Thread: Defender 2012 Stolen, rebirthed, rego'd, Gov dept not interested

Originally Posted by scarry

There are small metal pouches available on Ebay,which do the job.

I cant believe some people still leave their car keys visible or easily found by intruders.
The authorities have been at us for years to treat them like cash,keep them well hidden at all times.
I suppose some have to learn the hard way.

Fingerprint recognition on main stream vehicles is just around the corner,which will stop many car thieves in their tracks.

As with all new technologies, there will be someone who works there way around it

I’ve found at my property in Perth, the best way to stop undesirables breaking into our vehicles is to leave them unlocked, nothing inside worth stealing and battery isolated

My immediate neighbours have the same theory, and its worked over the years
I heard some footsteps out the front one night and had a look through the blinds, before I had a chance to get up and turn a light on, grab the self defence tool of choice, they had opened the door of the 110 realised there was nothing in there to steal and moved on to the neighbours place to get the same results
By the time I got outside they were hurrying of into the bush empty handed (from my place anyway)

I know that works on older not so sought after vehicles and isolating the battery on newer vehicles isn’t ideal as you loose all your settings, but to leave your keys where a thief can easily break into your house and take off with your car is not a good idea as mentioned above

Those worried about having some pumped up meth head asking where your keys are in the middle of the night, upgrade your security (window screens, door locks etc) and lock yourself inside 24/7 as there is more chance being mugged out on the street


Gav

Originally Posted by Gav 110

My immediate neighbours have the same theory, and its worked over the years
I heard some footsteps out the front one night and had a look through the blinds, before I had a chance to get up and turn a light on, grab the self defence tool of choice, they had opened the door of the 110 realised there was nothing in there to steal and moved on to the neighbours place to get the same results
By the time I got outside they were hurrying of into the bush empty handed (from my place anyway)



Gav

If the thieves are youngish,and they see the three pedals,they will just walk away.

There was a bloke in Italy that stopped people stealing his land rover.
He installed an electric switch in the main line coming from the brake master cylinder. Unless you were able to remotely activate the switch it just wouldn’t release the pressure and eventually the brakes just locked on.
Not legal but then again stealing a car isn’t either. He said that he didn’t think it was dangerous as you apply the brakes to stop anyway.