weird eltronic device anyone know what it is pics inside
10-06-2010, 03:28 PM
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10-06-2010, 04:21 PM
#5
Those things are worthless. If someone wants your car they'll just get a tow truck and take it away. Plus, all you have to do is follow the wires, cut, twist, and done...how hard is that to bypass for a thief?
10-06-2010, 08:45 PM
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I've just bought a bicycle for city commuting, and the most common locking advice given on the interweb is to make your bike less convenient to steal than the next one. As long as yours isn't a thousand-dollar carbon-fiber beast, a thief will always go after the one that's more poorly locked. Same applies to our cars. One mid-'90s Japanese midsize sedan won't fire? No worries, there's another within spitting distance.
10-07-2010, 10:57 AM
#10
I know the most commonly stolen cars are cars like ours, but nobody's towing them out, they're hot-wiring them. It isn't worth the high-dollar, high-risk effort to bust out a tow truck if the other 4th gen Maxima across the street will start when you touch the wires together.
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In the end the best protection for car theft is good insurance because if the thief wants your car bad enough then nothing will stop him.
10-07-2010, 06:43 PM
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You're right that the little key under the dash isn't exactly Fort Knox. But a little hidden and unlabeled fuel pump relay kill switch could do the trick.
My point, was that nobody wants a '95-'98 Maxima enough to go through a lot of trouble to get it, and certainly not enough to get out a tow truck, unless they suspect there's something worthwhile under the hood or speaker grilles. If you're riding on two-foot rims with a touchscreen nav system in the dash and an intercooler poking out from the bumper, then yeah, someone might consider it worth the trouble. But for most of our cars, a thief who can't get the car started quickly and inconspicuously isn't calling out the truck - and all its associated noise, spectacle, and risk - for what might yield $1000 in parts.
So yeah, a determined thief will get my '97 no matter what I do. But how many determined thieves are after my particular car, and won't settle for the exact same thing three cars down? A steering wheel lock, a fuel cut switch, whatever. It's not foolproof, but with common, older cars, the best defense is the one that's better than the next guy's.
My point, was that nobody wants a '95-'98 Maxima enough to go through a lot of trouble to get it, and certainly not enough to get out a tow truck, unless they suspect there's something worthwhile under the hood or speaker grilles. If you're riding on two-foot rims with a touchscreen nav system in the dash and an intercooler poking out from the bumper, then yeah, someone might consider it worth the trouble. But for most of our cars, a thief who can't get the car started quickly and inconspicuously isn't calling out the truck - and all its associated noise, spectacle, and risk - for what might yield $1000 in parts.
So yeah, a determined thief will get my '97 no matter what I do. But how many determined thieves are after my particular car, and won't settle for the exact same thing three cars down? A steering wheel lock, a fuel cut switch, whatever. It's not foolproof, but with common, older cars, the best defense is the one that's better than the next guy's.
10-08-2010, 08:57 AM
#13
i plan on removing it so anyone who wants to buy it let me know its not hooked up right now previous owner disconected it not sure anyone would want it but rather see before i throw it out
10-08-2010, 10:26 AM
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You're right that the little key under the dash isn't exactly Fort Knox. But a little hidden and unlabeled fuel pump relay kill switch could do the trick.
My point, was that nobody wants a '95-'98 Maxima enough to go through a lot of trouble to get it, and certainly not enough to get out a tow truck, unless they suspect there's something worthwhile under the hood or speaker grilles. If you're riding on two-foot rims with a touchscreen nav system in the dash and an intercooler poking out from the bumper, then yeah, someone might consider it worth the trouble. But for most of our cars, a thief who can't get the car started quickly and inconspicuously isn't calling out the truck - and all its associated noise, spectacle, and risk - for what might yield $1000 in parts.
So yeah, a determined thief will get my '97 no matter what I do. But how many determined thieves are after my particular car, and won't settle for the exact same thing three cars down? A steering wheel lock, a fuel cut switch, whatever. It's not foolproof, but with common, older cars, the best defense is the one that's better than the next guy's.
My point, was that nobody wants a '95-'98 Maxima enough to go through a lot of trouble to get it, and certainly not enough to get out a tow truck, unless they suspect there's something worthwhile under the hood or speaker grilles. If you're riding on two-foot rims with a touchscreen nav system in the dash and an intercooler poking out from the bumper, then yeah, someone might consider it worth the trouble. But for most of our cars, a thief who can't get the car started quickly and inconspicuously isn't calling out the truck - and all its associated noise, spectacle, and risk - for what might yield $1000 in parts.
So yeah, a determined thief will get my '97 no matter what I do. But how many determined thieves are after my particular car, and won't settle for the exact same thing three cars down? A steering wheel lock, a fuel cut switch, whatever. It's not foolproof, but with common, older cars, the best defense is the one that's better than the next guy's.
Yo lukeman, I thought u went back to all stock.
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