 ctceoPremium
join:2001-04-26
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Re: What to do about people breaking into my car.. Depends on the age of the vehicle and the technology used. I'm not going to reveal the exact details, but it is as simple as pulling up near the vehicle, turning the box on. Punching in a few codes, flipping a couple switches and pressing a couple buttons. Takes a skilled user all of 20 seconds. Tag on 10 if the alarm is atypical for the model year, make or brand.
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 maartenaElmoPremium
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Orange, CA
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I might have missed this answer, but why aren't you simply using the garage to store your vehicles?
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| said by maartena:I might have missed this answer, but why aren't you simply using the garage to store your vehicles? It's used to store "other" things that my wife wants stored 
So, can IR flood lights be picked up locally? Anything available that works well that fits into a fancy light housing? Or will I be required to change out the fixture to a flood light type.
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scross
join:2002-09-13
Cordova, TN
1 edit | reply to ctceo
said by ctceo:Depends on the age of the vehicle and the technology used. I'm not going to reveal the exact details, but it is as simple as pulling up near the vehicle, turning the box on. Punching in a few codes, flipping a couple switches and pressing a couple buttons. Takes a skilled user all of 20 seconds. Tag on 10 if the alarm is atypical for the model year, make or brand. So using this super-secret tool, wouldn't it be easy for a legit repo man to inadvertently disable some other nearby car's alarm, or maybe even a business or home alarm or whatever, while he was busy trying to process the repo vehicle? Seems like this might make for a good case of "attempted breaking and entering" against the repo man, or even "aiding and abetting" if someone else were actually able to break into the other car because of it. If I were a clever thief I might even follow that repo man around a bit and look for those types of opportunities, letting him do the dirty work for me.
I'm not trying to be a jerk, but some of the so-called "legitimate uses" of certain technologies really do skirt the line between what is legal and ethical and what is not. I've never had a car repossessed or been evicted or any of that, but if I saw this in process then I don't know that I would hold it against the owner if they took a "shoot first and ask questions later" attitude toward the other party. I might even chalk it up to occupational hazard and say "Tough - walk it off!" |
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 Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:11 | reply to clevere1
I dont like People who break into other ppls cars  (They usually end up taking stuff) |
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scross
join:2002-09-13
Cordova, TN | reply to Kearnstd
said by Kearnstd:You also have the factor of many people simply ignore car alarms. I do because I used to work in retail and in parking lots they went off constantly so my mind just stopped processing them. heck when I was a cart boy in my much younger years at a supermarket I set them off Constantly in winter when my coat brushed against the mirrors of luxury cars. Sad but true story: when I was a teen I also worked in a supermarket, in an area of town that at the time was very low in crime. This store was right next to school yard with a playground, so throughout the day at various times it was packed with running, laughing, screaming kids. (This was back in the days when we still had something called "recess", for you younger folks who may not really be familiar with the concept.) Anyway, the noise and screams were rather loud and unnerving at first, but after a while you just learned to tune it out.
Fast forward to that summer; school was out so there were no kids. Then a young woman was mugged in our side parking lot, within earshot but out of immediate sight. They stole her groceries and her purse and some other things, and as I recall she was slightly injured - a sprained wrist or ankle or something. Apparently she screamed for help several times both during the attack and afterwards, and although we all heard it (I distinctly remembered hearing it after the fact) none of us paid the slightest bit of attention, because we were so accustomed to the playground noises. And when the victim, and the other customers, and the police, and the local press, and upper management all accused us (we're talking a dozen or so employees here) of being cold and heartless towards the screams of a helpless crime victim, all we could do was explain about that playground. We felt bad about it, of course, but we would have felt even worse if she had been raped or kidnapped or murdered or something.
As I recall upper management ended up installing cameras and hiring extra security and what-not after that, which was a good thing because that first attack was the start of a rapid downhill slide in the area. As I recall things got so bad so fast that they ended up closing the store within a couple of years - and the school next door probably had to permanently cancel recess, too! |
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join:2005-01-12
Southwest LA
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Re: What to do about people breaking into my car.. I didnt bother to read the 8 pages of posts relating to exotic alarm setups and the use of firearms.
Here is my suggestion.
get one of these..
