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Old Mar 2, 2005 | 05:39 PM
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My car is magnet to vandels. I had some azz threw a glass bottle at me while driving and *** up my side door. Anyways, this made me wonder if anyone has TRUE stories or 350s being stolen since in my hood the rats are higher class than the ppl.
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Old Mar 2, 2005 | 07:33 PM
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Cars are stolen mainly for their parts or engine (like the integra). There isn't that high of a demand on the market for Z parts (yet) we won't get targeted as much.
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Old Mar 2, 2005 | 07:45 PM
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my moms ZR was stolen from her garage after they broke in and burged her house,
the cop saw hin a few days later and ended up chasing them and got away of course, found the car later luckily it only had a few scratches and lotsa lucth wear and 2000 more miles in a week total,
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Old Mar 2, 2005 | 08:10 PM
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i went to work late sunday night to finish up some stuff. my car was the only one in the entire corporate complex. when i came out.....there was a beat up car full of teenagers, one of them on the phone. but yea, looks like they were up to no good. why would a car of teenagers be in the parking lot of a corporate complex late sunday night?!? i was definitely starting to get worried cause i was carrying a heavy box of full of papers with both hands. thankfully the car of teenagers started to pull away when i was getting into my car. so glad i decided to park in the front where theres more light instead of the back. besides that......my car has been pretty safe it seems. * fingers cossed * i need to get a pager alarm soon........
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 12:55 AM
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Any car is open to vandalism and idiots throwing stuff. It's just the wrong place at the wrong time type deal. As far as theft goes, just park next to a honda and you won't have to worry. I'm still going to get an alarm on my Z soon, but that's just because I'm forever ruined since my CRX was stolen. Every time I walk out to my car, especially in my GF's complex where my CRX was stolen, I get that gut feeling my car is gone. I'm must super paranoid and I that
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 03:06 AM
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Thank god i have never encountered vandals while driving, but a friend of mine parked his car (Mitsu Carisma 1997) in his own village and they keyed the whole car (go figure) but i've never had problems with random vandals *knock on wood*
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 03:56 AM
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they stole my entire interior in the Z...my gages entire center console...tv...dvd...Headunit (yes they took everything from the gages down to the A/C controls...that whole piece...it's ok though...i was getting rid of it but i was still pissed
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 03:57 AM
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now i have a wireless camera, that gives me live feed to my laptop, and it has a motion sensor...
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 06:56 AM
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the finance guy told me if i parted my car out on the street it would be worth more than I paid for it and I needed their theift guard protection. so watch out Z owners... lol
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Ever since the vandels, I've been having dreams of walking out to the parking lot and my Z is gone! good stories so far, would like to hear more.
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 07:57 AM
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Originally posted by rolling
my moms ZR was stolen from her garage after they broke in and burged her house,
the cop saw hin a few days later and ended up chasing them and got away of course, found the car later luckily it only had a few scratches and lotsa lucth wear and 2000 more miles in a week total,
How did they start the car without the key? Now that scares me that they can do that.
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 08:40 AM
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Originally posted by hypeiv
the finance guy told me if i parted my car out on the street it would be worth more than I paid for it and I needed their theift guard protection. so watch out Z owners... lol
this is the case with most every car.
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 08:57 AM
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Originally posted by bamyi
How did they start the car without the key? Now that scares me that they can do that.
I Think they went in the house first, and stole everything there, and stumbled opon the keys of the ZR and then decided to take it, so i guess they did have the key... but then again... i wasnt there, but it seems like the most logical thing
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 12:11 PM
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damn.. sucks to hear about these cars getting stolen. I can`t stand punks like that. F***ing pisses me off like no other. Come get US, not our cars.
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Old Mar 3, 2005 | 12:19 PM
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Like John Travolta said on Pulp Fiction, "You don't mess with another man' vehicle. That's the rule..."

Thankfully, I park my ZR in the garage and don't worry about vandals. Since it's my pleasure car, I usually drive it and don't park it and leave it unattended for long periods of time.
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