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Yeah, this all harks back to the 80s, plenty of cars were getting stolen , you didn't even need to smash a window,  I think Ford Escorts were a big target, but I do remember Vauxhall Astra's were as a mate of mine had 2 Astra GTEs, the 2nd replace the 1st after it was stolen, after the 2nd one was stolen he switched to something else.

We actually broke into his car whilst he was sat in it, you only needed a piece of that plastic parcel banding with a notch cut into it.

You fed it down the side of the window from the outside, fished about and you could pull up the lock mechanism the same as if you were in the car and pulled up the  lock at the top of the door as most of them were back then, nowadays its usually on the same position as the internal door handle. 

We tried this when it was reported that Astras were easy to get into, turns out they were.  This is why may people had Crooklocks on their steering wheels etc.

Nowadays, most cars have deadlocks, the 1st lock  actually locks the door, the  2nd disconnects the mechanism form the actual lock which is shrouded in metal to prevent tampering.  Many cars also have immobilisers so you can't 'hot-wire' them by simply shorting the starter motor wires.

Vince 

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