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| View Poll Results: How do you ensure the security of your car at the beach/pool? | |||
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23 | 11.56% |
| I hire a locker at the beach for my keys |
  
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3 | 1.51% |
| Someone always stays next to our gear/keys on the beach |
  
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48 | 24.12% |
| I'll hide them in my gear/bury then next to my gear |
  
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46 | 23.12% |
| I use another device to gain comfort - eg clublock, quicktrack |
  
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7 | 3.52% |
| I don't worry |
  
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27 | 13.57% |
| I take the family banger and leave the pride and joy at home |
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45 | 22.61% |
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08-10-2005, 12:57 AM
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I gots me a UTE
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Eyre Peninsula, SA
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WHAT??? do you giys get like one wave a day in that river thing...??? i dont get it... 
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08-10-2005, 01:48 AM
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V8 Ghia & BF2 XR6 + Wagon
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 1,569
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Looks fake to me.
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08-10-2005, 01:53 AM
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It is hard...
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Wellington, NZ
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My guess is it's a wake of a ferry or something that goes past at 5 oclock each day?
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08-10-2005, 03:28 AM
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Grange killer!!!!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: IN THE GARAGE
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Best solution is get your mate to drive you to the beach so you don't have to worry about a thing. hahaha
Or get yourself a heap of sh*t so if it get knock off then it was a crap car.
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08-10-2005, 09:08 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Some say.......
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If i took the xb to the beach i wouldn't have to worry about locking it.. it has a self destruct button near salt water. Counting i'm paranoid about large expanses of water and also me in a bikini
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08-10-2005, 09:16 AM
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3FB Detailing Tragic
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: The Shire
Posts: 647
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I'm lucky, I live right next to the beach. I just leave the car at home and walk through the back gate.
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08-10-2005, 11:43 AM
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Curry in a hurry
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Perth
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I usually chuck my phone and wallet in the car glove box and lock it up and the keys go in my bag along with my towel next to it. Maybe someone should make a waterproof cover for the remotes so people can chuck them in thier closeable pockets while swimming.
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08-10-2005, 12:17 PM
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BOSS Pilot
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: on the loud pedal! Brisbane
Posts: 6,020
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i just take the ignition key in my boardies. leave all the other keys hiding in the car in a safe place of course
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10-10-2005, 02:29 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: newcastle
Posts: 689
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i take my shirt off as soon as i get out of the car and wrap my keys in with it and leave everything else in the car.
one year at newy beach saw some guys walking off with our stuff,phones,smokes wallets etc and gave chase rounded them up at noahs carpark and preceded to teach the fuks a lesson. thtas why i dont take anything onto the beach anymore
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10-10-2005, 02:38 PM
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Official AFF conservative
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide, SA
Posts: 3,549
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Only beach i frequent in summer, you're allowed to take the car onto and park... right there on the sand.
Always a bit of an audience at the end of the day watching everyone churn through the metre of loose sand. Good fun tho ;) Leave the keys in the ignition, 891 going with the cricket, doors open whilst you're off for a swim.
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10-10-2005, 05:12 PM
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Beware of mood swings!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Western 'burbs, put your bullet proof vests on!
Posts: 1,336
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Leave car at the beach house and walk two minutes to the beach. No need to worry. ;)
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10-10-2005, 07:31 PM
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i like to be stroked
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: between her legs
Posts: 1,926
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i lock it all in the car xcept the keys and towel , i did go swimming with a mobile in a capsual once , didnt get wet but i was worried it would the entire time. i was out on a jet ski
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11-10-2005, 12:27 PM
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PERTHXR6T
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Perth
Posts: 292
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Hiring a sniper to sit in the bushes or tree's from 100 yards with the scope on the car and waiting for the idiot to appear does it for me. Money well spent :thebirds:
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11-10-2005, 04:00 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: ACT
Posts: 11,647
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We don't have a beach in Canberra and don't go to the pool. I have a large spa, so i just fill it full of water and swim in circles.
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11-10-2005, 04:18 PM
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RapidTypLady
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Perth
Posts: 87
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We have a beautiful German Shepherd and if anyone went near our stuff while we were in the water she would take their hands off .. bless her cotton socks :1syellow1
