True…brain clearly not in gear yet!
Or simply the coil wire. Easiest disable ever. Five seconds.
That would be easy, if they had a key to get inside, but the key’s gone. That’s the original problem.
First off don’t use bricks or blocks. Bricks can fail, and leave the car sitting on the ground in a pile of brick dust. Cars can fall off blocks.
Neither are safe or a good idea.
If you insist on taking the wheels, go buy some jack stands. They don’t cost that much.
But even if someone gave you the jack stands that does not solve the problem of what the hell are you going to do with a car and no keys. :smack:
You have several choices.
You can have the car towed, and a full new lock set installed. $$$$
You can have the car towed, and just the outside doors re-keyed. $$
You can call a locksmith to get into the car for you. $$ (Note you still can’t drive it, but at least you are inside)
You can contact the dealer and have a new key cut based on the VIN of the car. $(This does not prevent the thief from taking it later, but it has the advantage of being cheap.)
You did not mention what kind of car it is. Some cars have a microchip in the key that can be disabled via the diagnostic computer at the dealership. If you car is one of these, by reprograming the car, the thief could still get in, but he could not start the engine.
Why is this so? I thought the key could be made by the locksmith and the same key that opens the door sometimes starts the car, no?
If you have the locksmith slim-jim or just gain entry, you have no new key to start the car with.
If you have him make a key, it will cost more money, but you can then drive the car. It would probably be cheaper to have a key cut from the VIN however.
You may also wish to consider liability of a car on blocks if you have other people close by. Many towns will ticket you or worse if that is done on a puclic street.
Blocks have been known to break as has been stated before.
I don’t know, my Chrysler dealership quoted me about $170 per key + keyfob. How much do you think redoing the ignition with an aftermarket lock/remote is? $500-$700? Might be a worthwhile investment in this case
Well no, as the car has an electronic immobiliser. A bit more info - it’s a Renault Clio, and I have ordered new keys, but these have to be sent from (you guessed it) France, so will take a week. Once they arrive, I have to get the car trucked to the garage so they can be coded.
What a lot of hassle from a break-in that netted the thief about twenty quid.
Yep. Either a flatbed, where the entire car is dragged up onto the truck, or a dolly tow, where the end of the car on the ground is supported by a small set of wheels and the other end is hoisted up in the usual way. This is an extremely common towing method in San Francisco, home of many manual transmissions and laws requiring the use of parking brakes.
Recently, we misplaced one of the keys to my 06 Pathfinder.
This left us with the valet key and my key. Both would start the car.
But I wanted three keys. So I called Nissan. They said to bring in both keys and they would make me a new one.
Why both keys? Both would be reprogrammed to match the new key and ignition system. This meant that if we found the misplaced key, it would no longer start the car.
I can answer this.
When they go to program the new key the car shows that it has three keys programed. They want to delete one. How do they know which one to delete if they do not have the remaining keys? (The computer just IDs them as position 1, position 2, and position 3, it doesn’t say my keys, valet key, and the one that we lost 
)
So what happens is they put the first key in the ignition the diagnostic computer says position 1, they put the valet key in, the computer says position 3. They then erase position 2 and program the new key to that position.
This also means that if someone finds your old key, it will no longer start your car. It will still unlock the door, but the engine will not start.