Alex23

my car was parked in front of my house as usual overnight, and this morning I found the driver's side rear window broken and both airbags stolen. Just wanted to let everyone know to be more careful. There are some sick people out there. Any suggestions on prevention in the future?

NSXNEXT

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Not to be a wiseass but....

Lock your car in a garage
Alarm

azninvazion

not alot of houses in NY have garages for example mine. we have a driveway but that hasnt stopped burglars before we've had 2 cars stolen from our driveway and were supposed to be in a nice neighborhood

Bob_F

Wow. I'm sorry to read about that. I had a couple of car radios stolen in New York many years ago so I know the feeling.

I'm almost afraid to ask but what will replacement units cost?

Do you have theft insurance?

Bob

NSXNEXT

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Then I guess the alarm is your best option.

Alex23

As mentioned by another poster- not all houses have garages, mine included. This was in my driveway. Apparently the factory alarm is worthless since it didn't go off. I would need a glass shatter sensor of some kind because the doors or hood weren't opened.

azninvazion

well alrams are so frequent in my neighborhood and most likely alot of neighborhoods in big cities alot of people dont pay attention. i mean lil kids playing ball and hitting a car by accident causes an alarm to go off. and when we sleep nothing wakes us up.

TLofNYC

I hate to say it, but nice neighborhoods are usually were these assholes go to steal shit. My girl lives in a nice neighborhood in Queens and her TSX rims got stolen twice. Usually in nice neighborhoods you have less people out at night, cops don't patrol as hard...etc..etc. In my neighborhood its hard for a thief to jack my headlights when theres cops out all night trying to catch the guys selling drugs on my corner.

Pure Adrenaline

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Reroute your ordinary household 120-volt power line... connect to door handle.

Sleep tight, knowing any asshole who dare tries to open your car will be found DOA.

Mr Hyde

My only recommendations would be an alarm with a pager feature placed near your night table, and parking under a street light, or as close to one as possible.

I think thats the best you can do given your situation.

azninvazion

^ very true. u know i figured that one out after the second time a car got stolen. because the nicer neighborhoods usually have higher end cars

optomos

Install a flood light or lights and direct it at where you park the car. A gaurd dog is not a bad idea either.

El pana/TL32

Sorry to hear that... I have a driver side airbag in my garage, it's black. Let me know if you need it.

NYDennis1

Put a pitbull in the car at night when you go to sleep. Cleaning up poop in the morning but at least your stuff will still be there :-)

When I was younger I had a camero with good rims on it. I was parked in front my girlfriends apartment complex in stony brook ny. It was a few friends and I hanging out in the house. When we left at 4am I went to drive away and all four of my tires fell off. Cop told me that someone took the lugs off usually drive around a bit then come back and quickly take the rims.

I hear they get a lot of money for Airbags too. Kind of sucks that airbags could be removed so easily and undetected.

ecaf005

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sorry to hear, i live in brooklyn (bensonhurst) and worry about that too at times when i park outside. my friend who lives 2 blocks away had her stock rims stolen off her 3rd gen tl 2 months ago rite in front of her house.

MotionEffects

LOL I would love to do that but knowing how fawked up the law is, Chances are there will be a lawsuit right after.

NYDennis1

There was a club type thing that you could put on your steering wheel and lets say aim the handle down toward your radio. After a few seconds or something it would put voltage through it. So if they tried to touch the thing they would be in for a suprise. Don't think it's made anymore. I saw it someplace. Maybe on this site or on the net about a month or so ago.

RevinV12s

Oh boy, Im so sorry to hear that. There are some f'd up people out there. Hope nothing like this happens again.

vidhartha

that sucks bro, atleast you got your headlights still, taht was happenign alot a while back in nyc, happened to me

Bob_F

These thefts can create a self feeding market. People will find out that the dealer prices are outrageous so they'll buy used parts, which they often don't realize are stolen.

I heard a story where a woman had the seats stolen from her Toyota Celica. She did not have theft coverage and the dealer prices for replacement seats were insane. So she searched the local ads and found a set that was a good match. After having the seats installed she discovered that she had actually bought her original seats back. She wore a very rare and unusual type of perfume and the replacement seats had that exact scent on them.

But even if you don't buy your original seats back the net effect can be the same. The stolen items actually create a market for their sale.

Bob

ResidualFreedom

Hook this baby up to a window shock sensor... to bad it's only legal in South Africa..lol...



It would surely keep those neibourhood kids away from your car.....

NYDennis1

I say hook up two spy camera's in the car. Run it to the airbags, the car radio etc. When someone starts to move those things have it take snapshots of the person in the car. Then have a toy gun with confetti shoot and hte flag that drops has a middle finger :-)

It does really suck that we work so hard for things to have them stolen by the same guy we will probably be paying his SS, medicaid for in the future. So we get robbed twice.