f*ing punks

[Jack7957]

-a sirius receiver... without the antenna... oh did I mention that you can't buy an antenna without also buying a receiver (edited because marasbaras is better at noticing typos than me)

You can buy just an antenna, but it's cheaper to buy a whole new unit instead just for the antenna. Antennas are interchangeable, I've used the same one in my truck for the past three receivers, even though they all have different mounting kits.

[Ironclad Alibi]

-a sirius receiver... without the antenna...

so in short, I'm out a sirius unit that I don't use anymore anyway

And as soon as you cancel the Sirius account, assuming it is still active, the unit becomes a paper weight.

[KaeZoo]

And as soon as you cancel the Sirius account, assuming it is still active, the unit becomes a paper weight.

Actually, if you call Sirius to cancel the account, you'll probably get a new Sirius system free. Sirius hates to lose subscribers, and I've installed quite a few receivers that they've sent gratis to people who've had them stolen or damaged.

[zzapp the witch]

I have a weird car thief deterrent.....I leave garbage in my car. No, my car isn't gross or anything, I vacuum it out on a regular basis and all, but I leave garbage in it. Like empty cups, random papers, you know, dry stuff that's easy to pick up.

My dad was the one that pointed out to me that he's never met anyone with a "trashed" car that's been stolen from. I've been doing this since college, and it seems to work. Passed it on to a friend that had one of those ricer cars, he had been broke into 3 times within the year, ever since he started "trashing" he hasn't had a problem. And when he has a hot date, he puts the trash in a duffel bag in the back seat.

Seems to work. /shrug

[JustADude]

I have a weird car thief deterrent.....I leave garbage in my car. No, my car isn't gross or anything, I vacuum it out on a regular basis and all, but I leave garbage in it. Like empty cups, random papers, you know, dry stuff that's easy to pick up.

My dad was the one that pointed out to me that he's never met anyone with a "trashed" car that's been stolen from. I've been doing this since college, and it seems to work. Passed it on to a friend that had one of those ricer cars, he had been broke into 3 times within the year, ever since he started "trashing" he hasn't had a problem. And when he has a hot date, he puts the trash in a duffel bag in the back seat.

Seems to work. /shrug

Definitely. I've got a decent car (a 2000 Toyota) with aftermarket audio and I leave clutter like magazines, junk-mail, etc in the back seat and have never had a problem with anyone even giving it a second look.

[RayvenQ]

Dunno about the chipper, but I do seem to remember that the Bible is somewhat fuzzy on the subject of kneecaps...

(poor Firefly. It never got the run it deserved.)

He needs to be kicked into a Capisen-38

[smileyeagle1021]

Definitely. I've got a decent car (a 2000 Toyota) with aftermarket audio and I leave clutter like magazines, junk-mail, etc in the back seat and have never had a problem with anyone even giving it a second look.

not a hundred percent fool proof... I keep old newspapers in my car and almost always have cups in the cupholder...

[zzapp the witch]

Yeah, but those BELONG there, put crap in your car that any reasonably anal person would have thrown out long ago. Cups on the floor, pop bottles, food wrappers.....that kinda thing. Wad stuff up so its fluffy and lays thicker in the floorboard. Make it LOOK deep. hehehehe

[JustADude]

not a hundred percent fool proof... I keep old newspapers in my car and almost always have cups in the cupholder...

Well yeah, but those just happen. I'm talking about deliberate leavingnessitude.

[powerboy]

A trashy car is a cheap way to go. I do the same. Well I empty the trash at the end of the week and start from FRESH

[mattm04]

My mom's boss car was broken into, parked in front of the building, o busy street in broad day light. Only thing they stolen was half empty soda(in a cup, not a bottle) and less than a dollars worth of change, and a BK bag with the reach from lunch. The missed the cell phone, laptop bag, really nice suits that had been dry-cleaned in the back of BMW.

[CaroPhoenix]

Hey! Now I have a new excuse about why my car looks like I'm homeless (at least according to my mother). Thanks guys. I'll have to tell her that one of these days when she complains about my car being so messy.

[Horsetuna]

A friend of mine in the SCA once had her house broken into.

They took all the silver, gold they could find, and left all her SCA things - handmade beads, hand carved stones, polished amber, etc...


All in all, they left about 1k-2k worth of 'junk jewelery' which meant a lot more to her than the other stuff.

Another group had their house broken into, and they stold the SCA loaner gear for figthing - helmets, padded swords, etc... I'm still baffled what the thieves thought they'd do with it.

[smileyeagle1021]

yay, I have a window again... scarily it cost me less without insurance than with.

[SteeleDragon78]

i feel for all who have had something stolen, but my dad has probably the most funny story. [bs] dad drove a 69 ltd[/bs] back in 75 he was going to an aeronautics school, geting his a&p license. he came out on a cold feb morning to find his dome light on. as he walked around the car he worried about his school books and tools. he also wondered if someone had taken his 8track player. he came around the back of his car and finally saw that someone had stolen his driver side door. they took the door and pins, left the $75 worth of book and the $300 worth of tools in the back seat.(those are 1975 amounts, not sure what todays value is)