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Stolen/recovered: R33 Nissan Skyline R33 Gtr

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people have bike chains right... if you leave your car outside un insured. get some massive ass chains and wrap it all around the diff and axles and rims and everything else!! haha well mayb not....

my cars always in the drive way, theres no way i could stop someone that knew what they were doing from stealling it. i think immobilizers are the only way to go. am i right?

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people have bike chains right... if you leave your car outside un insured. get some massive ass chains and wrap it all around the diff and axles and rims and everything else!! haha well mayb not....

my cars always in the drive way, theres no way i could stop someone that knew what they were doing from stealling it. i think immobilizers are the only way to go. am i right?

If particular (shifty) people in some workshops install it then there isnt much an immobiliser is going to do. I still reckon a Club Lock is one of the best things to have, and specifically a good quality one! THe only time i never had it on my other car was the only time ive ever had a car stolen, the same night my dad reminded me to use it....thankfully it was found within 20 minutes at a service station trying to fill up petrol! (I owned a VR4 Cordia Turbo back then).

Another thing you can do is remove a fuse when you get out of the car (depending on the length of time you are gone), or produce some small fuse like adaptor where you can just take one fuse out or even something simpler to the fuel pump. It'll have em confused for ages -> If they have a truck......well, i'm still yet to figure out to prevent that except for parking it in a shed and on a really hard angle (which takes about a 20-point turn to get out :D). You can also install an alarm yourself if you're handy with electronics, that way you're the only one that knows the whole configuration straight off (given its not a generic alarm)

Good to hear that the car was found. Any idea on the condition?

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yeah but if it works out that its not worthwhile insuring doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to get the car, OR post up if its been stolen!!

He's the one gonna lose out in the end if it gets stolen or written off so i don't know why people are giving him so much shit for not insuring it.

I didn't insure mine cause it worked out that if i don't have it stolen or write it off within 3 years i'll pay off the car with what i save!! Its a risk you chose to take, and if mine gets pinched you can be assured i'll be posting asking for people to look out for it, but not for sympathy that i chose not to comprehensively insure!

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get a steering wheel lock and if u cant afford a real alarm, get a blinker in your dash or next to ur steering wheel in clear view of the windows. if you park it outside, get a car cover that fits your car perfectly and good straps to hold em down so wind doesnt make the covers scratch your car. spend good money on anti theft such as these and you have a less chance of theft. they usually go for cars in plain view and look easy to get in. one with a steering wheel lock will definately get skipped by a potential theft. get a deck with removable face and if your parking at home, take it in with you. also ive seen some decks that you could replace the face with a plain black face so that it looks part of the car and nothing important. have a cover for speakers or subs that are in clear view like below the back window and in the doors. tinted windows are good for night times as its harder to see inside but ofcourse most of the peoples on here probably have tinted windows any way.

just make sure, make theft for the thief as hard as possible and least appealing

give him reason to move away to another car.

park inside where you can, and if you park in a carpark outside or inside, park close to other cars and people.

on a funnier note, park next to other skylines that look way better then yours and you would lesson the chance of gettin it stolen.

just a few tips ive gathered after many car thefts. luckily (or rather unluckily) they've been my friends car, mostly my family friends car.

i probably wont be able to afford my own insurance so i'll be using these precautions on my car. and if i drive to uni or a large carpark where its not supervised or far from people. ill take my parents cars and let them take mine. they park my car in their field of vision all day so much safer for my car. and im sure theyd love a change of vehicles. rather then drive a slow and heavey tarago theyd love to drive my skyline. (good tip if you want them to pay for fuel aswell, give them an empty tank)

have fun with your cars but best wishes to never get it stolen.

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$1000 alarm, $800 carminder.

I wouldnt pay $5000 a year in insurance. I shouldnt have to. It's legal theft.

$1000 alarm? How many car alarms do you hear going off during the day, and not think twice about it.....

legal theft you reckon?

Its a calculated risk actually.....

Your driving your modified $40K R33 GTR down the road and pull out in front of a $100K 2006 Mercedes (or any car that matter) and cause tens of thousands of $$ damage to both cars. Instead of that $3K insurance premium you had to pay, you now sorting out a $50K loan to fix 2 cars......

And how about this......

Your driving your modified $40K R33 GTR down the road and someone pulls out in front of you. Totally devastated about being hit by a $500 Corolla owner with no insurance and no clue, how do you go about getting $20K off them to fix your GTR without using physical force? Well insurance companies will take legal action to get this money and have your vehicle fixed....

Insurance is NOT legal theft. People may suspect this, or come up with this notion, but until they make a claim and get paid out and are happy with the service, then I suppose they will never understand.

P.S, I feel this way as I have had a $15K R33 GTS-t written off by an old lady who fell asleep at the wheel, the car was insured and my $1600 premium turned out to be an excellent investment.....

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