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Relatively cheap insurance I suppose..
I have wheel locks on my Taycan and will get then on RR next although somehow i thought they were standard

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Both cars should already have an interior motion and tilt sensor - Taycan definitely has and would be surprised if the RR doesn't.

Locking wheel nuts are standard in UK on the Taycan and odd that this is not case elsewhere - again not sure on the RR.

Not sure how these hoodilams operate but if they're smart and have 4 jack's then the chances are the car won't tilt and therefore the alarm won't trigger.

Not sure what other type of electronic surveillance deterrent would prevent the theft.

Locking nuts are a must but not fool proof.
Long time ago I lived in Athens, Greece for a couple of years. I remember one time I was waiting to cross a main street, on foot, at a light near downtown (2 or 3 lanes in each direction). At some point a nice, 2-seater sports car pulls up to a red light, a guy with his wife or girlfriend inside. All of the sudden, a bunch of people run out from the crowd towards the car. Two of them block the doors so the occupants cannot exit. The rest manages to lift the car, take all the wheels, leave the car on blocks, and be gone - all before the light turned green. It happened so fast, in front of a huge crowd of people. I was both shocked and impressed at the same time. It just goes to show that organized and determined thieves will take what they want, no matter what alarms you put on the car.
 
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Long time ago I lived in Athens, Greece for a couple of years. I remember one time I was waiting to cross a main street, on foot, at a light near downtown (2 or 3 lanes in each direction). At some point a nice, 2-seater sports car pulls up to a red light, a guy with his wife or girlfriend inside. All of the sudden, a bunch of people run out from the crowd towards the car. Two of them block the doors so the occupants cannot exit. The rest manages to lift the car, take when wheels, leave the car on blocks, and be gone - all before the light turned green. It happened so fast, in front of a huge crowd of people. I was both shocked and impressed at the same time. It just goes to show that organized and determined thieves will take what they want, no matter what alarms you put on the car.
Must have been a Formula One Pit Crew in town!

It is shocking however.
 

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Must have been a Formula One Pit Crew in town!

It is shocking however.
I don't know who they were. The interesting thing was that there was a large crowd of people, nobody tried to stop them. I think we were all in shock. I remember the incident, but don't remember the make of the car, or other details like that (I was a teenager back then). I did get to hear a whole lot of swear words in Greek, which I was still learning . I worked at a restaurant as a waiter at the time, so I had learned a few choice epithets, but what came out of that driver was the whole next level of cursing. Let's just say he was livid! I imagine anyone would be, pulling up to a red light in an expensive car, being left on cinder blocks in the middle of a major roadway.
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