On 23/08/2019 12:53, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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MrCheerful wrote:
On 23/08/2019 11:51, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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?


The Thatcham approved steering wheel 'Disc-lock' certainly will slow
them down a lot, and is pretty well protected against an angle grinder.
Coupled with an alarm with pager it will keep away most thieves.

That's the one I was thinking of. Neighbour uses one on their replacement
Disco. ;-) Thanks. Wasn't sure how angle grinder proof it was.


I have a couple of them and took a good look at how an angle grinder
could be used, it would certainly be quite a few cuts and plenty of
levering to get one off, hence the Thatcham certification