A warning to all scooby owners, there has been a lot of thefts in the surrounding area in the last month or two,I know one poor sod had two stolen off his drive in one go and that was in broad daylight, so if you live in the ashford middx area keep an eye on your scooby,quite a few owners have had bits taken off there cars overnight, probably by the same scumbags,they drive around the area in a car and van looking for scooby's to target then return later [around 2am is the norm] to steal what they want.the police are aware of this gang and warn against having a go as there is at least three of them and they will attack you. so take care. dan

 

Thanks for the warning Dan. Will be more vigilant than usual.
Have had a couple of cars stop outside the house in the last month or so in the early hours so i'm quite cautious as it is.

 

Which area?

 

ashford middlesex its near heathrow airport

 

Have you got one then Dan?

Steve

 

Cheers for the warning i'm near heathrow will be more vigilant

 

thanks for the warning. had a car outside mine the other night at around 3 am, i didnt see it but it disturbed my mum and when she went to window they drove off. she said it was a black BMW and sounded sporty.
and she was convinced they wher checking out the scooby out.

 

To many going walkies in this area lately

 

yes steve, mine is a 2003 sti with ppp in wr blue

 

That's odd mate!!! I had a Black BMW 316 compac outside mine a little while ago.I thought they were lost as they kept going passed my house. I have seen them since but they were just parked up about 50/60 yards down the road.

I think it's a 52 reg,tints and I think it had M-Sport alloys. And it was a girl/women driving.

Steve

 

Ok bud, just asking.

Get yourself joined up on Surreyscoobies.co.uk mate. If your in that area PM me etc.

Cheers
Steve

 

ive just moved to southall middx, and thers always idiots looking in to my driveway at my scoob, i think i should invest in some cctv and some big iron gates

 

yeah its a bit strange didnt see it myself so not sure on model.
but mum said she its 100% black bmw and sounded sporty. maybe a
peformance back box or something.

 

only way is to tracker it, even then I know people that wake up to find them on their front walls in the mornings there's only a few places that they put those things in anyway takes a short time for them to be out if the cars pukka. You can stall it but cant stop it ....

 

anyone considered using a wheel clamp? good deterant i think

 

think that would about do it

 

do you know of any good ones? and where to get them?

 

could do YHPM

 

TBH if they can get around an alarm system a wheel clamp won't be any problem to them.

The best way to stop the car going is to remove fuses or something similar

 

thought of that but what ones?

 

alarms are sirens and power sources clamps are angle grinders and thats it they wont power up an angle grinder at 2 am outside your house for sure. I heard of people who know scoobies looking at what fuses or relays have been taken out going home getting the piece needed returning and bye bye easy believe me

 

Not sure, you'll have to get a wiring diagram.

Removable steering wheel is another good one

 

lots of good ideas think the clamp and removable steering wheel would be good. just wanna make it as hard as i can for them to get it

 

I was thinking of putting a electric cut off under dash and taking key out every night even if they try to start there is no electric

 

get a blackjack fitted mate and a atg-access.com bollard

 

I'm thinking of putting a swinging axe up........

To be honest. If the jobless bit's of **** want the car they can take it. There is no way on this earth I'm going to risk my life & my sons. The other half is another matter as the mortgage would be paid off.....hmmmmmm

Steve

 

thats a bit worrying, my mate lives down there, a few of us leave our cars there sometimes, i thought ashford was meant to be really safe car crime wise! hes gone and fitted cctv covering all the cars though, seems like a good deterrent. darms that bollard idea seems great too, nice one!

j

 

lots of good comments about security but be warned if you try to fit a cut out switch [ignition] it could damage the ecu so if in doubt best not.

 

Possibly one has ended up here:

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