Getting ripped off!
05-20-2008, 08:02 PM
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Getting ripped off! Give me reasons why I should make the plunge in getting the Kenwood 512 and not worry constantly about the thing getting jacked. I live in a good area and have the factory alarm.. I'm on the fence bigtime. I want to run out and get it and this crap has me pausing bigtime..
05-21-2008, 01:52 AM
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I would not worry about it. If you never want it to get stolen, that's possible if you:
1. don't play your system loudly near groups of people in public places (e.g. the parking lot in front of the movies on fri. night)
2. Don't show off your system to anybody. (yes, this includes "friends", how many times have you heard "my friend's brother has this and that in his car"?)
3. Don't display any brand name stereo stickers on the outside of the car. (e.g. "Alpine" or "Kicker" stickers on the back window.)
4. Insure it. Have the thing professionally installed and take the receipt over to your ins. company. They will insure it for a small additional amount.
The key is to keep your stuff low-profile and insure it. Hope this helps.
1. don't play your system loudly near groups of people in public places (e.g. the parking lot in front of the movies on fri. night)
2. Don't show off your system to anybody. (yes, this includes "friends", how many times have you heard "my friend's brother has this and that in his car"?)
3. Don't display any brand name stereo stickers on the outside of the car. (e.g. "Alpine" or "Kicker" stickers on the back window.)
4. Insure it. Have the thing professionally installed and take the receipt over to your ins. company. They will insure it for a small additional amount.
The key is to keep your stuff low-profile and insure it. Hope this helps.
05-21-2008, 10:56 AM
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I would not worry about it. If you never want it to get stolen, that's possible if you:
1. don't play your system loudly near groups of people in public places (e.g. the parking lot in front of the movies on fri. night)
2. Don't show off your system to anybody. (yes, this includes "friends", how many times have you heard "my friend's brother has this and that in his car"?)
3. Don't display any brand name stereo stickers on the outside of the car. (e.g. "Alpine" or "Kicker" stickers on the back window.)
4. Insure it. Have the thing professionally installed and take the receipt over to your ins. company. They will insure it for a small additional amount.
The key is to keep your stuff low-profile and insure it. Hope this helps.
1. don't play your system loudly near groups of people in public places (e.g. the parking lot in front of the movies on fri. night)
2. Don't show off your system to anybody. (yes, this includes "friends", how many times have you heard "my friend's brother has this and that in his car"?)
3. Don't display any brand name stereo stickers on the outside of the car. (e.g. "Alpine" or "Kicker" stickers on the back window.)
4. Insure it. Have the thing professionally installed and take the receipt over to your ins. company. They will insure it for a small additional amount.
The key is to keep your stuff low-profile and insure it. Hope this helps.
05-21-2008, 11:08 AM
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Thats good advice. I'm not one to turn it up too loud. I had 2 diff Irocs get knocked over a movie theaters. They even had alarms on them. Thieves don't go buy any of that stuff,they look in nice cars. Its not the stereo,its the car that's a target. Correct?
05-21-2008, 11:31 AM
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I pretty much go from point A to point B,but it sucks to have to drive another car somewhere because you have to worry about this crap! If I ever catch a thief,I'll be writing you guy's from jail! :-)
05-21-2008, 03:51 PM
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I have had nice stereos in all of my cars and always have had dark tinted windows so even when you do look in you can hardly see anything although if theivs still want to get in they can best of luck.
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05-21-2008, 06:18 PM
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Dude, I wouldn't put too much trust on that stock alarm. My car got broken into with the alarm active and it never even went off. If your planning on spending major money, buy a quality alarm and rest assured that it will work. I went out and got a nice top notch viper alarm. You can't even breath on the car without it making a "Back the **** Up" noise. I love it.
05-24-2008, 01:59 PM
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I've had multiple 1000+ watt systems in my TA and never had a problem. I have the stock alarm system too. I drive around most of the time with the windows down, at 100% volume. BUT I turn that **** WAY down/off when I get within a mile of where i'm going and don't mention the system or show it to anyone.