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SECURITY
Range Rover Blues:
Oddty enough MC stickers everywhere make it harder to dispose of the bits on a stolen car, so don't be anonymous.
I have a gravel drive, you can't wlak on it solently and you can't use a jack.
I have alarms and imobilisers plus mechanical locks and stuff, posts in the floor and 2 dogs.
As long as someone else's car is easier to nick, mine should be ok and that's the best you can hope for.
Oh yeas, I can recomend a wheel clamp and if you can park away form the road even better, that way it can't be winched or lifted away.
littlepow:
Sounds a bit daft, but make any security as visable as possible. The more hard work it looks to take, the more chance the one down the road will go instead.
An idea I looked at was to use a motorbike ground anchor point and chain the vehicle yo it via the front and rear axles. Then they will struggle to lift it, just would be a pian to fit every night.
Or with a slight mod, this could be used with the jacking points.
Range Rover Blues:
That thing makes sense for bikes but I reckon it would end up damaging the bike. Ifr you park behind a post then it's going to take a big hi-ab to lift 2 tonnes over it end-on, you'd notice that outside your house at 4.30 am.
Defender:
--- Quote from: littlepow on April 11, 2008, 12:19:43 ---An idea I looked at was to use a motorbike ground anchor point and chain the vehicle yo it via the front and rear axles. Then they will struggle to lift it, just would be a pain to fit every night.
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I must admit that I had considered this option, but decided against it as the last thing you want to be doing in the pouring rain is crawling underneath your motor to secure or remove the chain. Any security device needs to be easy to use or you won't use it.
boogieman:
Thanks everyone for your input to this topic - it makes for interesting reading :clap:
I subscribe to the 'make yours as difficult to nick as possible so they go up the road & try for an easier one' train of thought - we all know if they want it they'll almost certainly get it in the end :roll:
Any other devious anti-theft tricks you use ?
Is the hidden switch a good idea ?
What if you forget where you hid it ? :lol: ;) :smiley:
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