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Old 07-05-10, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by gunyvw
park front to back between two other cars... lol


A friend of mine got his integra stolen with a car right in front and a tahoe right behind him with another car to the right and grass to the left. Right in front his house while he slept.

No matter what you do, someone will find a way to steal it. All you can do is make it harder for them.
Old 07-05-10, 07:11 AM
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Yep, you'll need at least three cares to block you in, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrMWT2bYPjk
Old 07-05-10, 07:22 AM
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I've seen those tow truck lift things in use a lot on South Beach....they move hella fast.

I've seen GPS tracking that you can set warnings on. For example, you are on vacation and under no circumstance should the car be moving....well if it does you can get a txt, e-mail or phonecall...
Old 07-05-10, 08:36 AM
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Haha I have a guy in my neighborhood that chains his truck to a cement post he put in. Dude is crazy. I kinda just wanna cut those chains just to mess with him. Seriously it looks like a bike chained to a parking meter.
Old 07-05-10, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by lexforlife
i tend to park a$$ in to make it more difficult for a repo truck to ****** it from the front wheel and if its real questionable i park nose in , turn the sterring wheel to full lock and make sure its locked by iginition .. you cant drill our sleeves for they are case hardened steel , they would have to have a key to unlock steering wheel . they cant drag out of the space with wheels turned . it just makes it harder for them maybe just slows them down enough
Why? Did you forget to make a payment?
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Originally Posted by Wicked SC
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The South FL guys have a joke about my car and I. If I'm going somewhere with my car and I'm unable to see it where ever it's parked; I'm not going! I put too much time and $$ in my car to have these f@cking thieves take my car!
I'm the same way! Other than my garage, I'm never more than a couple hundred feet at the most away from my car. It's also always somewhere I can see it.
Old 07-05-10, 10:06 AM
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thanks for all the replys guys basically gotta sleep with one eye open. will a quick release sterring wheel do anything.
Old 07-05-10, 10:18 AM
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I removed my tow hooks, I have an alarm that will alert me if someone is messing with it, but I am still paranoid about my getting stolen. Especially after someones SI got stolen from my complex.
Old 07-05-10, 10:32 AM
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a tow truck will take your car regardless what you do
Old 07-05-10, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by timber1426
Haha I have a guy in my neighborhood that chains his truck to a cement post he put in. Dude is crazy. I kinda just wanna cut those chains just to mess with him. Seriously it looks like a bike chained to a parking meter.
Bahaha!!! Thats hilarious!! Just made my day right there..
Old 07-05-10, 11:23 AM
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just put it on jack stands and take off the wheels every night before you go to bed and put some kind of lock on the wheel studs so no one can come and put there wheels on.
Old 07-05-10, 11:31 AM
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take your tires out every time you park.
Old 07-05-10, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 3Rotor
Yep, you'll need at least three cares to block you in, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrMWT2bYPjk
siiiick!! i want one!
Old 07-05-10, 12:48 PM
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freaking sick ^^^^ who comes up with this stuff?!
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Originally Posted by 3Rotor
Yep, you'll need at least three cares to block you in, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrMWT2bYPjk
but if ur on bags and laying frame, i doubt they can get the hitch under. that i think would be the hardest possibility for a thief.


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