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Years ago, I went to stay with a friend of my parents, a Philadelphia trial attorney. After we got out of his magnificent Cadillac (all fins and chrome) to see the courts in action, he flicked a switch under one of the front headlights.
"That electrifies the body. Great anti-theft device", he said.
I asked him whether he would be in trouble if someone got an electric shock.
"Only if it's another trial attorney." 😂😂😂😂
2019 M3W Sold and is now in Las Vegas enjoying the showgirls :-)
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I was very cold blooded so it needed a warmup period, and I was 15ft from it. Don't you ever get out of your vehicle with the engine running? The idiot was a block and a half from the police station to add insult to injury.
The other three incidents the vehicle was completely stolen and a cutoff switch, which I added to the A.H. Sprite and the 1937 Ford Panel Delivery truck.
Only whilst I open the garage door. My cars are under cover so I dont often need to let them idle to defrost. Many are stolen off the drive whilst left running unattended defrosting, your insurers are not likely to be sympathetic. I once started my old Range Rover to defrost whilst I scraped the windows, then I could not open the drivers door. My spare key would not open the passenger door, I got in through the rear window, I drove 20 miles before the drivers door would open.
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I never started mine and let them idle in front of my home. The one that was running was running because I had to get out to Post a letter in the Postoffice mail slot and when I turned around a guy had jumped into it. We have laws about leaving a car running in your driveway while you are in your home.
2019 M3W Sold and is now in Las Vegas enjoying the showgirls :-)
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In the late 70's in my 1600E days I used a mini jack audio socket mounted in the steering column binnacle spliced into the ignition circuit and the corresponding jack plug suitably bridged across inside.
Without putting the jack plug into the socket it would not start.
Splicing such a device into the fuel pump relay circuit would work well on the 3 wheeler.
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Starter circuit relay cutoff would be better so a battery drain would not be possible.
2019 M3W Sold and is now in Las Vegas enjoying the showgirls :-)
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Taking off the steering wheel helps 
Bruce
1964 4/4 Series V Comp (Megan)
1994 +8 (Maurice) tis no more
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Taking off the steering wheel helps Not advisable, particularly if it's a later Traven quick release. Out of interest, has anyone heard of a M3W being stolen by being driven away? Possibly more chance of it being lifted and towed.
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Taking off the steering wheel helps Not advisable, particularly if it's a later Traven quick release. Out of interest, has anyone heard of a M3W being stolen by being driven away? Possibly more chance of it being lifted and towed. +1
2019 M3W Sold and is now in Las Vegas enjoying the showgirls :-)
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yje only stolen vehicle was a HD road king when the carneys came to town.... Insurance paid well, but I assume the parts were on ebay
Rodger
2018 M3W "Dreamers on the Rise"
2004 Plus 8 (wife's)
old Goldwings and a couple of Harleys
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Starter circuit relay cutoff would be better so a battery drain would not be possible. I use https://www.batterybrain.co.uk/product/battery-brain-t3/ as the remote control allows easy isolation/reconnection of the battery. As a full disconnect it also disables the immobiliser and any feed to the ECU. Having said that the price seems to have rocketed since I bought mine.
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