Best theft detterent?

[Pappy]

If you have the vehicle garage kept,I would suggest trip wire connected to OC fogger, I saw a web site that sold these systems awhile back and it looked like a great idea .OC= Pepper Spray. Only thing is I would let your family know about it before installing it, You will ruin someones day if not maybe your own if you forgot to deactivate it. Here is a link to one of them.

http://www.defensedevices.com/terminator.html

 

[Pappy]

Here is one for your vehicle,If you ever had been sprayed with this stuff you know what I mean by the worst feeling in the world.I was subject to being sprayed before allowing to carry it on duty as a police officer.

http://www.defensedevices.com/autopepperunit.html

 

[kingman]

Thief Protection!

If a pro wants your car, it's his period.

But if a semi pro wants it, you have a chance. The biggest problem is the damage that can be done by a semi pro.

The garage is the best way to secure it, and the second best is a little sign that say's "protected by Smith and Wesson".

 

[Chas]

park it with a doberman in it!......seriously though, put in a lo-jac......the best at deterent and recovery......no alarm will keep a thief from taking it if he wants it, but with a lo-jac , you get it back after the police find it inside the chop shop .....

 

[cavettefan]

My personal preference would be for GM to offer OnStar as an option for the Corvette. I have a 2001 Denali with OnStar and it is great. Have you ever locked your keys in the car by mistake? With OnStar, you make one telephone call and they remotely trigger the unlock function. Likewise, if the truck were stolen, a telephone call would get the present location down to 10 meters. OnStar works with the nationwide cellular telephone network, so there is less chance that the truck is out of "coverage". LoJack works with a proprietary network; there are significant areas where there is no coverage. The problem is that OnStar is not available for the Corvette. (It may be available for the C6; but not at present for the C5.) Net, net, if LoJack has coverage in the area where you live and plan to use the car, then go for it - LoJack certainly is the next best thing to OnStar.

 

[FlyingFinn]

You could always install The Blaster, a flamethrower device developed in South Africa that shoots six-foot high fireballs from nozzles located under the doors. ad It retails rather cheap at $655.

Regards,
Arto

 

[2000FRC]

In past cars I have installed a simple well hidden switch in the power line to the fuel pump. Also a similar switch in the line that powers the ignition system will work. These will make driving it impossible (if not found), but if the thief flat beds it, then you'll need something a lot more sophicated.:cool

 

[vette-dude]

Just heard this on the news here locally. Apparently car thieves have yet again found a way around the system and steal your car or truck without any effort at all.

The car thieves peer through the windshield of your car or truck, write down the VIN number from the label on the dash, go into the local dealership for that car brand and request a duplicate key for it from the VIN number.

Car dealerships make up a duplicate key from the VIN number, collect payment from the 'customer' who's really a would-be car thief for making up the duplicate key -- the car thief goes back to your vehicle, inserts the key they've just gotten and off they drive with your car or truck.

They don't have to break in, don't have to damage the vehicle and draw no attention to themselves as all they have to do is to walk up to your car, insert the key and off they go to their chop shop with your vehicle!!!

Can you believe it?

To avoid this from happening to you, simply put opaque tape (like a strip of electrical tape, duct tape or medical tape) across the VIN label located on the dash board. You can't remove the VIN number legally under most state laws, so cover it so that it can't be viewed through the windshield by a car thief.

Anyway, feel free to forward this on before some other car thief steals another car or truck like this.

Unbelievable!


Randy

 

[Interceptor430]

Wow...that is hard to believe...but then again, it isn't either since I too have gone by my dealer with the vin number and walked out with a new/spare key for my Truck....
Sadly, the old saying that 'Locks are for honest people...thieves will take whatever they want regardless of what is done' is
99% true.
Heck...somebody wants the Vette bad enough - they'll either steal it...or wait til I'm in it and take it from me.....carjacking happens alot.
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[vettepilot]

RE Vette-Dude's story... I believe the VIN was moved to the top of the dash throughout the automotive industry to help reduce car thefts. Looks like that plan backfired.
Another thing law enforcement prescribes to help prevent car theft, have the VIN etched on the windows of all the glass, this in theory prevents that glass from being used in another vehicle of the same design. But I'm sure professional car theives have figured out how to remove that etching and/or replace it with another.
Seems that we, the law abiding citizens are trying too hard, the professional thieves take what they want anyway.
My position, if they want my car, then they will take it one way or another. I'm already paying for insurance, so I'll have to trust my insurance company to come through if one or more of my cars is stolen. I'm not going to provide more expensive electronics to the thieves by installing additional "anti-theft devices" that they can probably bypass anyway.
Plus, I have always managed (sometimes through luck, other times through careful research) lived in a relatively low crime area. Right now many people in my area don't even bother to lock the doors when they go out, not many can do that and come home to an unmolested house. I imagine someday this area will be like that also as it grows because of development, but for now, it still has that small town flavor.
vettepilot

 

[ROCKETBLOCK]

In past cars I have installed a simple well hidden switch in the power line to the fuel pump. Also a similar switch in the line that powers the ignition system will work. These will make driving it impossible (if not found), but if the thief flat beds it, then you'll need something a lot more sophicated.:cool

I had a highly modified 1985. I had 1 switch to the fuel and 1 switch to the ignition. I still think this is the most effective for the cost.

