Our ownership of a Freelander came to be when the Defender 90 which we had owned from new for 13 years was nicked from home. That replaced a Defender 90 that was nicked. Two weeks after our last car was nicked they tried to take the next door neighbours Defender 90 van ( ignoring other big ticket motors) and possibly because of the big electric gates were parting it out on the drive,despite the security lights.

Last night they came back and despite the neighbour's D90 now being in a garage with electric doors, security lighting, alarms, and the electric gates, this morning they found the door forced , bonnet up, and battery cable cut ( no doubt with the bolt croppers that removed the 10mm hardened steel pins on our wheel lock). ??????

This is just getting bloody stupid, West Yorkshire is a hotbed of Organised Landy Theft and plod do 2 parts of all

I'm having 14'x'6 steel gates installed tomorrow, I've got alarm mines on trip wires, alarms and security lighting, I'm now considering having secondary locks on the garage, but nothing seems to be a deterent..

If only I could catch these C s at it and I'd invite them to " Say hello to Mr Mossberg...... " 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

very worring you are only over the hill from us ! rainy-city
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Had to google a Mossberg but great idea Could you link the trigger mechanism to the up and over door

mcphersonstrut wrote:

Had to google a Mossberg but great idea Could you link the trigger mechanism to the up and over door

I believe setting man traps and "spring guns" was outlawed in 18 twidly plonk, If it hadn't I think i'd put a Gatling gun in the garage  2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

Brother in law has lost two 110's in last three years in Lancashire.
Plod reckon they are very easy to strip apart and off to Africa as spares.

Agreed, plod are complete numpties, probably have to wait for a risk assessment before they attend anyway.
It's ridiculous that th victims are the people who loose out in other ways, extra costs of security, additional insurance, not to mention the heartache.

Hope you get it sorted and some justice.

bigalf1961 wrote:

very worring you are only over the hill from us !

We use to own a German shepherd which was the size of a pit pony, never had any problems when it was alive. We now have electronic gates, security cameras and a picture of the wife on the garage door. (sorry Chris) Wish we had the dog back

[quote="taztastic"]Brother in law has lost two 110's in last three years in Lancashire.
Plod reckon they are very easy to strip apart and off to Africa as spares.

well if anybody is in Mombassa and sees a Peacock Blue County 90 with a Choc Lab sticker in the back and there is the " Best of the Who" or Quadrophenia blaring from it, please tell the driver you are on to him  2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

buy a goose best night gaurd you will ever have  rainy-city
xs

my other half had few when she was playing at the "good life" they kept everybody away, unfortunately at the time the UKs largest mink and fox farm was at the top of the valley ( now closed), and we became sort of a " fast food outlet for escapees" . We had a couple of Peacocks too but sold them as i got fed up with driving two miles to collect the cockbird when it went visiting, they were good noisy things, i wonder what the rules for keeping Leopards are ? 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

have you looked at smart water system no matter what you do if they want it they will do everthing to get it, i do know that the smart water has been quite a good deterant with our local schools etc, rainy-city
xs

Smart Water is great ! I've used it and also DataTag on bikes, and my lad's 650 is tagged, chipped & micro-dotted, even the bloody Labs are micro-chipped ,

I'm hoping that the Freelander is not a "stealable" motor as the professional Defender thieves seem to exploit the Meccano qualities of that car, and the fact that they are the utimate run for ever car. I've not seen any threads in this forum about theft so fingers crossed. When the defender replacement comes out I hope they do something to make it much more secure, but we won't be goig back to one.. 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

thieving scum..
maybe worth installing some heavy duty security bollards,
ive seen hydraulic bollards that are operated by key fob, specifically for driveways etc.

Maybe you should sell the Land Rover and buy a BMW - nobody in the UK seems to like them so they wont get nicked  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
Stornoway Grey with Ebony Black Pleather, Clear Indicators, Body Side Mouldings etc.

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Maybe you should sell the Land Rover and buy a BMW - nobody in the UK seems to like them