electrical and ignition Quick Tip: Keep Your Car From Getting Stolen

[Fatherof3]

This has been talked about a lot but love this first one, more fun than taking the rotor out

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zbC6T6sfZM

 

 

 

[conkitchen]

Wish I had thought of that before this happened to me last March. Yeap, that's me in the video. 

 

 

Edited October 5, 2016 by conkitchen

[69NEWCLASSNH]

9 minutes ago, conkitchen said:

Wish I had thought of that before this happened to me last March. Yeap, that's me in the video. 

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zbC6T6sfZM

Are you Stacey?

[conkitchen]

3 minutes ago, 69NEWCLASSNH said:

Are you Stacey?

As in Keach? 

[69NEWCLASSNH]

17 minutes ago, conkitchen said:

Wish I had thought of that before this happened to me last March. Yeap, that's me in the video. 

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zbC6T6sfZM

Are you Stacey?

HAHA you're the guy in the video?

 

Edited October 5, 2016 by 69NEWCLASSNH

[Mike Self]

Even easier--drive a stick shift car...most young thieves won't get 30 feet before they stall it multiple times and give up in frustration.  Or they may not even try if they see three pedals!

 

mike

[69NEWCLASSNH]

ohh I didn't see the embedded video.. thought we had a famous automotive TV personality on the forum

[conkitchen]

1 minute ago, 69NEWCLASSNH said:

ohh I didn't see the embedded video.. thought we had a famous automotive TV personality on the forum

Ha! I'm barely infamous here.

I do believe the regular TV personalities that troll the site only do so when the content (Ala BMW 2002) directs them here. We have seen Ed China (Wheeler Dealers) Dana Mecum's son and the likes of them auction circuit types. 

Figure we are too low brow for anything above casual Entertainment Pimping. 

 

but what do I know

[pklym]

If you can't activate from your seat, you probably will only use it for long storage. While wiring for my engine swap we installed a hidden switch to cut off the fuel pump. I can also cut the power in the trunk but then i'll lose my precious radio presets. (Oh, and a club).

[TobyB]

Hey, that show is one of the few 'gearhead' shows that doesn't make me projectile vomit!

(and yes, I cannot believe for one second that that's really his own hair.)

He actually gets his hands dirty, breaks things, and works on old cars.

 

The Club beats riding down the street backwards on your own hood.... in your own hood...

 

t

 

[2002Scoob]

My plan this winter, in addition to a Momo Prototypo, is a Quick-release Hub. Once I get outa this mess this winter with my mechanic and she's running, I plan on doing plenty of bumming around Europe with her. And leaving her without a steering wheel for sure will confound anybody without a flat-bed.

 

 

[xferboy]

In Canada, we befreind a family of house hippos and let them live in the car.  Extremely loyal, and are extremely protective of their environment.

 

[Simeon]

5 hours ago, 2002Scoob said:

My plan this winter, in addition to a Momo Prototypo, is a Quick-release Hub. Once I get outa this mess this winter with my mechanic and she's running, I plan on doing plenty of bumming around Europe with her. And leaving her without a steering wheel for sure will confound anybody without a flat-bed.

 

 

 

You want to get to the point (particularly in some places in Southern Europe) where you can effectively leave your car unlocked and let them rifle through the car without smashing it open. Vast majority are just looking for something to sell and not necessarily a car. 

 

Dont leave anything in the car, certainly not in sight and probably not where it's only protected by glass. 

[jimk]

You can do like an acquaintance that had a cargo van, always left the keys in the ignition, doors unlocked.  Nobody would touch the van, cause he would use it to haul hogs to market!

[2002Scoob]

Yep, quite aware of such things. 

55 minutes ago, Simeon said:

You want to get to the point (particularly in some places in Southern Europe) where you can effectively leave your car unlocked and let them rifle through the car without smashing it open.

 

Yup, I often took this approach when I lived in the Ghetto in Cleveland during college. Was much better to leave doors ajar and find your glovebox rummaged through than to pay for new windows. But, especially with old cars you always risk them hot-wiring it. 

 

In addition to my Steering wheel solve, I've got two fuel-pump cutoff switches, one of which is hidden, and there's also the Inertia switch you can give a hard thump to trigger a triple-stop. Worst case scenario they get as far as the fuel left in the bowls and putter out.