Has anyone ever had their car stolen?

[Mike_Yates]

It's never happened to me, but how about you?

Did you get it back?

 

[smoothg103rd]

Ever seen New Jersey Drive? You want it to happen? Where do you live?

 

[oggbashan]

Twice, by so-called Gypsies.

They weren't genuine Romanys, they were 'travellers'.

The first vehicle was recovered by our local Police within an hour, without its audio system.

The second vehicle was set alight as the Police were approaching, and burned out completely.

Neither vehicle was worth much and the security systems were useless.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Yeah. "Ignition locks" aren't, really. Knock out the side window, break open the steering column, break the lock, pull the slide gizmo, and she fires right up. Takes about 30 seconds and a hammer and a quarter-inch straight screwdriver . . . or less.


I got it back. It was never the same. That was the most jinxed vehicle I have ever owned.

 

[oggbashan]

Yeah. "Ignition locks" aren't, really. Knock out the side window, break open the steering column, break the lock, pull the slide gizmo, and she fires right up. Takes about 30 seconds and a hammer and a quarter-inch straight screwdriver . . . or less.


I got it back. It was never the same. That was the most jinxed vehicle I have ever owned.

Not now it doesn't. Break any window on my car when the alarm is on - and the immobiliser is activated. The car won't start at all, whatever you do.

Break the lock - the immobiliser is activated.

Hot wire the car - the immobilser is activated.

In any of those situations - only a main dealer can repair the car and reset the immobiliser.

The car has to be started with the key, so burglary of the house has to happen first.

My car's system is also immune to hacking. They might record the code, but the code changes every time the key is used.

 

[Conager]

Not now it doesn't. Break any window on my car when the alarm is on - and the immobiliser is activated. The car won't start at all, whatever you do.

Break the lock - the immobiliser is activated.

Hot wire the car - the immobilser is activated.

In any of those situations - only a main dealer can repair the car and reset the immobiliser.

The car has to be started with the key, so burglary of the house has to happen first.

My car's system is also immune to hacking. They might record the code, but the code changes every time the key is used.

Unless the bring a cpu from a junkyard with the corresponding transponder key taped to the box. That will slow them down another 30 seconds...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Not now it doesn't. Break any window on my car when the alarm is on - and the immobiliser is activated. The car won't start at all, whatever you do.

Break the lock - the immobiliser is activated.

Hot wire the car - the immobilser is activated.

In any of those situations - only a main dealer can repair the car and reset the immobiliser.

The car has to be started with the key, so burglary of the house has to happen first.

My car's system is also immune to hacking. They might record the code, but the code changes every time the key is used.

Carjacking!!!


And:

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/attachments/w201-190-class/331635d1284735366-your-car-flat-bed-back-tow-eagle1.jpg


But what do I know???

 

[ElijaRDC]

Nope. Neither car I've owned has been something worth stealing.

 

[FGB]

I "Misplaced" a Jeep once.

Nothing like waking up in a different room from what you went to sleep in about eighteen hours later, looking outside and no NEW Jeep with half remembered dreams of driving down farm roads.

I "Stole" it myself and left it parked two houses down at my brothers.

That was back during a really crazy alcohol & Drugs time of my life.

 

[oggbashan]

Unless the bring a cpu from a junkyard with the corresponding transponder key taped to the box. That will slow them down another 30 seconds...

No it won't. The system is unique to each individual car. Trying to change the system or its components triggers the immobiliser. Even disconnecting the battery can cause real problems. It can only be removed after a five minute delay between disconnecting each terminal, and replaced with the correct key in the ignition switch set on position II.

 

[oggbashan]

Carjacking!!!


And:

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/attachments/w201-190-class/331635d1284735366-your-car-flat-bed-back-tow-eagle1.jpg


But what do I know???

Carjacking? Yes.

Lifting onto a flat bed - triggers the immobiliser. They can take the car with the alarm sounding, and the immobiliser in operation.

 

[Adre]

Yes, twice. One stolen from a parking lot, one carjacked with me behind the wheel.

 

[oggbashan]

Nope. Neither car I've owned has been something worth stealing.

Both of my vehicles that were stolen were worthless, maximum value £500. The excess for claiming 'theft' on my insurance was more than the value of the car.

My current Volvo estates, though protected by state of the art security, are not valuable - except to me.

 

[smoothg103rd]

Yes, twice. One stolen from a parking lot, one carjacked with me behind the wheel.

You must of been driving some nice shit to get car jacked. What type of car was it.

 

[girlsmiley]

It's never happened to me, but how about you?

Did you get it back?

Yes.

No.

 

[Adre]

You must of been driving some nice shit to get car jacked. What type of car was it.

Benz.

 

[smoothg103rd]

Benz.

Yeah, that would get you jacked.

 

[Liar]

No, but I've had one flipped over and set on fire.

I didn't much want it back afterwards.

 

[doowdniw]

Carjacking!!!


And:

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/attachments/w201-190-class/331635d1284735366-your-car-flat-bed-back-tow-eagle1.jpg


But what do I know???

If it's a Triumph Spitfire, just give them the keys, and hope you never find it.

 

[ToysAreUs]

Its a 1975 - 77 Spit and (rubber bumper) North American BMC versions had terrible electrical problems plus they had the "new" 1500 cc engine with the camshaft actually running in the cast iron blocks without any cam bearings! This engine was not related to the venerable 1275 Spridget (Austin Healey Sprite/Midget) engine that is still winning races in Vintage Road Racing.

In no time, the 1500 Spit engines had enough camshaft (block) wear that the oil pressure vanished. Talk about a throw-away engine! Using full synthetic oils like Red Line, they might get away with this these days, but certainly not in the 1970s. Sorry, its hardly worth the cost of the oil to try it.

 

[parodyluvr75]

No, but I've had one flipped over and set on fire.

I didn't much want it back afterwards.

That sucks, don't blame you.

 

[imalickin]

Yep. Found it before the cops. There was video of the thief stealing it. They caught him. He's now in Prison doing 15 to life. He was wanted on two other theft charges. It was his third strike.

 

[Mike_Yates]

There was one time that I thought that my car was stolen, but I forgot where I parked and couldn't find it for over an hour.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

Ive had cars broken into but never stolen

 

[DooleyDarter]

I had a Chev Tahoe stolen from a hotel parking lot in New Jersey, waited a month, got my insurance money, bought a new Tahoe and had is stolen from a different hotel in the same town in NJ. all within a 2 month period of time. Never saw either of them again.