GC8

Probably the only beaver that youve ever seen. Dont you have homework that you should be doing?

Bat-Fink

was a peter kay joke

APIDavid

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I understand that there is a gang that works out of the Sutton Coldfield area that connects to a similar gang in Leicester and another in Nottingham and they share spoils.

David APi.

Not a bad idea to take your dog with you and leave it in the car, windows down a bit and water of course. That'd fix it. Not much else will I am afraid.

The problem we all face with alarms and trackers is that the guys that nick cars know where to look, so whilst one thief is driving, another is totally trashing the inside of the car to find the transponder for the tracker. if they haven't found it inside 6 minutes they abandon ship and ' There's your car, been found for you Sir '. But in the condition you find it, you won't want it back......

T5NYW

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David APi.

Your absolutely right unfortunately 6 minutes is for a blind one legged thief

The trouble is that most owners are tottally oblivious to the limitations of such alarms. They feel all is Ok and nearly invinceable and wonder why they cannot find the stolen car.

little knowing that for the price of 1 years subs someone can legally buy a unit to drown out it's signal from under 5mtrs away or locate the anttena and kill it fairly quickly.

I have to agree some of the more "Mechanical" methods such as a Rotwieller etc may not so easily overcome as the more shophisticated "electronic" alarms

Tony

APIDavid

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04.55? Tony, -- Wanna buy some sleepin' pills mate??

David

T5NYW

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David,

on Nights

With your vast experience of the Motortrade and Subarus a couple of Q's for you

1) are there any alarms out that would even stop you bypassing the install?

2) Would the tied in transponder to the ECU be the hardest to overcome (Select Monitor)?

3) is it a good hidden "install" more important than the acutual alarm fitted?

As said "Alarms and systems" are just a delaying tactic for Car thieves and the longer it takes them the more chance of getting cauught

Tony

Marky9074

Something I have been reading on the TT forum is the 'One click', a device that lets you flash your ecu with a new image, much like our mapping but with a more generic set up. Anyway....the beauty of this device is that you can plug it back in and flash back the OEM image when you go into the dealer etc....

Now....in the US they have gone a step further and their device has a multitude of default maps, one for valetting and security ones.

Imagine mapping your car with a security map to only do 1000 revs or something else daft like that before you left it for a day. Their not going to get that far? Even if they tow it away they still have to deal with the problem when they try and drive it?

G00ner

Erm, leaving dogs in the car in this weather isn't a good idea obviously, infact even on an overcast day don't leave your dog in the car.

HOWY

The problem we all face with alarms and trackers is that the guys that nick cars know where to look, so whilst one thief is driving, another is totally trashing the inside of the car to find the transponder for the tracker. if they haven't found it inside 6 minutes they abandon ship and ' There's your car, been found for you Sir '. But in the condition you find it, you won't want it back......[/quote]

I cant believe that in this day and age it isn't possible to fit an alarm that can alert someone before the thieves have a chance to disable/rip it out unless they have the means to prevent all radio/gps or mobile phone signals being transmitted in which case maybe the answer is to remove a vital piece of the electronics somehow when leaving the car or a plug lead though this isn't ideal? what about a device that transmits pictures from inside the car?

T5NYW

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GSM Easy peasy, GPS harder but eaiser to find it's Anttena

as also said, Alarms have to be fitted

A) In a place difficult to get to
B) Close to all the Cat1 required dis-connection pionts

Which limits the number of places,
1)you or me and a screwdriver 2 hours
2)Alarm installer(without scratching parts) 30mins
3) Crim (with absolute no regard for damage) 30-120 secs

Crims know about "This" alarm or "That" alarm and quick ways around it, FFS everything is nicely colour coded.

So I agree some intiuitive DIY isolation might just Fox them for a bit longer

Tony

LongTimeLurker

Can't do a lot if they haven't got a steering wheel...

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Marky9074

Yeah, but what would you do with that when you got fed up with taking it out of the car.....put it in the same hidden place as the locking wheel nuts

LongTimeLurker

That's up to the driver at the end of the day, point stands without a steering wheel it would make life difficult to drive away and hopefully put ppl off.

Marky9074

Yeah, got to admit that it would be a good visual deterrent, but would the thieves be thick enough to not realise that the steering wheel was in the boot

HOWY

Yep nice idea but don't fancy lugging my steering wheel around when I leave the car. How about fitting big lockable spikes to seats ?

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Butty

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In the dark old days of hot hatch thefts, I seem to remember a thief being caught using a monkey wrench on the column stub to steer with!

Where there's a will there's a way, no matter how you protect the car.

Nick

Niallyboy

Lads a mate had his STI stolen recently,
got it back next day
Thieves couldn't go far as rev's set to 1000rpm
What do ye reckon. good idea or is it easy to get around.

Brings control unit in home at night.

Niall.

BenGee

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God, i only just read this thread and i was there yesterday.

Thankfully the car was still there when i got back.

The security on the car park is very poor! Only an odd camera here and there, plus the easy access to the car park with surrounding main roads makes it a great location for an easy getaway

HOWY

How easy is it to remove control unit?

Niallyboy

You can buy a new cabel (much longer)
that allows you to place Hand controller anywhere
in the car. It has a connection that simply lets you plug in
or plug out from.

Niall.