By JOLENE OGLE
For Savannah Niven, her car is more than a way to get from A to B, it’s a lifetime of memories and milestones spent with her grandpa and now those memories have been stolen.
Last Friday, just as cyclone Marcia threatened the coast, Savannah’s pride and joy was stolen from her carport in Tewantin.
Savannah said the Mazda MX-6 was hidden by a car cover, so she suspects the theft was well planned.
“It was a very targeted hit as the car is a hard one to break into and hotwire without the keys,” she said.
Since posting about the theft on Facebook, Savannah said there have been sightings of her beloved car from Noosa down to Sippy Downs, and the police have put a notice out to the tolls and other patrol cars.
While the car is not worth much, Savannah said the sentimental value is “enormous”.
“The car was imported to New Zealand in 1993 by my grandfather,” she said.
“Then he moved to Australia bringing the car along with him too, which is no small feat.
“He couldn’t drive for the last five years of his life but he kept the car in the garage and washed it every week.”
When her grandpa passed away at the beginning of 2012, he left the car to Savannah. It was her first car.
“I treated it with the same care and passion that he did,” she said.
“The MX-6 isn’t worth much nowadays, but the sentimental value is just enormous.”
Savannah has asked anyone who sees the car to please phone the police.
The car is a Mazda MX-6, 1993 model, metallic grey in colour with a dachshund and barcode sticker on the back window.
Anyone with information can phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
