ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Lil Bitta Pod - 24th April 2023

Episode Date: April 23, 2023

On today's Lil Bitta Pod, Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley discuss the most stolen carsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ZM Podcast Network. Fleshborn and Hayley's Little Bit of Pod. Treat yourself to McCafe coffee with my Macca's rewards. Welcome to A Little Bit of Pod. Today there will be no Big Pod because we've made it a long weekend. No Big Pod. You get no Big Pod. Because Tuesday, also there'll be no Big Pod on Tuesday because we've got Anzac Day which is for overseas listeners a public holiday.

Lest we forget. Lest we forget. Lest we forget. Hell of a day in New Zealand military history. Yeah, we lost a lot of people, didn't we? Australian New Zealand Army Corps stormed the cliffs at Gallipoli. It was the start of a World War I campaign. And, yeah, when you grow up here, it's April 25th. Dawn services and such.

I've marched a lot in dawn services. Should we go to the Because I haven't been To the one At the war memorial Here in Auckland And it's one of the Biggest ones It's huge

Where they do the news from Yeah Should we go It's huge You want to go Because they've got The news cameras there I need some camera time

It's been a while Since I've been to Italy I went one year It's awesome eh It's pretty insane Yeah It's quite moving We were in Raglan one year,

and we went down at dawn for the dawn service, and no one was there, and someone was kind of moseying about it. I said, what's the story? Where's the dawn service? And they said, oh, that's at lunchtime. The dawn service. I'm so happy, Zay.

Fucking happy. I beg your fucking pardon. Wait, so you were up at five o'clock. So apparently everybody that they tried to get, your bugler your like march the band the soldiers DJ

the big DJ scene that all that all been booked out at other dawn services and they're like we can't have it without it so we'll just have it later in the day

once they've done the Hamilton one Right. Yeah because the Auckland one has the New Zealand Army Band Yeah. Like they go hard. Yeah.

And they send a lot of people over to Gallipoli as well to do the dawn service there That's right. Because I've got lots of friends in the Army Band. Yeah. They go hard. Yeah. And they send a lot of people over to Gallipoli as well to do the dawn service there. That's right. Because I've got lots of friends in the Army Band and it's one of the biggest honours in the Army

to go and do the dawn service at Gallipoli. Well, one thing that continues regardless of whether or not it's a public hospital, a hospital? Public? A holiday.

I go private. Yeah. In New Zealand. Because you just get a private school slash hospital deal, right? Yeah, it's a package deal. You pay for private school, you get private hospitalling.

Wow, it's a whole private package. Yeah, everything about me is private. Well, not according to that podcast you released this week. I hear a lot about that. Cars continue to get stolen. Yes, they do. Public holiday. Oh, really?

Public hospital car parks. A lot of ram raids in the last couple of weeks because it's been school holidays too. Really? So the kids are bored? Have the numbers gone up?

Yeah, because the gangs use school kids because they don't get arrested. You can't do anything to them. Nice of the gangs to let them have school nights often. Yeah, it is nice.

They're only doing it on the holidays. Don't want them to be all tuckered out for maths. Well, we've got the list of the New Zealand's most stolen cars and the areas of New Zealand that most cars are stolen.

Oh, okay. I mean, Auckland, it's a population game. Yeah. Yeah. But do they do per capita? Do they break it down? Per capita, Canterbury would have to be up there. Really?

So 2,986 claims of stolen vehicles in Auckland, 1,214 claims in Christchurch. Yeah, that doesn't kind of add up. And Auckland has more than twice the population of Canterbury. Yeah. Waikato coming in third with 884 claims. And then Wellington just behind them. So Wellington's actually quite well behaved there because they've got bigger population

than Canterbury and the Waikato. Yeah. We are good. And also, you don't need a car in Wellington. Yeah, I'd love probably less cars. As you just walk around. Maybe less cars. It's better for tram. As a transport. Maybe less cars. There's a beautiful tram there and all sorts.

Manawatu comes in fifth, followed by the Bay of Plenty. Northland. Priority, if your car gets stolen up north, though, it's... Yeah. We'll just let them take it, because it's got no warrant in Regenewal. Yeah, walk around the corner and be like, that's mine. These are just based on claims. So this, even if you had a dung a car...

You wouldn't claim it, yeah. You wouldn't claim it, yeah. It's reports and claims. Oh, right, okay. Okay. The most stolen claim it. It's reports and claims. Oh, right. Okay. The most stolen brands. Here we go. Number 10.

The Mazda Famiglia. Si Famiglia. Si Famiglia. Si Famiglia. Number 9. Subaru Impreza. Oh, yeah. And number 8.

Toyota Corolla. Go forever. I was noticing the Toyota Corollas are cute these days. They've got cute. They're a little sporty shape. They've got a little bit bigger. Yeah, they have got sporty, haven't they? Yeah, they're a sporty number.

I think I got an Uber the other day in one. I was like, oh, this is posh. Ooh la la. Yeah. Nice. Subaru Legacy in at place seven. Okay. Toyota Vitz.

And it's six. Is this what Jared, producer Jared has? The Vitz. Now, do you put a steering lock on yours or do you have an alarm? No, mine's pretty crap. Really? He kind of wants it to be stolen. No, it's got paint peeling off.

