Most Stolen Cars

My old man told me to fit a hidden switch on the coil or ignition, and I have done on every car.

I can't understand why it's not more commonly done.
 
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^woody^ said:
My old man told me to fit a hidden switch on the coil or ignition, and I have done on every car.

I can't understand why it's not more commonly done.
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Used to do that to all my old cars. Then when I heard they always felt under the dash, when they got in, a police friend advised putting it down on the floor towards the rear RHS of the drivers seat. Simple to lean and flick as you reached for your seat belt.
 
conny said:
Used to do that to all my old cars. Then when I heard they always felt under the dash, when they got in, a police friend advised putting it down on the floor towards the rear RHS of the drivers seat. Simple to lean and flick as you reached for your seat belt.
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I've always thought the idea was a 70's thing, and I do recall some spartan layouts of older cars.

I think the opportunities for concealment are much better nowadays, plus I do wonder on the intellect of the average chav thief nowadays, with a laptop but no actual idea.
 
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Dork Lard said:
Have any of you actually had a vehicle stolen?
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Had one attempted theft from an Iceland car park.
I'd popped in the shop for something, (can't remember what but it was a single item), and hed been gone les than 2 minutes. Car had been locked and key in my pocket. When I came out and approached the car some guy was in my drivers seat fiddling under the steering wheel. Instead of approaching and yanking open the door to grab the bar steward I shouted something. He jumped out and ran off. :mad:
Looking in the car I found my ignition lock hanging out and a screwdriver on the floor. Obviously the ignition wouldn't work by conventional means so the police explained how to use the screwdriver to get it started. Thats when I discovered he had bent the steering column by forcing it round to break the steering lock. Police were not really interested after that, so I got the lock repaired and a mate 'sort of' straightened the column then I sold it.
 
conny said:
Had one attempted theft from an Iceland car park.
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Sounds like an 'opportunist' TWOC, not specifically targeted to either the car or yourself.

Imagine a scenario where you had a highly desirable/valuable motor & that guy had a shipping container leaving for Nth Africa next week, I'm told that £500'ish is the going rate for anything presented to the main gangs shipping them out. Imagine if that car can ONLY be started with the key.

Here is the car & you have the key. He wants/needs that key, you can either hand it over politely or what do you think might happen?

My business partner in the recovery treated himself to a very nice Audi RS, a few weeks later 2x guys bomb burst into his bedroom at 2am because he hadn't left the keys within 5 paces of his back door.

He currently drives an 04 Disco.
 
My old ford escort had a built in immobiliser that would kick in within 5-10 minutes of driving the car, if you didn't follow the secret sequence*.

*Pull over at hit the automatic chock mechanism which would constantly stick open.
 
^woody^ said:
My old man told me to fit a hidden switch on the coil or ignition, and I have done on every car.

I can't understand why it's not more commonly done.
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You'd have to be careful about invalidating any warranty on something posh, but in prnciple anything hidden would throw most of them. It's never easy to have extra wiring that isn't obvious, though.

Old cars with electric fuel pumps were good for that, the car would start, but then stop 200 yds away. You found out how far when you forgot to switch it on.

What do you do on a Tesla? You'd need an f'ing big switch...
 
My son was burgled and had his Tesla keys taken. He managed to locate it quite quickly via his app to a local housing estate. Fortunately whoever took the car realised it had a tracker installed and had ripped out a lot of the dash panelling trying to look for it. Fortunately it was only cosmetic damage. After that, I believe he programmed the car to accept a PIN before starting.
 
Who is best placed to implement the standards to create what we perceive as the unstealable car???

Is it people who are stakeholders . . . . Or is it a bunch of drunk idiots on DiyNot???
 
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