Scoobybits

the spate of cars stolen with keys after a break ins seem to becoming commenplace which leaves owners with the problem of whether to leave the keys downstairs or to take them with you upstairs and "put up a fight"???however at the end of the day its only a car and i had a idea........if the would be thief knew the keys were not obtainable even if they got in the house they then have a problem and the owner does not!!i have approached a company who sell secure key boxes,LIKE A MINI SAFE IDEA(VERY SECURE) which you can fix however you please werever you please which and store keys in them also propose to display warning stickers in the windows of both the car and the property concerned warning a would be thief that YOU AIN'T AVIN ME KEYS!!!simple or what??reason for post and please don't block it mods is so that i can gauge interst and approach supplier for a group buy deal...please let me know if any one is interested i will sort prices out etc....MODS PLEASE GIVE THREAD ATTENTION IT DESERVES AND LEAVE IT HERE FOR A WHILE I AM BUYING ONE OF THESE ANYWAY AND JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SEE IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS THEM.....and it might make it cheaper!!...regards jase.

Philip Attaway

What stops the tea leaf battering your head about until you open the safe?

MrShades

HHHHHHhmmmmmmmm.........

Sounds like a good idea to start with, until you think of what someone that breaks into your house to get your Scooby keys would actually be prepared to do.

If I was woken by someone standing over my bed, in a balaclava armed with a crow-bar (or worse) and asking for my car keys - I think I'd like them to get the keys and get the f**k out of my house ASAP.

If they're in your house, chances are they will get the keys whatever - unless you fancy a nice trip to hospital. Messing about with 'safe' keys etc. etc. is just going to annoy them even more and make that hospital visit more likely.

All IMHO. I wouldn't do it... my cars insured.

Shades

Scoobybits

mr negative!!! hopefully the scumbag reads the warning(that the keys are not easy prey) then goes away...its a detterant...most of these scumbags are like sneak thiefs anyway!!!and knowing that they cannot snaek in and get the keys will be enough to put them off?!?!?!if somone is as you put it going to that sort of length for your car what would stop them ??they could have you while your driving the car?!?!....what i am talking about is a cheapish detterant which might just send them away...elsewhere?

SiDHEaD

can they read?

Scoobybits

lol!!!yeh well there is that!!

Philip Attaway

cheaper to buy a sticker then

Scoobybits

yes i can supply them on there own if ya like...you cheapskate!!

Spoon

Just park your car in your neighbours driveway.

Scoobybits

spoon you clown!!!nobody think its a good idea then?what has prompted this is a local car(a scooby)going walkies early hours after scumbag decides to remove paving slab from nice patio area and decided to re locate it in the car owners kitchen!!then helping themselves to the keys...said owner then gave chase in his cosworth apparantly and failed to catch them...another scooby bites the dust....no scooby faster than cosworth jokes please....

MrShades

I'd say a better alarm/imobiliser (with anti-hijack) would be my option....

Let 'em get the keys if they want them that much, get the car, and get half a mile down the road.... then go and get it once they've run away.

What would the Cossie driver had done if he had managed to keep up with the Scoob..??? Wrapped himself round a lamp-post trying to stay with it no doubt!

Shades

*Sonic*

I have a floor safe in my house, but I dont keep my keys in there, in fact I dont keep anything in there

I would sooner they get the keys and leave me well alone

A friend of mine, had 4 masked ******* break into his house, promptly baseball batted him & his girlfriend (which obviuosly woke them up), and only after severe baseball batting, did the ******* then ask for the keys

They took the car, and wrapped it round a lampost 1 mile down the road, my mate & his Girlfriend split up as a result, and he emigrated to Canada

Steve

Scoobybits

crikey!!the only answer to all this....is a change in the law to offer some kind of detterant to mr would be thief...my idea not well recieved nobody think its a good idea ???theory was knowing the keys were not available thief MIGHT go away?!?!?!maybee not?

Andy McCord

Best deterrent is similar to what a cat wears to stop it catching birds, collar & bell, only your cat is Rottweiller with your keys hanging from his collar

Tommy 2000

...but most of these scumbags know that the keys ARE available if they beat your head in long enough! Where the keys are hidden /locked away is not the deciding factor, it is down to how desperately the thieving scum want your car...

dan4

How about a "special device" that fits to the spare key to the car. Keep this in the safe so that the thief thinks it is the main key. When they break in and smash you up a bit for not giving them the keys, you then open the box and give them the key with the "special device" on it. Once they have taken the car and are out of the local area the "special device" kicks in and blows the car to **** taking with it a few of societys lesser valued members that the **** in wigs would have only given a slap on the wrist! Ok so the car gets totalled, but you have insurance and it would be a good story to tell the boys down the pub. "Alright boys, I blew up some car thieves....." Just an idea like, but might be too radical for some?

dan4

By the way I am actually interested in one of the key boxes!

Luke

Dan

Your not one of "Astraboy's" dancing mates are you??

dan4

Dancing boys??? Don't know what you mean.

Andy Porter

Not strong enough for me Dan....
I find it sickening what people will do to ' steal ' your car.
I mean, beating you and your girl up with a BB bat before asking for keys ?

Scenario :

I still live at home, today I am on motor bike, my car is outside my house, my mum is 70, what do I do ?

Tell her where the keys are ?
Keep them hidden ?

The keys are hidden at the mo, what should i Do ?

Last point :

My bro is so sick of his ladders ect going off his Astra van roofrack he has electrofied it, I s4it you not

Luke

Dan

you will once you start asking for his advice on trouble matters!!!