CortinaDave Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Toothless pikeys turned up at my door today asking if I wanted them to "take that old Cortina away"I sent them packing, but now I'm worried that said pikeys will come and steal it and/or the SD1 off the drive. I dont have a garage so I wondered if anyone had any ideas on how to prevent my shite from disappearing without trace???
VWPowered Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 you not got anything to park in the way etc
CortinaDave Posted November 23, 2009 Author Posted November 23, 2009 Not really at the moment but maybe thats an excuse to buy more shite!
Ratdat Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 When I lived down south an the export of old Japanese cars was at it's peak I used to chain mine together in pairs or to a lamp post out in the street to stop them getting hiabed.
Guest Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Disclock and steer it to full lock in a funny location so they can't just winch it away straight.
Mr Lobster Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 I had the same situation earlier this year - pikey turned up asking about the R11. Told him I didn't want rid and he never came back.As he's been told that you don't want rid then he probably won't be back. But I'd be tempted to try and block it in or restrict access to it somehow. Just in case...
whitevanman Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 bring it down here Dave, I'll store it until the spring for you.and I'll fix the bits that need sorted
retro80sboy Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 they are bastards, luckily I live in a quite a quiet road, but no doubt if any gypos do pass my house they will give me knock on the door - my drive must look like scrap heaven to gypos with an old Maestro, Capri and Escort van on there!
Ratdat Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Cheap wheelclamps will be an obvious deterent.
Father Ted Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Removing a wheel will disuade it being towed ( I did this with the caravan after the pikeys came a-callin and left it up on the corner stays - and then 200yds down the road someone elses got towed...)
Timewaster Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Cheap wheelclamps will be a an obvious deterent.Sorry Ratdat, but a wheel clamp like that would be a chocolate teapot of a deterent. I doubt it would survive one or two swings with a decent hammer.Same goes for steering wheel locks that are anything less than a disclok.The sad truth is if they want it they will take it! Other than blocking the car in, maybe disabling it (remove the rotor arm or similar) or tying an angry rotweiller to the bumper there is not much more you can do.Best bet is to get it out of sight if you can.
j-j Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Bloomin hell, people shouldn't have to live like this!
Father Ted Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Also try putting a job inside the car.?Soap and water are an equally effective deterrent
CortinaDave Posted November 23, 2009 Author Posted November 23, 2009 Also try putting a job inside the car.?Soap and water are an equally effective deterrentROTFL
aled Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 wire it up to the mains would do two jobs at the same time protect said car and kill off a few pikeys the same time, you know it makes sense a win win situation :twisted:you may find a few dead cats on it in the morning tho
Mike D Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Also try putting a job inside the car.LOLZ!!!!!!
wuvvum Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Hire Tony Martin to sit in your front garden with a shotgun. He knows how to deal with pikeys.
Richard Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 I wonder if one of your neighbours has tipped them off.
Ratdat Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Cheap wheelclamps will be a an obvious deterent.Sorry Ratdat, but a wheel clamp like that would be a chocolate teapot of a deterent. I doubt it would survive one or two swings with a decent hammer. Same goes for steering wheel locks that are anything less than a disclok. The sad truth is if they want it they will take it! Other than blocking the car in, maybe disabling it (remove the rotor arm or similar) or tying an angry rotweiller to the bumper there is not much more you can do. Best bet is to get it out of sight if you can.I worked in the trailer industry for quite some time and unfortunately dealt with a lot of pikeys and one thing I learned is they are pretty casual in their attitude to work. We sold hundreds of clamps to customers and the only trailers I ever heard of getting nicked had nothing on them. The situation is slightly different with cars but as a general rule, if requires much effort pikeys will move on to easier pickings if there are some. In an urban area that's most likely.  The fact is that pretty much any type of security device is better than none when it comes to theives who are looking to drive/tow a car away and a clamp is a "obvious deterent" like I said. That means they take one look and can see right away you're serious about security and theft and are clearly aware of the threat.  However, any scrap thieving pikeys who mean business will have a hiab anyway, so there is no mechanical security device that will stop a car being removed from your premises if it's accessable.  As an aside, pikeys could have come into our yard and cut chains and padlocks etc to steal trailers but they never did. They'd just come and hire them out all legitimate like then take them off and sell them. No effort required.
seth Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Hire Tony Martin to sit in your front garden with a shotgun. He knows how to deal with pikeys.There'd some money to be made with "Tony Martin Fan Club" or "Vote for Tony Martin, your independant local councillor" stickers you could put in your front windows.
