Bad neighborhood

[FlyerPoot]

I'm beginning to wonder about my apartment complex. Couple weeks ago, we had two or three cars right near mine broken into - busted windows, radios gone, that sort of thing. Of course, I have a stock radio, so that's probably why they didn't break into mine.

And I just now had a cop at my door telling me a car that parks a few spaces over from mine was stolen Thursday night. He wanted to know if I had seen anything since the windows of my apartment look out over where it was stolen from. Unfortunately, I didn't see anything, so I wasn't any help.

The car that was stolen was evidently a riced-out "lowrider" Honda. So obviously the thief has no taste but still I feel sorry for the owner. Makes me wonder if my car is safe. Of course, the guy next to me has a Harley Davidson edition F150, with Foose wheels, so they'd probably go for that before my plain old V6 Camaro. But who knows.

Some people are just rotten.

[thenuge876]

Man that's tough i feel bad for all the people who lost or had their cars damaged, hope yours stays safe though, gotta just keep a close eye on it and hope the police do some drive bys to keep an eye on things.

[Joe K. 99 Zeee!!]

Unfortunately I don't think there is any way to stop a theif if they're really determined to steal a car. After watching a special on repo men, I was amazed at what can be done with the right knowledge.

One way of looking at it is to make you're car more difficult to steal than the ones around it. A brake and stearing wheel lock, something like that. If it were me, I might even hook up my usb camera to snap a pic every 15 seconds or so, if there's a window that overlooks the car. Also, there's the little things, like making sure you're car doesn't have anything appealing, like CD's, visible.

Just some ideas...

[ConElite]

I mean i know alarms dont work all that great but if u hook up like a "crazy" loud horn, it would do something. A buddy of mine had a Honda and he got an alarm, and it still got broken into. So what we did is buy one of those industrial size air horns and placed it right under the rear bumper. Oh man that thing was heard from a half mile away, and we also programed the alarm to when it goes off there is not way possible to shut it off unless with the remote, since we hooked up all the hardware for the alarm under the rear seat. Oh yes they tried breaking into it, but my buddy and the rest of the town was outside within the minute.. ha ha ha. Just keep in mind that if u do something like that, make sure the sensor is not to sensitive. ha ah ha.
But whatever u decide to do, hope it works.

[TraceZ]

I mean i know alarms dont work all that great but if u hook up like a "crazy" loud horn, it would do something. A buddy of mine had a Honda and he got an alarm, and it still got broken into. So what we did is buy one of those industrial size air horns and placed it right under the rear bumper. Oh man that thing was heard from a half mile away, and we also programed the alarm to when it goes off there is not way possible to shut it off unless with the remote, since we hooked up all the hardware for the alarm under the rear seat. Oh yes they tried breaking into it, but my buddy and the rest of the town was outside within the minute.. ha ha ha. Just keep in mind that if u do something like that, make sure the sensor is not to sensitive. ha ah ha.
But whatever u decide to do, hope it works.

I prefer the silent approach. Get a pager accessory for a car alarm and hook it directly to the dome light. When the pager goes off it's time to call the cops and sneak out with a camera and a cell phone. Take his picture a few times. If he sees you and runs, follow him and call 911 on the cell phone.. If he wants to stay and fight just explain to him that you already called the cops before you came outside and you've got his picture. Own him.

[Joe K. 99 Zeee!!]

Man...I just remembered. I had seen a site where they had a program that could track a cell phone using the E911 system. They said you could use a Boost Mobile Prepaid phone. So you just leave the phone on and hidden in the car. If the car goes bye-bye, you just log in and see where it is. I'll see if I can find it...


Here 'tis...It's called mologogo.

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive..._mologogo.html

And here's a page where you can access the aplet for the phone...
http://www.mologogo.com/

[Craig 94 TA GT]

I agree with Joe, a web cam would be a very good idea. You could monitor your car on our computer, and record for evidence if anything happens. I wish I had that when my car was vandalized.

[Rhode Island Red]

a web cam will only provide pictures of your car going by-by

you can try http://www.ravelco.com <-- darned good product

[Fb0dY HoTTiE LS1]

well i have a simalar problem, the other day my mom noticed 2 guys walking down the street and they stoped and looked at my car, in the pass. window and then the back of my car underneath and everything, so then she saw them walk across the street to my neightbor's mountainer and looked in the back window and then walked away not looking at any other cars it was almost like they were looking for a system or something in the mountainer but all i know is its got me a lil paranoid

[Joe K. 99 Zeee!!]

you can try http://www.ravelco.com <-- darned good product

That's an interesting setup. I suppose it connects to multiple systems and you'd have to follow each lead to connect the right ones together to drive the car off. Only way to get around that is with a lot of patience or a tow truck. Either way a big pain in the butt.

[Rhode Island Red]

That's an interesting setup. I suppose it connects to multiple systems and you'd have to follow each lead to connect the right ones together to drive the car off. Only way to get around that is with a lot of patience or a tow truck. Either way a big pain in the butt.

yeah, theives cannot start and drive away with your car if 1/2 of the electrical system is missing. And an alarm systm with GPS tracking or lojack as a back up if they have a tow truck would make it perfect.