is it the most easiest car 2 break in? the report mentioned in the Times thought so!!!!!

 

What access did they use. The doors or the Plastic roof?

Did they also manage to move it without having the honda Key?

Rl

 

I thnik that the S2000 scored 50 out of 100 in terms of security. Access was gained in 21 seconds.

The Elise took 7 seconds to enter.

Points were scored for alarm/immob, deadlocks, etc.

The lack of deadlocks on our cars is a disgrace and a serious oversight. It is so hard to understand until yuo realise that the Japanese culture is one in which car security is almost unheard of.
A bit like our own 10-15 years ago.

In the bottom 10 the S2000 came 6th from last.

Sam.

 

What's the point of deadlocks in a ragtop ? If they want to get in to steal what's in the car, a brick through the window or a knife through the roof will do. Unless you use the key fob, you are going to set off the alarm by breaking in to the passenger cabin, so using packing tape or whatever to pull the locks isn't going to gain any advantage there.

In my opinion the only time deadlocks are going to be any use is if you have a metal roofed car with security glass, but then how do you get out of the car if the electrics go ?

I pay no heed whatsoever to the break in time quoted in security surveys - as I've learnt to my cost, a brick takes 5 seconds regardless of car. The important one is driveaway time. I'm not sure what the Times said about that, but I'd rather Honda spent more money making sure that the immobiliser did it's job properly.

Steve

PS The only other thing they could improve on big time is the centre console and boot release. The latter should be disabled internally if the alarm is activated, and we wouldn't have to worry if the former wasn't made of cheap plastic.

 

The alarm is not included in the test as they are not considered a deterent !

 

Hope the insurance isn't hiked too much. Hopefully this will rely on the number actually stolen rather than potentially stolen.