The reason that i ask is because in the next 3 months am spending or i can spend 5,000 dollars in my max but several people had scare me about carjacking... so am a little worried about spending all that money and getting jacked! lol opinions?

 

Thats why you pay for insurance!!!

 

Interesting thread.

My youngest brother had a 1989 Rustang back many years ago. He came out of a garage he was using to start his business up over in Passaic, New Jersey when he was approached by two men. One asked for his keys, naturally my brother said go F__K yourself. They pulled out a gun, SHOT HIM IN THE LEG and very politely asked for his keys again. He surrendered.


This gets better..... After giving a description of the guy to the cops, they find my brothers car about a week later down in Newark, NJ. It was pretty trashed. They also track down the guy who shot him. Both my brother and his girlfriend who was with him at the time,ID the guy in a line up.

We go to trial.......

This guy brings a bunch of his buddies to court with him and they all take the stand and SWARE that they were all together at the movies the night it happened. They told the court, you have the wrong guy.

Here's how our court system works.

"BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT"

The sworn statements from his buddies is REASONABLE DOUBT. It becomes his word against my brother and his girlfriend.

The guy walked without any charges against him. My parents went nuts, but there was nothing they could do at this point.

I still have the newspaper article on the shooting, it reminds me of how poor our court system really is.

Just look at the O.J. trial.

I understand how that guy got away with murder.

Thankfully my brother is just fine, the bullet went through his calf muscle, he actually ran like a ***** after he was shot. Now we just call him "The big shot".

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Igor911
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Thats why you pay for insurance!!!


lol i got insurance but they are not giving me 23,000 for a new car they are going to give me a extimate of the value of the car at the time it get lost!! and the rims i dont know if i can insured it..? can i?

 

That is messed up, but it never should have gone to court without his prints on the gun and bollistics matching the bullet in his leg to the barrel of that gun. Plain and simple, your brother was victim not of the system, but an unprepaired prosecutor. Also, the prosecutor should have crossed his buddies testimony and attached their character ... chances are they have past records.

 

They never found a gun. No prints, the car was trashed. Like I said, it was his word against my brothers and that doesn't hold up in court. The whold thing was just wrong. It was a story that was followed in the local papers. My family is very well known due to my fathers business. My last name ends with a vowel It shocked our community, we almost moved because my mother freaked out. This guy had our address and all. We had a professional security system installed at our house so my mom could sleep at night. It wasn't a good year. This was back in 1990.

 

Man I'm sorry to hear about your brother being shot. It's messed up when you work hard everyday to enjoy things in life such as having a nice car or even modifying your car and then someone comes along and takes it. I'll tell this what goes around comes around full turn. It's going to come back and get them oneday beleive me. But I'm glad you brother is doing ok since all of this happen.

 

My sister got carjacked in her old car, a '94 Honda Accord. It was a very frightening experience for all of us. She was just coming out of Office Depot. She just got into her car when a guy suddenly came up to her and told her the passenger side tire seem flat. So she got out of the car to check it out...big mistake. The guy jumped into the driver seat and close the door. My sister quickly opened up the passenger side door and asked him, "what the hell are you think you're doing?!" The guy then took out a gun and point the gun right at my sister's forehead! He told her, "you better get lost or I'll blow your brains out!" She quickly backed away and the guy drove off. She even tried to went after the guy on foot, screaming and yelling. Later on, a witness said he wanted to help, but then saw the guy had a gun, so he backed down. Later on they tracked down her car, nothing was really taken from the car except for the coins, some cds, and a jacket. The cops suspected the guy was a crack head and just wanted some money to buy more crack. They never caught the guy btw. Obviously my sister was really shaken up by this. I'm sure the guy picked her because she was a girl and looked like an easy target. She learned her lesson obviously. She definitely won't trust a stranger like that again.

 

Fact of the matter is no matter how much you have spent or plan to spend on your car, given the fact that carjackers seem to hit anything on wheels, you are no more or less likely to be a victim...

sad but true...

