I know this could be a tricky one but do we have any reformed car thieves on here? (or unreformed but willing to comment).
Like a "beat the burglar" idea does anyone have informed opinions as to what puts car thieves off and why the pick particular cars and not others.
This may be a waste of time but might give some help to avoid your/my pride and joy adding to the list of stolen Scoobs out there?

 

cctv shot gun and a big dog , bigger the better.

 

im not either of the above but in my escort cosworth i had 3 attempted break ins when i fitted a snap off steering wheel boss i had no more problems

 

2 very easy steps will stop most car thieves


step 1, buy a disklock

step 2, use a disklock



No better visual detterent imo.

 

Buy a Skoda .

 

WHAT A F*CKIN RESULTS ON THE ANSWERS !!!

KEEP IT UP LADzz

 

mines safe outside the house cctv and i leave a baby moniter running inside
always use a disklock so far so good

 

sleep in your car with some bad *** and a blow torch and a set of pliers .....

other then that cctv good lighting ie security light , detachable steering wheel
alarmed garage , gsm notification via text via mobile ,security pole on drive way ,list goes on if they want it they will get it its just when .....

 

Don't use a steering wheel bar, it just makes the steering lock easier to break. Disklock is better.

Don't bother with Tracker, they take about 60 seconds to locate and disable.

Don't use the yellow gear stick locks, useless.

Don't leave ANYTHING on display, a brick through the window or a screwdriver in the lock takes 2 seconds.

Blackjax is ok, but no immobiliser stops a flatbed or HIAB lifting your car.

Security lighting is good, make sure its out of reach or a gloved hand may break the bulb, however cctv can't identify masked raiders.

Try to cover your bonnet release cable, its very easy to rip out the grille and release the bonnet from outside the car, make sure your alarm has a bonnet trigger (can be easily disabled with a metal strip though - so fit two)

Alarms are ok for the 7 seconds that they sound before they are ripped out.

Sleep easy, its only a lump of metal, for decent cars nowadays the keys will be pinched from under your pillow defeating most of the above anyway, plus a knife to your throat is always a good way of extracting the security pin for the immobiliser.

 

it sounds like theres just the 1 up to now then.

 

 

Multilock or Dipol are the best prevention against unattended drive-away thefts.

 

Disclock puts ALL thieves off according to my learned friend!! He reckons only totally professional car lifters would try it on i.e. via HIAB etc. To much trouble and time otherwise

 

Has anyone had a car stolen with a disklock fitted (without keys), I know the keys can be obtained by the most deranged/desperate with violence etc. but I am more worried when at work/out and about than at home and they cant get the keys then.

 

Excellent overall advice, but security lighting won't deter the crims (i have CCTV footage where they didn't even blink when the lights came on). It might help as evidence (if you do have a camera), but as far as i can tell, crims are NOT scared of lights (especially at mumble-o'clock in the morning).

mb

 

one security device on its own isn't enough.

The mor eyou have, the more likely they'll opt for another (easier) target.

So: Cat3 disc-lock, AND cat3 wheelclamp AND cat1 alarm AND blackjaxx AND seperate killswitch AND tracker AND de-locking AND anti-shattter window film AND gsm dialer.

Get the idea?...sticking on a krook-lock bar + the stock alarm and thinking that's it is not enough.....As my eejit friend with his p1 found out (I told 1000 times that a "bar" type steering lock and factory alarm is useless).