Trying to Steal a Car with Anti-Theft Products

The “thieves” were surprisingly efficient! Imagine a pro with proper tools.

my only disappointment in this video is that you did not pixelate thier faces the whole time as a joke 😀

A note for that thief in the red hoodie: probably not a good idea to go around stealing stuff with your name and address on your chest.

The takeaway from this video is, if you want to thief-proof your car, replace your car with a knackered Peugeot.

Putting that switch somewhere less obvious would have made that job a while lot harder. I had a vehicle I had two such switches that were in series so they both had to be switched. If they find the one, they thought it was job done. It worked. 😊 Enjoy this type of video from you guys.

I like how half the time for the ridiculous yellow xlock thing was spent being amazed at how easy it was to bypass 😂 Fantastic as always!

The thing is, something like that kill switch may be effective but it wouldn’t deter anyone from trying. If you have a nice car, something like the steering wheel clamp may just deter someone making them go for someone else’s car. Ideally go for both so you have the effectiveness of the kill switch and the deterrent of the large, visible steering lock (being inside the car also adds a level of commitment which further deters would be thieves as it adds risk of being caught in the act

A former teacher of me had put a magnetic switch into his car before driving to eastern Europe. The car would only work when there was a magnet in the glove compartment.

I know the poll asked for more MORE FAST. But this kind of video is still very appreciated, love it.

This gives me old top gear energy and I want more of this stuff!

I was at an auction and this Mazda RX7 was not bid on except by me. The vehicle wouldn't start so nobody wanted to risk buying it. It had a fuel shut off toggle switch to prevent the rotary engine from flooding. I bought the car for $2900 CAD spent $20 for a technician to discover the issue and drove it for 2 years. And then after driving it for 2 years I sold it for $6500 CAD! 😀 KISS is and always will be the best way to live your life.

I actually once had an older car that I rigged up so that it wouldn't start if the stereo wasn't running. It was a Pioneer head unit. So with the faceplate out, stereo can't power on, car doesn't start. And it did actually prevent a theft, so that was great :)

am i tripping or scott and callum sound much deeper than usual. stay warm lads

This is honestly how far I have gone, I know I am crazy, but if a thief DRIVES my car away without towing it, good luck to him with all this shit! He deserves it! First line of defence, I have put security tint. Not car tint but the home anti intrusion stuff, was expensive and very hard to form to car windows but was done. $1000 AUD - this stuff has been specifically tested against those pressure glass breakage tools. I just wish my current car had physical turning key locks on the rear seats to disable them being folded down, like an older Audi of mine used to. I think it was an S3 that had that. Ghost 2 immobiliser $990 AUD Steering wheel lock with movement/air pressure sensor, 120db alarm and paging function $299 OBD port blocker, the metal type, the best known one on the market that takes at LEAST 20 minutes to disable $399 After market alarm so it can be going off like crazy the entire time and they can't disable it via the OBD port cause the OBD port is blocked. $880 AUD I am thinking of adding a cop lock (Australian product) just to be an extra annoying asshole to them LOL. For me, having a prestige car it was worth it to spend the 3.5K securing it to the hilt, of course I have well hidden GPS as well, use faraday pouches for all my keys, and with TWO alarms going off, a port blocker, a relay blocker and an immobiliser, I have done the works to deter - I think it's more about ME having the satisfaction of them FAILING and leaving my car in anger and capturing that on video with my tri cam and home exterior cam setup (with auto cloud upload so they can't do shit about that either until they physically break them). The dash cams were of course installed for road accident evidence but they serve a dual purpose. The other cool thing about the wheel lock is it goes over the spoke so they can't cut the wheel to remove it. So that needs a few minutes of bashing the shit out of it just to disable that, then cutting it. I envisage this is what someone would have to do: A couple minutes of hardcore smashing to get through tint - with alarm going off and having paged me the entire time. Steering wheel lock, maybe another 2 to 3 minutes for this one, it's ultra high quality and built like a brick wall OBD port blocker, a 15 minutes PLUS I feel, and car alarm itself still going on all this time even though wheel lock has been defeated at this point. Note, they have to find OBD port first as blocker has been installed in a relocated port! Nice one. Disable alarm, 20 or so seconds now that they have access to OBD port Now, they have to deal with the Ghost 2. I can't see it ever being stolen unless I park it in some unsecured car park and I am literally hundreds of miles away for a trip and they have like an hour to work on it. And that will never happen, so..... Am I crazy? Probably. Do I feel good about it? For some reason, shit yeah! Will never publicly say which of my vehicles this is on and its city location for obvious reasons, I think it would be too tempting for some hardcore thieves that they'd have to try it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Pro tip: The best anti theft device is to get a car that no one wants 😂

I bet most of the locks on these devices can be opened by a novice lockpicker. Probably with a rake.

We installed a kill switch on my Dad’s old Toyota pickup when he worked in a bad part of town. Years later after he retired, and when he hadn’t driven it for a few months he called me to help him figure out why his truck wouldn’t start. I spent about 30 minutes troubleshooting it before I remembered the switch we had installed! He had left it in the no-start position the last time he drove it. We felt like such fools, but it obviously worked!

I remember having The Club steering wheel lock in the 90s. My dad always said they could still steal the car but hopefully they will see the steering wheel lock and decide to steal a different car without it.

that shifter and clutch pedal would be by far the best anti theft in the USA and canada lmao

I had a car taken but I recovered it. weeks later, it was taken again. I set up a small panel with 5 separate 3-way toggle switches. 2 were wired to ignition, 2 wired to fuel pump, and one wired to horn. unless they know the correct order, good luck. Plus them trying and sounding the horn was enough to scare them away. My friend added a remote horn button to his car for normal horn use and his kill switch was deactivated by just pushing the steering wheel horn and turning the key. not so common for a thief to try and blow the horn when trying to be stealth. He later added a tilt switch hidden in a random blank spot behind the dash and had a magnet on a retractable key holder on his belt. He would put the key in and place the magnet over his sweet spot and start the car. He got so proud of his security, he started telling people he would pay them if they could steal his car. A fellow mechanic friend said he could with ease and let me say, this was a friendly bet and we knew the attempt was coming...just not when. Next day, the car was gone. The bet went to double or nothing and my friend was allowed to add as many anti-theft devices as he liked. a couple weeks later, his car was not waiting for him in the parking lot after work. He went back into work and watched the security video and our pal had simply used a tow truck to take the car. Back at his shop, he used lock picks and wire tracing to bypass all of the anti-theft measures. (where he had plenty of time) As a mechanic, I have to be pretty good at getting past most security devices and kill switches. With the right tools and time, nothing is totally secure.