Testing Car Theft Gadgets - Fifth Gear

Tim tries to break into/steal the license plate from/rob the catalytic converter of a car so you don't have to.

[faizanjoyia]

I would not recommend installing that film to your glass as you won't be able to break the glass to get out and emergency services won't be able to break it as well

[MegaPepsimax]

I was warned before putting that special film on my car windows. They said it's a good idea to stop break-ins, but the problems arise when the car is tipped upside down and the window is your only escape route, or if the car falls into a river and the door becomes impossible to open because of the fast flowing water, the window is a viable escape option, but not when this film is applied.


So I decided not to apply it

[pbknowall]

Who else thought he looks like that robber in Home Alone? xD

[mrtwollock]

"most of us own a car like this" proceeds to show a bright yellow convertible saab...

[dvoz]

Okay you can't get in the car with the foil. But if jou crash in the water could you get out?

[mattmopar]

guy has never heard of a cordless bandsaw or sawzall

[zeedankpigeon]

He looks like that robber from home alone 🤣

[grossbeef]

It just takes practice for the converter. Over here where i live we have a big lot full of cars and the whole "no snitching" policy and alot of people just watched as a group of guys all went through the parking lot car by car and within about 4 minutes had the converter off each car and piled in their car and they went through about 50 cars altogether between them all and did it all within an hour or so then scrapped them but it wasn't "out of place" for people to scrap a crap ton of converters at the time so they were getting away with it but now the scrap yards ask for proof it came from your vehicle when you scrap one.

[momoniji]

*$300 Film*




*Adds 1 extra hit on the glass to break...*

[ricefarmer]

yo dude I got some laminated windows
* drives into lake *
DUDE I CANT GET OUT THESE CAR WINDOWS ARE UNBREAKABLE

[Toastmaster_]

Seems the UK needs to step up their laws regarding license plates. In the US, I haven't heard of anyone who steals plates. The plates are legally attached to your license and must fit the description of your car, so if a theif got a speeding ticket either from a camera or by being pulled over, they'd be screwed.

[catjudo]

I drive a 2001 Mazda MX-5 Miata, which is easy to get into with a knife (through the soft top), but I don't keep anything of value in there; even the glove box is locked, but contains nothing except for registration, insurance, a pencil and a spare pair of glasses. Not even a midget could get the catalytic converter out without a jack, but the best part is that the car has something that most of my fellow Americans can't defeat: a manual transmission. On my first car, a 70 Pontiac Firebird (with an automatic), I installed a custom steering wheel with a release that allowed me to take the entire wheel and lock a cover over the column. Worked like a charm.

[chefgiovanni]

It was a cheerful day when a grunt cut off his own thumb with an angle grinder while trying to steal the catalytic converter off my neighbors truck. He had some repair cost but now he has an extra thumb.

[AndieBlack]

Damn simple really...if you know how to read an electrical factory service manual for your car, find the ground-wire for your fuel pump (Usually located in the fuel tank)...remove its existing ground (usually in the trunk/boot)...splice & extend wire forward along driveline/transmission tunnel inside, locate a simple SPST switch where YOU only know where, ground out the second terminal of the switch on some adjacent sheetmetal.
Works every time..

[.b]

Secure plate? Just note down the reg and get the plates made.

Haven't paid insurance in years.

[uktokers]

I clicked on this video purely because of the thumbnail of an unbelievable forehead

[alexp-de]

modern cars are even easier to steal than old cars from the 90s. You just have to hack the remote keyless system which can be done with tools costing 30 Dollar and free software.

[carlover]

0:28 Red brick, fences, MkIII Capri, car thief in black... a quintessentially British scene.

[koitorob]

So, to nick the cat you never thought to use a couple of spanners? YOU SPANNER!

[mattfox]

£300 to protect my shitting sat nav that's not worth ought