"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Mate has just had his brand new camper van stolen from outside his house.
Luckily, it has a tracker, and they located it about 3 miles away. Lots of
damage done to the electrics and so on. But they obviously managed to
drive it away, without the keys. So much for immobilisers.

Would a crook lock thingie or wheel clamp have made any difference in
these days of battery angle grinders?

That might well depend on whether there were any more
vulnerable camper vans, or equivalent targets around for
the thieves to steal instead.

That then depends on how wide an area the thieves case
before deciding on which one to nick. Your mate's might
have been identified as a target days or weeks ago as a
result of the thieves scanning a wide area.

Although from the damage you describe, and the fact that
it was recovered might suggest its not only canper vans
they target

If the van's left standing for any length of time then its
advisable to disconnect the battery in any case. So no
driving away. Although a visible deterrent clamp or
crooklock would help. They'd probably think twice about
ransacking a van outside somebodies house (potentially) because
of the noise and their being caught bang to rights
inside the van.

michael adams

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