My cousins ex boyfriend had a Civic SI with tons of mods done to it, TV's the works. IE totaly pointless. Anyway one of his "friends" probably stole it and brought it to New Haven, the cops found the body shell on a nice crappy street. Its like the plane that got stripped in Lord of War. Those people are like ants they swarm over something like that and take every bolt. Then your nice $5k brake kit gets sold for $500, and the $1k carbon fiber hood gets slapped on some $500 POS civic with miss matching fenders.

I never lock my cars, no one bothers them.

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Yep.

Think: wheels and "VTEC"

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

I generally don't lock my doors unless I absolutely have to. I rather replace my stereo, than have to replace my stereo AND my window.

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1989 300E 144K

I lock my car everywhere I go. I don't trust anyone.

I remember driving through Washington, DC one night to a friend's house. On the way there I saw a car (don't remember the make or model) sitting on the side of the road, broken down or out of gas. On the way home 3-4 hours later I passed the car going the other direction and it had been picked clean. I mean CLEAN! There was only the shell left. I think the windshield might have even been gone!

I guess if you run out of gas or break down in the nation's capitol, you'd better leave an armed guard to watch your car if you expect it to be there when you get back. Oh, wait, I forgot. Guns are outlawed in the District. . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

well pretty good up to about a few weeks ago. i live in monrovia, ca and there was a murder 2 blks away. seems rival mexican and black gangs decided to war it up. been going on for 10 or so years, they say. only lived here for 3 years now.

now wheres a berkeley peacenik to mediate a truce between our gangs?!?

I ALWAYS lock my car. This is the big city, leaving it unlocked just asks for trouble.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

A fellow I used to know had the drive shaft stolen from his Bronco. He as able to put it in 4WD and got it to the mechanics and had another one put in.

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1984 300TD

I leave my keys in at night. Never lock it at work, etc.. Maybe I need to find a bad neighborhood. Nah, I'll keep to the sticks.

We have a house with 11 acres in WV, and we live in an apartment in Northern Virginia during the week. Got tired of commuting and my wife like Northern Virginia . I been working to my 280CE on weekends, I put my tools in my toobox in back of my truck which has a camper I then took a Chain locked to bumper and wrapped that around the handle for rear camper window. This is house is to quote the locals " in a RICH neighborhood". Well last weekend I found out that someone had hacksawed through my camper handle and took all my tools and a set of 14in blunts that were given to me. What really pissed me off is that all my special Hazet wrenches were in my tool box and I know the Hoilgan's have no Idea what they are worth. This weekend I am going to local pawn shops to see if I can buy back my tools. P.S. I have my benz unlocked They have the radio don't want to replace window.

I use to have a condo in Manassas and one day my nieghbor could not start her Honda. It so happen that theives stole her ECU. They took it from her underdash/console and put everything back even locked the car so you could not tell it had even been touched.

Sorry you got robbed. That is a bummer!

but.....

Leaving valuables in a camper is like a thief magnet!

In the locked trunk of your car is much better....harder to get into and less likely to attract the crows.

A chain on the camper was like a sign, IMHO, saying "I have something in here worth stealing!!!!!!"

Sorry, I am not trying to make you feel worse.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.