It's not an attractive car, but man, she goes hard. Yeah, so perfect for a ram ride. Yeah, actually, yeah. It would be because it fits through the doors. But it fits through the little bollards. Quite snug. You wouldn't be able to fit a lot

of stolen goods in there. I reckon if I tried ram riding, I'd just get stuck in the doors. I'd be oh fuck we'll shoot through the front down the out the back and they're like oh fuck i've gone too far and then you have to do your 5.2 yeah oh my god do they take the cars with them no uh some do they ram it and grab the stuff and haul it on yeah or do another get away car second stolen have a second stolen car. Second stolen car. God, these criminals have thought of everything. You have so much admin.

You're going to steal two cars? You're going to steal two cars before you even do the ram rate? Oh, God. Yeah. Okay. Then above the Vitz at a place five on New Zealand's most stolen cars for 2022, the Toyota Mark 10. Sort of a bigger family wagon.

Okay. Right. The Mazda Aztina is number four on the list. Is that what you've got? No. Mine's the Accela. Accela. Not on the list.

Number three, Mazda Tida. Oh, yeah. Nissan Tida. I was like, when I see it, I was like, that's not right.

Nissan Tida. They're silly cars. Silly little cars. Yeah. They're cheap though. They're cheap and cheerful. Yeah, they are. Number two,

the Mazda Demio. Or the Mazda 2. Yeah, mum had one of these for years. Small, compact, and they go. And they go Good for Nan. The Mazda Demio. Or the Mazda 2. Yeah, mum had one of these for years. Small, compact, and they go. And they go. They do. They're very zippy. Great little cars.

Yeah, but they, I forget what I was going to say. No, it's all right. It happens to the best of us. I appreciate you. That's why there's three of us talking. No, that's what I was going to say. The Nackey. Remember it was a hotspot for Demio thefts?

Yeah, it was. It's like leading the country. Yeah. And it always number ones. Yeah. Number one on the list, a new number one takes the title. Please don't say the Audi SQ2. The Toyota Aquar.

Oh, yeah. This is what produced the Carween. Woo! Okay. And is this the car that also got stolen? Yes. It is. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because you got a second one. Yeah, and you this the car that also got stolen? Yes. It is? Yes.

Yeah. Yeah. So you got a second one. Yeah, and you bought another one. Yeah, and I think that they did use mine for a ram rate. It had all the markings and damage of trying to go through bollards. Oh, okay. Yeah.

And a few packs of noise-cancelling headphones on the back seat. It looked like a Noel Leemings ram rate, didn't it? Yeah, yeah. Was this fully electric, eh? No, no, no, hybrid. Oh, okay. What do you hate the planet? She half hates the planet.

Yeah, you only half care about it. But your new one is a mobiliser and a bit more secure, isn't it? Yes, so the new one that I got is a push start, like the button. Oh, it must be nice. Yes, but that's harder for them to steal. Yes, rather than a key turn Can you not hotwire a push button But most push button cars have a key turn

Back up Mine does not Which could be bad I don't like when you don't have anywhere to put the car keys Like do you just chuck them in the console in the middle It just stays in my handbag I just want a keyhole Even if it's the fanciest car in the world

I want to put the keys in there Well I don't in my handbag I don't like that I just want a keyhole Even if it's the fanciest car in the world I want to put the keys in there Well I don't want my car stolen again Yeah because Sade keeps her keys in her handbag the whole time And it's annoying Because then when you get out to get to the house You're like rummaging for the keys Where the hell are they? So you'd be interested to know

94% of all Aquas that were stolen were recovered because they were most often used for joyrides or ram raids. Yeah, but they were fucked. Like, they couldn't use them. Oh, they were totally fucked. 93% of Demios. This is a good news, though, if you own a Demio or a Vitz or an aqua. So many spare parts.

Yeah. Not too many bumpers on the front or radiators that have had a bollard rammed through them But the back end Oh my god So many back windows and stuff Why don't the police set up Like get a Demio

Get a couple of Demios A couple of Aquas And like Line them all up Rig them up Like put them on the streets Where these cars Are getting stolen

No, foam bubbles Or confetti cannons Foam bubbles Confetti cannons Do you remember like Prank shows in the 2000s Used to do this Yeah, it ruled It was so great Fill them up with M&Ms Yeah, like What's Confetti cannons. Phone bug. Confetti cannons. Do you remember like prank shows in the 2000s used to do this?

Yeah, it rolled. It was so great. Fill them up with M&Ms. Yeah, like just put locks on them and then just turn up and arrest them. Yeah. Wow, you should join the police force. With trackers. That'd be fun.

That'd be real fun. More cars should just have simple little trackers in them. Yeah, like you put an air tag. Although if you have an air tag in a car, because I borrowed my friend James' car, you know, the little Suzuki. Yes. He's got an ear tag in his. Yeah. And it beeps if he's not there.

So it's like... So they'd know. Can you turn that off? No, because it's like a security thing. It's like a stalking thing. If he moves out of... Oh, I see. So yeah, but if he's with the car, it knows because his phone's near there.

Gotcha. It'd be like if I... You know those stories of people turning up in Bali and someone slips a tracker into their suitcase. Into their bag to follow them. Yeah, yeah. Just kind of stops that kind of thing happening. Gotcha. If you hear a creepy little beep coming from your handbag,

you're being tracked. Or your phone has just started playing White Lotus. Yeah.