The 80s cars targetted by thieves
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The 80s cars targetted by thieves
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Re: The 80s cars targetted by thieves
Yep, read that this morning also on the news.
Pathetic and despicable. Low life scum always seem to find new paths in their "career"
Pathetic and despicable. Low life scum always seem to find new paths in their "career"
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Re: The 80s cars targetted by thieves
The thing is -
They have just given a whole load of thieves a new idea for making money.
All I can say is make sure your car has a good alarm, immobiliser and a tracker.
Not much else you can do, other than leave a Pitt Bull on guard in the back seat.
They have just given a whole load of thieves a new idea for making money.
All I can say is make sure your car has a good alarm, immobiliser and a tracker.
Not much else you can do, other than leave a Pitt Bull on guard in the back seat.
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Re: The 80s cars targetted by thieves
Robsey wrote:The thing is -
They have just given a whole load of thieves a new idea for making money.
Yes, normally I'm quite annoyed when they focus on Fords and Vauxhalls are omitted from articles relating to modern classics.
However, this time I'm glad!
Re: The 80s cars targetted by thieves
Yeah it's disgusting, my original sri was taken to rob a post office then given to kids to play in they wrote it off.
I was reduced to tears and a Ford focus,was never the same hence why I'm now part of this site and trying to get one back on the road.
I was reduced to tears and a Ford focus,was never the same hence why I'm now part of this site and trying to get one back on the road.
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If a car thief, for whatever reason, really wants your car then they'll get it somehow but you can slow them down considerably. Remember with the cavs that you can activate the full deadlocks by locking anticlockwise so the key is in the quarter to 3 position. This means that if you tan a window or pull the top of the door out you can't pull up the locks.
Something else I noticed with my own cavy, having kind of worn locks, is that I could open it with my Senator keys, so in effect the more worn the locks are the easier to stick in a flat blade or another key, and open it.
Also noticed the cavy has some not bad anti-theft features like a lip on the downward section at the front of the rear door to stop anyone jimmying the latch open, metal surrounding the rear quarters so that you cant put a screwdriver in between window and body, and shatter the glass, also having rear quarter not on the back door but further back on rear pillar, means you can't reach through it to the back door lock to open it.
Obviously though they did still get nicked by a determined thief with a hammer and screwdriver and knock the lock out however there would have probably been a lot more if it wasn't for those basic features mentioned.
Something else I noticed with my own cavy, having kind of worn locks, is that I could open it with my Senator keys, so in effect the more worn the locks are the easier to stick in a flat blade or another key, and open it.
Also noticed the cavy has some not bad anti-theft features like a lip on the downward section at the front of the rear door to stop anyone jimmying the latch open, metal surrounding the rear quarters so that you cant put a screwdriver in between window and body, and shatter the glass, also having rear quarter not on the back door but further back on rear pillar, means you can't reach through it to the back door lock to open it.
Obviously though they did still get nicked by a determined thief with a hammer and screwdriver and knock the lock out however there would have probably been a lot more if it wasn't for those basic features mentioned.
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Re: The 80s cars targetted by thieves
Vauxhall introduced a lot of those features because of the abysmal record with the previous generation of Vauxhalls. Stolen recovered repairs were an everyday job in the late 80s early 90s in the main dealer.
"No the temperature gauge doesn't work........
we've driven 150 miles today........
the heater went cold last Thursday........
they check the level when it's serviced don't they?"
we've driven 150 miles today........
the heater went cold last Thursday........
they check the level when it's serviced don't they?"
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"Not a joyrider in an Austin Maestro"
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If that was a diesel Maestro, then you could could have been over taken by an electric powered milk float.
They were notoriously slow......
They were notoriously slow......
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Were they not 2.0 TDs - I seen one absolutely tanking up the hill here one day, it wasn't half flying.Robsey wrote:If that was a diesel Maestro, then you could could have been over taken by an electric powered milk float.
They were notoriously slow......
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Probably had strong tailwind that day...cavalier1990 wrote:Were they not 2.0 TDs - I seen one absolutely tanking up the hill here one day, it wasn't half flying.Robsey wrote:If that was a diesel Maestro, then you could could have been over taken by an electric powered milk float.
They were notoriously slow......
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