oldbikedavey
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Rule 303 ......177 or .22a bit of lead up the ass
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Have you looked at flipper zero, would depend if it's a fixed or rolling codeSadly they don't seem to be selling anything that replicates my Wayne Dalton garage door opener.
I am forever waiting for the one I have to pack up. ;(
oldbikedavey
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There is, of course, the African expedient of leaving a part used bottle of Scotch in the door - pocket, but laced with strychnine.
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Vehicle theft has more to do with "export" abroad and the UK salvage industry.
Most high valve lifted vehicles/plant/tractors/lorries go abroad.
The rest of the stolen vehicles are stripped for parts to repair - salvage cars bought from online salvage autions.
All security tech can be overcome - if the tech is not about to repair the systems - copy keys - you would never repair these cars.
The answer is: Crush all accident damaged cars - and tighten the borders up.
But the insurers like getting salvage money back for your "right off" - I think they like cars being nicked in general - as they can up premiums and as you know - few % margin on thousands of pounds is more than a few % margin on hundreds of pounds. Bigger risk = bigger premiums.
If you look at most vehicles for sale in Copart - add up what they cost to buy and what the spare parts would cost to repair - the maths is simple. It is how they ended up not being repaired and entered into a salvage auction in the first place. It does not take too much imagination to work out how - £3k LED headlights are sourced for an accident damaged repairs!
As for export - forex coming in - this helps this countries balance of payments. So I can't see this coming to end very soon.
Most high valve lifted vehicles/plant/tractors/lorries go abroad.
The rest of the stolen vehicles are stripped for parts to repair - salvage cars bought from online salvage autions.
All security tech can be overcome - if the tech is not about to repair the systems - copy keys - you would never repair these cars.
The answer is: Crush all accident damaged cars - and tighten the borders up.
But the insurers like getting salvage money back for your "right off" - I think they like cars being nicked in general - as they can up premiums and as you know - few % margin on thousands of pounds is more than a few % margin on hundreds of pounds. Bigger risk = bigger premiums.
If you look at most vehicles for sale in Copart - add up what they cost to buy and what the spare parts would cost to repair - the maths is simple. It is how they ended up not being repaired and entered into a salvage auction in the first place. It does not take too much imagination to work out how - £3k LED headlights are sourced for an accident damaged repairs!
As for export - forex coming in - this helps this countries balance of payments. So I can't see this coming to end very soon.
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Put it against an immovable object and I suspect the result will be very different.
I thought that but this is how all these Yanks do their tests. They say it doesn't make a huge difference due to the velocity of the round but I disagree. A lorry hitting a stationary car at 50mph probably wouldn't be fatal - the car would be shunted out of the way. Put the car up against a solid concrete barrier and the results would be totally different.
