Series 3 How best to secure & immobilise a Series 3 petrol?

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Castor

Castor

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What's the best strategy for securing and immobilising a tin-top?
I'm planning on bolting a few quids worth of upgrades into it and I'd rather nobody nicked it!

Ta!
 
Almost impossible to stop a determined thief. You only have to look in the stolen section to see that and most of them are more advanced than a series.
I have added numerous things to slow them down in a vane hope they may give up but most of my security is home designed and as cunning as I can make it. They seem to bypass high street gear within weeks of it hitting the street.
That and mine is s crap tip so they walk past it.
 
That explains those rings. Steering lock that covers the centre. If its outside on your drive then a ground anchor/chain (and a large flag on the dash so you don't drive off with it locked!). Our neighbour has a locking steel pole in-front of their new van. Fuel taps work well - oldskool; can't be hacked with a laptop.
 
This is the best strategy I´ve founded.....

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:(buy a Freelander 1 and use that as a extra security lock to. Might get a lot of gay hairdressers asking but that will keep your average thieves at bay.
 
Castor said:
Thanks - very kind, but I'm more concerned about when out and about. ......
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I think theft is less of a problem in public places, most seem to be stolen when they are parked up at night.

Also, Series are less prone to theft than Defenders, because the parts are of much lower value.
 
Steering lock that covers the whole centre like a discloc. Mine had a padlock and chain to a large ring on the floor, effective but so annoying I took it out.
 
Are Series landys a big target? Most thefts are Defenders and other more recent models. I'd thought a 30 plus years old landy would be a challenge to a landy thief;

- cantankerous starting;

- slow to warm up

- impractical to move without engine power

- older controls and switches etc.

It's true there's plenty stories of theft, I'm lucky to live in the country and have secure off street parks.
 
I hope we have passed "peak series" when it comes to theft. Series are now old but our problem is they they strip easily for parts and some parts (ie petrol engines) are getting serious money. But like you I can't see a series getting stolen to drive. There are still people who steal anything first then work out what they have later. I feel more at home in the town than the country, no one in towns knows what a series is or wants one.
 
^^^^^^^ I do that. have had the odd senior moment when I forget and wonder why it doesn't go :D


pedal locks, handbrake locks, hidden switch in the ignition circuit,

as mine is an old diesel I have also flipped the spring off the engine kill flap so it stays shut and will therefore crank but not start.
 
Turboman said:
I think theft is less of a problem in public places, most seem to be stolen when they are parked up at night.

Also, Series are less prone to theft than Defenders, because the parts are of much lower value.
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I think your right about out and about, thefts are likely targeted and will be focussed on somewhere where the vehicle is often - I.e home or work
 
I do think there's a lot to be said for a ground anchor, a lot of the guys with valuable motobikes use them. When there was a spate of classic Mercs getting stolen (they were caught eventually) they were using a recovery truck in broad daylight, wearing Merc overalls and lifting them off the drives. No one was reporting anything suspicious. I beleive they were caught by tracing the parts going for export and working back to their depot, they were never caught in the act of vehicle stealing.
 
Yep! I frequently pick up cars where there is no key available, or the key has been left where I can find it. Recovery truck, Recovery jacket - never once have I been asked for id, for owner's permission, etc. White coat syndrome! :D
 
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