 

Maybe you guys should stop driving in the ghetto.

 

N E W S F L A S H, car jackings don't only happen in the Ghetto

 

...how stupid criminals are.

If I am going to jack a car, it sure the hell isn't going to be a Maxima, a '94 Accord, or an '89 Rustang. Look man, if you're going to steal, steal. It's like these a-holes that rob convenience stores and get away with a whopping $200. Woo, that was worth the risk.

Sorry, I just don't understand some elements of society. If I am going to risk the same amount of jail time, no matter what car I steal, I'm going to think big.

Btw, if someone is trys to jack your car, let it go man. It's just a car.

 

Back in March, 4 guys in a car with mexico plates ran me off the highway and boxed me in between their car and another unrelated vehicle on the frontage road. The driver jumped out and began punching my window and trying to open my door, screaming he was going to kill me. When he couldn't break the window with his fist, he walks back to his car, and I got out, not wanting to be stuck in my car if he grabbed anything else. I had my ASP baton on me and we wound up in a flurry of heated argument of the issue. at one point he even flashed a fake badge and claimed to be a "convictions officer", which there is no such thing. He began walking around my vehicle, opening doors, and as I walked around behind him closing him, I made my way to the driver's side door to get my cellphone to call 911. He ran around the front of the car swinging wildly, and I jumped back and hit him with my ASP, extended multiple times, including about 3 blows to the head. He wound up down on the ground by the front of the car, twitching and I called 911 and had a bit of a time keeping calm. While I was talking to 911, his friends get out of the car, and I thought they were going to finish something, but one gets in the drivers seat of their car, and the other 2 grab their friend who I hit and carry him to the backseat of their car and they took off. I tried to follow, but wound up not being able to catch them. While I gave 911 a complete description of the vehicle and the driver, the police later explained that they could not look up this vehicle because of the mexico plates, and they would just have to keep a lookout and play it by ear if he wound up in the hospital later or whatnot. I've yet to hear anything else regarding this, and it leaves me wondering what ever happened to the guy..

 

what exactly do you mean by that first statement? Are you saying that carjackers should only try to steal $40,000+ cars?! I think they steal what's available for quick cash or joyriding. AND did you read njmax's thread. The 89' mustang would only be one year old in 1990.


Btw, I think it's in some people's nature to fight for what is theirs. I know that I wouldn't back down too easily. That's white I keep a mag-lite next to my driver's seat.

 

opps, I meant to say why not "white"

 

If you live in the right state, you can just carry a loaded pistol in your glovebox or center console. If you live in the wrong state, you are at the criminal's mercy. Good luck.

 

thank you everyone very interesting post, what about a alarm that can slow down a driver for instance i get carjacked i will have a keyfog that when i press it it will gradually slow and paralized the car until i press it again, not a bad idea, it wont cause an accident because it will Gradually slow down the car!!! what about lowjack? does it work in NY? i heard they dont cover NYC? any feedback about my invention??? lol

 

Dude that's a great idea. Hit the button and it cuts the electronic throttle so he could mash the gas and nothing happens. lol, I'm now on a mission to invent that. If you hit it right after the jacking, then you could chase him down on foot.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kojiro_FtT
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lol Hey am going to Patent My idea you get 45% of the earnings!!! lol

Check this out!!

According to LoJack's data, the ten most stolen cars in 2001 were:
Honda Accord
Toyota Camry
Acura Integra
Nissan Maxima
Honda Civic EX
Jeep Grand Cherokee
Honda Civic SI
Ford Explorer
Toyota Corolla
Honda Civic DX

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by playero
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There is a device being sold (in Africa I beleive) that involves putting some plumbing around the bottom of the car. Upon being car-jacked (with the would be robber by one of the side windows) you press a button and the would be robber is engulfed in flames. Thats right, a flame thrower. If you search the web you can find this (and a video). I read it about a year ago. Some Mercedes outside the US come with smoke packs under the front seat that can be detonated by the driver as they exit the car or from a distance when the would be driver drives away.

