notsosmall Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Heard this on the news earlier today Here's the BBC report http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/taysid...ral/8216744.stm Link to comment
micra_wrc Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 jings not good hope she's ok. Link to comment
weedman Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Thats bo11oks. My missus drives the scooby regularly - do you reckon I should tell her to keep the doors locked? What do you do? Link to comment
Midnight21 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Thats bo11oks.My missus drives the scooby regularly - do you reckon I should tell her to keep the doors locked? What do you do? My alarm system(toad) locks the doors 10 secs after the car is started.... bit of a pain most times if you forget and close the door(which I have learned not to do!) but suppose it's there for a reason... security! Can't open he attachment just now so don't know the story yet but sounds shocking!! Link to comment
scouk Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 (edited) That's nasty! Society is screw up! (but then we already knew that....Grrrr!) My alarm system(toad) locks the doors 10 secs after the car is started.... bit of a pain most times if you forget and close the door(which I have learned not to do!) but suppose it's there for a reason... security! Can't open he attachment just now so don't know the story yet but sounds shocking!! Yeah I've set mine to lock when the ignition is switched on and doors are closed.. Simple option on the standard sigma alarm which woudl protect against this sort of carjacking, which isn't enabled as standard!!! .. And if a door is open at the time I pretty much always lock them first chance I get.. In the past, for safety in the event of an accident you are advised not to lock your doors, but TBH I'd rather have the added security.. YOu can always unlock the doors again out of town... Edited August 23, 2009 by ScoUK Link to comment
micra_wrc Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 well the RA doesnt have any central locking so my doors are always locked. plus I manually lock my driver door once I get in (usually even before I start the ignition) i like the knowledge that none of the doors can be opened from the outside once my seatbelt is on, heard of a few grab-handbag-and-run stories Link to comment
westtra Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 you can set the standard alarm to lock the doors aswell. Havn't got the manual but it goes along the lines of holding down one of the numbers on the imobiliser keypad for a few seconds. Link to comment
scouk Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 (edited) you can set the standard alarm to lock the doors aswell. Havn't got the manual but it goes along the lines of holding down one of the numbers on the imobiliser keypad for a few seconds. Disarm alarm get in switch on ignition press remote fob button once (while ignition is switched on) Press 4 on the alarm keypad switch off ignition Job done! Doing the same but press 5 on the keypad will disable the auto-lock again.. Similarly 6&7 switches between beeps and no beeps when arming/disarming the system (I have mide beep so I know when I walk away from the car it's armed rather than havign to turn round and look at the flashy indicators.. IIRC EU cars need to have this disabled at point of sale for some sort of regulations, not sure if it's stricly "law" or not, doubt it.. Pressing the * button toggles between quiet and loud beeps for arming/disarming and also door open alert.. (TBH the quiet setting is loud enough, would prefer a sightly queter one (but not silent) Edited August 23, 2009 by ScoUK Link to comment
empty_heed Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 thats shocking news. my friend was car jacked in castlemilk last year the thief left him in the middle of the road at night and took off with his car which had a wheelchair in it, pretty scary stuff. Link to comment
Joe G Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I recon all cars should come with these fitted!! Would soon stop the thieving scum!!! Link to comment
col666 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Just avoid Dundee! Did they not find the car just round the corner after the incident? If so it shows it wasnt because of the car she was driving just a random attack. A friend of mine had a hammer put through her side window while sitting at lights in broad daylight in Dublin last year, thief got away with her handbag but cut himself pretty badly and the cops found the bag close by full of blood and nothing missing! Link to comment
dipsy Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/taysid...ral/8218792.stm .Man charged Link to comment
thefastone Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Actually, when I'm driving through town at night, on union street mainly, or near a lot of drunk people, I do tend to have my doors locked... To many unpredictable monkeys on the go to take the chance... Link to comment
x444wrx Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Pretty serious stuff,hope the womans ok and gets over this give time. I think everybody should take it as a warning its always happening to someone else or your reading about it,but really who knows it could be one of us next. one of my mates pals lost an r32 when a junkie f*%k threated him with a needle.......would you take the chance.too many horror stories LOCK THE DOORS!!!!!! Link to comment
leitchy Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Disarm alarmget in switch on ignition press remote fob button once (while ignition is switched on) Press 4 on the alarm keypad switch off ignition Job done! Doing the same but press 5 on the keypad will disable the auto-lock again.. Similarly 6&7 switches between beeps and no beeps when arming/disarming the system (I have mide beep so I know when I walk away from the car it's armed rather than havign to turn round and look at the flashy indicators.. IIRC EU cars need to have this disabled at point of sale for some sort of regulations, not sure if it's stricly "law" or not, doubt it.. Pressing the * button toggles between quiet and loud beeps for arming/disarming and also door open alert.. (TBH the quiet setting is loud enough, would prefer a sightly queter one (but not silent) hi there i have a 51 plate wrx with a sigma alarm would this work for my alarm cheers Link to comment
scouk Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 hi there i have a 51 plate wrx with a sigma alarm would this work for my alarm cheers Should do.. Worked for my 01 WRX Link to comment
dipsy Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 (edited) Can you mod a inveter to the body work by a switch that will give them a shock of 240 volts Edited August 25, 2009 by Dipsy Link to comment
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