Attempted Fiesta ST theft

[ianboom]

He had a late night, must have been off school the next day!

[Red9555]

Uploaded to youtube.

[Clivey]

ianboom said:

You get an old harness/OBD socket, put a plug on the end and only connect the power and ground.
Fit the link cable in and cable tie it, so it's really difficult to remove (it's a pain when the car goes in for a service).
Any kit they use will light up, but won't communicate with the car.
Not fool proof, but certainly takes a long time to bypass.

Done properly and with luck, the potential thief might not even realise you were messing with them and just move on when their kit failed to work.

Additionally, if you only use the car occasionally and don't mind a degree of hassle, remove an essential component so that it can't be driven. A friend of mine had his house broken into a few years ago; a set of keys were taken and he was worried they'd come back for his car. He laughed when I nipped over and removed the engine ECU for him!

[Ahbefive]

Hol said:

Evanivitch said:

Ahbefive said:

Do peoplw not keep their nice cars out of sight and in garages anymore?

Sounds better than being too scared to have anything nice. Make sure it's insured, GAP insurance and lock it in the garage.

Garages are just storage for various junk these days. And also rarely large enough in new builds to take modern cars.

Plus. garages are tiny compared to new car sizes.

I’m lucky enough to have a double that I keep the small hatchback track toy in, but it will be tight with all the tools if I added a second car.

I have a tiny garage, probably built for a Ford Anglia, it is indeed a pain to get a modern car in and out of but I make it work and if it means I can have a nice car and massively reduce the risk of theft then it's a no brainer rather than the people on here saying how they are going to sell their cars and never have a nice one etc etc. Madness.

[ianboom]

Clivey said:

ianboom said:

You get an old harness/OBD socket, put a plug on the end and only connect the power and ground.
Fit the link cable in and cable tie it, so it's really difficult to remove (it's a pain when the car goes in for a service).
Any kit they use will light up, but won't communicate with the car.
Not fool proof, but certainly takes a long time to bypass.

Done properly and with luck, the potential thief might not even realise you were messing with them and just move on when their kit failed to work.

Additionally, if you only use the car occasionally and don't mind a degree of hassle, remove an essential component so that it can't be driven. A friend of mine had his house broken into a few years ago; a set of keys were taken and he was worried they'd come back for his car. He laughed when I nipped over and removed the engine ECU for him!

I don't think you can beat an old fashion cut out switch!

[J4CKO]

ianboom said:

Clivey said:

ianboom said:

You get an old harness/OBD socket, put a plug on the end and only connect the power and ground.
Fit the link cable in and cable tie it, so it's really difficult to remove (it's a pain when the car goes in for a service).
Any kit they use will light up, but won't communicate with the car.
Not fool proof, but certainly takes a long time to bypass.

Done properly and with luck, the potential thief might not even realise you were messing with them and just move on when their kit failed to work.

Additionally, if you only use the car occasionally and don't mind a degree of hassle, remove an essential component so that it can't be driven. A friend of mine had his house broken into a few years ago; a set of keys were taken and he was worried they'd come back for his car. He laughed when I nipped over and removed the engine ECU for him!

I don't think you can beat an old fashion cut out switch!

Indeed, they are all geared up for a standard car, put a switch in a key wire somewhere out of the way, they will be fairly stuck, my dad put one on my old Montego I had, that got done, they made a mess of the door lock, bent the steering column and broke the ignition lock but they couldn't start it, it was a ball ache to get fixed but some satisfaction that they were frustrated at not being able to take it and wreck it, I hope they had a miserable life and died in poverty due to massive, suppurating, itchy arse boils

Did they not think my lot was st enough owning a Montego ? actually I quite liked that car....was never the same after they messed with it, had that path you put round the chewed up lock like every BL/Ford product had in period.