 

[mvftw]

Since I have a 4 spd Vette, I bought the AutoLock, that locks your clutch pedal. To start the car, the clutch has to be pressed to start the car. I aslo keep it in 1st gear, so it will hard to tow. I know it be bypassed, but Not that EZ...I hope:eyerole. I looked into LoJack, but heard good & bad and at over $800, i'll roll the dice...

 

[CKA_Racing]

Just heard this on the news here locally. Apparently car thieves have yet again found a way around the system and steal your car or truck without any effort at all.

The car thieves peer through the windshield of your car or truck, write down the VIN number from the label on the dash, go into the local dealership for that car brand and request a duplicate key for it from the VIN number.

Car dealerships make up a duplicate key from the VIN number, collect payment from the 'customer' who's really a would-be car thief for making up the duplicate key -- the car thief goes back to your vehicle, inserts the key they've just gotten and off they drive with your car or truck.

They don't have to break in, don't have to damage the vehicle and draw no attention to themselves as all they have to do is to walk up to your car, insert the key and off they go to their chop shop with your vehicle!!!

Can you believe it?

To avoid this from happening to you, simply put opaque tape (like a strip of electrical tape, duct tape or medical tape) across the VIN label located on the dash board. You can't remove the VIN number legally under most state laws, so cover it so that it can't be viewed through the windshield by a car thief.

Anyway, feel free to forward this on before some other car thief steals another car or truck like this.

Unbelievable!


Randy

Just about all the dealerships have caught on to this. All the dealerships up here have letters posted that without proof, no keys can be cut due to these crimes. Also covering the VIN is against the law in VA. But hey who cares. I'd cover it regardless.

 

[warren s]

Many cars have blank spots in the dash or console where an optional switch like active handleing would go, or fog lights. Get the factory switch and use it as a cut off, not many thiefs
would figure on pressing the fog light switch or switching the ride control to sport to start the car. I also used an alarm system without the siren, just as a remote controlled fuel cut off.

Flashing LEDs and sirens let a thief know there is a alarm system there and many consider it a challenge. As for Low-Jack- forget it.
Unless you know that your car is stolen in the first hour, its already in parts by the time you even activate the system.

The club is also a pain for a theif, some dont really want to saw through the wheel to get it off.

Arizona? I would have thought NYC was the car theft capitol. Maybe just the crime capitol.

 

[MorganC5Vette]

The club is also a pain for a theif, some dont really want to saw through the wheel to get it off.

Arizona? I would have thought NYC was the car theft capitol. Maybe just the crime capitol.

So, is "The Club" the answer?:eyerole


Morgan

 

[warren s]

There is no "answer", but it can only help.

 

[kingman]

Theft!!!!!!!!!!

Arizona is close to the Mexican border, Nogales.

The best theft deterrent is keeping it my garage with my shotgun in my closet.

lf a pro wants it, it's his period.

But if you put something stupid on your dash in plain sight, this will make him think, because he never saw it before.

Or could place a picture of a pit bull in your front seat.

Alan

 

[Arcangel224]

Look No Further..Heres the Ultimate Answer

I place a small sign on my dash that reads: "

This Vette is Secured by a BLANK Job Application and a Pen"

LOL..Works like Holy Waterr on a Vampire...hehehehehehe.

Of course if that fails theres always the Glock, Smith, Ruger, C-$ or another note that reads:

Caution..My Mother-In_Law is In The Glovebox....AND SHE HAS CRAMPS".............lol

 

[Cirrus8]

The factory C5 theft deterrent should be sufficient to keep any thief from taking the car by starting it and driving it away. I do not know of any device that will keep a thief from dragging it up on a flatbed and carrying it off. The C5 radio security system should deter theft in that if the radio is taken out of the car, it will self destruct. That will not prevent them from stealing it, but they surely will not be able to use it.

 

[Corvette-Pilot]

Any type of device will be cracked eventually. It is like computer hackers, once one figures it out they all know how to do it. Easy as having someone as a mechanic at a dealer go bad and spill the beans.

I haven't read this entire thread but I am giving the Autolok a try. Theory seems like it sould work. Haven't seen anything yet as to how they get past it. It's strong and way down low so it is hard to work on and leaves the thief very exposed.