it was fun while it lasted... last pic of "crimson"
09-26-2013, 08:22 PM
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09-27-2013, 09:38 AM
#71
Fact is, if they really want your car, they pull up with a flatbed and drag it up onto it and roll away.
Chances are good that this car was taken to a garage, stripped, then dumped off by a tow truck on the side of the road. So they most likely had a secure location that was out of site that they took the car to, so they could have just as easily put it on the back of a flatbed and taken it if it hadn't started.
09-27-2013, 10:36 AM
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If you're wanting to steal a car, you'll grab a fuse from any of the non essential ones like turn signals or horn or interior lights etc to replace it.
Fact is, if they really want your car, they pull up with a flatbed and drag it up onto it and roll away.
Chances are good that this car was taken to a garage, stripped, then dumped off by a tow truck on the side of the road. So they most likely had a secure location that was out of site that they took the car to, so they could have just as easily put it on the back of a flatbed and taken it if it hadn't started.
09-27-2013, 11:18 AM
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Pulling the ecu fuse isn't the best idea since it will have to relearn fuel/spark tables along with idle etc. If anything pull the crank fuse in the i/p dash or wire up a switch to disable a main circuit. Like mentioned, they can always just steal the car with a flatbed or the like.
09-27-2013, 11:30 AM
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Gutted for you. I know it's only a car but seeing those images makes me feel sick. I hope Karma catches up with the bastards.
I have a huge pvc covered bike lock I thread through the steering wheel & drivers door handle & leave through the passenger door when I park up, anything to slow them down.
I have a huge pvc covered bike lock I thread through the steering wheel & drivers door handle & leave through the passenger door when I park up, anything to slow them down.
09-27-2013, 12:58 PM
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Well the car will live on... right click save as desktop wallpaper.
Looking forward to seeing your next creation once the sting wears off. Hopefully it's a 4th gen.
Looking forward to seeing your next creation once the sting wears off. Hopefully it's a 4th gen.
09-28-2013, 08:57 AM
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Sad to see but reality is the person that was involved is probably reading this right now.
Its crazy how much information some of us put out there including myself about our cars... where we live, modifications done, where we frequent and so on. Not saying you do this but we do make it easy for thieves especially with Facebook and sites like that but this is why I have full coverage and store my car in a locked garage BUT if someone wanted it they would take it and not much else I could do unless I caught them in the act.
Really sorry to see your car like that man, I hope you end up getting something even more bad *** to come back with.
Its crazy how much information some of us put out there including myself about our cars... where we live, modifications done, where we frequent and so on. Not saying you do this but we do make it easy for thieves especially with Facebook and sites like that but this is why I have full coverage and store my car in a locked garage BUT if someone wanted it they would take it and not much else I could do unless I caught them in the act.
Really sorry to see your car like that man, I hope you end up getting something even more bad *** to come back with.
09-29-2013, 08:16 AM
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I don't like to rub stuff in but in regards to the insurance and low jack. I think we have to all look at this with a objective view. His car was just his car in tens of thousands cars we all look at each day; but we all knew so much about it and the details of it. Looking back the popularity of this car may have been its ultimate demise. With that being said I think it is absolutely critical a car like that has more than liability insurance coverage. All the money we spend on these cars insurance needs to be one of them; there is no excuse. If you cant afford it then make budget adjustments, dont buy parts and skip on the basics.
Lo-Jack, I currently do not have it but that may change very soon. I know nothing is perfect and thieves can still get away with it but I'v seen it work first hand and the results were amazing. There was a lot of crotch rockets getting stolen here in Orlando a few years ago and one of my employees had one stolen from his appt. He went thru the whole deal with the insurance and got a new bike and had Lo-Jack installed on the new "second bike". Two days......only two days after getting the new bike he calls me to tell me he wont be in as his new bike is gone and the cable locking it to a pole is laying on the ground cut. The police tracked the Lo-Jack to a house about 20 miles away that was empty and had over 25 bikes stored in every area of the house. So his one lo-jack bike helped recover over 25 bikes and put the thieves in jail. He got his bike back with no damage other than the lock cylinder.
Just a word of warning to others out there and I terrible for James.
Lo-Jack, I currently do not have it but that may change very soon. I know nothing is perfect and thieves can still get away with it but I'v seen it work first hand and the results were amazing. There was a lot of crotch rockets getting stolen here in Orlando a few years ago and one of my employees had one stolen from his appt. He went thru the whole deal with the insurance and got a new bike and had Lo-Jack installed on the new "second bike". Two days......only two days after getting the new bike he calls me to tell me he wont be in as his new bike is gone and the cable locking it to a pole is laying on the ground cut. The police tracked the Lo-Jack to a house about 20 miles away that was empty and had over 25 bikes stored in every area of the house. So his one lo-jack bike helped recover over 25 bikes and put the thieves in jail. He got his bike back with no damage other than the lock cylinder.
Just a word of warning to others out there and I terrible for James.
