Disklok - worth it ?

[Timbola]

Newly purchased '09 registered push-button-start BMW, so vulnerable to the OBD & spare key thefts that have plagued the land recently.

Live in slightly scummy part of saaf landan.

Worried, innit.

Halfords flogging them steering wheel-enclosing Diskloks for 80 squids.

Is it worth the cost? Does it delay your potential thieving types for more than a few minutes, or would they laugh at such 80-squid-spending stupidity, spit on the Disklok and watch it break open before their very eyes?

Seeing as the reason why BMWs are at risk is due to the fact that the OBD is in an alarm-sensor blind-spot, would them attempting to break the Disklok activate the alarm?

Thanks in advance for any helpful help.

[GTIR]

It will delay them that's for sure.

Best security device out there and for £80 a bargain.
Just remember you'll obv have to carry it around and it will try and cut your fingers off whilst putting on.
I call my one Pac Man.

[Motorrad]

From everything I've read even locksmiths have to take their time removing a pukka Disklok and would need to make a fair amount of noise.

Given the fact finding another BMW that will be easier to rob will be easy for the scum I'd go for one.

[SEE YA]

I got my last one of three for my cars, for £10 on Ebay. I have one fitted on all my cars.

Edited by SEE YA on Wednesday 22 August 15:44

[CapriV6S]

Saw a Disclok on a rusty, filler-coated, greyish-beige D-reg Austin Montego saloon last weekend in Asda car park. One of the doors was metallic red.

[rallycross]

yes its worth it on any modern push button start car that can be ODB port stolen.

I use one on my 335 and my mates who now also own 335's use these - its essential in london.

Its a bit of a pain but not that bad an extra 30 seconds each time you get in / out the car.

Dont buy a cheap one - they are useless and come off in 30 seconds!
Buy a disklock or a heavy duty ratchet lock with 4 hooks/claws like the yellow ones on ebay - cheaper than a disk lock and easier to keep in the car (but not as fool proof).

[Timbola]

Certainly sounds worth it then.

Off a-spending to Halfords I will go.

Appreciate the prompt response people, thanks.

[Riley Blue]

I called in to a branch of Halfords on Friday to buy one, they don't keep all sizes in stock - they didn't have the one I wanted. Don't forget to measure the diameter of your steering wheel before you go.

[redgriff500]

I have used them on all my cars for 10 years.

Mostly as I drive older cars and convertibles.

On a modern car I think I'd just get an anti hijack device or aftermarket immobilizer

[iva cosworth]

I own 2 cars.

I own 2 Diskloks.

Nuff said.

[Codswallop]

Riley Blue said:

I called in to a branch of Halfords on Friday to buy one, they don't keep all sizes in stock - they didn't have the one I wanted. Don't forget to measure the diameter of your steering wheel before you go.

Their website has a fitting guide on it.

[4key]

In the 90's and before most 'common' car theft was probably opportunistic, if you had a couple of brain cells to rub together you could get most cars in a couple of minutes max, even with my basic knowledge I can get around a clifford alarm and immobiliser without trying. One of the best detterents were diskloks as they were a bh to remove, then coded keys appeared and it made starting the car a lot more technical. Now that BMW have regressed back into the 90's I wouldnt let one out of my sight without a disklok on it, they dont appear to be much harder to steal that an escort.

[TX1]

Another one here who has taken his old disklok out of hibernation, thx to BMW's brilliant security techs.

[4key]

The other option is what we used to do with the fast fords, reroute the loom so that the ecu was in the glove box and then remove the ecu every time you left the car. You do look like a nutter wandering around with it though, like the original removable car radios

[Burbleboy]

Can you not also get a simple £2 on/off switch that's wired into the fuel pump relay? I have said switch fitted on my car and hidden away. Even if they had keys, it would not start as starved of fuel.

Simple cheap EXTRA security measure IMO.

[4key]

Burbleboy said:

Can you not also get a simple £2 on/off switch that's wired into the fuel pump relay? I have said switch fitted on my car and hidden away. Even if they had keys, it would not start as starved of fuel.

Simple cheap EXTRA security measure IMO.

That would stop them stealing the car, but it is not a deterrent for them to try. If they see a disklok the likleyhood is that they will take the other one in the area rather than attempt to take yours

[billzeebub]

it does make me chuckle that BMW are getting away with this, meanwhile the drivers of said marque are having to whack clunking great big disklocks on their P&Js to avoid empty driveways!..I am so glad that I own an older BMW with a pucka alarm and security system

[TheTurbonator]

Autotrader did a group test of steering locks a few years ago. From what I can remember the Disklok was the only one their tester couldn't remove. My Dad used to have one for his 924, great big heavy thing it was, but used to store nicely in the rear footwells.

[147GTA]

Sorry guys but it only takes less than two minutes to get one off, and without the noise too:
Auto Express Article on steering locks

Might make them move on to one without but don't bet on it.

[Motorrad]

147GTA said:

Sorry guys but it only takes less than two minutes to get one off, and without the noise too:
Auto Express Article on steering locks

Might make them move on to one without but don't bet on it.

That's the only test I've seen where they managed to remove one.

I'd love to know how they did it.