Thieving scroats!

[Dickie adams]

Just had a nice awakening at 1.20am this morning by the sound of my toad alarm wailing, looked out the window to see some little logger head trying to break into my car. He's knackered the drivers side lock and left a nice scratch on the door, i don't know what he thought he'd achieve as it got a disk lock on aswel, what a teacup! i've made the police aware and im just hoping he comes back to finish the job off as i've got a little supprise waiting for him

[BazR]

Sorry to hear that, could have been worse as I'm sure you know. Shame you didnt get him.

[Dickie adams]

yeah true i dont know what they were gonna achieve though, obviously inexperienced, its alarmed, imobilised, and disk locked, they certainly aint getting that off in a hurry.

how would you go about changing the lock barrel in a coupe is it an easy job?

[agw_01]

Ah bloody hell Dickie, that sucks!

It takes a special type of person to try breaking into a car with a visible disk lock. I take it they were still there while the alarm was going off?

Changing the door lock isn't too bad. Two bolts holding the handle assembly in and then a few rods connected to the door catch/solenoid.

[Dickie adams]

tell me about it, i woke up before the alarm went off as i heard some weird noises as my car is parked right below my bedroom window, as i looked out the window thats when it went off and i started banging on the window, and i've never saw anybody run so fast, this guy would have beat usain bolt .
I've sourced another barrel of P gonna get it today, also im gonna by one of those locks that fit over the hand brake and clamp onto the gear stick just as an extra deterent

[Cableguy]

also im gonna by one of those locks that fit over the hand brake and clamp onto the gear stick just as an extra deterent

Not the most brillaint plan , being as rover gearnobs screw off lol.

[Dickie adams]

also im gonna by one of those locks that fit over the hand brake and clamp onto the gear stick just as an extra deterent

Not the most brillaint plan , being as rover gearnobs screw off lol.

good point, is there anything else out there, deterent wise?

[Cableguy]

Weld two big strips to the disk lock and put a hard core padlock in on the front of it , then add a sticker saying "get that off then"

jobs a goodun.

[Dickie adams]

Weld two big strips to the disk lock and put a hard core padlock in on the front of it , then add a sticker saying "get that off then"

jobs a goodun.

that would certainly work and wire it up to an auxilary battery for an extra suprise

[stigvitesse]

those hand brake looks come with a collar that locks to the gear stick so taking the gear knob off wont help.

[BazR]

Im living out in the arsehole of nowhere here, so it would be a one way trip for any of 'em.

4 legged security officer FTW

[brad]

get a chain run under your pedals and lock it to the stereing wheel that way they cant use break clutch or accelrator

[Big__P]

glad i could help mate just gutted for u that had to come in handy

[shen]

Damn dickie ...

must be the same retards that tried taking Emma's corsa with the disklock clearly visible...

on hers they bent the steering wheel but luckily didn't damage the column itself.

Kiddie car thieves must be a whole lot more stupid these days, I blame the education system

[Dickie adams]

good idea brad with the chain, my mum did a similar thing with her astra years ago and that never dissapeared, the astra was my estates car of choice for joy riding

cheers big P but just have to check something;

Does a N reg rover 216 share the same lock as a L reg 220 turbo, as mine is proving to be more of a pain to extract????????

Shen it must be, the police said that they think they know who it is as 25 cars from the Irish centre have been robbed and they have been see on camera but the pics aint too great, the officer said car crime has increased 10 fold on this estate and there gonna put a few police trap vehicles around the area and increased patrol's, it quietened right down now its going nuts again!! i wanna move its a dump anyhow

[pantxxxxx]

One of these?

[T16COUPE]

when i aint useing mine for a few days i use a heavy duty wheel clamp

[David-Ti]

sorry to hear that.. I've had a similar thing happen to me but when trying to chase someone with your eyes half glued together and whilst in only boxershorts its difficult to catch anyone..

My Ti is garaged with eagle eyes all over it most of the time.

