springersrolla Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 (edited) hey lads over at a mates place, went to leave and walked outside, no little corolla in the driveway, they'd pushed it down the street tried to start it, bunnyhopped a few times, broke a key or something in the ignition, absolutey yanked the head unit out and piss bolted, now I'm left with a broken barrel, might have a broken steering lock, and an unusable car till i get the ignition sorted again, lucky that I'm only missin cd player and a broken barrel and not the whole car, what do u guys do to prevent this shit, steering wheel braces are shit cause there easy to break, i will put a kill switch in it tomorrow but anything u can think of? whos had luck with solex locks, ive been told u just pop them out with a screwdriver if u try. i hope these pin dick f@$kwits who tried to flog it get some proper karma, like STDs and such. Edited August 18, 2009 by springersrolla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Instigator Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Shits rough man but at least you still got your car. I've had 2 grands worth of stereo gear ripped off out of my first car (heart breaking when you're a 17yo) and almost $2k worth of motorbike gear plus a video camera stolen out of my first ke70 from my old works so called secure car park by some junkie scum. Hope they DIAF along with your guys. My advice is to invest in a top quality alarm. I know a lot of us are into your Rollas because they're cheap but it's money well spent IMHO. Paging technology is the way to go these days, GPS tracking is pretty close to being dead. I bought a Rhino RAM V2 from eBay a few weeks ago for $165 delivered. :) Haven't installed it into my daily yet but depending on how involved it is I'll probably be getting another one for my other car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Yeah I hope all such people die in a fire! In the good ol' days they would hang a horse thief, dunno why we stopped... Still, you didn't lose the whole car- an alarm helps heaps if you're nearby, and a kill switch slows them down a minute until they find it or re-route it. The steering bar things just say "Hey I'm difficult, try the car next door without one..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolla Newbie Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Still, you didn't lose the whole car- an alarm helps heaps if you're nearby, and a kill switch slows them down a minute until they find it or re-route it. The steering bar things just say "Hey I'm difficult, try the car next door without one..." A mate of mine used a steering lock in his car. He never had a key for it so it was never locked but it was never even broken into for loose change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuzzo Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Chain it to something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KENut Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 My Corolla has a chain mounted beside the centre console so the gear lever can be locked in 4th or reverse. Probably only stops the little punks taking it cos they can't stop laughing at it.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 ^ lol alarms are worthless, only time they are good if your near the car. if car alarms go off people just think it accidently went off i just got a hidden switch for my fuel pump that i use daily and if I'm leaving my car out for a night or something i take my ecu with me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36panvan Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Ive got an alarm system and immobiliser in the car and before that a hidden kill switch and club lock. Never had any problems, other than the occasional carpark ding ;) (inconsiderate c@nts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killa13b Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 i hate them little thefing fuks, but the best thingis a alarm and then i base bat near ur front door of ur house then run out whenu hir somthing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kebin[RL] Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 All you need is a flashing light in the dash to trick the dumb little shits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiahn Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 just got a hidden switch for my fuel pump that i use daily and if I'm leaving my car out for a night or something i take my ecu with me HAHAHA mr bean style, i like it. lucky they didnt break more things like windows and whatnot, still they deserve to be strung by their genitalia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seabiscuit Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Flashing light is a good idea. Along with what I believe to be the best deterrent is the old steering lock. If the kind of people that steal cars see it, they won't want to go to the trouble to get around it. A bit of a wild idea... My friend wants to hook up an alarm with 2 HOUSE ALARMS installed ;) If they get in your car, they won't want to be in there for any more than half-a-second! Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappo12 Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 take the rotar button out for the time being just don't lose it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidsharpe Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Yeah thats what my brother always used to do with his rolla. take the rotor button out. it only takes a second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke70dave Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 All you need is a flashing light in the dash to trick the dumb little shits unfortunately from personal experience, i know that this doesnt work. back end of year 12 had my little mazda 323, with not the best stereo but it was my pride and joy. with a nice little flashing LED on the dash. came on whenever the ignition was turned off. some little 14yr old punk (that they caught), broke in stole all my stereo gear and few other random items. and the only way they couldnt steal the car was because i had a steering lock on it. so they just let the handbrake off and pushed it into my fence. oh yeah i was asleep like 30m away from it too.... to the original poster, unlucky mate! but luckily you still have the car. and luckily corolla parts are cheap to replace. btw what kind of car was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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