stevebt

iTrader: (8)

went to get into my car today and there was a 2ft lenght of wire(me thinks a bent coat hanger) with a hook on one end and bent at an angle the other side lying under my drivers side door but hte car was parked on my drive so for the wire to inocently get there some one would of had to of thrown it there can people still get into cars using wire or is that something the movies have got us thinking

:Mike:

Certainly with older cars there are thin metal rods linking the door handle and lock barrel to the actual lock mechanism, so using a hook could bend these and unlock the door.
Or in some cases they could hook the button inside the door that opens the lock.

Modern cars however tend to have shielded locks in the doors (so the metal rods are not accessible) and deadlocks so that the interior lock buttons do nothing when the car has been locked from the outside.

Must say though that I don't honestly know whether the Scooby has either of those. I would expect it probably does, but I don't know.
(Glad I had a Cat 1 alarm fitted )

dave cos4x4

With a wire shaped the way that was they was probly going for the inside handle.
They would have made an attempt to pull open the top of the window/door and slide the rod through to open the handle.

Lets face it, if the wire is not yours and is under your car i would be very suspicious of the wire being there.


Dave.

myp1

the scoob doesnt have deadlocks so yes they were prob trying to just lift the latch

SiDHEaD

they were probably disturbed if they left the wire.

I'd get a DiscLok on there quick!!, they may be back!

Andy

matty01

I second that , disclok ASAP ,even then expect some further 'interest' ,they may have been after stereo/glovebox full of cd's (maybe) bass box, amp, etc etc ,....
ps leave your glovebox open and empty, and disconnect interior boot release..

[Edited by matty01 - 5/18/2003 6:13:36 PM]