RobA

last nite 2 scum of the earth off smashed my front door in 2 steal the keys for my scooby fortunatly they couldn't work out the alarm and immobiliser, and left with just my keys, but now i have to get new locks & keys in case they come back,all car thieves should be castrated and then shot. why can't they leave us alone to enjoy our passion for fast cars

Jerome

...then shot. Waste of lead. Castrate them, then tie them to the rear bumper and take them for a ride down your fave road...

Jerome.

chiark

Your dealer should be able to delete those key fobs from your alarm memory, so that's one expense/worry saved. You'll need the physical keys changed though: home insurance is the place to start I think.

Agree with your sentiments: we had an attempted break-in in June, and thankfully the doors and windows held up to concerted efforts with large screwdriver/crowbar! More worryingly, we were in at the time too.

If you have an alarm, take the time to set it at nights. Obvious advice, but we didn't do it until June...

I have a pick-axe handle under the bed now. It makes me feel happier, though if I used it I realise I'd be in quite a bit of trouble...

If they knackered your doors with screwdrivers/crowbars and the doors are UPVC, they can be fixed by people with the right tools. Our insurance company sorted it all out brilliantly. A positive vote for Royal and Sun Alliance home insurance!

I know how you feel (well, almost, your experience sounds worse than mine!). Don't let the scum get to you. Easy to say, but difficult to do.

The police were also very helpful for me, and took the time to visit the site of just an attempted break-in, and give advice on home security.

RobA

thumbs up to the police, they were supurb with me 2, warning 2 all scooby owners in the surrey and west london these scum are well known to the police for nicking subarus in this area and they tried several others last nite aswell,thanks for the replies and advice

DavidLewis

Thats scary.

If I found someone in my house that wasn't s'posed to be there, one of us would get hurt.

With the latest human rights bill coming into force, it is a shame that an act couldn't be passed to REMOVE the rights of these thieving ba$tards once they invade your property.

Yex

Just a thought about the latest human rights bill. Surely under the "human rights" description you have the right to protect your family if an intruder enters your property - the intruder cannot have more rights than you in your own home. If this is the case, and you're up to it, beat the f**k out of them and then dump them on the pavement outside.

Yex - long day, lots of grief, don't break into my house tonight

DavidRB

Hope you're not too shaken up RobA, it's something that I worry about most nights.

Sadly, the govt. fails to realise that most of us haven't had police training in restraint methods, so we find it very difficult to stop & detain 1 or more armed robbers without using sticks, axes, guns, etc..

I still remember a news article where a member of the public was jumped by a mugger on the underground. He was a Judo expert and threw the guy over his shoulder, against a vending machine. Guess who had to pay for the broken vending machine? Yes, the victim of the attempted mugging.

I bet the majority of the population believes that criminals abdicate their human rights once they break into a house. If someone breaks into my house at 4am with the express intent of doing me harm and stealing my stuff, then tough **** if I take their head off with a fire-axe. It's just like the Tony Martin case, if they weren't breaking in, they wouldn't have been shot.

GRANT

Rob,
Sorry to hear what happened.
They actually broke into my house in April in the middle of the night whilst we were all asleep.
Stole the keys and nicked my wallet.
Luckily got the car back the next day un-damaged locked and alarmed up.
That was the last time I forgot to turn the house alarm on during the night.

Chris L

Rob

Sorry to hear what happened - words fail me and I can think of several things that should be done to these people. Just make you wonder what lengths these people will go to.

Just to back up what Rob said - I was pulled over for a 'routine'check a few weeks ago on my way to Heathrow. This was very early in the morning (about 5:45 AM) and they did a check because of the unusual time. The police did tell me that they were aware that Subarus were being targeted in and around West London.

So without wanting to spread panic, it would be wise to take a few precautions such as not leaving your keys in obvious places around the house and perhaps considering varying the times and routes of your journey to and from work.

It's a sad reflection on society that we have to think like this.

Chris

RobA

not too shaken up just got the costs to meet for the locks and alarm as they currently have a complete set of keys for the car, on discovery of the *******s,i did panic and retreat as i thought the odds of my head against a crowbar were not too good, i did swiftly return with a baseball fortunatly for them they had decided to leg it with just the keys and faceplate, as they were too stupid to operate the alarm,thanks for the replies, it is just a shame that these people know how good scoobys are for getaways, they only just recently gave up using one in my area for ramraids, which is why i appreciate the amount of times the met or surrey police have stopped me, at least they are trying hard to get these *******s,and all scooby drivers should appreciate the polite police who do the stops it could be ure car that goes next! what do people think about de-locking the car? how much? where to get it done?

chiark

Rob,

You don't need a new for the car alarm: get the dealer to delete the fobs from memory and reprogram a new set - ASAP!!

De-locking can be done very well and cheaply. Bodywork specialists normally are the place to try, or again your local subaru dealer. If you search the archives, a few people have had it done: they might have said where.

RobA

dealers and car security people have told me it is hard to program my alarm they say if they gave me new fobs it would be the same code as the ones the scum have stolen off of me, i have a cobra subaru immobiliser and a v old phillips alarm which no one seems to sell anymore thanks for the comments, got to get new door locks first,and ignition lock

tizard99

Hi, Second all who say the law is wrong and if someone attacks you why can't you defend yourself and property, even if this means retaliating??????????? serves em F.c..ing right! shouldn't be on my property. They don't realise the grief they cause to the people who live there (I know my mum was scared for days after it happened to us) and the police were no help because the finger prints were not on record, probably due to the perpetrator being a young kid, who broke in to open the door for an older person.

Anyway, the reason for this post is to say what about getting some rear door handles and putting them on the front to delock (typical on VW Golfs). Maybe giving it a try in the future. Anyone know if possible?

Trev.

SeanJ

What you need is a Tazer. Straight from Robocop 2.