E30 Zone

Ater reading for last couple of months classic cars being stolen what measures have you done to protect your classic .
mine i have just had fitted a cat 1 but was thinking poss something more thoughts guys

got mine secured with a ground anchor & v.v.heavy duty motorbike chain & mahooosive lock wrapped round the propshaft/diff, the ground anchor is buried about 3 - 4ft into the ground with concrete.

couple that to the alarm & cctv i've got.

Remove battery and hidden away......

built a garage , cctv , flood lights, ppl carrier parked across drive gates at night , garage has motion detector hooked up to home alarm, car is alarmed with added kill switch .


mines safe

diable wrote:

slideout318i20 wrote:Remove battery and hidden away......

Car removed on tow truck.

Reminds me better go to the garage and see if mine is still there.

Still there , as if I'd go into great detail on here !

I have just fitted an Alarm to a Tech 1 , the owner insisted I wired it up to the glovebox switch !

I hate car alarms with a passion. The first thing I did when I got my Touring was rip out the alarm and with Dan's help repair the wiring back to how it should be.

I have a couple of well hidden kill switches, a big metal steering lock and it's kept in a locked garage with locked gates in front of the garage with locked cars parked in front of them.

Also got a decent agreed value with the insurance in case any toe rag did nick it.

Thing is, if thieves really want something they will try everything to get it and risk getting battered or completely trash it if they can't!

Anti theft stuff only really buys time.

Unfortunately for me cars are more likely to get nicked from Plymouth as apposed to Bristol (which used to be car theft capital of the country) and I'm closer to Plymouth than I was!!

Make sure you have a proper agreed value insurance policy, shoukd the worst happen at least you will get fair value. I know some e30 sports with £20k agreed value policy, obviously tech1s being more desirable than the tech2. Lol

Living in Jersey FTW!

The keys are in my daily right now. Granted it's in an underground garage

diable wrote:If they want it that badly they will take it including the keys and paperwork to go with the car.

+1

The way the modern stuff gets nicked is scary....

Break in the house nick keys, scare everyone wife kids etc ....

Stuff that....... Insurance can sort out the car theft but it takes a lot more to get family etc to sleep right knowing no ones breaking in again...

I'd still love to catch a car thief, breaking in to my car.... Oh the options!

diable wrote:Thats Mansfield for you eh Steve

i wouldn't know about that

i live out in a little backwater where a few have only just discovered fire while the rest are just learning to walk upright, & no i ain't talking about chesterfield

diable wrote:

steve_k wrote:

diable wrote:Thats Mansfield for you eh Steve

i wouldn't know about that

i live out in a little backwater where a few have only just discovered fire while the rest are just learning to walk upright, & no i ain't talking about chesterfield

You've moved to Iver Heath?

I said a back water, not back of beyond & turn left lol.

Mabsfields not bad at all. Me or my family hasn't had any trouble in the 24 years I've lived here.

My cars in a garage with a padlock. Fairly certain the keys are still in it, thats still there

German Shepherd FTW

Mr mooooooooorres fuel pump fuse blowing trick will hamper the joy riders but stolen to strip for parts has to be locked garage behind other cars.

Steve_k is over he top but I have though about it. Loosening wheel bolts will annoy a joy rider.

diable wrote:They can be poisoned Kos

he won't eat food unless i give it to him and even then i tell him when he can eat it

I live in Norfolk, I doubt anyone could actually find my car to nick.

Sanchez wrote: Steve_k is over he top but I have though about it. Loosening wheel bolts will annoy a joy rider.

might be a bit OT but it works dude, well so far so good,