Mate's R8 stolen and heading along the M42
Discussion
Mattt said:
I've been followed home before, sure there was no malicious intent - probably just curious.
I just did a lap of some local streets, and they were with me as I doubled back on myself - so not imagining it.
The wife had an XR3 I cabriolet in 1990 , she was doing a course at college and got followed home twice by the same car.I just did a lap of some local streets, and they were with me as I doubled back on myself - so not imagining it.
Put the car up for sale and sold it a week later.
In those days hot hatches were getting pinched 10 a penny around our way.
Cheib said:
LFAwhoosh said:
You need to consider whether having the car on your drive 24hrs a day will attract attention, which in most cases will be yes. Garage security can be overcome if they know what they are doing,but i am a big fan of the garage - if you park another car in front of the garage door it makes the job more and more complicated and time consuming.
You can also make the job more noisy by having stuff inside the garage in front of the car, such as a big heavy jack and axle stands which will be noisy to move, and hopefully wake you up. If all else fails try this - i met a guy in South Africa who never shares his car - he rigged a rape alarm under the seat to be triggered by seat rail movement, which is novel if perhaps extreme.
Have to say I agree with this. If you have a car like this you have just got to take precautions which means you can't leave the car on the drive during he day and just parking it in the garage at night....it's got to be kept in the garage at all times unless you live somewhere where the car cannot be seen from the road. You also have to make sure you're never followed home. You can also make the job more noisy by having stuff inside the garage in front of the car, such as a big heavy jack and axle stands which will be noisy to move, and hopefully wake you up. If all else fails try this - i met a guy in South Africa who never shares his car - he rigged a rape alarm under the seat to be triggered by seat rail movement, which is novel if perhaps extreme.
I don't really understand how if you have good security they can break in steal the keys whilst someone is asleep. Surely the alarm system should be triggered by the break in ? I'd also have a dog as we do....anyone comes anywhere near our gate and he's barking like mad. It's a pain in the arse but in London it's worth it.
We live in London and have on street parking....the good thing about that is that it's not clear which car belongs to which house so the scumbags aren't going to break into several properties looking for the keys. Flip side of that is that it's to steal the car in other ways or wheels etc which I know to my cost.
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