AIX

yeahp, that's right - in broad daylight too - I leave my car for 10-15mins in a Whitestone shopping center parking lot (nyc) and I come back to see that my driver's side door handle is busted - looks like someone wacked in a screwdriver and pulled out the right half of the handle itself - I still don't know why they only pulled out hald of the handle (not that I'm complaining) - I'm figuring in had to do with the brake club I had on - My only guess is that they initially got a litttle trigger-happy when they didn't see any club on my wheel - and started the job - but to later find out that I had a club on my brake. geni-asses. Is there a way to open the door by popping out the handle???

Playero

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Sorry to hear that... But at least you were smart and kept your max secure against thieves!!! Look at it in the bright side?

AIX

i am definitely looking at the brighter side of things - and w/ no question, I am quite "glad" that they couldnt do any more damage but STILL - what a way to screw a weekend - and another question - what am I to do w/ the chip in paint underneath my handle? It's a deep chip - take it to the dealer? and if anyone knows - is this common? i never heard of people trying to mess around with the door handle area itself......

TimW

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I doubt they could have driven the car off.

AIX

i agree - i pushed back the part of the door handle that was sticking out and I drove off. Then it hit me - my HIDs - SO I stopped and the car and checked - and they were still there - thank goodness they were still there. If not, the weekend would have unimagineably HORRIBLE - the paint chip is really killing me though......

2K1HoMax

man that suck, i feel ur pain ive had some1 jack my ride be4. thank god it was my 3rd gen. i got i back though they stole just crappy cd's and left all the good 1z, other then that just the driver window was busted. hey insurance hooked me up so i wasnt too angry.

philpoe

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I've never tried it, but I've heard/read good things.

SupaFly

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They most probably were going for the headlights. Were your driver and passenger windows open when you got to the car? When my lights were stolen, the way they got in was to bend up the door handle, pull the wire out and turned the white piece with a key and both my windows open automatically. It couldn't be any easier to brake into the max.

AIX

wow - nope..windows were closed - and the door handle was only busted on the driver's side - is there any way to protect the door handles, so that people can't jack it open???

TimW

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clever... pure evil.. but clever..

mpc578

It could have been worse..a buddy of mine got his car broken into, and they stole his radio. But they must not have liked the type of music he did because they ejected the cassette that was in the deck and left it on his seat..now that is f'ed up.

I know this is kinda O/T, but a funny story none the less

AIX

hahahahaha - that is pretty messed up - thanks for the comic relief - most definitely the first time I laughed since the car incident...

magnum

someone popped off my moms handle on her durango, and tried to start the car with a dummy key, but the key broke in the ignition so they just left... we had to get the area around the handle repainted cuz the chip was huge... not cheap.

Y2KSESteve

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Mine got broken into about a month ago, lost over a 100 CDs, my sub, golf clubs, cell, friends wallet...it sucked. Same with my insurance though, so it wasnt all that bad..

KLOOGY

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As a former Queens resident, born and raised. I will blast the Whitestone area once again ! Some of my friends, used to prey on that area, in our teenage years.... I had 2 sets of headlight, and tailight covers stolen from my Mustang at the Cinemas there...

I now reside in Sunny San Diego, where they steal THE WHOLE car, and take it to Mexico !....

PCGuRu2K

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Yeah the Whitestones area really suxs.. I had my clears stolen from the bowling alley not too long ago....

woreyah

I've been to Queens(born and raised) once since I bought my Maxima and I was paranoid every minute. I pretty much kept it parked in my folks driveway.

Playero

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by kloogy
[B]As a former Queens resident, born and raised. I will blast the Whitestone area once again ! Some of my friends, used to prey on that area, in our teenage years.... I had 2 sets of headlight, and tailight covers stolen from my Mustang at the Cinemas there...

I now reside in Sunny San Diego, where they steal THE WHOLE car, and take it to Mexico !....



Now Thats something to worry about!!

PrinzII

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<< Reminds self not to bring his Maxima to NYC.

