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TUCK3r
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even with the steering wheel off . people could use vice grips to steer.
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Would the MOD who deleted my earlier post please PM me to explain why. I think it's a gross over-reaction to a sensible discussion about car security. Giving other Mini owners practical tips to protect their car far outweighs the possibility (highly unlikely in my view) of someone with an ulterior motive wandering through this forum so as to discover some new way to steal a Mini.
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Sell it... you'll never have to worry about it getting stolen ever again :)
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9YaTaH
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winabbey wrote:
Giving other Mini owners practical tips to protect their car far outweighs the possibility (highly unlikely in my view) of someone with an ulterior motive wandering through this forum so as to discover some new way to steal a Mini


Yeah...this is no place to find desirable Minis to steal or tips on how to do it..(some criminal scum-sucking bottom feeders ain't THAT dumb and can read..)

Do you think they might look here maybe...

http://www.microcarforum.com/classic-ca ... -p601.html

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I don't think that crooks need lessons in how to pinch cars. :roll:
But Mini owners do need lessons in the different things to do that could make it harder to take a car.

Most of the Minis from this forum that have been stolen have only been protected by a locked door and an ignition switch.

It is better to tell people what is easily available than to let cars get stolen.
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I don't think that crooks need lessons in how to pinch cars. :roll:
But Mini owners do need lessons in the different things to do that could make it harder to take a car.

Most of the Minis from this forum that have been stolen have only been protected by a locked door and an ignition switch.

It is better to tell people what is easily available than to let cars get stolen.


Yep.

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i cant remember for the life of me where i saw it but i know there is a tap/valve that uses a key to turn them on and off...(could be remoted to )........good for the fuel line.

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4] club lock steering wheel lock
STILL got knocked off in the middle of the day from a school staff carpark
never seen again :cry:
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Maybe not really a security feature but I have been told that if you park with your front wheels turned to full lock and then put a steering wheel lock on that it will then be very difficult (impossible) to get onto a tow truck.

Will this work, or is there a way around it? (Short of jacking the car up)

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albino235 wrote:
Maybe not really a security feature but I have been told that if you park with your front wheels turned to full lock and then put a steering wheel lock on that it will then be very difficult (impossible) to get onto a tow truck.

Will this work, or is there a way around it? (Short of jacking the car up)
The tow trucks are designed to be able to pick up a badly smashed car, full locked wheels on a Mini would be no problem.

But it would slow down an amateur trying to get it on a car trailer. :wink:
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bigjobs wrote:
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Wheel clamp :wink:
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Morris 1100 wrote:
The tow trucks are designed to be able to pick up a badly smashed car, full locked wheels on a Mini would be no problem.

But it would slow down an amateur trying to get it on a car trailer. :wink:


That's true, I didn't think about that...

Maybe just electrify the steering wheel :lol:

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I ended up parking the mini in a vacant block and boxed it in! so they would have to move an BMW X5D and then the trailer ( Locked to the 4x4) to get to the mini, but didn;t stop a cig butt being on the bonnet when I got up one morning!

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Just ordered 2 alarms for my minis, both with ultrasonic sensors and tilt sensors. ign cut out and car jack. that should stop the crims. ohh that reminds me I better go and lock the mini.. Its been unlocked for 2 days now out here and shut the roller door :oops: :oops:

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