Easy Theft Protection?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: CA
Originally Posted by MAAC
Is there some simple and easy way to make your baby hard to steal? Like removing a couple fuses or installing a hidden disabling switch.
Assuming nobody is spoofing the FOB to steal it.
I dont think there is much more we can do that will matter.
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Berkeley CA
I would think that there are numerous things that could be done to make your vehicle even more secure. For me the real question is do I want it back after its stolen..For me the answer is no. I would rather just get a new one via my insurance company.
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2000
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From: Fort Worth Tx.
there is a device, i cant remember the name, it is the most recomended by police departments, it disables the ignition of the car. it is protected by an aluminum case. when you leave your car, there is a small key that you remove. they can then get in your car but it will not start.
car and driver magazine did an article on car theft 2 issues ago and they mentioned this device.
i will get the name when i go home tonight
car and driver magazine did an article on car theft 2 issues ago and they mentioned this device.
i will get the name when i go home tonight
CF Senior Member Emeritus
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Maryland
Originally Posted by MAAC
Is there some simple and easy way to make your baby hard to steal? Like removing a couple fuses or installing a hidden disabling switch.
Have you considered a Trunk Monkey
?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: CA
I guess the first questions really need to be.....
How many C6s have been stolen?
And how were they stolen?
Somebody puts a gun in my face. They just got themselves a new Vette. I ain't gettin' killed over a car.
How many C6s have been stolen?
And how were they stolen?
Somebody puts a gun in my face. They just got themselves a new Vette. I ain't gettin' killed over a car.
Last edited by CessnaDriver; Jul 13, 2006 at 10:41 PM.
Safety Car
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Sedalia Missouri
Originally Posted by antoniopaolo
I would think that there are numerous things that could be done to make your vehicle even more secure. For me the real question is do I want it back after its stolen..For me the answer is no. I would rather just get a new one via my insurance company.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Life ain't no dress rehearsal, are you gonna wait to get your toys til AFTER you have a heart attack?
Originally Posted by MAAC
Is there some simple and easy way to make your baby hard to steal? Like removing a couple fuses or installing a hidden disabling switch.
Race Director
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Originally Posted by allegro
Your biggest threat is from a rollback truck or repo wrecker.
Safety Car
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From: Lewes DE
So how do they scoop up your car with a wrecker?
do they have to have full front or rear access?
Meaning, if you were parallel parked, with cars or other objects in front of and behind the car, the wrecker couldn't get it ?
do they have to have full front or rear access?
Meaning, if you were parallel parked, with cars or other objects in front of and behind the car, the wrecker couldn't get it ?
Race Director
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Originally Posted by bugman
So how do they scoop up your car with a wrecker?
do they have to have full front or rear access?
Meaning, if you were parallel parked, with cars or other objects in front of and behind the car, the wrecker couldn't get it ?
do they have to have full front or rear access?
Meaning, if you were parallel parked, with cars or other objects in front of and behind the car, the wrecker couldn't get it ?
Team Owner
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From: Far NW 'burbs of Chicago
St. Jude Donor '13
Originally Posted by shopdog
As long as they can get a line on it, they can drag it to a position where they can winch it aboard. Remember that wreckers are used to recover horribly wrecked cars all the time. The operators know how to snake a car out of any place they can get a line on it. So it needs to be in a place where they can't get a line on it. An example would be deep in a parking structure with ceiling too low for the truck to enter.
