best car security for drive way?

[olia]

hi

any suggestions for simple and effective additional car security for car kept in the driveway?

thinking about steering lock , wheel clamp or possibly removable steering wheel... something that will be quick and easy?

normally would have a garage, but at the mo i dont

[Bigends]

Autolok steering lock -visible and effective

[Defcon5]

Telescopic bollard?

[Red 4]

Machine gun nest ? Snipers ?

- a good alarm, immobiliser, hide your keys, telescopic bollard (as above), block it in if you can with other vehicles, remove fuse essential for starting, steering wheel lock,

basically, make it as difficult as you can - but remember - the preferred, modern M.O. is to commit burglaries to acquire keys.

[olia]

i hear the disclok is good? but abit bulky looking

[Hoink]

Mines blocked in with my lasses car. Of course you could always just st all over the bonnet and it should be fine.

[Pontoneer]

Removing the rotor arm is still a simple and effective method - I do it to my cars when I go on holiday .

A hidden 'kill switch' in series with the low tension side of the ignition coil also works .

Similarly , if a newer car with electric fuel pumps , either pull the fuel pump relay , or interrupt the supply to the pumps .

It is also possible to put a valve in the fuel line to block fuel supply .

Lastly , a vent into the induction manifold will stop any engine from running due to lack of vacuum .

All of the above would be cheap and simple to implement .

[Shaw Tarse]

olia said:

i hear the disclok is good? but abit bulky looking

So?

[Allanv]

This is what i did, £500 fitted for all 3, security grade stuff and the middle one is telescopic into the ground. They call the middle one a ram post i think and the 2 outer ones are fixed 850mm into the ground but the middle one is 750mm in the ground.

Stops the feckers going on my drive at least.

Edited by Allanv on Friday 13th September 20:41

Edited by Allanv on Friday 13th September 20:47

[fastasflip]

Pontoneer said:

Removing the rotor arm is still a simple and effective method - I do it to my cars when I go on holiday .

A hidden 'kill switch' in series with the low tension side of the ignition coil also works .

Similarly , if a newer car with electric fuel pumps , either pull the fuel pump relay , or interrupt the supply to the pumps .

It is also possible to put a valve in the fuel line to block fuel supply .

Lastly , a vent into the induction manifold will stop any engine from running due to lack of vacuum .

All of the above would be cheap and simple to implement .

Very technical but I would rather go for a visible deterrent rather than any potential thief screw your house for the keys only to find they can't start your pride n joy

[redback911]

fastasflip said:

a visible deterrent rather than any potential thief screw your house for the keys only to find they can't start your pride n joy

Aha!

[s3fella]

Allanv said:

This is what i did, £500 fitted for all 3, security grade stuff and the middle one is telescopic into the ground. They call the middle one a ram post i think and the 2 outer ones are fixed 850mm into the ground but the middle one is 750mm in the ground.

Stops the feckers going on my drive at least.

Edited by Allanv on Friday 13th September 20:41

Edited by Allanv on Friday 13th September 20:47

Looks neat. But can you not just drive between them?

[goldblum]

Defcon5 said:

Telescopic bollard?

Very good deterrent, quick and easy to use. I've had mine at home 15 years. After 3 years had my car nicked from work though.

[gazza285]

Pontoneer said:

Removing the rotor arm is still a simple and effective method - I do it to my cars when I go on holiday .

A hidden 'kill switch' in series with the low tension side of the ignition coil also works .

Similarly , if a newer car with electric fuel pumps , either pull the fuel pump relay , or interrupt the supply to the pumps .

It is also possible to put a valve in the fuel line to block fuel supply .

Lastly , a vent into the induction manifold will stop any engine from running due to lack of vacuum .

All of the above would be cheap and simple to implement .

Do you have any cars made in the last twenty years?

The only problem with all those ideas is that non are visible, so the would be car thief would not be deterred from trying, with any associated damage.

[Hooli]

redback911 said:

fastasflip said:

a visible deterrent rather than any potential thief screw your house for the keys only to find they can't start your pride n joy

Aha!

Bio-degradable car alarm, excellent idea.

[GuyGhibli]

Bigends said:

Autolok steering lock -visible and effective

Until they spend less than 10 seconds cutting the steering wheel rim with a junior hacksaw.
Really no deterrent to a thief, but makes the owner feel that they have done something.

[V8RX7]

Disclok - big and obvious deterrent.

Best steering wheel lock there is - plenty available used on Ebay etc if you want one cheaper.

I've used them for years on my convertibles as it's obvious to morons that there is security which stops them slashing the hood to gain entry to later find there is an immobilizer.

[toerag]

this, old but gold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGPVD2Fdh0k

[Allanv]

It is very deceiving.

s3fella said:

Looks neat. But can you not just drive between them?

[Busterbulldog]

I fitted one of the Vigilo bollards behind the gates but out of the opening arc,rises 500mm 275 mm thick and solid,a lorry wouldnt get by it.To enhance the security further I added underground gate motors with hydraulic locking ,with a 24vdc magnetic lock with a further 500 kilos holding force.
All operated off a twin channel remote control and timed to auto close after 2 mins
http://www.fadini.co.uk/bollards.htm

Click on picture to see it working.

Edited by Busterbulldog on Saturday 14th September 12:59

Edited by Busterbulldog on Saturday 14th September 13:01