isn't it funny how "most" car thieves have worked for an auto company,alarm company or lock smith.
it doesn't matter what security you have if your car is in high demand .......................kiss it good by!
the thieves are the ones who design these security systems.
besides......after your vehicle is stolen..........who "would" want it back. have you ever seen what they do to "your" stolen vehicle?
I could steal a car equipped with a club in about 10 seconds. All I gotta do is spray the lock to freeze it and then shatter it (Learned this from a friend that is a repo man). also, I had a friend that was using on of those clubs, and they cut her steering wheel to get it off.
The club is basically a waste of money. Use that money to install a kill switch instead.
I was watching one of those repo. shows on the Learning Chanel the other day, and they mentioned how easy it was to repo a car which was "protected" by the club. They had a special tool that was applied in such a way to bend the thing and snap it off. These repo guys took less time to remove the club than it took the car owner to put in in place.
Dave
company,alarm
they strip it down, set the remaining frame/shell where it can be found. then purchase the frame/shell at the auction and put all the pieces back on.
-a|ex
Klm wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
Actually,just forcing the entire doorlock to turn can open the door.
It's been like that in my apartment complex for many years.Leave a cellphone,CD player,or other valuable in your car and in sight,and someone will smash a window,grab it,and run.Or if they want parts off your model car;my Integra's engine control module (ECU,computer module)was stolen last year.($775 list,six weeks to get one!)
Also,thieves use a slide-hammer dent puller; a rod with a sliding weight and a screw on the other end,screw it into the lock,then slide the weight to yank the cylinder out of the door/trunk.Works very fast.
"Des Perado" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:
My Integra was 9 years old when the thieves stole the engine control module(used for installing hopped up motors in their car),it took 6 weeks to get a new one. I had an alarm installed the same day I got the car back.(and I know they visited to check it out,too,I spotted them.)
"Michael Daly" wrote in news:Yw_Kb.18137$ snipped-for-privacy@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com:
A lot of new cars are coming with anti-theft features factory- installed.Alarms with ignition kill,On-Star,Lo-Jack,special keys,or no-key remote entry systems;you keep a passive RFID device inside your pocket,and the car unlocks as you approach,locks when you leave.
Me,I'd like a microwave proximity sensor with a silent paging alarm. Then I can catch them in the act. B-)
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Gee. I've got one of those. I'll have to give it a try.
Bob
Wow. The things I have learned.
I live in a very pleasant and safe city, Edmonton, Alberta, and my original post was a wakeup call to myself not to leave personal documents and my laptop in the car, especially when with a rental car in a strange city. Losing a laptop would hurt (hasn't happened yet) but losing my work in that laptop would really freak me out. Same for personal travel documents.
The wakeup part is that someone would steal high visibility, bulky low resale value groceries. And in my "safe" city! The victim mentioned only a broken door lock. How easily the whole theft was done in a busy Christmas car park lot made me think out how it could be done. Sobering. I will never leave anything that I cannot to lose in my car again.
Yes, but mostly on high-end cars. I'm not convinced the solution has to be so expensive. If they could just get it to the point where the thieves have to either spent ten minutes or tow away to steal, they'd get rid of a lot of problems. Thirty seconds to a joy ride is probably more of a crime of opportunity - a tow-away would only be for the dedicated specialists that steal to order.
Having On-Star shut down the car in traffic or something like that is a bit of too-little, too-late. Expensive, good for retribution, but not for prevention.
Mike
You *DO* have backups for everything important on that laptop, right?
--Goedjn.
(17 years of helpdesk/consulting, and I've yet to cross paths with someone who says "yes" to that question...)
Yes, on all three computers (desktop at home, desktop at work, and laptop) and on a local server. As a doctoral student with lots of research and completed papers, I can't afford to lose my work.
Goedjn,
Sorry to break your streak! 8^)>
BB
Oh, sure, blow a 17 year streak..
that is a bit of
for prevention.
I used to think that the best anti-theft device would be a rear license plate that would drop down when the car was stolen. On the back would be the words "F..k you PIGS".
Bob
I've worked with computer users for many years and found that the only people who regularly backup their system are those who lost their important files at one time. I use a double-negative and tell them, "Don't backup anything you don't mind losing."
And all those files on the laptop are password protected? The really important ones are encrypted too...right?
RB
Goedjn wrote:
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That isn't much of a problem, but then you'd have people complaining that it's impossible to get back into the car if you lock your keys in! Can't make anyone happy!
he might not have seen anyone that answers yes because most people that do backup don't need to call a typical helpdesk. Chances are they know much more than the helpdesk consultant :)
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