for starters, here's a pic of my car...
pretty much all aesthetic mods (JDM Integra Type-R front end, Rota Circuit 8 rims, tint, suspension, etc) I'm sure I'll get flamed for this but the only security I have on my car is starter kill and Lojack. I used to live in a gated community down in LA (did ever since I got the car back in high school) but have recently moved to the Bay Area to work, sp up until now, security wasn't a real concern to me.
I got home from work last night at about 11pm and woke up to leave for work around 8am only to find that my car was gone. Talked with some neighbors, the lady across the street said she didn't notice anything out of the ordinary - she went to bed around 1am and didn't hear anything, and when she went outside at 6am my car was gone.
I called the Alameda Police Department around 8am and an officer came to file a report. I hitched a ride with my cousin to get to work, and by 11:18am, dispatch from Oakland PD called to notify me that my car had been located using Lojack.
I arrive at the location and find that my car is pretty much unharmed... they took my Valentine 1 radar detector, my aftermarket shiftknob, my OEM foglight switch, and my main relay under the steering wheel. The steering column had of course been busted open, and the ignition was hanging by the wires. Thankfully the key tumbler was undamaged.
The odd thing is that the car was left unlocked on the street, and it had one of those Autolocks on the clutch pedal (pretty much "The Club" for pedals) I suppose the thieves left the car on the street to see if it had Lojack and if the cops would be able to find it (which they did)
If I didn't have Lojack, I bet my car would be in pieces right about now. My buddy sawed off the Autolock with a Dremel but my car doesn't start since the main relay is gone (no spark/fuel) and I guess I gotta talk to insurance again tomorrow to figure things out. I don't know if the damage is over $500 (which is my deductible) but even if it's near $1k I don't think I'll want to go through the hassle of going through insurance.
Anyhow, I'm not sure if this post belongs here or in the Hot Tub... I figured since it had to do with Lojack that I'd post it here for any of you that are curious about the system. I definitely lucked out on this one... I've read one too many horror stories over on Honda-Tech about cars getting stolen and recovered with nothing but the shell.
here's the aftermath:
don't mind poor Dipsy (the green Teletubby mounted on the shifter) - the thieves stole my shiftknob and used the doll as a replacement
pretty much all aesthetic mods (JDM Integra Type-R front end, Rota Circuit 8 rims, tint, suspension, etc) I'm sure I'll get flamed for this but the only security I have on my car is starter kill and Lojack. I used to live in a gated community down in LA (did ever since I got the car back in high school) but have recently moved to the Bay Area to work, sp up until now, security wasn't a real concern to me.
I got home from work last night at about 11pm and woke up to leave for work around 8am only to find that my car was gone. Talked with some neighbors, the lady across the street said she didn't notice anything out of the ordinary - she went to bed around 1am and didn't hear anything, and when she went outside at 6am my car was gone.
I called the Alameda Police Department around 8am and an officer came to file a report. I hitched a ride with my cousin to get to work, and by 11:18am, dispatch from Oakland PD called to notify me that my car had been located using Lojack.
I arrive at the location and find that my car is pretty much unharmed... they took my Valentine 1 radar detector, my aftermarket shiftknob, my OEM foglight switch, and my main relay under the steering wheel. The steering column had of course been busted open, and the ignition was hanging by the wires. Thankfully the key tumbler was undamaged.
The odd thing is that the car was left unlocked on the street, and it had one of those Autolocks on the clutch pedal (pretty much "The Club" for pedals) I suppose the thieves left the car on the street to see if it had Lojack and if the cops would be able to find it (which they did)
If I didn't have Lojack, I bet my car would be in pieces right about now. My buddy sawed off the Autolock with a Dremel but my car doesn't start since the main relay is gone (no spark/fuel) and I guess I gotta talk to insurance again tomorrow to figure things out. I don't know if the damage is over $500 (which is my deductible) but even if it's near $1k I don't think I'll want to go through the hassle of going through insurance.
Anyhow, I'm not sure if this post belongs here or in the Hot Tub... I figured since it had to do with Lojack that I'd post it here for any of you that are curious about the system. I definitely lucked out on this one... I've read one too many horror stories over on Honda-Tech about cars getting stolen and recovered with nothing but the shell.
here's the aftermath:
don't mind poor Dipsy (the green Teletubby mounted on the shifter) - the thieves stole my shiftknob and used the doll as a replacement
