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How secure is the Evoque and........ - iwf - 27-10-2014 12:00am

So I've reading these grim tales of Evoques being stolen, it appears often without force, and with my Evoque going to live on the street in South London, I was wondering just how secure they are, whether I should worry too much and what others do to protect theirs.

RE: How secure is the Evoque and........ - t16mbo - 27-10-2014 07:48am

If they want they will have
I'm currently in a focus Rs which are being stolen daily.
They have had a go 4 times on mine.
Mines belled up, trackered, steering lock and obd gone.
They now still taking with those mods done.

RE: How secure is the Evoque and........ - XFullFatTim - 27-10-2014 09:47am

How did you immobilse the OBD port or has it just been relocated?

RE: How secure is the Evoque and........ - t16mbo - 27-10-2014 11:48am

You can cut it out
Or relocate

RE: How secure is the Evoque and........ - Donny Dog - 27-10-2014 02:54pm

(27-10-2014 12:00am)iwf Wrote:  So I've reading these grim tales of Evoques being stolen, it appears often without force, and with my Evoque going to live on the street in South London, I was wondering just how secure they are, whether I should worry too much and what others do to protect theirs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29786320

RE: How secure is the Evoque and........ - gunner - 27-10-2014 03:48pm

(27-10-2014 12:00am)iwf Wrote:  So I've reading these grim tales of Evoques being stolen, it appears often without force, and with my Evoque going to live on the street in South London, I was wondering just how secure they are, whether I should worry too much and what others do to protect theirs.

Sad bring back physical ignition keys?

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/insurers-will-not-cover-new-range-rovers-in-london--unless-you-have-secure-parking-9820186.html

RE: How secure is the Evoque and........ - Sarcastrix - 27-10-2014 04:03pm

(27-10-2014 12:00am)iwf Wrote:  So I've reading these grim tales of Evoques being stolen, it appears often without force, and with my Evoque going to live on the street in South London, I was wondering just how secure they are, whether I should worry too much and what others do to protect theirs.

We've been discussing this for a long while in this thread: http://babyrr.com/forum/Thread-Evoque-Stolen-in-Berlin-Found-in-Poland

RE: How secure is the Evoque and........ - Tony - 27-10-2014 04:41pm

Theres hope to be rid of it yet, just drive down and park it in London. However it would no doubt breakdown as the scum bags were driving it away and I would still be stuck with it!.

RE: How secure is the Evoque and........ - XFullFatTim - 27-10-2014 05:25pm

There was a long section about this on BBC R4's You and Your's consumer program at lunchtime today. It would appear that it isn't just Land Rover owners who are suffering, BMW and Mercedes cars are also being stolen, interesting though that the representative from the insurance industry stated that Audi's are NOT being stolen in significant numbers. Worse is to come - anybody with a Range Rover Evoque, Range Rover Sport or FFRR is likely to find that if they live in or around London then they will more than likely be refused insurance next year unless they can prove that their car is garaged overnight (he claimed that so far all reported thefts have been of cars left outside on the drive or on street, no reported thefts of cars secured inside garages).
Also the ABI recommends that anybody with a Range Rover of any sort, BMW or Merc of any sort should step back in time and purchase a good old fashioned DiscLoc or Crookloc as these completely foil the thief with a laptop/ smartphone and GPS/Phone signal jammers. Time to go dust off the old tech security system!

RE: How secure is the Evoque and........ - MrNoo - 27-10-2014 06:00pm

(27-10-2014 03:48pm)gunner Wrote:  Sad bring back physical ignition keys?

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/insurers-will-not-cover-new-range-rovers-in-london--unless-you-have-secure-parking-9820186.html

An interesting article. I wonder what Land Rovers own insurance requires owners to do. If they won't insure Range Rovers in London then that is tantamount to admitting they have a problem.