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It's really awkward with a car like this, you want to drive it but are afraid to leave it anywhere.
I would suggest the only reason more aren't stolen is because they're mostly used as weekend cars and don't get left in the sort of places cars get nicked from. Unfortunately cinema carparks are a classic place for this to happen, especially at night.
If the scum can't steal it they'll probably vandalise it out of envy.
I would suggest the only reason more aren't stolen is because they're mostly used as weekend cars and don't get left in the sort of places cars get nicked from. Unfortunately cinema carparks are a classic place for this to happen, especially at night.
If the scum can't steal it they'll probably vandalise it out of envy.
flygirl said:Was it alarmed and/or immobilised? Using mine as an everyday car, I have to park it in some less-than-desirable places when visiting clients, and feel reassured knowing that the immobiliser is fitted and working on my behalf!
It was daylight when the car was stolen.... and CCTV cameras clearly don't make a difference.
RichardR said:
Using mine as an everyday car, I have to park it in some less-than-desirable places when visiting clients, and feel reassured knowing that the immobiliser is fitted and working on my behalf!
Something I've worried about a lot.. When at a client site for a long period of time, (i.e. over several weeks), I've not always been able to play the 'I'm new here and didn't know I couldn't park here' card.. Last summer I was accosted on my way back to the car at about 7.30 or 8 to be told not to park it here again if I want it back, (side street 2 minutes from the office). Wasn't happy..
RichardR said:I've always assumed that for insurance purposes most of us will have immobilisers if not alarms, and because they weren't factory fitted we'd have a range of types fitted. Are the scrotes getting now getting past these?!?
Was it alarmed and/or immobilised? Using mine as an everyday car, I have to park it in some less-than-desirable places when visiting clients, and feel reassured knowing that the immobiliser is fitted and working on my behalf!
I guess the alarm is not really an issue mind you, as they tend to annoy most people and get ignored these days. In a public car park they'd bring some attention in, but who is going to approach a group of three or four scrotes on their own, as they're more than liklely to deck your or worse..
Must remember to get my alarm working again after it went funny at Le Mans
Le TVR said:
I generally do not trust 100% any commercially available device. If its freely available on the market someone will have plenty of time to study how to beat it.
If I need to be sure then I just take some convenient part with me when I park - usually the fuel pump sensor/relay unit.
A professional thief may know how to get around the immob, but I bet most S's are taken by joy riding to55ers. The V8S stolen the other day turned up dumped on an estate with a missing radio, hardly the work of a professional.
Removing parts does not always work, in the mid 90's a friend of mine had his Golf GTi towed away, it had a punctured tyre and no dizzy.
It was in Nottingham 
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It is times like these when the word "tracker" really means somthing.
IIRC a CAT 1 immobiliser and alarm cut off 3 or more circuits excluding the one to the ignition.
I think an FIA cut out switch would be a good way forward.
Used to take the dizzy rotor arm with me from my mini and/or unplug the ignition, as it was really scrotes who were more likely to try and steal it.
>> Edited by WildfireS3 on Thursday 11th December 09:31
IIRC a CAT 1 immobiliser and alarm cut off 3 or more circuits excluding the one to the ignition.
I think an FIA cut out switch would be a good way forward.
Used to take the dizzy rotor arm with me from my mini and/or unplug the ignition, as it was really scrotes who were more likely to try and steal it.
>> Edited by WildfireS3 on Thursday 11th December 09:31
I'd agree that the only reason to nick TVRs is for joyriding, the TVR community is too small for a trade in stolen cars to exist without being spotted.
I think some of the scotes have got bored of Golf GTIs, Cossies and similar and what a fesh "hit". The new German kit it too difficult to get into without stealing the keys, so TVRs, Loti etc. are the car of choice.
I think some of the scotes have got bored of Golf GTIs, Cossies and similar and what a fesh "hit". The new German kit it too difficult to get into without stealing the keys, so TVRs, Loti etc. are the car of choice.
WildfireS3 said:I'm wondering about trackers, as my new Cupra-R will have one fitted...
It is times like these when the word "tracker" really means somthing.
Thing is if some scum nicks the Cupra-R and it's recovered before they trash it, it'll be easy to repair. If they manage to smash or burn it before being caught I'd just buy another. A bummer, makes the insurance higher but such is life.
But if it happened to the S, parts might not be available and it would probably be very expensive to repair, possibly being written off, as after all it doesn't take much repair work to hit the 80%/90% of value of an S to make it a write-off.
And another S is lost, reducing the relatively small number remaining.
Hence why I keep mine garaged with another car parked in front of the garage - call me paranoid...
WildfireS3 said:Certainly can't help, as the discount I just got quoted for the Cupra-R's track was quite significant
AH I would keep it garaged, if I had a garage and anothe rcar to drive, so I reckon a tracker could be the next best thing.
Was considering the Dantrak GPS unit if I ever get the funds together.
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