FTO AUSTRALIA

I got broken into today

Would you believe in broad daylight in the small work carpark behind our office in the middle of the city. People are going in and out all the time and its still not safe.

No windows broken and no stuffed locks (not sure what this means......)

Steering column brackets were bent to blazes and they tore off the rubber liner that sticks to the metal bit above the window (on the outside of the car). Have fixed the brackets and none of the plastic covers were broken or wires cut, but now im more than a little worried about a return visit.

that really sucks.

what did they take?

At this stage, all I can identify as missing is the rubber liner that sticks on the metal bit that runs around the top of the window.

how did they get in without damaging the locks or breaking a window?do you have keyless entry?did the alarm go off?

you have no idea how easy it is to break into an fto. i was in mine in less than 30 seconds with my keys in the ignition...

manofwood wrote:you have no idea how easy it is to break into an fto. i was in mine in less than 30 seconds with my keys in the ignition...

really? y is that mate?

because they're pillarless with left/ right locks. a decent coathanger is all you need

you should get a decent alarm ... I got keyless entry and ive still manage to lock the keys in the car

Oh f**k! Bad luck mate.

Seems strange they would do it in broad daylight in such a busy place as you say as well. Even stranger is not taking anything, seems like they were after the car itself if they went straight to the steering and nowhere else.

Absolute scum I swear.

Have an expensive immobiliser on it, just dont have the siren. Im guessing they went the coathanger (didnt know it was that easy) and were after the car itself. Im thinking they must either own an FTO or know someone who does though. Otherwise, why take the weather strip. If they wanted to damage the car, it would have been a lot easier to do with a key (wince).

Might have to put a siren in the cabin itself im thinking.

I didn't know it was that easy to get into them ... I park at shopping centres all the time... With no alarm ...

Scared now !!!!!!!

Bad luck mate....hope they didnt take anything and the car is still in repairable condition. These people should be shot....seriously....what kind of person is stupid / pathetic enough to try and steal someone elses car (even if it is a nice slick fto) ...theses people are the scum of the earth !

Sucks to hear Dwayne.. Lucky they haven't nicked anything or broken too much other than the rubber seal thing..

rock_it wrote:I didn't know it was that easy to get into them ... I park at shopping centres all the time... With no alarm ...

Scared now !!!!!!!

it could be easier ... & worse - a rock through the window is all it takes..

even if you had an alarm it wouldn't do much good unless it had a pager feature to alert you if someone's breaking in .. People these days don't pay any attention to alarms going off & it pisses me off.. at least with a pager you'll have half a chance of being able to run to your car & get a few good right hooks & a roundhouse fly kick to the head for good measure!

mr-charisma wrote:Sucks to hear Dwayne.. Lucky they haven't nicked anything or broken too much other than the rubber seal thing..

rock_it wrote:I didn't know it was that easy to get into them ... I park at shopping centres all the time... With no alarm ...

Scared now !!!!!!!

it could be easier ... & worse - a rock through the window is all it takes..

even if you had an alarm it wouldn't do much good unless it had a pager feature to alert you if someone's breaking in .. People these days don't pay any attention to alarms going off & it pisses me off.. at least with a pager you'll have half a chance of being able to run to your car & get a few good right hooks & a roundhouse fly kick to the head for good measure![/

are you lebo?lmfaoo becasue that is somethingi would say, ohh now you guys see what th ebenefit of havign a cow horn is i can play the cop sirenn now!!!ahhaha

Mr-Charisma wrote:a roundhouse fly kick to the head for good measure![/

AMACHA wrote: are you lebo?lmfaoo becasue that is somethingi would say, ohh now you guys see what th ebenefit of havign a cow horn is i can play the cop sirenn now!!!ahhaha

Lol, nah I'm not leb bro' .. 'tis a good ol' Guido Hatzis quote


you'll have to hook up the cop siren to the alarm I can imagine any would be car thiefs when they hear that "Oh sh*t, cops! It's a setup.. RUN!"

mr-charisma wrote:

Mr-Charisma wrote:a roundhouse fly kick to the head for good measure![/

AMACHA wrote: are you lebo?lmfaoo becasue that is somethingi would say, ohh now you guys see what th ebenefit of havign a cow horn is i can play the cop sirenn now!!!ahhaha

Lol, nah I'm not leb bro' .. 'tis a good ol' Guido Hatzis quote


you'll have to hook up the cop siren to the alarm I can imagine any would be car thiefs when they hear that "Oh sh*t, cops! It's a setup.. RUN!"

Hahahha i remember guido hatzit haha but oculd jesus benchpress 300kg lol when you havea cold take steroids lol hahaha
yep hookinh the cop siren to the alarm as a precaution common i know now yu want one lol.

Really sorry to hear that mate, hope you don't get a return visit.

i think you all need to try out the coathanger trick yourselves to see really how vulnerable our cars are.

seriously.

Im going to have a shot at making it less so (even if I have to disable interior locks)

mr-charisma wrote:

Mr-Charisma wrote:a roundhouse fly kick to the head for good measure![/

AMACHA wrote: are you lebo?lmfaoo becasue that is somethingi would say, ohh now you guys see what th ebenefit of havign a cow horn is i can play the cop sirenn now!!!ahhaha

Lol, nah I'm not leb bro' .. 'tis a good ol' Guido Hatzis quote


you'll have to hook up the cop siren to the alarm I can imagine any would be car thiefs when they hear that "Oh sh*t, cops! It's a setup.. RUN!"

lol.. Yeah, got a GSM pager with the alarm ... Just gotta put it in.... I had a 2 way paging alarm on my other car... Was a jaycar special ...