parking in JB?

• alberteinstein

  13 Dec 05, 00:13

  I have been going to JB for shopping quite often recently, and expect I will expand my territory. Today, I parked at leisure mall and received, NOT a summon, but a letter advice me on how to prevent cars from theft. I notice other cars(JB) do not have such notices, so I think it was the well intentioned carpark management that want me to be more vigilant.
  So down here, I want to ask bros who went JB freq whether it is really necessary to secure your car with those safety features anot. My car din even have a car alarm ,cheap korean car mah. So if it if necessary, what should I get?
  1)car alarm?
  2)steering wheel lock?
  3)gear lock?(dunno what it is, but was stated in the friendly notice)
  
  OR is it ONLY necessary to lock doors tightly?
• carbikebus

  13 Dec 05, 02:16

  Originally posted by alberteinstein:

  I have been going to JB for shopping quite often recently, and expect I will expand my territory. Today, I parked at leisure mall and received, NOT a summon, but a letter advice me on how to prevent cars from theft. I notice other cars(JB) do not have such notices, so I think it was the well intentioned carpark management that want me to be more vigilant.
  So down here, I want to ask bros who went JB freq whether it is really necessary to secure your car with those safety features anot. My car din even have a car alarm ,cheap korean car mah. So if it if necessary, what should I get?
  1)car alarm?
  2)steering wheel lock?
  3)gear lock?(dunno what it is, but was stated in the friendly notice)
  
  OR is it ONLY necessary to lock doors tightly?

  Hi Bro,For mine i usually make friend with a security guard there and would buy him a pack of ciggarette reward for keeping an eye to the vehicle.So far so good.
• gUms

  13 Dec 05, 05:38

  wat if one day car thief give ur security guard 3 packs of ciggi ?
  haha , when ever i go malaysia , i dont trust anyone and i mean no one , sometimes to de extend of telling them im a johorean .... kakaka , i scare sia wait tio hamtan and rob..
• BrUtUs

  13 Dec 05, 06:53

  1 day u lose your car, dun cry...
• TakumiFujiwara

  13 Dec 05, 10:12

  erm..cheap car no nid to put one. they aim those expensive ones..
• carbikebus

  13 Dec 05, 10:28

  Originally posted by gUms:

  wat if one day car thief give ur security guard 3 packs of ciggi ?
  haha , when ever i go malaysia , i dont trust anyone and i mean no one , sometimes to de extend of telling them im a johorean .... kakaka , i scare sia wait tio hamtan and rob..

  ,Then it's time to hire a hitman and tio hantam this security guard liao
• eric3417

  13 Dec 05, 12:07

  My colleagues's Rav4 was stolen while park at a Shopping Mall in JB.
  CCTV shows 2 guys broke the Car's windows & drove off.
  
  
• nazrulina

  13 Dec 05, 12:27

  Originally posted by alberteinstein:

  I have been going to JB for shopping quite often recently, and expect I will expand my territory. Today, I parked at leisure mall and received, NOT a summon, but a letter advice me on how to prevent cars from theft. I notice other cars(JB) do not have such notices, so I think it was the well intentioned carpark management that want me to be more vigilant.
  So down here, I want to ask bros who went JB freq whether it is really necessary to secure your car with those safety features anot. My car din even have a car alarm ,cheap korean car mah. So if it if necessary, what should I get?
  1)car alarm?
  2)steering wheel lock?
  3)gear lock?(dunno what it is, but was stated in the friendly notice)
  
  OR is it ONLY necessary to lock doors tightly?

  Well For me, I will be save than sorry. Though my car is small and cheap korean car, I still have my car alarm on and my steering wheel lock on. You can get this cheap in Jb as low as RM19.90 for the steering lock.
  
  I heed my cuzin advise to lock the car. As he is a malaysian, according to him, it seems that not only they are eyeing on big luxurious car. Malaysian made car like Proton Waja too got stolen in JB.
  