[Dickie adams]

i bought of of those today pantxxxxx once you attach the collar you cant unscrew the gear leaver so doesnt seem that bad really, if i was a theif and i saw a car with a disk lock and a hand brake lock i'd think fooook that i'd be there till next week

I know what you mean david i was stubling round for clothes half asleep tripping over everything time i got the house alarm off and opened the security gate he was long gone, would have been faster to jump out the window and land on him ....that would of caused him some damage

does anybody know if the barrel locks are the same across the 200 coupe range? (sorry if this is a dumb question)

[Cableguy]

Yeah they are the same from all the r8 series mate.

[Dickie adams]

cheers bud, i'll have another look in the morning

[Big__P]

i coulda told u the coupe locks we all the same lol

by the way, my cars M reg not N reg but thanks for makin it a year younger hehe

[agw_01]

Rich, are you just swapping the lock or the whole handle assembly?

I'm not even sure why he went for the door lock. I unlocked my Coupe with a metal rod in about 5 seconds

[Big__P]

Rich, are you just swapping the lock or the whole handle assembly?

he bought the barrel from me n then i just gave him the handle before he left cos im nice like that lol

so i reckon hes changin the whole handle assembly mate

[shen]

Rich, are you just swapping the lock or the whole handle assembly?

I'm not even sure why he went for the door lock. I unlocked my Coupe with a metal rod in about 5 seconds

indeedy..with only a bit of rubber at the top of the pillarless doors it's easy enough to slide something down to lift the lock.
Had to do this myself when keys got locked in a few times

[Dickie adams]

Rich, are you just swapping the lock or the whole handle assembly?

I'm not even sure why he went for the door lock. I unlocked my Coupe with a metal rod in about 5 seconds

Yeah the whole lot matey, hehehehehe these cars are shocking for security, you have to buy an array of aftermarket products just to make it 'ok' rover build quality FTW

oh BTW im going for a new style nightfire red with a black handle its gonna look luuuuuuvly, i'll sort another out later rather it work for now

[agw_01]

Yeah, I didn't know 'keyless entry' came on the options list from Rover

Dickie, that's fine. It'll match your wheels.

[Dickie adams]

Yeah, I didn't know 'keyless entry' came on the options list from Rover

Dickie, that's fine. It'll match your wheels.

i did toy with that idea for five minutes, then i thought how do i get in if something goes wrong.... well the answer to that would be to slip something down the window, defeating the whole premise of de-locking anyway

[shen]

oh BTW im going for a new style nightfire red with a black handle its gonna look absolute crap..especially if I later change my alloys

yeah I agree with that mate..always better to keep the handle colour coded TBH

[Dickie adams]

oh BTW im going for a new style nightfire red with a black handle its gonna look absolute crap..especially if I later change my alloys

yeah I agree with that mate..always better to keep the handle colour coded TBH

oooooh i know mate i'll have to change the alloys on one side of the car as the othersides staying nightfire

[Cableguy]

Just swap the barrel , its only an R clip.

[Dickie adams]

Just swap the barrel , its only an R clip.

it would be nice if i could, but its been chewed up by a screwdriver, looks like he tried to pop the lock out, TBH the bottom of the door is a little rusty and now has a nice 4 inch stratch near the lock where he must have slipped. New nightfire door FTW me thinks

[speedx]

Rich, are you just swapping the lock or the whole handle assembly?

I'm not even sure why he went for the door lock. I unlocked my Coupe with a metal rod in about 5 seconds

indeedy..with only a bit of rubber at the top of the pillarless doors it's easy enough to slide something down to lift the lock.
Had to do this myself when keys got locked in a few times

happened to me, started the car up and me mate shut the door and then clifford decides to lock the doors!

[shen]

Rich, are you just swapping the lock or the whole handle assembly?

I'm not even sure why he went for the door lock. I unlocked my Coupe with a metal rod in about 5 seconds

indeedy..with only a bit of rubber at the top of the pillarless doors it's easy enough to slide something down to lift the lock.
Had to do this myself when keys got locked in a few times

happened to me, started the car up and me mate shut the door and then clifford decides to lock the doors!

lol clifford here too..pretty much same thing happened with me..ohh those clever clifford alarms

[matt077]

some poeple are there needs a good kicking

get a base ball bat ready for the next time mate