Back in the day I used to have a mate who used to take off the HT leads wherever he left his car, even if it was for 10 minutes.
This was all well and good until on a 1st date he got his grubby finger marks all over some poor girls pretty white dress
Needless to say the relationship didn’t last very long after the 1st date.

Saw one movie where a gangster is parking his car on a street with terraced houses and three local oiks about 10 years old ask him if he wants them to watch his car for £5 so his wheels are not stolen, to which he says no and points out the Rottweiler on the back seat. The response from one of the oiks was 'OK mister, but can your dog put fires out, cue the oik being handed a fiver

As said previously, at least the police are trying to do something about it, it is not their fault that very expensive cars are built with systems that allow them to be stolen with such ease and very little time.

Gyre8 wrote:

Late 1960s my Dad had a Vauxhall Viva HA series. Driving around Ironbridge one day the gear stick snapped leaving a tiny stub. Luckily he had a pair of locking grips in his tool box in the boot of the car.

I wouldn't have thought anyone would want a HA Viva.

My then girlfriend (now wife) on her Viva circa 1968-69. We did a lot of miles in that after we got married.

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