  I think better be safe than sorry.
• alberteinstein

  13 Dec 05, 19:16

  car alarm expensive leh. Even the steering lock also expensive. Car stolen is covered by comprehensive insrance right? Will we get the compensation?
• tomsss

  13 Dec 05, 20:40

  why not mod yr steering wheel to those like F1 type.. where you can just remove the steering wheel completely off and hide it somewhere... not one is dumb enuff to to break into a car that has no steering wheel, right?
• SEI

  13 Dec 05, 21:09

  i dont think they are smart enough to steal a merc s-class yet r they
• Theatre Of Dreams

  14 Dec 05, 00:09

  another tip is to do reverse parking into the lot, since parking brake is for the rear wheels. this deters towing thieves...
• Gent-X

  14 Dec 05, 10:50

  do not reverse park!!!!
  
  thats the easiest target for the thieve...they will just get a tow truck and lift the front!
  
  everytime park head in first. after that turn your steering wheel either fully left or fully right. if a tow truck come, and lift your back (as u park head in first) when moving of defiantely your car will bang either right or left side of something. it will create so much din that people will definately alert the authorities. either that or the owner of the car on your left or right parking area defiantely will hantam the tow truck driver hehe
• ceecookie

  14 Dec 05, 10:56

  Originally posted by tomsss:

  why not mod yr steering wheel to those like F1 type.. where you can just remove the steering wheel completely off and hide it somewhere... not one is dumb enuff to to break into a car that has no steering wheel, right?

  hehe...Mr Bean also removed the steering wheel when he went for a pinic....then as his car park so near another car the driver cannot enter so he go and hotwire mr bean car but couldent find the wheel
• alberteinstein

  14 Dec 05, 17:30

  Originally posted by Gent-X:

  do not reverse park!!!!
  
  thats the easiest target for the thieve...they will just get a tow truck and lift the front!
  
  everytime park head in first. after that turn your steering wheel either fully left or fully right. if a tow truck come, and lift your back (as u park head in first) when moving of defiantely your car will bang either right or left side of something. it will create so much din that people will definately alert the authorities. either that or the owner of the car on your left or right parking area defiantely will hantam the tow truck driver hehe

  very clever method.
• storm_freaky13

  15 Dec 05, 01:26

  Originally posted by Gent-X:

  do not reverse park!!!!
  
  thats the easiest target for the thieve...they will just get a tow truck and lift the front!
  
  everytime park head in first. after that turn your steering wheel either fully left or fully right. if a tow truck come, and lift your back (as u park head in first) when moving of defiantely your car will bang either right or left side of something. it will create so much din that people will definately alert the authorities. either that or the owner of the car on your left or right parking area defiantely will hantam the tow truck driver hehe

  yes this method was published in an issue of wheels asia many months back... ever since i kep telling my parents to park that way...
  
  if u reverse park, the parking brake just works on the two rear wheels... the jackers can just jack the car up and put it on a tow truck and just drive off. with the steering lock in full left or right... they will have a bloody headache... best... put sticker on widow say got CCTV monitoring.
• aRcTiC_sTaR

  15 Dec 05, 01:41

  Originally posted by gUms:

  wat if one day car thief give ur security guard 3 packs of ciggi ?
  haha , when ever i go malaysia , i dont trust anyone and i mean no one , sometimes to de extend of telling them im a johorean .... kakaka , i scare sia wait tio hamtan and rob..

  It's easy to differentiate. The moment you start to speak they already know if you're a local or not.
• nazrulina

  16 Dec 05, 11:51

  Originally posted by alberteinstein:

  car alarm expensive leh. Even the steering lock also expensive. Car stolen is covered by comprehensive insrance right? Will we get the compensation?

  car alarm you can do in johor only RM $298 and steering lock only RM$19.90 you call it expensive ar? I rather spent a little bit more (only for that one month) than to have regrets for the whole life. Rather to pay monthly for the car but the car is gone.. hehehhehe
• alberteinstein

  16 Dec 05, 18:15

  Originally posted by nazrulina:

  car alarm you can do in johor only RM $298 and steering lock only RM$19.90 you call it expensive ar? I rather spent a little bit more (only for that one month) than to have regrets for the whole life. Rather to pay monthly for the car but the car is gone.. hehehhehe

  is the $19.90 lock reliable? I saw some locks costing as much as rm250.
• Theatre Of Dreams

  16 Dec 05, 18:21

  Originally posted by Gent-X:

  do not reverse park!!!!
  
  thats the easiest target for the thieve...they will just get a tow truck and lift the front!
  
  everytime park head in first. after that turn your steering wheel either fully left or fully right. if a tow truck come, and lift your back (as u park head in first) when moving of defiantely your car will bang either right or left side of something. it will create so much din that people will definately alert the authorities. either that or the owner of the car on your left or right parking area defiantely will hantam the tow truck driver hehe

  ooo haha indeed more logical.