Lock Up Your Cars!

[ossie_21]

I keep my keys in my room as well, in my cap with my wallet & watch. Just get a bit paranoid by how easy it is for people to look into windows, and once the way theives (pricks) steal cars leant towards stealing the keys, I always kept my personal stuff near me.

I also keep half of a broken pool cue next to my bed, never know when you have to break out with some vigilante stylez..................

off topic, but Topaz do you have a 32 or 33?? I seen a nice black 33 with a stealth spoiler & fmic at the shops in Bentley (or near the tafe & uni anyway), your avatar looks pretty much the same. I also noticed an unmarked cop car come in behind it, turned out to be 2 ladies of the law on a lunch break.

[G0DF4Th3R]

Too bad the cops don't have enough manpower to deal with these thefts.. not when there are hoons out there!!

Sorry for your loss Hicks, that was one hot S15. Luckily your insured, time for new project perhaps?

[Topaz]

off topic, but Topaz do you have a 32 or 33??

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I have a GMG 32...avatar and signature

[Driver]

I have a shiny metal pole with hand grip next to my bed - just incase

If you got a big scary dog that kills everything, put they keys around its collar heh

[dr00]

you dont even need a scary dog. dogs will wake up from the slightest noise out of the ordinary. my dog will sleep through a whole morning of me getting ready for work but if theres a tap in the middle of the night hes 100% alert and working out what made it. when they get tense it tends to wake you up as well.

hes also built like a mack truck and has jaws like a bear trap, which helps.

[kermit]

had my garage open for about 5 mins yesterday and went out back to the shed. as i was coming back through the house i heard my car door alarm sensor and then the alarm went off. ran through the house to the garage but other than door being ajar nothing was touched. car was locked and alarmed but window was open so i guess they reached through to unlock the door and were scared off went the alarm went off. the door was only open 5 mins and someone wanted the car, i couldnt beleive it. the other car has the keys left in it all the time , they could have that one, its insured.

kermit

[Hicks]

Yeah its fkn unbelievable.

[2hype]

The other option is for a pin code pad near the ignition for your car. you need the pin code to start the car even with the keys in the ignition.

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Umm I actually had one of those PIN code alarm installed in my RX7. Same as the ones in the WRX, but after one night of heavy drinking with the boyz...I couldn't remember my code.... naturally, big dramas followed!

I guess my tips on car security is to have a quality alarm system installed by a professional and if possible keep the car in a lock up garrage. Also, as previously stated, keep the keys in a safe place where it is not obvious to other people.

Cheers

[ix9]

F*ck thats gay man

Yesterday a friendly neighbour came over to have a chat with me, as they'd had goons jumping over fences and gates in my apartment block looking into all the cars windows on Tuesday night Just when you think your car is safe in a garage you've got it all wrong!

Thieves suck, I know I sleep with my keys for security!

[Lezzare]

The other option is for a pin code pad near the ignition for your car. you need the pin code to start the car even with the keys in the ignition.

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How much approx to get this feature?

I'm getting real paranoid. It recently hit me that I do not know that how many ppl (mechanic, friends, previous owner) could have a set of my keys.

[shmiddy]

How much approx to get this feature?

I'm getting real paranoid. It recently hit me that I do not know that how many ppl (mechanic, friends, previous owner) could have a set of my keys.

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mate i think www.jaycar.com.au have them, dont know how good they are but i have seen them there,

they also have some good security items there, such as door alarms for sheds really cheap and loud i got one, it can also be used as a trip wire, so you place one magnet thing on one side of garage and the other on the otherside, and if anyone walks up your driveway into your garage, bang it goes crazy, i guess if ya got cats ect ect would be a pain but i guess if u put it knee hight would be ok, i wouldnt mind wakin up once in a blue moon for the sake of savin my ride.. espeacly out here in wycombe were there are alot of native australians

[Kyles]

The only thing that I worry about, If i have my purse and my keys in my room, will they come into my room looking for them. A good thing to do is leave a dud set on the kitchen bench or somthing with an empty purse/wallet.

