Tonk Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 In my opinion, anyone who leaves their car keys in sight of the letterbox or front door is leaving themselves open to this sort of thing. isn't it better they get your car keys this way than having to break into your house when you're asleep? i'd prefer my car to go missing than have a brick round my head when i'm asleep. sayin that they'd get a shock if they broke in....... i've left my keys in the ignition of my van all night before, blasted thing was still there in the morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4444244 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 unfortunately round here car security is a bit of a waste of time as they usually use a HIAB or beavertail and are gone within 30 seconds mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Completely echo the 'don't take the keys to bed'. A few years ago the SIDC (Subaru Impreza's Drivers Club) were given specific Police advice due to the frequency of scrotes nicking to order/wanting a nice getaway car If they couldn't find the keys they'd come up and wake you up to find them, it all eventually came to a head when they woke up one of our 6ft 7" ex-military members, luckily he didn't get charged for giving them a good kicking! But then I would have done the same if my 5 year old daughter was in the next room. Better to have them take the keys than end up with them in your bedroom, ours are out of sight from front/back doors, but easily findable and thats the way I like it. We were also given advice as to how to drive out of a car jacking situation, it was an interesting year Interestingly enough re: Trackers, the companies I rang to get quotes for installation asked if it was an insurance requirement (which it usually is for Scoobs) as living in Southampton it's completly pointless having one as your car is generally loaded into a container within 15minutes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I have been lucky where I live now that there has been very little crime and what there has been has been opportunist. I've found the opposite of having a car nicked though, I have woken up to find an additional car on my drive that has been used in crime and dumped. The only other annoying 'crime' here has been my 75 year old Dad getting conned out of his Land Rover. According to Dad, some lad approached him and asked to buy his Disco. The lad offers my Dad £1500 for it and so my Dad in all innocence said something like 'dont be silly can't take less then £2000 for it!' The lad says 'done' and gives Dad £2000 and takes away the Disco and the reg documents. This is the story my Dad gave me for not having his Disco one day, it was worth £4500 at the time. The 7 seat 300tdi auto Disco was his pride and joy, spotless and with electric eveything and he used it to ferry around groups of relatives visiting from Hong Kong. To him it was his 'bling' to show off his retirement and it was odd that he should have sold it at any price. I think, given that my Dad is fairly streetwise, that he wouldn't have fallen for something so simple. I think he was intimidated out of the Disco and the reg documents. The lad gave a fake address and phone number which I went to the Police with. The Police caught the guy but when they asked my Dad to press charges he just burst into tears, hence me thinking it was intimidation, and refused to act saying that he only wanted the documents back so he could make it a legal deal with the DVLA. It took a lot of phone negotiation, with the various 'traveller' car dealers that the Disco had already passed to, to try and get the documents back for Dad. That, in itself was scary, even with the Police backing me. But eventually it was done and I 'bought it back' with the 10months of tax disc my Dad managed to swipe before the Disco went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exmoor Beast Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Our car keys, iPods and mobiles are all on the shelf next to the dog beds, come and have a go if you think you can outrun a deerhound with a patterdale terrier attached to your buttocks Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeagent Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 .If he's really worried about his car, get Tracker fitted. It REALLY works..... i'm sorry to say it Si but only a copper would come out with a statement like that... my 110 Td5 went missing a couple of years back, the trakker was activated within the hour, but unfortunatly it relies on the Police passing within a certain amount of miles of it, and actually bothering to investigate if they pick up the signal... i've got a mate who is a cop (in TSG at the moment) who reckons if you park it between two tall tower blocks it almost silences it.. the 110 was never seen again..... I'd never waste £400 on a trakker again, unlees i could find a system that didn't rely on the police to go and find it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92.9 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 We dont have Pikeys in Holland, but Poles. Yes, we've got about 1.2 million of those here too. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92.9 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I am not an engine expert but why not just wire a simple secret switch inline with the fuel solenoid on the injector pump, or inline with the low current starter relay, real easy job, My sentiments exactly. Surely anything that isn't located where thieves are used to looking for it is going to slow them right down or put them off. Much greater chance of getting caught. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbarton Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 ........I am not an engine expert but why not just wire a simple secret switch inline with the fuel solenoid on the injector pump, or inline with the low current starter relay, real easy job, Dave Or use a changeover switch so that when the ignition comes live the horn sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 We thought of lots of ideas to stop the company vans being nicked in the past. This was when we were using Mk 2 Escort vans as they were the current model. The only one we didn't try (and don't try this at home kids as it would probably have worked) was to make a noose of piano wire, fit it loosly around the foot well and then pass the loose end through the transmission tunnel and attach to the prop shaft. We were getting desperate and all sorts of ideas were coming out at that stage. The anti theft in my S3 LR was to weld a 50x6mm flat bar to the side of the transmission tunnel and then padlock the transfer box lever in neutral and 4x4. Then when my gear stick broke off I made it a detachable one on twist lock and then used the removed gear stick padlocked across the pedals in sockets on each side of the foot well. It also had a numeric keypad to isolate and short out the electrics, it was hidden under the seat so it couldn't be seen even if the code was known, a secret switch in a hole in the dash and another key switch hidden under the wing to release electric door bolts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige90 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Bl***y ell Night Train, belt, braces and a pair of suspenders !! Must say, I like the Piano wire idea, up there withe the solenoid operated sharp spike in the seat base Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I had a mate who contected an electric fence thing up to the body work of his car. He was at school at the time and was getting pi**ed with people leaning and sitting on his car.. He got in real trouble though when a kid leaned on his car and (as it had been charging for a while) it throw the kid across the car park Mind you, he does not do it to his brand new RR Vouge V8 Diesel. He just has 3 shot guns to protect that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-rover Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Well we have 1 shotgun, 2 Lee Enfields, 1 Bushmaster 5.56, 1 HK USP9mm, 1 CZ C70 7.65. Easier to grab is my oakwood training sword that I used for Iaido. But we don't get much crime over here, and having a P38 the battery is normally disconnected anyway, to recharge it or stop weird electrical activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRecklessEngineer Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I have taken the battery out of mine when parked in dodgy areas before... Even if they put a new one in then they still wouldn't know the code for the radio and have to put up with the noisy clatter of an LR diesel. More than enough to put anyone off! Muahahahahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I like the piano wire idea! My favorite is leaving the car door open and leaving an oily Haynes manual open on the drivers seat. Who is going to nick a car that they need to fix? Possiby before even driving it away! Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbarton Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Who is going to nick a car that they need to fix? Possiby before even driving it away!Si Pikeys. They lifted 2 scrap cars off a neighbour's drive, the one near the gate with a beavertail, the one at the far end with a hiab. I like the piano wire idea too - in order to get out they'll have to reverse the car back to where they nicked it from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 slightly OT but has anyone read John Simpson's (the journalist) autobiography. he grew up in a huge old place just him and his father who owned a triumph stag. One winter the pipes all froze and the toilets stopped working. So they used a spare room and a privy to do their larger business. However they had some problems disposing of the waste as none of the loos worked. Ingenously they drove into Ipswich and left the top down. One the back seat they left their "dropppings" wrapped in Harrods and Fortnum and Masons boxes! Said boxes were gone within a half hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro_Al Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Easier to grab is my oakwood training sword that I used for Iaido. q-rover - do I know you? I was eligible for my 5th dan 2 years ago. (BKA?) Cheers, Al. [sorry for OT] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I like the piano wire idea too - in order to get out they'll have to reverse the car back to where they nicked it from. The original idea was that they would only get 10 yards up the road and their feet would come off. Painfull! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-rover Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 q-rover - do I know you? I was eligible for my 5th dan 2 years ago. (BKA?)Cheers, Al. [sorry for OT] Can´t imagine you do? But I havn´t trained for many moons now. Have you ever been to Norway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro_Al Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 No, but I'm normally at most of the international events (last 15 years). Cool, it was a long shot - back on topic... Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mortus Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 today, i was i was tidying our workshop on the farm, and we realised we have 2 chainsaws and 2 spades missing :0 theiving w*nkers, the latest crime in derbyshire is the theft of tractors, because they all pretty much use the same key, and you can drive them through hedges to escape!!. the other top crime in derbyshire is number plate theft, altho i do have to admit, everytime i see a number plate thats fallen off, i pick it up and throw it in the back of my landy, you never know where you need to put your fooot down the might come in handy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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