My favorite videos are the ones where cops have set up cars to be stolen. The car is electonically controlled (w/ video inside) by the cops. As the robber drives off, the car's engine is killed by the cops and the car drifts to the side of the road and locks itself. The videos showed the robbers beating the windows and trying to get out. funny.

 

Africa? what about something closer to Nassau County NYC?

 

And that's part of the reason why I got a concealed carry permit.

Buzz

 

From the early 90-95 carjacking was huge here in NJ. It didn't matter what you drove...the kids just wanted to have fun. It didn't matter where you drove...these knuckleheads were everywhere.

I got my handle NuJerseyDrive from the movie. It was about the car jackings in NJ. I'm not a former carjacker I just always liked how it sounded.

 

I have the idea that auto glass should be bullet proof. Find out an inexpensive way to manufacture an install it and implement it on new vehicles. If some @$$h0le's waiving a gun and your window's up, he won't be able to access your car.

Now there is the theory of the "@$$jacker" shooting through the car door, but if you're "squeeling" out of the situation it's going to be hard for the @$$jacker to aim at the driver door. Plus, if he's up close and fires at the window, he may get a richoche (spl?).

Just a thought.

 

There is a company in San Antonio, TX that does custom vehicle bulletproofing, but expect the weight of your vehicle to double for a full job.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by playero
[B]Did they give years? Cuz I've heard of a similar list but the Camry and Accord and Max were older years. Makes sense; for example if the '91 Camry was the #1 selling car in America, then a ton will be stolen because it is easy to sell the parts. But newer Camrys don't need the parts so they aren't stolen. Just a theory.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ollie
[B]I have the idea that auto glass should be bullet proof. Find out an inexpensive way to manufacture an install it and implement it on new vehicles. If some @$$h0le's waiving a gun and your window's up, he won't be able to access your car.

Now there is the theory of the "@$$jacker" shooting through the car door, but if you're "squeeling" out of the situation it's going to be hard for the @$$jacker to aim at the driver door. Plus, if he's up close and fires at the window, he may get a richoche (spl?).

Just a thought.



goooddd point!!!!

 

so Jack wants your car ?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DaddyMac
[B]so Jack wants your car ?



uhm? who's Jack?

 

I don't know, isn't he the guy with the gun ?

 

Hey playero, if you fear to get carjack, maybe it's time for you to move, no flame here, but my advise is take the 5G and move to a safe city were you can live free in peace then you'll be ok to mod your car without fearing to get shot.

Good luck.

AA

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by doublea
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Hey playero, if you fear to get carjack, maybe it's time for you to move, no flame here, but my advise is take the 5G and move to a safe city were you can live free in peace then you'll be ok to mod your car without fearing to get shot.

Good luck.

AA


uhm Thanks for the advice!! i live in Long Island so am good to go, am just worry about the bronx and brooklyn no offense to the people that live there.... and as for moving i dont have that choice am on Active Duty and am ordered to stay here so am SOL....but is all good!!!! thanks to this post am getting a better idea..!!!!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DaddyMac
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I don't know, isn't he the guy with the gun ?


oh oh...!!! we got jokes!!!

uhm am slow today....

 

hey maybe i should move to Montreal, QC?????? am sure the canadians wont mind... lol

 

it's alright dude

 

how long ago did this happen? I sent this info to my girlfriend and she told me that she got this info on a listserve while in college at VA Tech.

 

if someone wants to jack your car, let them take it. it's not worth getting shot over something u'll get back neways.

 

that's sweet. just goes to show you will never know who you might be messin with. good job. self defense at it's best. he said 3 blows to the head.

you should have done this on his face while you were talking to 911

kj

 

Wow, Tony Jr. is a member of the Org.