i saw the same thread in the socal forum too. 
LA car chase
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I watched it over lunch time here. It went on forever. Dood swiped another car lighty, then him and his partner jumped out and ran on foot.
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I wonder what could have motivated them to do that. "Yeah, let's steal a car. Nice, Lexus GS. Okay, now we've stolen it, let's drive around and sideswipe cars. Oh, cops are onto us and a helicopter is tracking us. Now let's run for it, surely we'll get away."
I just saw a clip of that chase on the news. 
Hopefully the GS doesn't belong to a member. 
I'm sure they were thinking that they could get away with it, otherwise why would they do it in the first place? Unless maybe they were on something?
Hopefully the GS doesn't belong to a member.
Originally Posted by Incendiary
I wonder what could have motivated them to do that. "Yeah, let's steal a car. Nice, Lexus GS. Okay, now we've stolen it, let's drive around and sideswipe cars. Oh, cops are onto us and a helicopter is tracking us. Now let's run for it, surely we'll get away."
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Originally Posted by rominl
umm.... i wonder if they stole the key to start the car or use some other ways -- that would be a solid proof on whether you can drive the car off without a key? 
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
Yeah...not exactly a good PR for Lexus if it's the latter case. Did the 2GS come with a "smart" ignition system when it was first introduced?
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I too wonder how the car was stolen...Lexus or no Lexus once you have the key, you still have their car...
Hopefully the car wasn't too badly damaged, I guess the right front fender and bumper probably were dented severely...that video had me cringing, and expecting an even worse ending.
But it also makes me think more highly of Lo-Jack...
Hopefully the car wasn't too badly damaged, I guess the right front fender and bumper probably were dented severely...that video had me cringing, and expecting an even worse ending.
But it also makes me think more highly of Lo-Jack...
Originally Posted by enigma354
I too wonder how the car was stolen...Lexus or no Lexus once you have the key, you still have their car...
Hopefully the car wasn't too badly damaged, I guess the right front fender and bumper probably were dented severely...that video had me cringing, and expecting an even worse ending.
But it also makes me think more highly of Lo-Jack...
Hopefully the car wasn't too badly damaged, I guess the right front fender and bumper probably were dented severely...that video had me cringing, and expecting an even worse ending.
But it also makes me think more highly of Lo-Jack...
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Originally Posted by rominl
yeah i think lojack is a good addition. but i have been thinking, if two people steals your car (which is pretty common, one could be driving and the other one will look through to see if there are lojack and stuff like that? there are only couple of positions for lojack
Originally Posted by Jmai22
would they install lojack on the side of the car???
Lojack rules! You know some people say, "if my car gets stolen, I don't want it back so I don't need to pay for a Lojack". If some **** stole my Lexus baby, I'd want a Lojack just to have the police get them. And they hide the Lojack better than that during the install. In fact, they do not allow you to watch where the Lojack is hidden in your own car, just in case something happens. I'm guessing in case you get car jacked.