Digital Disaster

Put Mustang emblems on it.

Eakster

Have you seen wheel locks/ gear shift locks ?

Where I'm from car theft and petty vandalism is ramapant. Many people get steering wheel locks - they are often painted bright colors and are very very visible. They vary hugely in quality and stopping time, but it's a visible deterrent and I think that's what you're after. forget about baseball bats and weapons in the car - can you guarantee they won't use it against you? - You want to make your car as unappealing as possible.

Secondly there are trnasmission locks - they work the same way as the steering locks - big lumps of brightly colored metal you lock/ unlock over the gear shift making it unuseable. You get used to taking them off and on all the time.

Lastly you keep open all the storage bins- make sure they can see there's nothing in there. If you have a CD player, cover it up - you can buy cheap dash covers.

Then physically prevent them from taking it - install the dead switch like has been suggested or kill the ignition by removing something.

Can't help with the paranoia - that comes as standard with all Vettes

- Someone let one of my tires down last weekend - that's enough to make me nervous and weirded out

-cheers

All2kool

Trunk Monkey Theft Deterrent System as seen here: http://www.trunkmonkey.com/content/view/44/51/

jakers

Well here is the bad news. It will not be the last time it happens if you hang around campus for a few more years.

Nice cars + campus azzholes + the parasites that hang around the campus = theft and vandalism.

The only time I ever had cars damaged by vandals and theives was in apartment parking lots and at the bars when I was in College. There is a large group of envious low-lifes that steal from what they think are a bunch of "rich college kids". It is unfortunate but it is a reality.

I would buy a $500 beat up *** econo box and store the vette at home. Is Louisville a urban campus?

The last time I had a car valdalized was in Marietta, Georgia. In fact, it was the night that I went to pick up my vette from the seller. My only guess is that as we loaded the car onto the trailer we pissed someone off (We tried to avoid this). So, some low-life weenie cut a $175 tire on my Yukon because he had to walk 50 feet farther than he wanted to. Or someone cut the tire because here is some guy in a Yukon towing a vette??/!! Some people!!!

JrRifleCoach

Sounds like an amature wants to poke around in your ride. Most likely a kid. You need to give him a complete view that there is nothing of value. AND get an alarm with a proximity sensor that will let him know when he is too close.

This will deter him, or **** him off. Ya gotta take that chance.

If you trace the wiring harness that runs up the inside r/h side behind the pass seat, there is a lite blue wire. This is the power to the fuel pump.

John88RedVette

LOL Good one!!!

Cadder

You and a friend could always camp out in the car with the cover on. When the vandal tries to lift the cover snap a picture and be ready to drive off in case he didn't want his picture taken in the first place.

Mekanic

depending on what alarm you have, either add a proximity sensor to it, or get an alarm that you can add a proximity sensor to.

Viper is the best IMHO, and thats after 8 years in the CA&E world. Get yourself a nice Viper alarm with a pager, glass break and shock sensors, and then a proximity sensor.

When someone stands within 5' of the car for more than about 10 seconds, a warning alarm goes off, either a few fast chirps of the alarm (more like loud beeps) to say get away. Or if you want to spend the extra $100 on the Viper Voice Module, your car will actually tell them to **** off.

bsmutz

My '69 Camaro had a Grant steering wheel in it. I bought a locking device that they sell that allows you to remove the steering wheel in a couple of seconds and take it in the house with you. Won't stop vandalism, though.

GIJoe

there isnt much that can prevent vandals from doing this unless you stay up and catch the bastards and them show them how to not mess with your car anymore one night.

if you park close to your bedroom window, add an alarm with shock sensors to it that will wake you and everyone else up to that annoying alarm sound...

... I feel that if I would have had an alarm installed at one of the old apartments I lived at, I wouldn't have had my Vette broken into and stripped clean. The noise of the alarm would have woken my roommate at the time up.

A car cover only confirms you have something nice to cover up.
Dark tint, while very nice in the hot sun, is something that attracts crooks though... which I had at the time too. They can't see in, so they figure something good must be inside.

unless you have a garage, there isn't anything you can really do

CMYC4GO

Sell the Vette, and get one of these:



Problem solved!

Wheelman

94ZR1

Show me how to do this

Wheelman

What are you going to sew him to?

Gazpar

Although I have them, Its always puzzled me as to the wheel lock thing.

Who here does NOT leave your wheel lock key in your center console or trunk?

My rims have centercaps, which require a LARGE wrench, which I keep with my lug key in the vehicle.

If they see you have wheel locks, wont that just encourage them to bust your glass or such and retrive the key; or are we banking on the idea that thats too much effort?

I was always told if thieves want it, there going to get it... All we can do is make it as hard as practical.

zo1boy

I have a lot of left over parts from a Tazer company, so when I have about two weeks to myself, I'm going to devise an anti theft system that will immobilze the perp until I get back to the car.

dallasknight

the joker is someone you so set atrap park your car where you can see it tell your friends your going out of town one night with a friends then buy yourself a louiville slugger (wood no vibrations) and set and watch it. when i lived in apt it kept getting broke into so i started parking up the roan in the next complex it took about a week before the broke in again it was my neighbors that were coming in and stealing everything just make that guy walk with a cain from now on do not do anything to get into too much trouble but a broke knee works very well

JrRifleCoach

Boy, does this forum need a SPELL CHECKER!!

kopbet89c4

If only that was legal in FL, it would have been done more than once by me... freakin' gun hatin' liberals...

LouisvilleLT4

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