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11-10-2005, 06:09 PM
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its not a!
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rockingham, WA
Posts: 714
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same here
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12-10-2005, 09:54 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Glen Waverley, Vic
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I usually slip the ignition key off the keyring and lock it (with the remote) in the glovebox. By the time they've found it, they don't really need the remote anyway!
The worst thing about remote keys is when you can press the button you are automatically trying to unlock every car up to 20m away - how easy is that? The ignition key then gets buried somewhere amongst my stuff. I worry a little about even the ignition key, as it has the Mitsubishi logo proudly displayed on it. Tibbe keys would be even worse - get one without a Ford logo and the thief would still know which cars to try... Usually also carry a minimum of cash (ice-cream money). The Viva is even easier. Very few people would pick its ignition key from a cheap padlock key! :1syellow1 Of course my keys do not have a home address or rego number, either. That makes it far too easy  : And I think we've found a good reason to not go with integrated remote keys - the worst scenario at the beach!  :I hope salt water does not affect transponders, but I'm not willing to test it! :gren:
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12-10-2005, 10:47 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Posts: 2,434
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I'll try and hire a locker (as you don't always have just your kets), or most of the time someone will always be watching our stuff. Annoying as not everyone can join in and have fun. But not much else you can do.
I'll always keep my car clean & hide my posessions and lock them up + clublock + sunshade, so no one can see in. I normally park away from everyone, and in the open. But still close by. 
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13-10-2005, 10:16 PM
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Goodbye XR8
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 355
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Keys get locked in the car with a dummy key i wear around my neck while surfing.
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13-10-2005, 10:27 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Melbourne, Australia.
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I've seen a ladie put her car keys on top of her wheel, and went in shopping.... me and her made eye contact....and she got up and walked in.... lucky I wasn't a thief....!
If I went to the beach i'd bring a plastic bag (Sealed) with my keys in it, and shorts with atleast 1 zip pocket. |
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05-12-2005, 06:45 AM
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DJR TM#54
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: on my p.c now with internet! ok i'll still use works internet too.
Posts: 2,248
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I use to swim with the key tied to my swimers but now i have the family banger i take that.
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05-12-2005, 07:04 AM
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Blueprint of Perfection
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: AT YOUR LOCAL SERVICE STATION
Posts: 1,414
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I will not take my pride and joy to a shopping mall or any place where it requires large public parking. When i take it to work (once or twice a week ) it goes around the back of the workshop and i have full view of it all day and there is no public acces unles your a customer with one of our staff. The family car is a 98 EL that just clicked over 80,00, shes perfect to take to the beach. Both cars are fully insured..but the pride and joy is alot safer at home in the garrrage.
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05-12-2005, 07:11 AM
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Dig a hole in the sand and bury the car!
Take the company car ,who cares what happens. |
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06-12-2005, 02:29 PM
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Regular Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Victoria
Posts: 384
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Do a Mr. Bean and take the steering wheel with you.
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06-12-2005, 02:47 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: GOsFORD Central Coast NSW
Posts: 1,930
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Mate i dont take it to the beach unless im stayin in the car, to many halfwits around. I go with a mate and take their car or take the eveyday hack
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06-12-2005, 08:18 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 432
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Yes, the wifes car gets brought out to go to beach/shops..
Park car in car-park???????????????????? u gots to be joking.... Went to a shopping centre with some friends. I parked 200m from where they were. They took the absolute p!ss out of me. Wife not too impressed either. Guess whos' car had the front 1/4 panel smacked from a 4b4 when we came out!!! Beach + Carpark = Carnage.................... the keys... |
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26-04-2007, 01:55 PM
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Fairmont Ghia's my car
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Victoria
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Hey guys, i have the solution but it costs $$$
Go to http://www.hitchsafe.com/ at this stie you will find a safe, that can secure your keys outside the vehicle. Problem solved all you beach goers... have fun... from the innovator of hunting down gadgets.
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26-04-2007, 02:11 PM
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What's green is gold
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26-04-2007, 02:13 PM
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Girls! Drink! ****! ****!
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Blue Mountains
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Holy ressurected threads Batman!
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26-04-2007, 03:00 PM
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Has Blue Blood
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Brisbane
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Well then, since I didnt post then , I will now !
I dont go to the beach ! She can come to me , if she dont like that , there are plenty more beaches in the sea ! :hihi:
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