[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Interested in how one can secure a car so its totally free from risk of being stolen?

Not the point of the thread, but this stood out to me. My father in law has had a fair few cars nicked, or broken into. Hell, he even managed to get one nicked from a 'secure' parking facility, with a ****load of cameras in it. Another, was from his own garage..and he had cctv by that stage due to the amount of things being nicked, and the police didnt even bother bloody looking at it it seems. That one, he was actually using a wheel lock too, which they managed to get off. There is also a crapload of cctv cameras all around his area (lives in a very populated city) and funnily enough, it was claimed that every one of the cameras was fancing the other direction. In other words, police don't want anything to do with anything that wont let them hit their fine targets..to me tbh

Modern cars themselves are a lot harder to steal without the key because of how they start, but getting INTO a car (or a house) is a piece of cake for a skilled and experienced thief. Like I said the locks are for the peace of mind of the owner and to stop random nutters wandering into your house... they'll barely slow down an actual career criminal. Most car break-ins are to steal items that have been left in the car.

[Vicky.]

Its his vans that get broke into generally. Hes a workman so has a LOT of expensive power tools and such for work, and many know what he does for a living. He keeps his expensive **** in the house now though, so they just break in and get nowt, but its still a large cost for him even just the smashed window.

[bitontheslide]

i know 1 guy that got so hacked off with people breaking into his car that he welded a loop and eye onto the side and put a massive actual padlock on it, but if someone can still break the window .... what's the point ... he didn't appreciate me pointing that out

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i know 1 guy that got so hacked off with people breaking into his car that he welded a loop and eye onto the side and put a massive actual padlock on it, but if someone can still break the window .... what's the point ... he didn't appreciate me pointing that out

If I had a car, I would be so tempting to booby trap it against thieves. Though no doubt the police would actually care then for once, and end up prosecuting ME!