Page 1 of When locking your car, make sure you locked your car

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At Chieveley Moto Services on M4 at junction 13 between 24 November and 1 December two vans, two lorries and a Mercedes car were entered and items including tools, a suitcase and laptop were taken.

At Reading Moto Services M4 junctions 11-12 between 26 November and 28 November two Range Rovers, a Jaguar, a Mercedes and a Fiat 500 were all accessed by unknown means, ie no obvious sign of a break-in, and various pieces of luggage were stolen from the vehicles.

At Membury Welcome Break M4 at junctions 14 -15 between 24 November and 26 November two Land Rovers, a Mercedes and a Renault were accessed by unknown means. Luggage, wallets and cash were stolen.
You get out your car, you press your remote locking and off you go. Thieves use a jammer to prevent the car actually locking, you don't notice, you go off and they sneak into the car for a rummage.


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...and you just know the insurers will still be giving it the 'no sign of break in' treatment.

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I guy I used to work with got a BMW i think where if you tried the handle it would automatically unlock if the car detected the key nearby! He said it was v annoying checking the boot, but unlocking the car in the process :(

I think some insurance companies were going to stop insuring cars with that feature!

http://mobro.co/admars

This item was edited on Sunday, 11th December 2016, 13:20

old news i am afraid... been happening since mids 2000's...

Along with 'frosting' GMP only last week reported 4 cars stolen in one morning... people going out to their car, satrting then engine then going back inside for their coffee and cornflakes, only to find their car missing!

Personally i would like to give them a ticket for quitting!

I always check the door after remote locking, to make sure it is locked. You can also hear the clunk of the solinoid locks operating on most cars.

One type of remote locking I do not like is keyless type that does not need a button press. I have borrowed my sister-in-laws car that has this, and when I walk away from the car I put the keyless unit on the pavement 30 feet away, and walk back and check doors to see if they are locked, then go back and pickup the unit and walk away.

OK, its good coming back where you just walk up to the car and the doors just unlock, but not worth the worry.