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YOUR Lexus Easy to Steal? Yes or No? Mayb?

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Old 12-01-08 | 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by PushinLEX
...i also NEVER valet, they will scrap and ding your car and jack your stuff indiscriminately. you know that ticket they put into your car? thats not only a valet ticket its a contract that disclaims all liability. recently my buddy valeted his car and the valet took all his golf cubs and WPT poker chips (the clay chips ) from HIS TRUNK.

just use common sense guys and do good acts to increase your positive karma.

Good tip about the Valet.. I didn't notice all the disclaimers on the back of the ticket.
Old 12-01-08 | 10:47 PM
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Remember decibel ratings are not exponential. Going from 100 to 110 is not the same as going from 110 to 120. You would probably go deaf listening to 160db.
Old 12-01-08 | 11:04 PM
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false alarms would just suck...
Old 12-02-08 | 01:03 AM
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Valet: They screwed up my bumper...didn't realize it till later.

LOL, false alarm would really suck. Best Deterent? drive a pinto. Put a remote locater and set the monitoring device to alert you when the car moves when you don't expect it to (some setting). Then you take out a shot gun and help us all out.
Old 12-02-08 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by lexusscturbo
I knew the owner of that car.
If that ITR was a yellow one.
well u know they only made 3 different color options for the ITR and yellow was most common so kinda a crap shoot guess even if you didnt know him! dont get me wrong, im not saying you didnt im just saying i woulda said a yellow ITR also if i had to guess!

Originally Posted by JeffTsai
Trust me, this is not just a high picthed horn. The one I'm talking about is a train horn. It will scare you even if you are prepared for it. If it catches off guard you will easily drop everything in your hands(phone,laptop,bags,etc). 160+db is about as loud as a jet engine taking off. A horn like this will certainly get attention because it can be heard about a mile away
i had a buddy with a train horn he used to scare the crap outta me when i was in the car! or do drive by horning on the streets which was funny but coulda been dangerous
Old 12-02-08 | 02:29 PM
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I always wanted a train horn... but its a challenge squeezing one of those setups into a H2.. I dunno where I would find space in a GS.
Old 12-02-08 | 02:47 PM
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yeah i decided not to do that on my es after some POS broke into my car, stile my freshly repaired avic-d2, and my subs, amps and the "bouncers" 30 feet away never heard nething (im sure they were involved) but i decided against all this as the freaking horns are like 150+ then u need a tank, etc and the whole setup was gonna be like 500 plus a place to install it under the hood was 2 tight.
Old 12-02-08 | 08:26 PM
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Years ago while at Newark-Rutgers I had two alarms on my 68 Camaro RS. I set the siren at the car on a delay. Hood and trunk were chained down along with an ignition kill switch. The second alarm was a pager. While at my frat house, some frat brothers popped the hood to see what would happen. Result. About 15 fratters with various weapons in hand running out looking for anything that moved near my car. I have not seen a page alarm since but I thought it was a good idea.
Old 12-03-08 | 12:30 AM
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All you have to do is install an alarm with a fake C4 bomb on your center armrest, and the minute it the alarm goes off this is what it says "Warning, Car will self-destruct in 10 seconds".
Old 12-03-08 | 01:46 AM
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I suggest someone modding the Flame Thrower Car-Jack system to their alarm system....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrzMGdYWZc
Old 12-03-08 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
Trust me, this is not just a high picthed horn. The one I'm talking about is a train horn. It will scare you even if you are prepared for it. If it catches off guard you will easily drop everything in your hands(phone,laptop,bags,etc). 160+db is about as loud as a jet engine taking off. A horn like this will certainly get attention because it can be heard about a mile away
LOL!! I can only imagine false alarms.. people trying to sue you for giving them a heart attack..
Old 12-03-08 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Boosty.vip
All you have to do is install an alarm with a fake C4 bomb on your center armrest, and the minute it the alarm goes off this is what it says "Warning, Car will self-destruct in 10 seconds".
yeah... I would get picked off by various government agency sharp shooters for just having that....
Old 12-03-08 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by PHML
I suggest someone modding the Flame Thrower Car-Jack system to their alarm system....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrzMGdYWZc
i bet that would deter thieves but thats just a lawsuit waiting to happen when crook says he just fell on your car and got torched!
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Originally Posted by sakataj
i bet that would deter thieves but thats just a lawsuit waiting to happen when crook says he just fell on your car and got torched!
LOL..well, if they got torched...I don't think they would be alive to file suit. Just a charcoaled skeleton will remain.
Old 12-04-08 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by PHML
LOL..well, if they got torched...I don't think they would be alive to file suit. Just a charcoaled skeleton will remain.
kinda makes me think of skeletor from he-man cartoons when i was a kid...

skeletor from the movie
http://www.he-man.org/primary_sects/.../skeletor3.jpg

and the one we all know...skeletor from the show
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...6/skeletor.jpg



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