Someone tried to steal my Ruby!

After talking to an auto electrician today, I thought I should warn people that my 1998 Disco 300tdi Auto was tampered with while parked up in Poole town centre, with the intention that I would leave it there and then the thrives would return late at night and have her away!
I parked her up in Disabled parking bays behind the bus Station in Poole at 6.30pm, when I returned to it at 9pm it wouldn't start. (It's a landy, my first thought was that I had looked at her wrong, not theft)
She was completely dead, and red immobiliser light wasn't on, tried locking and unlocking, jiggling the gear selector (it's an auto) but nothing. So I called breakdown. Man arrived who was not very familiar with Disco's but decided that I needed a starter motor.... anyway, after faffing about looking on his pda, he found 2 wires not connected to anything near to the starter motor. 1st wire he attached blew the 60amp slowblow ignition fuse, so he decided it probably wasn't that one connected the other one, swapped the fuses around as he didn't have a spare, and got it started, followed me home and parked her up on the driveway.
Husband was most concerned about the fuse, and ended up getting a couple from eBay.
The red immobiliser light has been out since then, but she won't start up now if you have only just parked up. Husband discovered that the ignition relay is getting really hot so has to get the electrics guy to come and have a look at her.
I naively didn't think that disco's were theft targets, just the proper Series and Defender type Land Rovers.

Hope you've got it all sorted out now.

As you were in the home town of the 'Swimmer-canoeists', might it not be an idea to make friends with one or two of them?

You could possibly put a PMPT sticker on your windscreen to deter the would-be's!

You could possibly put a PMPT sticker on your windscreen to deter the would-be's![/QUOTE]

Hi
Half sorted, she needs some wiring and relays replacing, but as he is doing it at 'mates rates' may take a while

Am probably being really thick, buy what is PMPT?

"Per Mare Per Terram" and their screen badge is the Globe surrounded by a Laurel wreath, with the whole lot topped off by a crown with a dog sitting on it.

However, you might be better off with the 'Sneakies' (who don't actually exist!) whose motto is, "Not by strength, by guile"

You can generally find them around the ATURM

Will have a word with my mates marine husband then, thanks.

Have been on Landy Watch and ordered sky tag stickers. Hopefully thief types aren't tall enough to see the back of a disco roof.

Need to look into another immobiliser thing too, as this one is fried. :banghead:

Can't cope with another theft to declare on insurance renewals