Wife's car stolen from our driveway overnight

[Uther]

Last year I provided the Police with two CCTV videos for attempts on my neighbours cars.
They advised me to buy two items that should stop potential thieves dead.
With the Krooklok they would just go and try elsewhere which they did in the next street.

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The pouches are ok, but check they work regularly because after a while they fail to stop the signal as the lining wears.
I keep my unused spare in a faraday pouch and my regular key in a small box.
And use a steering wheel lock as an extra small deterrent.

 

[arknor]

No forced entry, keys still in the house and haven't been able to find out when it disappeared as nothing activated on neighbours door cam.

you dont have a cam? even cheapo tapo with a memory card stuck in a window is better than nothing..

they do 2k cameras for like 20quid

 

[Scania]

Now I've got the 750 outside, I wonder about putting one of those big chunky steering wheel locks on it but the trouble is that a decent one probably costs more than the car is worth

Your far better off finding the fuel pump relay and just pulling it out, or if you really want to have them scratching their heads, replace it with a dummy one so all would look normal if they had a look...

A friend of mine did this to his Sierra Cosworth back in the 90's when theft of these things was rife and whilst it didn't stop it being attempted, they never got the car despite it sitting in the street in a pretty rough part of town.

 

[gc123]

Your far better off finding the fuel pump relay and just pulling it out, or if you really want to have them scratching their heads, replace it with a dummy one so all would look normal if they had a look...

A friend of mine did this to his Sierra Cosworth back in the 90's when theft of these things was rife and whilst it didn't stop it being attempted, they never got the car despite it sitting in the street in a pretty rough part of town.

usual trick was for them to pull the numberplate light wires and connect up the live direct to the fuel pump , then into car and turn lights on ....and we have fuel. made a good living on cossies and xr3 etc making and fitting fuel pump guards and armoured coverings to wiring

 

[Felon]

Park a Range Rover in London now for any length of time and it's gone. Basically an expensive Boris bike (vanishes from the street and re-appears in Africa). Insurance premiums went to the Moon.

I think most of them are just stripped for parts.

I was watching a documentary where one was stolen, they tracked it in under an hour - and it was already half a skeleton with most of the stuff gone, just abandoned in an old garage, couldn’t believe how quickly they can strip them.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

The pouches are ok, but check they work regularly

I was just going to ask how to check them then a brain cell kicked in

 

[Scania]

usual trick was for them to pull the numberplate light wires and connect up the live direct to the fuel pump , then into car and turn lights on ....and we have fuel. made a good living on cossies and xr3 etc making and fitting fuel pump guards and armoured coverings to wiring

Interesting!

I lost two RS Turbos back in the day despite both having immobilisers which plainly were not any good!