Car could have disappeared last night

I used a chain and 3 padlocks a few years back on a Ford Cosworth. Locked the end link to the clutch pedal, then to the brake pedal and pulled it tight and put the last padlock through the chain and the seat belt mount. Was a bit of a pain but hoped it would be enough of a deterrent. Seemed to work. Car was never touched.

It's sad, that we even have to talk about this.

Knew a guy who kept a crossbow under his bed but that's another story !!

gjoconnor92 wrote: If I remember rightly Saabs of old did not have a steering wheel lock but a gear lever lock. Also in ye olden days I don't know if such a product is still available, there was a handbrake to gear lever lock. That's my tuppence (2.54c)

Also a load of rubbish I have seen these been broken of like twigs and if someone saw this on a car they would start laughing at your attempt at security. The gear lock would be handy but with if they had your keys it would be worthless also, the only thing is an immobliser that can be activated when they get your car down the road and when the car slows down or comes to a stop the engine cuts out and the alarm sounds and the car is useless. Seen this on an E46 M3 where they took the keys and got up to 100mph before they came to a junction and the owner activated the system and the car was going nowhere    

Niall

I was more illustrating the point that something to "lock" the clutch pedal had already been done than holding the original krooklock out as a state of the art anti-theft device!

But, its a simple concept that could easily be brought up to date with current lock and steel technologies.  Just trying to help UJM3 with his new business idea!

UJM3 wrote: Dunno why nobody as invented something to lock the clutch pedal to the floor, wouldn't get very far if ever if they managed to start it.

I might be betraying my age here, but if I recall, this was the approach of the original Krooklock, a U shaped hook around the clutch pedal and the rim of the steering wheel (like the diagram below, if it has pasted OK).

Figure 10 Krooklock®-type movement inhibitor.

Best I had was a couple of young lads messing with my car a few years ago.  It was parked at the end of an access only road at the back of my flat.  I heard them outside and went out - the first thing they knew about it was when they heard the slide being being pulled on a replica gun I had on loan from an antique militaria dealer!

You've never seen 2 guys do the 100 metres so fast - Ben Johnson had nothing on them!  Also, didn't need to buy fertiliser for a month!!!

Richie wrote: a spike will shoot up from beneath the seats implaing you there while it drives you to the nearest Garda station by itself.

I think Richie I would be bringing it up to the mountains and throwing him out up there and let him scream in agony like the scum he is cause nobody would hear him