Theft deterant. What do you use? Options

[napasteve]

Battery disconnect. Also serves to reduce anxiety of electrical gremlins while sitting in the garage.

[BENBRO02]

My drivers door sags just enough that you can't open it from the outside without knowing the secret.

[jvmarino]

Easiest for 914's would be either pull the coil wire from distributor, or pull the fuel pump relay.

[GregAmy]

You guys are assuming someone will drive it away. These cars are getting up in value where someone would simply take 30 seconds to insert a wrecker bar under the front wheels and drag it away.

And if the e-brake and being in gear is your deterrent for that, note that the driver's glass breaks real easy.

Google "Jerr-Dann Element".

[Cal]

I find that this third pedal is enough of a deterrent for the younger generation today...

[SirAndy]

After my stolen 914 ordeal a few years back, i'm a happy subscriber to the hidden switch PLUS hidden tracking device methods.

The hidden switch will make it hard for someone to just drive off with your car, however, in my case the thieves came prepared with a trailer and just pulled it right out of the driveway.

That's where the tracking device comes in. It'll run for many hours on its own backup battery (if the main one is disconnected) and it'll phone home with its current GPS location allowing you to track the car.

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[Robarabian]

I bought a 50 dollar magnetic tracker from Amazon and a 60.00 per year air card. I charge it about every 30 days. If the car is stolen I can track it. You can set it to alert you if it moves, or even leaves a certain geofenced area. TKSTAR is the brand. Was a little goofy to set up but they have good customer service. You can track it live, set speed limits etc...

Yes, a thief can find it and throw it but most of us don't just leave the cars unattended for hours, and if it moves you get a text. Pretty cheap for under 150.00 dollars.

I put one on my Tacoma and my sons FJ cruiser.

[Minerva's 914]

Every time I park my car I accidentally remove multiple fuses with my foot, works pretty good actually and I don't even have to think about it.

[Gmanscott55]

I have a removable Momo steering wheel on mine.

[altitude411]

Magnavolt (and large can of Febreze) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U4ZYOBzEEs

[914werke]

Foul bodily odor's (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

[type2man]

You can't stop a thief, you can only slow them down. Most 914's would be towed these days, so turning the wheel is a good idea. I had a 73 beetle stolen from me years ago. My guess is one guy opens the decklid and puts a wire from the alternator to the coil. Then they both get in the car and yank on the steering wheel to break the column lock, then they both get out and push start it. This is similar to a 914. I dont think anyone nowadays can shift a 914 properly unless they have owned one so I would have to go with tow truck these days

[Porschef]

The 1-2-3 distributor has a ignition-kill, turned on and off with your phone.

But I agree that the stickshift, and doglegged 1st gear will hamper the thief's effort.

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Not only was the 123 distributor one of the best things I’ve added to my car, the disable function is a nice little feature.

[mepstein]

Sorry but these cars will move in second gear all day long. I remember Bob Seville telling the story when Pappa Smurf was still a baby and he was was surprised to find another gear after starting in second for quite a while. I always leave my car in first to keep it from rolling.

Other than someone targeting a six or a show car, I can’t imagine why someone would steal a 914 vs a modern day car.

[falcor75]

Snapoff steering wheel disconector. Hard to steer without something to hold onto. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[StarBear]

Heheheheee.... sad, but so very true!

Even if they know how to drive a manual, the sloppy linkage will confound many of them enough that they may just give up!

[StarBear]

1. Never park it in a public space that's out of my sight.
2. Have a marine battery disconnect with a removable knob - I remove the knob and carry it with me.
3. Yes, turn the steering wheel until it locks (tough to flatbed away).
+ Used to have folks remove the tire valve caps (Porsche emblem) and side view mirror (who knows why), but found the kids with the caps (and BIG threat to get parents and police involved) and do #1 above.
I like the idea of the "manual" sticker, but doubt a thief would be driving it away. A little while ago someone's high end car got stolen but thieves couldn't drive it - took enough time that the cops were called and nabbed them!

[Superhawk996]

Love it!. I need to find one of those!

I lol'd.

A locked garage and a generous insurance policy.

[StarBear]

Sorry but these cars will move in second gear all day long. I remember Bob Seville telling the story when Pappa Smurf was still a baby and he was was surprised to find another gear after starting in second for quite a while. I always leave my car in first to keep it from rolling.

Other than someone targeting a six or a show car, I can’t imagine why someone would steal a 914 vs a modern day car.

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[Unobtanium-inc]

Hidden switches!

Small switches that control fuel pump and spark.


As the interior light on 914 is not so good can even use it as the switch.

I like the idea using the switch in the interior light hooked to fuel pump....I see you are in Knoxville. I am in Sevierville.

The double trick when doing this is hook the switch to the ground on the fuel pump, no thief ever think of that. Sure they will run a hot lead wire with alligator clips, but no one thinks of a bad ground. My brother did this with his Jetta back in the day, worked great, the first time. The 2nd time the thieves just dragged his car a few block and stripped it.