My brother rang me today to tell me three different people have knocked the door asking if my Cosworths were for sale, and asking about what bits they had on them etc? Also said that a few dodgy looking pikey types drove past a few times in thier van.... Now, both cars are locked and alarmed etc, but I cannot be at home 24/7, but three different people knocking on the door in one day is very strange, as I live in a quiet area and in a house that's not easily visable from the road... My problem is I have nowhere else to keep them really, and hiring a unit/ lock-up just gives people the chance to work in a quiet area at night

 

thats shite mate and does not sound good/normal

 

Security cameras and lights? and(or) one of those metal posts that stick into the ground?

 

3 times in 1 day is far to dodgy, obv they where knocking first to see if anybody was in is there anyway you can block them in ?

 

Let as many people know as possible , neightbours friends and if you do see them again take there reg number down . OR go get a fake cctv cam and stick in on the wall infront of the cars .

 

inform the police straight away ,and disable the cars wil[take the steering wheels off]

 

as above, put them on full lock and take the steering wheels off.

 

take the wheels off them and have them on axle stands.

 

Then they will just push them over .

 

you obv dont get the job axle stands are there to do ???

try and push a car over on axle stands and get back to me with your findings !

 

He'll still have them though!

 

looks like if they carnt steal the cars they will deffo rape them for parts......a few sleepless nights ahead im afraid...........

 

also consider fortifying the house very slightly just incase. For instace if you have a big dog, consider letting him sleep in the hall way tonight.

I know this is a little off topic, but is it legal to electrify bits of the inside of your car to help stop thieves?

 

to the above no it is not legal!


crap news wil mate!can you not chain them to anything?

 

Can't you leave it in a mates garage, parents house etc?

 

Move the cars from there for a few weeks, they will soon lose interest.

Id take this very seriously mate, as it only takes minutes for the scum to take your pride and joy away.

Can have a word with my borther and see if he can rent you some space at his workshop if you like.

 

big chain through beam back to a tree, remove map sensor plug

 

cant have fcuk all with out the fear of someone nicking it, countries shit

 

Is there nowhere else you can park them for a few days, mates houses etc? Problem is with disabling them, if they want it badly enough and cant move it, they will just pick them up and take them away on a lorry with a HIAB, same as my foremans was.

 

easily sorted.......go and get a load of coke and go on a 2day/night bender and strategicly place big kitchen knives all over the place.............oh what a night.....

 

get some one you know to park there are in front of them, who has a clifford and wack the proxie alarm to maximum so it goes off with in 5+metres of the blocked in car!!

 

Alert the neighbours & sleep with one eye open

 

buy a gun. Preferably a big one.

 

tell clifford the problem im sure they will help youi ive got 2 granadas 1 cosworth and one with a 57 chevy engine in both security to fuck if thet came with an hi ab tilt sensor would go off and if they did steal them ive got black jax evil if you dont know the code

 

do you no coley at all will or anyone else out of the brum lot, ask someone if they no anywhere they could keep it for a bit, our garage is not useable anymore otherwise i'd offer it you for a bit, and i can't think of anywhere you could store it out of site and saftely , hope you manage to get somewhere to keep it cos it's not sounding very good with what your saying .

 

Fooking wankers i hope they will be ok.Why cant people just leave think alone.

 

cant you borrow a good dog off someone for a few nights?

 

Fucking joke,your not allowed to own anything nice these days without worrying about some cunt helping themselves to it.

 

Get a PIR light it will light up everything like christmas and you'll know if someones snooping.

 

Had one guy (not 3) do the same to me but that was over a yr ago now. Trouble is Cossies still attract a lot of attention, both good & bad.

Apart from the usual Cat1, tracker & Disklock its worth putting the front wheels on full lock so they can't drag the car off the drive so easily. That & get one of these CA2000C Centaur Wheel Clamp. They'll go over 18" alloys so I'm told.

Best of luck mate !!

 

yer one of them talking car or house alarm so if they get close some one will hear it

 

know how u feel mate, mine was on my parents drive for 3 1/2 yrs and i stupidly didnt cover it the day it was taken off the road so everyone and his mother could see it!!! I moved house 3yrs ago and my parents had loads of people knocking on the door asking about it, and 1 of them i knew and is/was a known theiving cnut!! I told them to tell whoever knocks on the door tell them the cars off the road cos the engine blew up and is out the car being rebuilt!! Not gonna stop them trying to take it but might put them off if they beleive it, althou it was true as i rebuilt a new engine for it and replaced it before getting it back on the road at xmas!!

Also had someone try and break into my dads car which used 2 get parked infront of it at nite, so at that point i did what people have said above, put it on full lock and removed the steering wheel and front left wheel and dont think that anyone bothered them after that.

Its proper shit and makes u feel sick when u hear things like that, least i know we got proper nosey neigbours where we live now, had 2 come out the other night having a moan at me for moving the car at 11pm making a bit of noise as the idle control valve is buggered so have to keep the revs up for the first 5mins

All i can do is move them mate or make it as hard as poss for them to get at them, least then the if u give them the only option of using a hiab they can attract alot of attention!!

 

Unplug the map sensor and remove the ht leads. As said aboe, get it on axle stands and remove the wheels.... also park it under something if possible, car port? big tree? then surround it with other cars to stop them getting to it so easily if they want to lift it.

 

I'd agree with the 'put it on full lock and remove the steering wheel;' comments so they can't tow the poor sods out. Maybe get an old banger or something parked right up to the garage door?

I think I am going to wire a racing style kill switch/key thing into my motor!

 

If ur not going to drive them for a while u could go to the extent of taking the ecu's out etc so theres deff no way to start rather than taking the map sensors/leads off etc!!

 

shit news mate..

 

Remove the ecu's from the car completely

 

agreed, you cant get them off axel stands in a hurry

 

I had the very same thing happen to me, I diden't answer door though, someone else did then got told they asked if mine was for sale as they were looking for a "project car" don't know why as it's good condition and roadworthy, though I am not near you. You are right to be concerned as I thought same as what you did, alarms etc imobilising the car electronically and removing leads etc are all well but this does not stop someone putting it onto back of trailer etc. If you have another car you can block it in with will help.

Martin

 

You obv dont go round trying to push your own car over do you?

If someone cant have it normally they will damage it , and if its not your car and you dont care about it then you could push it off stands easy !