dunno about all that, but I'd like to make sweet sweet love to this car.