Landy 90 security query

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capo said:
  • Pedal Lock - not yet
  • gearstick lock - not yet
  • Alarm and immobiliser - not yet / yes
  • CCTV if you have it - no & unlikely! Alert, nosey and noisy doggy at home but the Landy is often parked away from the house.
Looks like I've some security issues to sort...
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At least you haven't gone the whole hog and put a big sign up saying 'nick me'. ;)
 
As you can see from the piccy she's old and tatty - like her owner - and not some expensive looking bling machine. There are much nicer, newer and more valuable ones around here; mine would be classed as a spare parts donor.
No room for complacency though; I've had 6 Landys since my first in the early 1980s but none have been broken into or nicked (touching wood!). I find the 'stealth/sleeper' approach works ...... tip top running gear and engine but leave outside as is!
Anyway, some security work lined up for this weekend.
 
Diskloc
Pedal lock
Bonnet security hinges
Door hinge plates
Bbus sounder relocation cable

All above a minimum i think, yes its a pain but thats the world we live in.

As been said before though its a time factor, hopefully if they see that lot theyll keep walking.
 
I think the key is a mix of things you can see for obvious deterrent and one you can’t see.

If it take them 5mins to find and work out something even if it’s easy to get past it’s done a better job than the disc lock that takes 3mins to get off.
 
All you have to do is make yours slightly harder to nick than one down the street, the crims willy then not bother with the hassle of spending 3 mins chopping a disklok off your motor.

Round my way there is about 5/6 other defenders, a couple **** boxes and a couple of nice new ones - NONE have any security!!!
 
JimS said:
Would a quick release steering wheel slow them down
https://www.landroverdefendersecurity.com/products/momo-quick-release-boss
Or would they just drive it up the road with a mole grip?
Oh hang on they've thought of that
https://www.landroverdefendersecuri...l-swivel-lock-for-quick-release-steering-boss
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Good in theory, the problem with quick release steering is that it pushes the steering wheel closer to you, unless you are a smurf of course then this is not a problem.

I look like a T-Rex stuck in a telephone box when I am driving my 90 as it is, and I have a 14" no boss straight onto column steering wheel :D
 
Hi Guys. Thanks for all the replies (so far). As I say in the OP, I'm afraid that I'm all too aware how apparently easily most vehicles seem to be stollen these days. I was in a brand new, tech-laden Range Rover Sport a year or so back (quite a transition, eh..?) but, despite living in a low crime area, I got very nervous when I started reading reports of the dreaded key cloning, etc. It was one of those that you could just walk up to with the key in your pocket and open - very weird until you get used to it! So I got rid - and pretty much got all my money back as the waiting list was still long enough at the time! But I'm just not 'posh' enough for such things and I felt awkward (and nervous) every time I was in it.

So, enter my lovely 90! Completely tech-free (in comparison) - but seemingly almost as desirable to thieves! I'd like to hang on to it if I can as I'll never replace it if it gets nicked. She was a November '15 build so one of the last ones - waited until March to get her on a '16 plate.

Most of the time, if someone wants to nick a car they're going to get it, no matter what you put in place. All I'm trying to do here is just put them off visually. As I said in the OP, I'd rather that they didn't smash their way in and THEN be presented with obstacles. because it seems that the Great British Public don't always 'get involved' even when they see something very wrong going on....!


 
adrian996 said:
Hi Guys. Thanks for all the replies (so far). As I say in the OP, I'm afraid that I'm all too aware how apparently easily most vehicles seem to be stollen these days. I was in a brand new, tech-laden Range Rover Sport a year or so back (quite a transition, eh..?) but, despite living in a low crime area, I got very nervous when I started reading reports of the dreaded key cloning, etc. It was one of those that you could just walk up to with the key in your pocket and open - very weird until you get used to it! So I got rid - and pretty much got all my money back as the waiting list was still long enough at the time! But I'm just not 'posh' enough for such things and I felt awkward (and nervous) every time I was in it.

So, enter my lovely 90! Completely tech-free (in comparison) - but seemingly almost as desirable to thieves! I'd like to hang on to it if I can as I'll never replace it if it gets nicked. She was a November '15 build so one of the last ones - waited until March to get her on a '16 plate.

Most of the time, if someone wants to nick a car they're going to get it, no matter what you put in place. All I'm trying to do here is just put them off visually. As I said in the OP, I'd rather that they didn't smash their way in and THEN be presented with obstacles. because it seems that the Great British Public don't always 'get involved' even when they see something very wrong going on....!


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It might just be me, but I think you're missing the point about a visual deterrent. Anyone coming to look at your landy with a view to taking will, more than likely, know what they are doing. Just because the have low morals, doesn't mean they will have low intelligence, not about nicking cars anyway. So, they are going to look in your side window. If they see a cr@p wheel lock that they know they can take off in three seconds then they are going to break in and take the landy. If they look in and see a more difficult device to get off, then they just might move on.
 
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The driving factor is the more security the better.

Cat 1 alarms, tracker of some kind, disklok, pedal lock, fuel cut off switches, armoured hinges, CCTV, post on driveway or in front of garage door....all of that little lot and as much more as you can fit and afford !
 
KISSMYAURA said:
leave the transfer knob in neutral, enough to confuse most scumbag thieving parasites.
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I once lent my old series to my mate so he could go pick up a caravan from North Norfolk and was leaving in the middle of the night, he rung at 3 to say the gearbox was broken and needed a tow back to the village as it wouldn't drive in any direction. I rocked up at 05:30, went to put the box in neutral for towing only to find it already was, I swore at him a lot and went home back to bed.

Only mechanically minded people should be allowed near a Land Rover of vintage.
 
dieseldog69 said:
I once lent my old series to my mate so he could go pick up a caravan from North Norfolk and was leaving in the middle of the night, he rung at 3 to say the gearbox was broken and needed a tow back to the village as it wouldn't drive in any direction. I rocked up at 05:30, went to put the box in neutral for towing only to find it already was, I swore at him a lot and went home back to bed.

Only mechanically minded people should be allowed near a Land Rover of vintage.
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Bless him :p
 
dieseldog69 said:
I once lent my old series to my mate so he could go pick up a caravan from North Norfolk and was leaving in the middle of the night, he rung at 3 to say the gearbox was broken and needed a tow back to the village as it wouldn't drive in any direction. I rocked up at 05:30, went to put the box in neutral for towing only to find it already was, I swore at him a lot and went home back to bed.

Only mechanically minded people should be allowed near a Land Rover of vintage.
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Did you get out of bed for him or ya landy? :)
 
Al2O3 said:
Did you get out of bed for him or ya landy? :)
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The Land Rover of course, that twit deserved to sit there & contemplate life. The wife was proper hacked off, silly cow hated that old bus with a passion but was perfectly fine to have me spend my weekends dragging ponies around East Anglia in it when it suited her.
 
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