GONE IN 60 SECONDS! STOLEN FERRARI ALERT!

Tony...I threw up a few threads at some other forums I belong to. They have a decidedly more international flavor. I'm just sorry that its the only thing I could do. A few suggestions from other friends...notify FML, FCA, Ferrari Owners Club Canada, and Mike Sheehan?

We've got your back as best we can.

Lane

 

Holy cow man, I am SO SORRY. I am just about to close on a house, and you have furthered my mental cause to make my garage a freaking fortress before I even get there...not that it will help with the pros, but at least it will make it harder for anyone to steal mine.

MB

 

When I was living in Berkshire in England, a guy down the block had a Ferrari 355 GTB for a short while. He kept it in a locked garage and inside the car was driven through two metal posts cemented into the ground and a metal bar was swung down behind it and locked into place:

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I've never seen anything like it before or since, so I don't know if it was his own creation. In any case, it wouldn't make a car impossible to steal but it would sure make it a heck of a lot harder (and a lot noisier)... particularly if the thieves were interested in keeping the car in one piece while getting it out.

All the best,
Andrew.

PS:
I don't think I'm getting any awards for artwork any time soon.

 

That's a good idea. Having posts pop up out of the floor right behind the car would be a good idea too.

 

I see you're thinking higher end than I am.

All the best,
Andrew.

 

I think the Ferrari "gate lock" as sold on the aftermarket is of minimal value. It may have some "visual deterrent"...but can be ripped out with a small pry bar in a few seconds. Basically you pry out the entire lock and gate, since only two Phillips head screws secure it to the mounting base.

 

Cool idea, but today, with easy access to battery operated cut off wheels and cutting tools, you could cut the lock or the pole a quick fashion. Still a good deterent...I would just hate to forget to remove the pole before I backed out!

 

Very sad to hear!!! I could not and would not know what you fill right now. Any how I would be looking at the garage repair Dude Asap!!!! If you leave the keys in the car he may have seen it and had an Idea, a bad idea. I can't see anybody stealing a ferrari car. I hope it pops up like the tommy HILL f355 challenge car did, we all thought that was a goner. I will pray it goes your way.

 

We had air powered 'pop up' bollards at Rice University, came from Europe somewhere as anti-terrorist equipment.....

 

I had the same thing happen with 2 motorcycles being taken from the garage. In my case they put chains on the door and used a truck to rip the garage door off then took 2 bikes with drag motors... gone fast.
Id push the garage door repair people, they can rig a door, or clone the openers in about 2 minutes with new programming. was the opener in the car the last time you drove it or did you not notice since the door was broken? hope you find out what happened.
Nd.

 

Andrew,

If you don't go with a "sunken shank" lock, that is all useless.

If you don't, I can pop it with a set of bolt cutters in one second. Oh and sunken shank locks are not easy to get for obvious reasons.

 

Wow. My condolences.

Let this be a lesson to all of us. I bought "The Club" for each of my Ferraris years ago and used the devices when I would leave the state. I've been very lazy in their use, and I am also guilty of leaving the keys in the car in my garage.

 

Around here people don't even take their keys out of the ignition.

 

Others don't even turn the car off.

 

Ferrari is next to where i work. Been there since saturday. Car has been wrecked. Police have put sticker on it to be towed. Car is behind McDonalds on Northwest highway and Loop 12

 

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Pics?

 

!!

Jedi

 

WTF!!!

 

I think the police would have contacted the owner based on the VIN if it were properly registered, wouldn't they?

 

They only do that for 355's and up.

 

I left my truck running for 45 minutes in Lowe's parking lot last night. Yahoo said it was -3 degrees here this morning. Felt more like +15 to me.

 

I see what you did there.