kryten said:

roughbarked said:

poikilotherm said:

Have I missed something ? Looking at new cars and the below pic is now an optional extra…these things remind me of the late to early 90s-00’s when you had to take the front of the CD player with you as well. The tech seems to have regressed

They have devices that can open your car. But they can’t drive it with the steering wheel lock.

Don’t waste your money on steering locks, just by a manual, No one knows how to drive a manual now {tic}

Not entirely silly.

There was a spate of car thefts in Toowoomba, and a copper told me that the thieves preferred automatics, because they’re easier to drive.

The thing about steering wheel locks is that their deterrence lies in making your car more difficult to get away with than the one in the next space, which doesn’t have a steering wheel lock.

“I could break into Car A, and fart around with the steering wheel lock for twenty minutes or more. Or, i could break into Car B (no SWL), hot wire it, and be on my way just like that…”