Corsa alarm trigger.

[Michael Swift]

I went to my nephew's wedding reception on Saturday, big expensive pub
restaurant, my brother had booked a room and parked his two week old
Astra Design on the car park. It was OK at 10.30 pm when I'd had enough
of the noisy disco but by the time we got home 30 minutes later his four
alloys had been stolen.

I would have thought the alarm would have triggered as they jacked it up
or are the scumbags so organised that they have a jack for each corner
so the car doesn't tilt.

Mike

 

[Brim]

Is this a Corsa as per heading or an Astra as in text?

Presumably they destroyed the standard fit alloy wheel locks as well?

 

[Michael Swift]

Is this a Corsa as per heading or an Astra as in text?

Presumably they destroyed the standard fit alloy wheel locks as well?

Sorry, mine's an Astra, brothers is a Corsa, I'm getting a bit passed
it.

I assume they were ex boy scouts and came prepared with a universal key,
they must have also brought the bricks it was left standing on.

Mike

 

[Tariq]

Sorry, mine's an Astra, brothers is a Corsa, I'm getting a bit passed
it.

I assume they were ex boy scouts and came prepared with a universal key,
they must have also brought the bricks it was left standing on.

Corsa D (the newest shape one) or the Corsa C (last shape - 2000 to
2006). SRi models of the C came with an alarm as standard and it was a
cost option on other models. As far as I know, it doesn't have tilt
sensing. As you have observed, locking alloy wheel nuts are a pain in
the arse but nevertheless quite simple to defeat. The only true
solution is to replace every single wheel nut on the car with locking
ones, and even then it will just delay the thieves in completing the
'job'.

Tariq

 

[Michael Swift]

Corsa D (the newest shape one) or the Corsa C (last shape - 2000 to
2006). SRi models of the C came with an alarm as standard and it was a
cost option on other models. As far as I know, it doesn't have tilt
sensing. As you have observed, locking alloy wheel nuts are a pain in
the arse but nevertheless quite simple to defeat. The only true solution
is to replace every single wheel nut on the car with locking ones, and
even then it will just delay the thieves in completing the 'job'.

Cheers, I'm sure I've read my Astra SRi has the tilt alarm, I just
assumed all Vauxhalls did.

Mike