[Driver]

hope insurance isnt giving u troubles.

[33Spec2]

yeh had my house broken into and ransacked while i was sleeping only thing they took were keys but 2 the wrong car so sucked in 2 them!

[philta]

if they are after ur car, just keep ur keys near u, ul be qite surprise how many ppl leave their keys on the kitchem table etc, just keep the keys safe, thats all it matters.

[Links]

Because of things like this I had a Brant system fitted to mine which includes the keypad.. ppl complain about entering the pin.. I say for the 3 seconds it takes me, I don't care - if that's the difference between a thief looking and walking away - or smashing my window and f**king up the interior i'll do it..

cost around $900 for the brant system - yes I know they are in receivorship/not around - however there are some private guys who are still putting them together and installing them..

or you can get the just cars one which pretty much does the same thing - however I think it could be easy to get around rather than the brant one is all wired in together..

have managed to set my alarm off 3 times so far - the sonic speakers make it very uncomfortable when in the car if it goes off - they hit you at a particularly nasty pitch..

that and i've got 2 sliding latches on my garage that can only be opened from the inside..

Sad fact is - if someone wants your car bad enough.. they'll get it..

i'd recommend keeping your keys within your bedroom within reach.. and hide the spares.. in a safe or something..

[Hicks]

Umm I actually had one of those PIN code alarm installed in my RX7. Same as the ones in the WRX, but after one night of heavy drinking with the boyz...I couldn't remember my code.... naturally, big dramas followed!   

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Ha ha, thats somethin that'd happen to me.

[ossie_21]

Because of things like this I had a Brant system fitted to mine which includes the keypad.. ppl complain about entering the pin.. I say for the 3 seconds it takes me, I don't care - if that's the difference between a thief looking and walking away - or smashing my window and f**king up the interior i'll do it..

cost around $900 for the brant system - yes I know they are in receivorship/not around - however there are some private guys who are still putting them together and installing them..

or you can get the just cars one which pretty much does the same thing - however I think it could be easy to get around rather than the brant one is all wired in together..

have managed to set my alarm off 3 times so far - the sonic speakers make it very uncomfortable when in the car if it goes off - they hit you at a particularly nasty pitch..

that and i've got 2 sliding latches on my garage that can only be opened from the inside..

Sad fact is - if someone wants your car bad enough.. they'll get it..

i'd recommend keeping your keys within your bedroom within reach.. and hide the spares.. in a safe or something..

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I read a good article in ASM a while back, you might have heard it, but this is what happened anyway. The former editor of the magazine had a GTR (r33 I think) he was going to sell, and the insurance ran out. Because he was going to sell it & kept it in garage he didn't renew, and then one night decided to take it & get some KFC. Long story short, ended up nearly getting carjacked after his car was hit from behind by a stolen wrx, and the brant alarm & keypad saved him from having a 45k loan for an empty space in his driveway. He said if he was insured he would have just given them the keys instead of running away, chased with a baseball bat & axe, and hit by a car.

[MaxAction]

We are the agents for the brant system here in Perth and even though brant has gone into receivership, things are looking up now. Yes we lost a lot of $$$ when they went bang, as we did a lot of installs for them in WRX's etc.

Anyway, we can now help again with the brant keypad system and/or alarm systems. We also have other keypad immobiliser and alarm systems from different manufacturers, which you may want to consider. Just today I received a new system also with keypad, which can be added to any alarm system. One of the options on that is a interface, which will call/SMS your mobile. Then you can send an SMS back to the system in the car and cause it to do certain functions (up to 3 different functions possible). This system was designed mainly to go with the latest factory alarm systems in Holden and Ford, but can be adapted to go with any alarm and possibly even without an alarm, just in case you want to send a SMS to your boat to switch on the fridge, so that the beers are cold when you get there ;-)

If there is any interest let me know and we can talk.

Norbert

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