That was my car - the police said these guys have a technique of shorting out the battery which disables the alarm and causes all the windows and boot to open. They cannot be opened any other way unless one has a key, which was with me all the time. The reason they didn't jack up the car was probably that they couldn't with a standard jack as it was parked half on the pavement - we had to use an industrial jack to get it up. The cops have been pretty good and called me at least 3 times since the incident. Their advice is to make sure you have at least one lock nut per wheel and that you keep the lock nut spanner in your home and not in the car.
I see a similar thing happened to a BWM on Howe Street on the 19th, and my tennant tells me another car on Scott Street was hit the same night...they also bypassed the alarm system and got in without breaking any windows. On Saturday, 25 May 2013 20:10:49 UTC+2, debra wrote: > on thursday morning it was > discovered that people had attempted to remove all four wheels from > a mini in scott rd. they'd got into the locked car without setting > of the alarm (?), and used the lock nut spanner from the boot to > undo and remove all the nuts from the wheels on the pavement side, > and some of the nuts on the street side. they must have been > disturbed because they left the wheels. odd they didn't jack up the > car. > > -- > "Look for the anwer inside your question." Rumi -- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room ---------------------------------------------- 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 For all emergencies please dial 10111 ---------------------------------------------- ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: [email protected] WEB: www.obswatch.org.za ---------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