»www.neweggmall.com/Product/20138···antity=1
They run about $550
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nonymousPremium
join:2003-09-08
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said by scross:said by ctceo:Depends on the age of the vehicle and the technology used. I'm not going to reveal the exact details, but it is as simple as pulling up near the vehicle, turning the box on. Punching in a few codes, flipping a couple switches and pressing a couple buttons. Takes a skilled user all of 20 seconds. Tag on 10 if the alarm is atypical for the model year, make or brand. So using this super-secret tool, wouldn't it be easy for a legit repo man to inadvertently disable some other nearby car's alarm, or maybe even a business or home alarm or whatever, while he was busy trying to process the repo vehicle? Seems like this might make for a good case of "attempted breaking and entering" against the repo man, or even "aiding and abetting" if someone else were actually able to break into the other car because of it. If I were a clever thief I might even follow that repo man around a bit and look for those types of opportunities, letting him do the dirty work for me. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but some of the so-called "legitimate uses" of certain technologies really do skirt the line between what is legal and ethical and what is not. I've never had a car repossessed or been evicted or any of that, but if I saw this in process then I don't know that I would hold it against the owner if they took a "shoot first and ask questions later" attitude toward the other party. I might even chalk it up to occupational hazard and say "Tough - walk it off!" Default alarm settings on some style alarms. Or some alarms just are not as good as others. |
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scross
join:2002-09-13
Cordova, TN | said by nonymous:Default alarm settings on some style alarms. Or some alarms just are not as good as others. Are you saying that the tool doesn't work on systems where the defaults have been changed, or that it only works on cheaper systems? I'm just trying to understand here. |
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said by clevere1:I live in a townhouse and the front of the house doesn't face the garage. Perhaps you answered the following all ready and I missed it. What's in your garage and how many cars was it designed to hold? |
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My now ex-wife used to take cash from my car and would play it off even to the point of crying "someone is breaking into the cars"... But no alarms EVER.
I had soaked a $20 bill in UV dye hoping that if someone took it they may have also touched glass or paint so we could get a cop to get some finger prints...
Well I woke up in the morning and went to my car and looked in the window, the bill was gone. I got the UV light and for some reason decided to check the spare key fob. It was covered in UV dye. I shined the UV light at my sleeping beloved, and she had dye on her face, hands, the sheets, it was all over her purse. I knew I didn't need to get a cop to come take finger prints, the thief was in my own bed!
I put on a rubber glove (was still dark in the room) and asked her if I could get $20 because someone took the $20 from my car yet again. With a lot of "What the fuck, why aren't the alarms working," She hands me the SAME BILL she took from my car. Covered in UV dye.
I wrapped it up in the glove being careful to not get any on me, and left like I was going to work. This was my first meeting with my divorce lawyer. Of course I was advised to not leave first or I would likely lose everything. The marriage was already troubled but I didn't expect this! It was the last straw.
I'm not really suggesting you do this, but it could rule out any one in the house. Handle the bill with rubber gloves ONLY and take them off once the bait is planted. 2x and 3x check to make sure YOU aren't transferring any of it to other surfaces, and maybe you will get lucky and get a print on glass from a thief rather than catching your wife purple handed. |
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maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
kudos:1
1 edit | reply to clevere1
said by clevere1:said by maartena:I might have missed this answer, but why aren't you simply using the garage to store your vehicles? It's used to store "other" things that my wife wants stored Personally, I think it is worth it to store these "other" things in a storage facility off-site, such as Shurgard or Outback.
At the VERY least you should be able to re-arrange the garage so it will fit 1 car.
A Garage main purpose is to protect vehicles, and it would appear to me that this is needed.
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 DataDocMy avatar looks like me, if I was 2D.Premium
join:2000-05-14
Greenville, NC
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said by Warzau:What no one suggested this? (youtube clip) That's not an alarm, this is an alarm.
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrzMGdYWZc
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Davis, CA | reply to clevere1
It boggles me when people buy nice cars and leave them parked out in the driveway (or worse, the street!) - I WILL NEVER understand THAT one.
To elaborate, out here I commonly see people buy a new car and park it at the curb - with the driveway empty and the garage either completely empty or full of junk. Again, I never understood this one lol.
One time I left my old car parked at the curb overnight and the next morning I found a huge dent in the side of it. -_-
Of course, I've also been stupid/lucky where I parked my car outside and left the windows open by accident. The car was completely untouched (whew), but the alarm was on too lol.
Since then, I've always locked it in the garage at night (that is, car locked, garage locked).
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join:2002-08-27
Denton, TX
kudos:1 | reply to Dude111
said by Dude111:I dont like People who break into other ppls cars (They usually end up taking stuff) Really? I thought they just broke in because they like to break windows, not take stuff. 
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maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
kudos:1 | reply to clevere1
Yeah.... getting the car into the garage is the solution. It's time to go through the junk that is keeping the garage from being used for its purpose, and perhaps to get a storage unit somewhere. Also, you can buy these sheds at Home Depot to put in the back yard.... in which you can store garden-related stuff or tools etc.....
Either way, the solution here is to get the "garage situation" resolved with the wife. Yes, there is a "garage situation" 
Use its for its intended purpose.
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dont have a garage. have had a car broken into once int he nearly 6yrs i have lived here. but it was a targeted event not random at all. wish i had a garage that would be so nice
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clevere1Premium
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Re: What to do about people breaking into my car.. Yeah, working on the garage. It needs some organization done to it...
So far, no sign of the thieves. I did look up crime statistics in my area and in the last 12 weeks there have been 12 break-ins, so there is someone hitting us once a week..
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