Irish Mini Owners Club

My mate Ste's mini was broken into in town. He reckons someone mustve saw them though with the alarm going off and scared them. Immobiliser was his godsend though..

Few scrapes on the ignition barrell is all there was wrong. They did the door lock so well that theres no marks and it still locks!

Left him a little nail scissors too, to say sorry.

Glad the wee so and so's didn't lift it

when i had left my car keys in the house and my house keys in the car, my grandad was with me, and he got into my car in about 2 mins using the bottle opener out of his pen knife... he just fiddled with the lock... couldn't believe it...

Lets hope that we not have any Thieves on this site

mini locks have never been the most secure tbh. a good imobiliser or secret kill switch is the answer.. i used to pop the rotor arm in my pocket if i was really concerned.
it follows that you sholdnt leave anything tempting in view.

I have a steering lock and pop the battery terminals. Steering lock just as a basic visual deterrent and a disconnected battery meaning they can't get anywhere!

just today was thinking to get a sort of alarm for my mini...any immobilizer you would recommend? a steering lock is a good idea but need probably something loud too?

a big chain & padlock round the steering wheel to the seat bracket.... better if the chain was wrapped in a bright plastic hose.. *nothing* is 100% safe.. we are talking deterrent here as much as anything.

Strikes again... This time, 3 guys in probably a stolen black car went for als mini out in adamstown. Broke the door, the boot and windscreen..

Crap, that means they are getting closer to me so! I think Ill leave the Mayfair blocked in, in the underground Carpark. They cant take the 1275 anywhere, cause the accelerator cable is still broke!