R25 sti

my friend is getting his car back from scoobyclinc tommorow,he has an alarm and immobiliser.he also has a tracker.as he has just doubled the value of his car he wants another visual security devise.(steering wheel lock or gear shift lock)
can anybody recommend one to look at.

cheers....r25sti.

Soulgirl

Put glittery pink stripes on it?

wheelwright

Got to use a Disklok mate, a very good visual put off, costs about 80 notes

coleen00

aswell as the subaru alarm and immobiliser, i got a disclok and a gear stick mul_t lock. very good.

Buckrogers

Disclok - Silver, £60 from Argos. Picked mine up last weekend.

leonpoole

How has he doubled the value of his car? You only ever lose money when it comes to cars no matter what you do to them

dexter

I have personally been told, by a local car thief, that a Disklok is the best thing you can put on, and seeing as he had his with him when he told me, you can take it that they must be good !

Soulgirl

Now there's a turn up for the books....

Dexter, you need to choose your 'friends' more carefully

dexter

Now now ! You shouldn`t make assumptions dear lady.

He`s no "friend" of mine, as I nick `em for a living. (*******, that is)

Bit clearer now ?

Soulgirl

Ah ha I now understand fully ophicer

SiDHEaD

Disclok is £49 from cost-co i think...

pippyrips

got my dislok for £25 including the bad only down side to it is you can knock-out your passenger when lifting it over from the back seat as i found out They are very good but also very cumbersome

Ubik

The standard sigma alarm, trackstar and a disklock.

I am considering putting black jax on too as if it does go walkies it won't be hard to find and I can stick it back in the garage and don't have to make an insurance claim.

StickyMicky

disclock here

IN THE STICKS

Tracker and Disclock here , and they were £44 inc vat in Costco at the weekend for the silver one

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

None, Nothing, Zilch!!!! I have no security on my car except for the Subaru imobaliser that comes with the key Don't need anything more and i also do not have any door dings either.

davedipster

Dipol gearlock is the way to go if he can afford one £200 ish fitted I think.

Disclocks are cheap and effective, but it mean storing and fitting a dam great big lump of metal on the steering every time-the dipol is far easier to use and more of a pain for a theif to overcome.

sharpydoo

i clamp mine aswell

EddScott

I have a tracker and a clifford alarm

The clifford is that good, it doesn't even let me in sometimes!!!!!!!

Biggest load of tosh on my car sadly

westy04

Disklocks arn't that good. If they want the car they'll get it.
I had a mint Astra GTE 16v with cat 1 alarm and disklock. They took the car off the drive with me asleep with the bedroom window open. I didn't hear a thing. Love to know how they did it. There was no broken glass on the drive even.
I once saw a device called a Barrier dead lock that locked through the gear linkage. That looked good and was easy to engage/disengage. Non of this bulky disklock which you end up bashing half the interior with when putting it away etc.
Or get a black jax fitted, then even if they nick the keys, the max they'll be is half a mile away before the car completly dies on them.
Kevin

AC-scoobie

My boss had a 911 turbo (997), locked in his garage with an alarm and a tracker, + a 30lb rotweiler patrolling his grounds, they drugged the dog, opened his remote garage nicked the car and it has never been seen since. If they want it they will get it.

NicHines

Is the standard alarm, immobiliser and steering lock so bad that people can just get in and drive away?

I've got the Dipol fitted on my 53 STi but I've never really worked out how much additional benefit it provides.

Okay, the Dipol stops the car being driven away, but if someone has already bypassed the alarm, immobiliser and steering lock they can simply depress the clutch and roll it onto their waiting transporter.

Gutmann pug

I dont use any, let them steal it ....they just randonly make up your insurance quotes every year so who gives a stuff if you have a claim or not, dont seem to make a difference.......Bit of a sweeping statement I know but I cant get my head round how insurance companies work ......

Last year ----- insured car for second year running in Wifes name. She now has 2 years no claims discount. I was always a much higher quote for some reason.

This year ------ She has had a claim plus another speeding ticket, her quote goes down? I try my luck and ask for a quote for myself bearing in mind I have zero no claims bonus and it comes out lower than my wife. The previous two years it was over £100 more.

Both quotes are identical low mileage with both of us as 50% named drivers. Dont make sense.

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Jonesy1981

Personally, i've got a cat 1 alarm and immobiliser with an 'AUTOLOCK' from halfords.. Voted as being very good, yes you may knoch your passenger out everytime you put it on, but visually there is a deterent there, rather than just a red flashing light and also, if the ****** is in the car for that bit longer, there is obviously more of a chance of catching them in the act, therefore more of a chance of conviction if they are caught! The more the merrier i think, i don't want my car getting in anyone elses hands!!!!!!!

R25 sti

thanks for all your replies,its looking like a disc lock then......
p.s.he,s not doubled the value.......he has doubled the cost!

davedipster

Well at least they cant drive it away, that's the additional benefit

Mick

iTrader: (1)

I remember as a student - my mates had cars that could double in value by filling the tank with petrol

Mick