|
7 members (waikiore, HawkMog, John07, boxboxbox, RibbleAdventures, Bishmog, DCH),
323
guests, and
38
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
SORN
by OldSkrote - 31/07/25 02:07 PM
|
New
by Rex_tulips - 30/07/25 07:59 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forums34
Topics48,368
Posts813,421
Members9,215
| |
Most Online1,046
Aug 24th, 2023
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 14,723 Likes: 149
Member of the Inner Circle
|
Member of the Inner Circle
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 14,723 Likes: 149 |
They can be cloned very quickly. Never leave your car (tin top) alone with anything valuable in it at a motorway cafe particularly if you open the car and lock it again. There is a system that scans the signal when you lock or unlock the car and a few minutes later when you are out of sight they can open the car. This can be avoided by using the key in these circumstances. http://123fbi.com/products/12--315M...s-remote-control-detector-Free-ship.html
Last edited by Gambalunga; 26/07/19 08:32 AM.
Peter ![[Linked Image]](http://bradley.it/public_images/drive.jpg)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 6,830 Likes: 59
Talk Morgan Sage
|
|
Talk Morgan Sage
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 6,830 Likes: 59 |
This can be avoided by using the key in these circumstances. What an excellent idea.
Best Regards
Lang may yer lum reek
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 5,366 Likes: 15
Charter Member
|
|
Charter Member
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 5,366 Likes: 15 |
Heinz: How would they know? It happens every now and then that a stolen car is driven cruelly, perhaps in the end with an accident. And then the thieves flee. Then you can see from the wreck if the car was locked or if it was open. I know that this has only symbolic meaning for a Morgan, but the insurance is interested in something like this because they are looking for circumstantial evidence not to have to pay. I completely agree with you Heinz. I am very careful with anything that may involve an insurance claim rejection.
Here for a good time not a long time!!
Reg
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 84
Just Getting Started
|
|
OP
Just Getting Started
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 84 |
Gents
I only made the comment as a throw away observation.
I locked the car once on the first day but never again because it was such a pain.
To me central locking on a Morgan is as useful as a chocolate teapot.
However Heinz's comments has made me reconsider.
In future I will flick the internal switch after leaving the car, remembering of course to flick it back before entering
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 35,796 Likes: 474
Tricky Dicky Member of the Inner Circle
|
|
Tricky Dicky Member of the Inner Circle
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 35,796 Likes: 474 |
Yes I always flick the door switch and turn the Red Key through 90 degrees to isolate the battery for that very reason
2009 4/4 Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Connaught Green +8 prev
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 790 Likes: 14
Talk Morgan Regular
|
|
Talk Morgan Regular
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 790 Likes: 14 |
I have no exterior door handles. No roof, just tonneau. Just flip the inside lever on the inside door handle and remove the key and battery isolator.
1980 +8 Blue
And a few others
----------------
Stephen
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,583
Talk Morgan Expert
|
|
Talk Morgan Expert
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,583 |
Once when taking my blind friend out in the Morgan we stopped to go for a run. Sensing a delay he asked what I was doing and I told him I was locking the car. His response was "But it would only stop a not very determined dwarf!". Apologies to those vertically challenged but it does make a point. Incidentally I often lock mine just for insurance purposes.
2010 4/4 sport - le mans green
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 14,723 Likes: 149
Member of the Inner Circle
|
|
Member of the Inner Circle
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 14,723 Likes: 149 |
Locking the car usually stops idiots climbing in for a selfie 
Peter
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 26,765 Likes: 427
Member of the Inner Circle
|
|
Member of the Inner Circle
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 26,765 Likes: 427 |
That is why I put the tonneau over it
JohnV6
2022 CX Plus Four
2025 MG ZS EV aka Trigger
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 14,723 Likes: 149
Member of the Inner Circle
|
|
Member of the Inner Circle
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 14,723 Likes: 149 |
A PITA if you are just popping in to the shop to buy a bottle of milk or somesuch. If using the tonneau cover I usually lay the seats forward to avoid removing the headrests. For newbies: do keep a firm hold of the headrest if you remove it. They tend to come free from the seat very suddenly and can do a bit of damage if they escape from your hands, fly up into the air, and fall metal first on your paintwork 
Peter
|
|
|
|
|
