Anti-theft or sports enthuasist?!

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:52 am

my car doors lock after 10mph, and my boot locks after 10secs if it is not opened after its has been unlocked!!
the reason for jhaving the maglite is to break the window in case of emergency!
i think my mum used to have a stump from a cricket set under her seat and i'm pretty sure me dad or mum had a corw bar hehe!!

on the subjuct of gangs (chavs usually) walking in the road, if u give them a while to see u coming up the road, then floor it, then they will usualkly move. the leon i had was great, wind up the turbo and just let it whistle! two fingers up as u drive past aswell!!

omicron · Post by **omicron** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:39 pm

My story is the maglite's there in case I break down, or come across something in the dark

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:34 pm

I find this usually does the job

DanDiesel · Post by **DanDiesel** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:25 am

nice one MM

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 7:15 pm

i have a maglite in my car, only a small one mind! but its still quite bulky and of course has the use of the light!

also have the wheel brace in the boot but being hollow, i don't think its so good for that, good for wheels though!
o and i have the crook lock under my seat, maybe a bit clumsy to through it around!
as for anything else, well i have big feet and can kick a ball pritty far so thats nice to know!

also, i think as a last resort, de-icer to the eyes would pritty much imobilise anyone, i would imagine it would sting!! then you can kick em in the nuts and stand on them while phoning the police!

i like to lock my doors when i drive at night, my boot is locked anyway, but i really could do with a switch so that i can flick the switch and the doors lock, otherwise i have to stretch over to the passenger door to lock it!

Derwin · Post by **Derwin** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:27 pm

Do what cabbies do, have a money bag filled with change.

Makes a lethal lethal weapon for defending your property

Also totally legal because its a money bag, if they ask why, say its for change for parking

Seriously, its legal and damn effective!

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 9:07 pm

On a serious note though, I have these which I think would be effective if anyone chased me

Randall · Post by **Randall** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:22 pm

heres a new one for the record books...

Making our way home from pool last nite in my mates Opel Astra, already dropped off two of the lads so making our way over to mine. Pull up next to a police car at traffice lights, Astra struggles on pulling away ( is having some fueling problems at the mo) and copper starts following us and think oh aye here we go.

Get down me road and the blue lights go...ok so mate pulls over winds down the window can you get out please fella to me mate, so he gets out and the lady officer asks me to get out too (sat behind the drivers seat) so i get out and the officer looks in the back and goes oh rite snooker.

*trying to think what planet he is on etc* he grab the walkie and says 'all clear, false alarm...these lads have had a nite at the snooker club and there is no signs of any baseball bats over'

Someone sent in a call saying there was a group of lads in a black astra carrying baseball bats > bit of a different between a cue case n a bat i thinks then again it was like at 12am this morning

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:36 am

mysteryboy wrote:Are you lot serious about locking your doors?

it's a bloody reflex reaction now mate, i'm not always driving in dodgy places but i've been thru a few real rough areas --- and even in my own bit of town the chavs are on the rise, literally a quarter mile away from me my uncle & aunt have born witness to some poor unfortunate having all his panels kicked in at the lights by a bunch of teenage pissheads. they likely had their doors locked, or might have been dragged out.

get in car, sit down, left hand puts it in gear whilst right elbow bops the central locking pin down (same effect when i was in polo, as passenger door was almost constantly locked) before i even put key in ignition.

weapons wise, i've got a nice exensible stainless steel wheelbrace in the boot, problem is, it's in the boot. in the cab i have a stoplock (weighty but maybe hard to handle) and usually a couple of glass bottles of random service station soft drink... Plus my backpack, usually. If I got desperate I could smack them round the head with my laptop, 2-handed... or squirt them with air freshener/de-icer and alco-gel from my uniform-clipped dispenser...

prefer just to get my head down and "run", though, as i trust my evasionary driving skills (and the surprising pace at which you can escape someone when you use full throttle - most people rarely use it) far more than my in-fighting prowess

Do what cabbies do, have a money bag filled with change

hey, it's the old brick-in-a-sock idea... reminds me, i used to carry around a change bag with a good Â£10 of coin in it, for just those two purposes (parking and face-planting), gotta remember to get a new one.