tomtom

I may be wrong but I thought that TD5 Discos were practically impossible to
steal without the keys !!!
Mine has just GONE, well within the last 2 days. Been away from home for a
few days.
Fully locked and keys (both sets) in a safe at work.
Neighbour says it was there on Wednesday PM.
Police have told me NOT to give out reg no as yet.
Dont understand that either.
I am 110% peeded off now, the best Disco I had ever had, and
I have had a few.
Left the defender, that was unlocked, as it dont lock, so now its back to
basics for the Missus.

Stu

Austin Shackles

On or around Fri, 02 Dec 2005 22:45:33 GMT, "tomtom" <jackyc30@hotmail.com>
enlightened us thusly:

>I may be wrong but I thought that TD5 Discos were practically impossible to
>steal without the keys !!!

anything can be nicked if you know how.
--
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Blue: The sky is blue for a reason. Blue light is a source of strength
and harmony in the cosmos. Create a blue light in your life by
telephoning the police
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.

Dougal

tomtom wrote:

> I may be wrong but I thought that TD5 Discos were practically impossible to
> steal without the keys !!!

The inability to enter / start / move etc. only applies to the
legitimate driver.

Paul

"Dougal" <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote in message
news:CISdnS0scO1qFwzeRVnygA@eclipse.net.uk...
> tomtom wrote:
>
>> I may be wrong but I thought that TD5 Discos were practically impossible
>> to steal without the keys !!!
>
> The inability to enter / start / move etc. only applies to the legitimate
> driver.

i know someone who had an escort xr3i turbo nicked when they were popular,
the car was in a firms carpark with security on the main gate. they pulled
up in a tow truck and said they were taking it to a garage for repairs, the
guard even waved as they left towing it. it was found the same day at the
side of a main road minus its engine, gearbox, wheels and interior.

Richard Brookman

....and Paul spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> "Dougal" <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:CISdnS0scO1qFwzeRVnygA@eclipse.net.uk...
>> tomtom wrote:
>>
>>> I may be wrong but I thought that TD5 Discos were practically
>>> impossible to steal without the keys !!!
>>
>> The inability to enter / start / move etc. only applies to the
>> legitimate driver.
>
> i know someone who had an escort xr3i turbo nicked when they were
> popular, the car was in a firms carpark with security on the main
> gate. they pulled up in a tow truck and said they were taking it to a
> garage for repairs, the guard even waved as they left towing it. it
> was found the same day at the side of a main road minus its engine,
> gearbox, wheels and interior.

Strange - chavs who nick your car and then carry out improvements :-)

--
Rich
==============================
Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)

Austin Shackles

On or around Sat, 3 Dec 2005 14:34:21 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
<newsboy@nowhere.com> enlightened us thusly:

>
>Strange - chavs who nick your car and then carry out improvements :-)

<splutter>
--
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"Where they make a desert they call it peace" Tacitus (c.55 - c.117)
Agricola, 30

Marc Draper

In message <h84kf.125632$Es4.73514@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, tomtom
<jackyc30@hotmail.com> writes
>I may be wrong but I thought that TD5 Discos were practically impossible to
>steal without the keys !!!
>Mine has just GONE, well within the last 2 days. Been away from home for a
>few days.
>Fully locked and keys (both sets) in a safe at work.
>Neighbour says it was there on Wednesday PM.
>Police have told me NOT to give out reg no as yet.
>Dont understand that either.
>I am 110% peeded off now, the best Disco I had ever had, and
>I have had a few.
>Left the defender, that was unlocked, as it dont lock, so now its back to
>basics for the Missus.



Chances are it was taken on the back of a lorry.

Easy to break in, easy to get steering lock off. But as you say a real
sod to start without key.

Unless you have had it serviced recently and someone has added a key to
the list of key fobs in the ECU. Then it is a piece of cake.
--
Marc Draper

Austin Shackles

On or around Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:43:52 +0000, Marc Draper
<marc@mdeng.demon.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>
>Easy to break in, easy to get steering lock off. But as you say a real
>sod to start without key.
>
>Unless you have had it serviced recently and someone has added a key to
>the list of key fobs in the ECU. Then it is a piece of cake.

coo, that's a nice back-door.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"There is plenty of time to win this game, and to thrash the Spaniards
too" Sir Francis Drake (1540? - 1596) Attr. saying when the Armarda was
sighted, 20th July 1588

Dave Liquorice

On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:43:52 +0000, Marc Draper wrote:

> Easy to break in, easy to get steering lock off.

I was thinking of crawling underneath and cutting the handbrake cable,
always assuming that you don't need the steering on a straight pull
onto the back of a lorry.

Alternatively just pick it up, like they do in cities when you over
run your meter by 5min...

> But as you say a real sod to start without key.
>
> Unless you have had it serviced recently and someone has added a key
> to the list of key fobs in the ECU. Then it is a piece of cake.

Nasty but ISTR that the ECU can only hold two keys and the up/down
remote. Hum, worth checking that both your keys work when ever the car
come back from a service?

--
Cheers new5pam@howhill.com
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

Marc Draper

>>Unless you have had it serviced recently and someone has added a key to
>>the list of key fobs in the ECU. Then it is a piece of cake.
>
>coo, that's a nice back-door.

Applies to all LR products and probably many other makes.

You can add at least one extra key fob via testbook or other system.

--
Marc Draper