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Detachable Steering Wheel, Good Theft Deterrant?

synkro

By synkro,
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Neil Grand Master

Neil

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I think it's a top idea. It would be a great deterrent,,,but not theft proof. Illegal,,,you guy's make me laugh,,,how many of you guys have "Legal" cars? I'll bet none.

Not many scum bags are going to have the replacement wheel to suit the boss and getting that boss off without a puller would be very time consuming and a down right pain in the arse.

As for the airbags,,,please airbag don't save lives,,,.seat belts do. Airbags were only ever invented because lazy bloody yanks won't put seatbelts on.

Half the time they don't go off and the other half they go off after hitting a pot hole.

Neil.

  • 7 months later...
FATAZZ Grand Master

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Where would you put the steering wheel after you take it off? you would have carry it around with you...lol

with the amount of crap or 'accesories' kids carry on them these days,i wouldn't be suprised if it became some new fad.

Cassbo Grand Master

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I think you should just get alarm, immobiliser and insurance, a kill switch if you are paranoid. In the end if someone really wants to steal your car, they can always put it on the back of a flat bed. No removable steering wheel is going to prevent that :P

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GTRsean Grand Master

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LOL!!! good morning.

Insurance is the only way these days. I've been told stories of vehicles keep at secure parking facilities (defence establishment) and still getting stolen, due to the lowlifes being in contact with certain security members in the past.

Guys found out and caught one of the lowlifes one night and made sure they never came back again!

sneakey pete Grand Master

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Removing an essential part of what makes the car start/run seems to be a better option. Of course its not as easy to remove the distributer arm on a skyline since it doesn't have one, but i'm sure there's something else that'd work.

Duncan Grand Master

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unplugging the ignitor will stop it dead and is hard to spot. but seriously....immobiliser....pref with GSM tracking/paging. all my cars get that since the famous "missin nissan"

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