Mike D Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 If he does take it, get this Farmer from near me to come round and do what he did to them when they took up residence on his land   Take that pikey scum!!!!
Mr_Bo11ox Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 hey qual picture! is there a news story to go with it?
Mike D Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 hey qual picture! is there a news story to go with it?Yep...Farmer takes revenge on squatter ... with a forkliftBy OLINKA KOSTER Last updated at 22:00pm on 1st September 2006 It was an act of revenge on a squatter that most farmers can only dream of. Faced with a uninvited intruder moving onto his land complete with car and caravan, Alan Roberts decided to take matters into his own hands. While the illegal tenant was still soundly asleep, Mr Roberts got into his yellow JCB forklift and prepared to teach him a lesson. First, he picked up the man's burgundy Vauxhall Cavalier from its spot on one of his fields and dumped it unceremoniously outside his land. Then he returned to scoop up the white caravan, still housing the unsuspecting squatter. As it was lifted into the air, the man, in his 20s, appeared at the window looking rather groggy and startled to discover he was suddenly airbourne. But Mr Roberts, 46, who rents Grange Farm near Immingham, North East Lincolnshire from wealthy landowner Lord Yarborough, ignored the man's pleas and moved the caravan and its passenger off his land before dumping them both. Last night, the farmer issued a stark warning to any would-be squatters who might be eyeing up his land as a potential home. "If they want to come back for seconds, they can," he said. "I am a force to be reckoned with. That guy was not staying on my land. I have got the guy fairly wound up and there was a lot of swearing on both sides. "The increasing trouble with squatters has been winding us up - so I am taking the law into my own hands." Mr Roberts said it was the second time this week that the mystery man had parked the vehicles on his land. He first arrived on Tuesday evening, and the next day Mr Roberts gave him two hours to move the car and caravan. After he ignored the polite request, the farmer picked up the Cavalier with his forklift truck and dumped it at the side of the road. It was when the squatter came back and bedded down for a second night that Mr Roberts decided to teach him an early morning lesson. The squatter was the first man who had set up camp on Grange Farm, but Mr Roberts said it was only the latest in a series of incidents. Farmers in the area claim they have lost hundreds of pounds to poachers and are plagued by others driving four-wheel vehicles over their fields. Mr Roberts, who is married with a 12-year-old daughter and farms cereal crops on his 700-acre plot, said the man had since disappeared with both his vehicles. Spokeswoman for Humberside Police, Lisa Fleming, said: "Police attended but it is a civil dispute between the landowner and the vehicle and caravan owner. "Officers spoke to both parties and the caravan owner volunteered to move his vehicle within 24 hours."
peter9000uk Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Quite an amusing thing happened on Sat up the yard. A pikey we use sometimes for taking scrappers away came up to collect a Mondeo we had stripped. This also keeps the unwanted buggers away. Anyway we remarked that business must be good as he had a new truck.he then turned round and said someone had nicked his other one!I had to turn away and walk off before I wet myself
Timewaster Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 LolZ! @pic. :lol:Fairplay Ratdat, I only ever sold those type of wheel clamps and they appear to be made of cheese.
Andrew353w Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 This PROBABLY isn't an appropriate time to mention that 70 years ago THIS WEEK the German police were ordered to round up all gipsies...... Amazing what you can learn from "The World At War" on 'Yesterday"!
VWPowered Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 didnt they burn loads of his hay bales in revenge or was that another farmer getting abit miffed
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