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A recent thread on security included kill switches, relays, fuel shutoffs, locks, coil wire removal, rotor removal, steering wheel removal, battery shutoff, and perhaps some other suggestions.
Has anyone tried this?
http://www.gpsonsale.com/vehicletrackin ... /index.htm
Although a bit pricey it seems intriguing.
Any thoughts?
Linda
68 1600

Is that similar to lo-jack?

There's another device similar to it, that you can call with a cell phone and it shuts off the ignition. It won't restart until you call the number again.

Don't know the name offhand, but it's VERY popular with used car dealers. But they'll never tell you they installed one...

That sounds like a good theft protection system. Except if someone, even a thief, was driving and you shut off the ignition it could be dangerous. seems like there would be some liability, but maybe not if car dealers use them.
Would like to find out more about that system.
Linda
68 1600

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I guess it would depend on how likley the car is to get stolen. For Linda, it is a definate possability. Liability wise, what's the chance the thief would file a police report....or even know why the car stalled.
"I stole this car the other day, and just as I was pulling out of a parking space, the owner had the audacity to kill the ignition!! I feel my civil rights were violated, and I was very scared, and might require years of therapy."

Would be great, call the police, tell them where to look, and then shut it off while the police are behind them. I would have to get a copy of the police car's on board video for that one.

I still like the stun gun inside the drivers seat bottom cushion. Could wire it to a pager, reach out and shock the *%&$(# out of someone. Accidental activation could be a problem though.

In reality, you could have the ignition kill on a 30 second or 1 minute delay after starting if it isn't shut off by you. This way they are out in traffic and stall. Most thieves will abandon the car at that point. Could also hook to the horn and hazard lights when the ignition shuts off. That's how the carjack systems work. You flip the switch, get out and give them the car. It stalls when they are a distance away from you.

With the fuel pump cut off on mine, if it were stolen, they would go about 1/2 a block before the carbs ran dry.

HA, you got screwed.... i didnt have to install anything for my car to shut off 1/2 block away!!

Linda wrote:if someone, even a thief, was driving and you shut off the ignition it could be dangerous. seems like there would be some liability, but maybe not if car dealers use them.

How could it be dangerous in a Datsun? No power steering, no power brakes? Car operates the same whether it's running or not.

And the car dealer system is designed to where once they turn off the ignition, it never restarts. After pressing, he told me it could be wired to kill it instantly though.

dbrick wrote:I guess it would depend on how likley the car is to get stolen. For Linda, it is a definate possability...

I honestly feel no one is going to carjack what most would perceive an "unreliable British roadster". They'd be afraid it wouldn't stay running long enough for them to get away...

But, I am spoiled, as here in Texas no one seems to even know what these cars are, let alone how valuable. I'm always taken aback by stories of stolen 510s on the west coast. Never had that problem here...

I live within 5 miles of Newark New Jersey, the car theft capitol of America, but if it's not a sellable car, for parts or overseas shipment, worse you could expect to lose is the radio, or things like a Momo steering wheel. Even the joyriders are picky they seem to just take Lexus's (Lexi?) and Acuras.

dbrick wrote:worse you could expect to lose is the radio, or things like a Momo steering wheel...

All my Datsuns but one have quick-release steering hubs.

A good investment, and cheap theft deterrent.

I use locktite and really crappy radios

dbrick wrote:I use locktite and really crappy radios

Come on... Who needs a radio in a roadster?

Well I regret selling my pioneer, tunes are good instead of hearing the freeway! But nothing is like the sound of a roadster cruising on through the Pacific!

On the theft front, I have also hidden a CD player (with remote control) in the glovebox, keeping the stock AM unit in the dash...