There are certain parts of Chicago that are pretty bad as well. I had a Caprice before the Maximas. In Chicago, Caprices are as high on the most stolen list as Maximas are in NYC. At the train station in Blue Island, I have had the car stolen (Recovered in Indiana) and broken into. When it was stolen, I lost my fishing poles, tackle box, around 200 tapes, around 250 computer disks (including one application).

lcf

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broad daylight... damn.

SupaFly

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redfly17

STAY AWAY FROM FLUSHIN/WHITESTONE AREA ESP. AT NIGHT! CAB IT TO WHITESTONE LANES OR THE CINEMAS. OR JUST TAKE UR FRIENDS POS CAR.

oh and btw... the pool halls around that area attract the unfriendly car jacking crowd...

AIX

its pretty annoying at how I can't even leave my car parked in a huge, crowded parking lot for FIFTEEN minutes in BROAD DAYLIGHT. I love my car and all, but it's not as if it's a Bentley or something.. the paint chip is still killing me......... does anyone have any idea as to how much I would be shelling out to fix the chip @ the dealer's?

TimW

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an estimate for a good paint/blend is about $300 a panel. that can vary on alot of things, but thats what my guestimate would be

NYC2SD

They could also have been after the airbags too!

suds1

Anybody know of a way to disable the window rolling down with the key feature? I don't use it anyway since I have an aftermarket alarm.

undercvr

We had our Jeep and our Mazda 626 stolen from in front of our house (lived in Baltimore City). I'd rather have had them take some parts but they joy road. Found the Jeep at a public golf course where they left it after destroying the tires and rims (and screwing up the body, the transmission . . . etc). The Mazda was being driven to and from school for 2 weeks by a 14 year old and his friends. Guess his parents didn't think it was suspicious that their 14 year old w/no license was in posession of a year old 626 and driving it to school. Maybe they were just glad he was in school. . .That car was a turbo and never the same.

AIX

multi-lock for the brake, HID locks, aftermarket alarm system...what else do i need to be able to leave a car parked in broad daylight for a few minutes?

lcf

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ive searched the net for a good mini-video surveillance system that "watches" everything around the car. so even if someone bumps my car while its parallel parked in the city, i'll know who did it and have their plates.

i came up with very little.

Max Evol X

I guess so far my luck been fine... nuthing happen to my SE... and I live only a couple of blocks away from Whitestone cinema/ Pathmark shopping center...

--- knock on wood ---

AIX

have any of you ever considered getting a hood lock?

condor9382

Had a prizm a few years back the someone tried to pick the door handle just like that. I had full coverage and the insurance paid for all of the work, I only had a $50 deductable. On normal stuff my deductable is $500, but "under vandalism" they cover stuff differently. You may want to check this out with your insurance and see (might turn out good).

By the way, a neighbor of mine saw the guys (stupid 14, 17 year olds) trying to break in and called the police. They were there on the spot in minutes and caught both kids. This was a happy ending to the story! The neighbor said if it had been his car, he would have shot the kids and asked questions later (he had a gun too). He moved out a few months ago (darn!). He was my best form of security being on the first floor w/ my car right outside his window. I recently installed a "shock sensor" with my factory alarm to give theives less of a chance.

Nyc2kMax

Sorry to hear that man... I also think in was that brake club that detered the S.O.B.

AIX

im going to get the paint chip checked out today and will drive around town to look for a better security system - will keep you posted...

ZIPPIN

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get a pitbull

Nick Exxon

And a MAC-10.

Buzz

AIX

going for the millenium SF pager/alarm system - does anyone have this? is the reception good/bad?

Ghost face Max

AIX

im slowly getting over my initial shock - but it's pretty ironic how I have contacted ALL the local service depts & accessory stores, and NO ONE seemed to know what I was talking about(HID Protection) - and I heard one local dealership had about 15 cars in the lot that were left blinded by local theives - I say the dealerships are enjoying these HID thefts. obviously...