Glad you're getting that sorted T8OOL and fingers crossed the CCTV shows the in the act.

Going to check winch cable at the weekend to see which version is fitted - hopefully it'll be the latest one.

Still haven't convinced myself on the protector, but I think I'm nearly there.  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
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Ok Bean, put it another way, if you had to leave your motor out on the street overnight knowing that spare wheels are being stolen in your area and you didn't have the spare wheel protector on your motor whould you rest? Now ask yourself the same question if you had one fitted, for the sake of £65 i know what i would do and have done do you want to be the next member on here telling us you have had your spare wheel stolen?

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Ray is dropping mine off on friday, very nice of him and great service

Beancounter_74 wrote:

Glad you're getting that sorted T8OOL and fingers crossed the CCTV shows the in the act.

Going to check winch cable at the weekend to see which version is fitted - hopefully it'll be the latest one.

Still haven't convinced myself on the protector, but I think I'm nearly there.

Got mine today. Ordered mine last wednesday. £65 + £16.50 for p+p but only cost £10.60 to post, strange. MY11 Autobiography supercharged. Santorini Black. Monaco interior. Rear screens. Privacy.
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Hi all, DrLex mentions the improved security of the D4 winch. Is this improved winch fitted as standard to the 2011 sport ?

many thanks
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It's possible that such was fitted to RRS 2011, as my understanding is that it was labelled as D4 2011 Winch but also fits RRS & D3.

sweetafton wrote:

Got mine today. Ordered mine last wednesday. £65 + £16.50 for p+p but only cost £10.60 to post, strange.

£10.60 to post, but what about his packaging cost, time to take to post office/arrange courier

npinks wrote:

sweetafton wrote:

Got mine today. Ordered mine last wednesday. £65 + £16.50 for p+p but only cost £10.60 to post, strange.

£10.60 to post, but what about his packaging cost, time to take to post office/arrange courier

Get your point. Thanks  MY11 Autobiography supercharged. Santorini Black. Monaco interior. Rear screens. Privacy.
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Gone MY04 Discovery V8 Petrol ES Premium. Awesome.

Ady 555 wrote:

Ok Bean, put it another way, if you had to leave your motor out on the street overnight knowing that spare wheels are being stolen in your area and you didn't have the spare wheel protector on your motor whould you rest? Now ask yourself the same question if you had one fitted, for the sake of £65 i know what i would do and have done do you want to be the next member on here telling us you have had your spare wheel stolen?

Totally understand where you are coming from Ady, but having seen cars 'keyed' just for envy by these low lifes it does make me wonder if you did have a protector fitted and they couldn't get at the wheel, whether they would leave you a calling card, like a couple of kicked in panels, scratches down the side etc Its as if you are damed if you do, damed if you don't.

I wonder how many people who have the RLD protector have had an attempted theft?

What we need is someone could come up with a motion sensor to activate the reversing camera and hard drive that when you're parked, it captures the 's in the act, then maybe drops the suspension into a super low mode to squash the under the car ........now that would be  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
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Beancounter_74 wrote:

Its as if you are damed if you do, damed if you don't.

The types of people who steal these are in for a quick buck and wont usually waste time keying your vehicle. They won't want the alarm to go off and they want to be in and out unseen and unheard.

The knobs that want to key your vehicle are just knobs and not always thieves as well.

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Spare wheel cheistmas present, does that mean I have to buy the other 4 something aswell.

Think you lot have convinced me. Will be sorting one out .
Hopefully a protector, combined with the new winch connector (need to check I have that ) shown earlier means I'll retain the wheel in the event of an attempt to borrow it from the car  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
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GONE:MY12 RRS SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ivory/Grand Black Privacy glass

Just because your alloy wheels have got locking nuts on it doesn't mean that they are going to key your car they just jog on to the next one and hope that it hasn't, most tea-leafs will just think that LR have upgraded the security in your case on the new models I'm suprised you spend £55k + on your motor and you are humming and harring about spending £81.50 on extra security