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Bart
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29th Apr 05 at 06:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i left the car up mother in laws all week (been using the misses car), i went to pick it up today and someone has rammed a screwdriver into my lock (i only have one lock on the rivers side) and removed the lock.

They didnt get in (perhaps the clifford alarm deadlocks it?), perhaps they noticed the alarm, or it went off, i dont know, but im glad they didnt get in.

Gonna pop off to vaux to get a rear door handle to cover the drivers side now.
No locks except the boot.

little fockers
leeshez
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corsa5dr
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29th Apr 05 at 07:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Where was it parked mate? Outside your flat?
Bart
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29th Apr 05 at 07:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no, outside mother in laws, up at paulton.
Bart
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29th Apr 05 at 07:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
out of an Aston martin DB7, BMW 6 series, BMW Z4, BMW X5, Audi TT and a MG ZR, they pick my fookin vectra.

rah
mav
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Skipz
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Location: Falkirk: Drives:nothing but gettin another Corsa
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29th Apr 05 at 08:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Bart
out of an Aston martin DB7, BMW 6 series, BMW Z4, BMW X5, Audi TT and a MG ZR, they pick my fookin vectra.

rah


they must have thought it was an easy picking If i was gonna nick one of those cars I'd take my chance with the Veccy aswell!! no doubt the rest have trackers seeings as they are pretty expensive motors with exception to the MG ZR they probably looked at that and thought it wasnt much of a challenge

[Edited on 29-04-2005 by h18_oab]
Bart
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29th Apr 05 at 08:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yer.
and i guess it didnt help i left my CD face plate on :/
top of the range alpine
V-Man
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29th Apr 05 at 08:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the chavs who done my car bent the top of the door down to get in, then had the courtesy to bend the door back as best they could when they left, fcukin it even more. left the HU as the face was locked in the glove box, they couldnt get in it
Skipz
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29th Apr 05 at 08:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Probably what attracted them... although if the bastards had any brains they would have known how to take the MG I know how to get into one easily but i feel i shouldnt share my knowledge on a public forum
Richie
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29th Apr 05 at 08:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
there was more chance of there being knickable stuff in ur car than all the others
Bart
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29th Apr 05 at 08:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Richie
there was more chance of there being knickable stuff in ur car than all the others


Yer.
Gonna try and fix down my sub now.
My Amp is screwed well down
Bart
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29th Apr 05 at 08:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
does anyone know if the clifford alarm is likely to deadlock the car?
Richie
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29th Apr 05 at 08:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Only if it double pulses the arm wire, but you can use the original remote alongside it i think.

[Edited on 29-04-2005 by Richie]
Bart
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wouldnt have thought so :/
Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by Richie
Only if it double pulses the arm wire, but you can use the original remote alongside it i think.

[Edited on 29-04-2005 by Richie]


yeah, i did this once when the alarm was playing up once.
i think i managed to lock it (probably dead lock it) and when i unlocked the car with the key fob it never actually unlocked it fully

Just off to vaux now to get a replacement back door handle (has blanking plate for lock) to swap it over.
the least i have now is a fcuking gage where they've worked the screwdriver under the handle

[Edited on 29-04-2005 by Bart]
Sam
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29th Apr 05 at 23:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My mate locked his keys in his Pug 106 earlier this arvo, he was thinking of smashing a window to break in, then he saw some passing chavs and asked them how to break in, they chatted bollocks to him, so in the end, he managed to break in using some wire or something through the rubber bit on the door where the glass is, says it took him about 7 seconds to do...

He says he's now worried about the (lack of) security on his car!
Drew
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29th Apr 05 at 23:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by h18_oab
quote:
Originally posted by Bart
out of an Aston martin DB7, BMW 6 series, BMW Z4, BMW X5, Audi TT and a MG ZR, they pick my fookin vectra.

rah


they must have thought it was an easy picking If i was gonna nick one of those cars I'd take my chance with the Veccy aswell!! no doubt the rest have trackers seeings as they are pretty expensive motors with exception to the MG ZR they probably looked at that and thought fuck if we crash it, we cant get any parts for it


harsh
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30th Apr 05 at 19:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Similar thing happened to my prelude, cept the twat who tried to break in put the screwdriver/knife/crowbar between the door and the panel, and tried to jimmy it open. cut the door, and left a dent in the pannel. didnt get in, must of been a novice if the thought that would work ....unless it was just vandilism.

Oh and i reckon they picked the vectra, because they're quite common, and cops wouldnt notice it straight away, not like with the db7 anyway.
Bart
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30th Apr 05 at 21:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well, ive replaced the handle now. just left with a gauge where they tried to get in.
im a bit more relaxed now atleast
Twiggy
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30th Apr 05 at 21:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I have still got a key for my old saxo!!! Its been seen locally aswell!
Robbo
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1st May 05 at 08:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Sam
My mate locked his keys in his Pug 106 earlier this arvo, he was thinking of smashing a window to break in, then he saw some passing chavs and asked them how to break in, they chatted bollocks to him, so in the end, he managed to break in using some wire or something through the rubber bit on the door where the glass is, says it took him about 7 seconds to do...

He says he's now worried about the (lack of) security on his car!
My dad dis the same with my 106 when he was using it, asked soime fasctory workers an they did the exact same :S
Shane
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1st May 05 at 09:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by h18_oab
Probably what attracted them... although if the bastards had any brains they would have known how to take the MG I know how to get into one easily but i feel i shouldnt share my knowledge on a public forum


its called a brick

 
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