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Car security

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  • 20-04-2007 10:53pm
    #1
    Mr. Presentable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,496 ✭✭✭


    What's the best discouragement I can fit to my 2004 Golf GTI to keep joyriders from nicking it? In a driveway without locking gates.

    Alarm
    Immobiliser
    Yellow thingie on the steering wheel
    remove the badge

    All suggestions welcome


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    Altreab
    Registered Users Posts: 667 ✭✭✭Altreab


    nipplenuts wrote:
    What's the best discouragement I can fit to my 2004 Golf GTI to keep joyriders from nicking it? In a driveway without locking gates.

    Alarm
    Immobiliser
    Yellow thingie on the steering wheel
    remove the badge

    All suggestions welcome


    Park it beside an EVO 8 with keys left in ignition :D:D


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    mloc123
    Registered Users Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    Its not the type of car that joyriding scumbags will steal. The way I see it...

    Joy riders go for performance jap imports and older performance cars, they have no factory alarm or imobiliser and are easy to get into and hotwire. They're not gonna break into your house and steal the keys when they could just go to the next estate and get a type r integra, silvia etc.. alot easier.

    Then there are the stolen to order cars. Typical method would be to break into your house, take the keys and drive it off. They go for high priced performance cars, mk5 golf gti being a great example.

    So I guess you havea couple of options, the yellow lock on the wheel is pointless imo. I'd put more time into securing your house, if you have double glazing make sure the panes of glass cannot be removed without setting off the alarm, hide the keys when your going to bed...


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,148 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Anything that is likely to talk a while to open such as bollards or chains are a good deterrent.
    Have some kind of manual fuel pump override installed.
    Maybe get a tracker installed also for quick recovery.


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    Tipsy Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭Tipsy Mac


    Personally I believe once the car is fairly new the bog standard immobilizer is all you need once it's insured, if it's robbbed it's robbed, nothing you can do unless you work the the ERU or something and keep firearms at home and are comfortable shooting to kill.


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