Ideas to deter theft? Steering wheel lock? Kill switch? Etc?
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A couple years ago, several Corvettes were broken into (with the intent of stealing them) at a motel where our club members were staying. The ones with steering wheel locks were not touched. The police said that anything you can do to slow car thieves down may prevent them from trying to steal your car. I now use The Club steering wheel lock as well as keeping my key in a faraday pouch.
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1 simple step. $500 insurance deductible. Twice, someone stole from the truck. Once, windows was broken and other time, not 100% positive if I left it unlocked or they Slim Jimed the lock. Both times, they took stuff that I paid $500 to replace with NEW stuff. The perp gets the old stuff and on one case, a criminal charge and I get 2 new riding suits and the other time, some other stuff. SCORE for me.
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The C7 has a good factory anti-theft system and if you want more security, the Soler throttle controller works well.
Have good insurance coverage, watch where you park your car and worry less about stealing your ride.
Have good insurance coverage, watch where you park your car and worry less about stealing your ride.
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If the area is too dangerous for your car, why would you think it isn't too dangerous for YOU? If too many areas are too dangerous for you, in your opinion, maybe there is a common denominator.
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IGLA appears to be the best deal I've seen. Interesting that they don't list any GM brands in their advertising. I just sent a RFI to the company to see if it will work on mine (2016 A8). Basically, it's an immobilizer that uses buttons in the car to enter a code to allow it to start. The only bad part is that they won't know that they can't start it until they are inside.
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Remove the wheels/tires. But seriously, don't you have insurance? If they really want it they'll get it. Maybe get a couple really bright blinking lights and install on the dash and back, with window alarm decals. Probably as effective as most anti-theft devices. 
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Probably true as I don't recall any of those devices being proven by anyone. Not even the insurance companies who have a lot of skin in the game.
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I do the following:
I just ordered the club as one more layer. Not foolproof but that's a lot of **** for a thiefs that have to deal with assuming they have no tow truck.
- Set the car in valet mode
- Engage the parking brake
- Set the soler controller to valet mode
- Set the soler controller to lock the gas pedal
- Put key fob in the Faraday pouch and exit the car.
I just ordered the club as one more layer. Not foolproof but that's a lot of **** for a thiefs that have to deal with assuming they have no tow truck.
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I'm torn between trying a "foolproof" immobilizer or just paying the $500 deductible and taking the agreed upon value and using that as a down payment for something else. Right now I'm going with the insurance.
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I do the following:
I just ordered the club as one more layer. Not foolproof but that's a lot of **** for a thiefs that have to deal with assuming they have no tow truck.
- Set the car in valet mode
- Engage the parking brake
- Set the soler controller to valet mode
- Set the soler controller to lock the gas pedal
- Put key fob in the Faraday pouch and exit the car.
I just ordered the club as one more layer. Not foolproof but that's a lot of **** for a thiefs that have to deal with assuming they have no tow truck.
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I do the following:
I just ordered the club as one more layer. Not foolproof but that's a lot of **** for a thiefs that have to deal with assuming they have no tow truck.
- Set the car in valet mode
- Engage the parking brake
- Set the soler controller to valet mode
- Set the soler controller to lock the gas pedal
- Put key fob in the Faraday pouch and exit the car.
I just ordered the club as one more layer. Not foolproof but that's a lot of **** for a thiefs that have to deal with assuming they have no tow truck.