2 hours ago, james.wilson said:

bit the vw thing, until it was in the media no one cared

Well I wont be buying any more VW's

21 minutes ago, PeterJames said:

Well I wont be buying any more VW's

 

Funny that as they are one vehicle that holds money longer than most.

Just now, Nova-Security said:

 

Funny that as they are one vehicle that holds money longer than most.

Depends on how you look at it, I have a 2008 transporter we purchased six years ago for £18k.  At 129k miles the engine has gone we have spend at least £3k on it over the last couple of years with stuff failing plus servicing of £500 per year so total cost £24k divided by 6 =£4k pa we have just purchased a three year old Traffic for £5k if it lasts two years it will be better value for money. 

 

I have had a quote for engine rebuild at £4k I can buy a similar example for £6k on autotrader so do I spend £4k so I can sell it for £2k or do I try and sell it as is? Or do I just scrap it?

 

My plumber has a transporter, it spends more time in the garage than it does on the road   

If I a broken Transporter van I'd have it valeted & bung it on ebay... remember to include "surf van" . "camper" on the listing  

 

 

1 hour ago, PeterJames said:

Depends on how you look at it, I have a 2008 transporter we purchased six years ago for £18k.  At 129k miles the engine has gone we have spend at least £3k on it over the last couple of years with stuff failing plus servicing of £500 per year so total cost £24k divided by 6 =£4k pa we have just purchased a three year old Traffic for £5k if it lasts two years it will be better value for money. 

 

I have had a quote for engine rebuild at £4k I can buy a similar example for £6k on autotrader so do I spend £4k so I can sell it for £2k or do I try and sell it as is? Or do I just scrap it?

 

My plumber has a transporter, it spends more time in the garage than it does on the road   

You need to go east London , engine rebuilds , gearboxes etc good prices to , west London is double the price

 

52 minutes ago, MrHappy said:

If I a broken Transporter van I'd have it valeted & bung it on ebay... remember to include "surf van" . "camper" on the listing  

 

 

 

And bike rack...

17 minutes ago, al-yeti said:

You need to go east London , engine rebuilds , gearboxes etc good prices to ,

 

all parts stolen from west london....

11 hours ago, Nova-Security said:

 

I meant the equipment to capture the signal and turn the alarm off.

 

My mistake 

 

 

Ah, ok. I mean, given that the jamming works (and works well), then I think that would be the attack chosen. Only downside to it is that you don't get confirmation the alarm is disarmed, you need to hope for the best.

 

The replay is awkward as well, as capturing the signal requires you are there when the alarm is armed or disarmed (you can modify one signal to the other easily). That means planning, and the last few "psychology of a burglar" things I have read suggest there is rarely any planning beyond driving round the area beforehand.

2 hours ago, cybergibbons said:

 

Ah, ok. I mean, given that the jamming works (and works well), then I think that would be the attack chosen. Only downside to it is that you don't get confirmation the alarm is disarmed, you need to hope for the best.

 

Same for some other devices on the market then, not controls.

disagree I know certain groups of people with plenty of gold and large sums of cash and have Yale alarm systems , not to mention designer gear and top end gadgets.

 

They don't understand that all alarm systems are not created equally.