Aidan@EP-styling
Trader
Hi all,
I started this thread to help others prevent getting their car stolen from them.
It's basically a few tips to take note off.
- Don't post photo's of your car outside your house / workplace. Potential car thieves can investigate these photo's and can possibly work out how easy your car can be taken away. This might have been the case with Duff's car last week where his was advertised for sale and then stolen from his house
- Try not state on public forums where you live. - Keep it limited to what county you live in but if you don't state the town or estate then it might help.
- I get members sending me PM's explaining that they want X part but do not have paypal accounts. They ask me for my address for them to send a cheque / postal order and quite often I never get anything in the post or any more replies. - This is a stupid thing to do. A thief could type in my address into Sat Nav and bring him straight to my car
This is even worse in the UK where if I had somebodys address and postcode I can log into Google Street Maps and have a look at where your car is parked and can work out my best get away route in complete reality:haha:
- If your car has an alarm and immobilizer doesn't really offer the peace of mind it used to offer. Duff's car was not even broken into it was just pulled away If you are parking your car at your house check is it possible to park it sideways rather than straight in on the drive way. They wouldn't be able to pull your car up onto a trailor if it is parked sideways
- How about investing in some cctv for outside your house pointing on your car? At least you might be able to see who is around it. - Not even for theft reasons but for people who get there paint-work keyed etc...
- Invest in some of these http://www.sgwangacc.com.my/products/others/steering-lock-1.jpg
and
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/15897.jpg
- If you have gates into your house then close them and lock them at nights
That's all I can think off at the minute but if you have anymore tips please post them in this thread
I started this thread to help others prevent getting their car stolen from them.
It's basically a few tips to take note off.
- Don't post photo's of your car outside your house / workplace. Potential car thieves can investigate these photo's and can possibly work out how easy your car can be taken away. This might have been the case with Duff's car last week where his was advertised for sale and then stolen from his house
- Try not state on public forums where you live. - Keep it limited to what county you live in but if you don't state the town or estate then it might help.
- I get members sending me PM's explaining that they want X part but do not have paypal accounts. They ask me for my address for them to send a cheque / postal order and quite often I never get anything in the post or any more replies. - This is a stupid thing to do. A thief could type in my address into Sat Nav and bring him straight to my car
This is even worse in the UK where if I had somebodys address and postcode I can log into Google Street Maps and have a look at where your car is parked and can work out my best get away route in complete reality:haha:
- If your car has an alarm and immobilizer doesn't really offer the peace of mind it used to offer. Duff's car was not even broken into it was just pulled away If you are parking your car at your house check is it possible to park it sideways rather than straight in on the drive way. They wouldn't be able to pull your car up onto a trailor if it is parked sideways
- How about investing in some cctv for outside your house pointing on your car? At least you might be able to see who is around it. - Not even for theft reasons but for people who get there paint-work keyed etc...
- Invest in some of these http://www.sgwangacc.com.my/products/others/steering-lock-1.jpg
and
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/15897.jpg
- If you have gates into your house then close them and lock them at nights
That's all I can think off at the minute but if you have anymore tips please post them in this thread