ashbishop90
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Right, I'm looking to buy a C and I know the Corsa B's are very weak when it comes to someone breaking in to your car by bending the door....
Just wondered if anybody knows if this is the same case with the Corsa C's.
Any advise welcome 
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nova_gteuk
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Yes.
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ashbishop90
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so is this a problem that just the corsa has, or is this a weak point on all cars. (not just vauxhall)
Would a desent alarm go off before any vandals do the damage.?
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nova_gteuk
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Id say all cars suffer from this tbh.
And a toad AI606 IS £210 fitted on ebay,best thatcham alarm about imo
[Edited on 09-03-2008 by nova_gteuk]
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jonnysri
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the guy that parks next to me has got a b and this happened last week. i was proper worried. havnt slept well since it happened
[Edited on 09-03-2008 by jonnycash]
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AndyCorsaSport
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Weak point on most cars tbh. I work at a Car repair place, mainly for insurance jobs. We get loads of old cars that have been stolen like that. Corsa's, Nova's, Mondeo's, Saxo's etc.
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GregGsi
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i had this dun to my nova sri the fucking twat shud be killd
BHP vaux
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Ben G
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as said, only thing that can really prevent this is an alarm.
toad ai606  would let you know someone is near your car before they even get their chavvy scum inbred bastard pikey hands on it
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ashbishop90
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thanks guys, definately worth investing in an alarm on any car.
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Nick-S
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i had it done, they still couldent get in tho becaus of the deadlock so they smashed my window  
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AndyCorsaSport
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
as said, only thing that can really prevent this is an alarm.
toad ai606 would let you know someone is near your car before they even get their chavvy scum inbred bastard pikey hands on it
An alarm wont prevent it.
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nova_gteuk
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
as said, only thing that can really prevent this is an alarm.
toad ai606 would let you know someone is near your car before they even get their chavvy scum inbred bastard pikey hands on it
An alarm wont prevent it.
My toad ai606 does, the proximity sensor sets the alarm off even if someone walks past it  and everytime i hear it i run to my car hence stopping someone breaking in 
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AndyCorsaSport
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But if a theif wants something, they will usually get it, no matter what you do.
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Carl Gillespie
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I agree
As my uncle used to say, a lock will only keep your friends out...
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Eck
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But someone is less likely to continue breaking into your car when the alarm is going off its tits. Gives them a lot less time.
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AndyCorsaSport
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quote:
Originally posted by Eckmcmann
But someone is less likely to continue breaking into your car when the alarm is going off its tits. Gives them a lot less time.
Someone broke into my sisters house last week, its a 350k house, i a quiet couldisac in the corner, its got an alarm, and beepers on the doors when you open them, tried breaking in through the side, no luck, went to the front, got in, alarm going off, beeper on door went off, they only ran out when they heard my sisters husband coming downstairs, luckily didnt get anthing, but alarm didnt stop them, they still carried on.
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16V_1600
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Had my door bent back on my old b, the bastards
quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
quote:
Originally posted by Eckmcmann
But someone is less likely to continue breaking into your car when the alarm is going off its tits. Gives them a lot less time.
Someone broke into my sisters house last week, its a 350k house, i a quiet couldisac in the corner, its got an alarm, and beepers on the doors when you open them, tried breaking in through the side, no luck, went to the front, got in, alarm going off, beeper on door went off, they only ran out when they heard my sisters husband coming downstairs, luckily didnt get anthing, but alarm didnt stop them, they still carried on.
People these days hear a house alarm going off and don't think anything of it other than "I wish they'd turn that f*cking alarm off ffs" etc.
[Edited on 09-03-2008 by 16V_1600]
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nova_gteuk
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A car parked in a street or road can be more easily seen than the side or back of a house?
more people generally look and see whats happening when a car alarm goes off?
Mostly to scream at the owner to turn it off,but a car alarm will prevent it.
As soon as i hear my alarm im straight out as it happens i was out in m street in my boxers at 3:30 am because a cat set the alarm off by sitting on it and usually a theif doesnt want to a chase of an owner for fear of getting caught so theyre more likely to pick on a car without an alarm
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