Reply With QuoteHeh, yeah most people know that yeah and the purpose of installing a car alarm.Originally Posted by andrewtyr
Yup, no fool-proof security system at all.
actually car alarms only serve as deterrance to would-be criminals, I guess there is no fool-proof security systems to deter thefts.
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Heh, yeah most people know that yeah and the purpose of installing a car alarm.
Yup, no fool-proof security system at all.
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Guess what happened to my car?
Kenna-ed nails on 3 different ocassion...
1st time- Rear left wheel, kennaed 3 nails(1st week of June)
2nd time- All wheels got 3 nails punctured into them except (2nd week of June)
3rd time - Rear Left Tire again. This time round, I parked at a different car park as I already know that I am a vitcim of obvious sabotage. (3rd week of June)
This really irks me...Anyhow, this case been reported to the police and believe me, I am quite disappointed with their inaction as of now.
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No, I mean we did NOT activate it because the stupid alarm would go off by itself for no reason. And we were goping to be away from the car for quite long and till quite late. So we didn't want to disturb the people in the area.
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Aiyoh.... who did you offend? Major leh! Install a motion sensor camera in your car. Catch the fella red handed and report him!
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Somebody must really have an issue with you... install camera into car..those small ones can buy from sim lim.. then catch ther bugger doing it.. but the look of things.. it seems like it would only take a week..
What car are you driving? Some idiots are very boliao when see expensive flashy cars, not happy just whack one...
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So sorry to hear of your loss... I dropped my wallet on my passenger front seat once and I parked the car overnight at my place's multistorey carpark. I panicked when I realised my wallet's missing the next day and luckily, the black wallet was so well camoflauged on the black leather seat that even I didn't spot it when I was retriving the car. Only saw it when I was getting ready to drive off to a police post!
Oh, that mum who 'educated' her child on your expensive hole in the window really deserved a scolding...
This is funny... If this is the case, my friend would have been zapped badly when he accidentally set my car alarm off when I left him in the car to go out to collecting some stuff!... Haha...So the car alarm is of no use if the people are of no use.However, If the car alarm had some electrical field that would zap thieves who break into the car, then yes that would be of good use.
Yes, sadly, car alrams are practically useless... Imagine your case! 4pm, crowded carpark, passerbys, opposite shopping center... *Sigh*...
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Good thing i don't want to get a car
But seriously, there's a pretty vibrant underground market for parts of expensive cars. Jaguars and Mercs usually get their hubcaps stolen. And thieves usually sell them for a few hundred dollars to autoshops.
A friend of mine who USED to do this, got caught. And all the police did was lock him up at the police post overnight and fine him for vandalism. At least he learned his lesson. And that was 6 years ago. He's a lawyer now
That and i've read somewhere that in africa, they have similar car-protection devices to the ones' you're describing. But they're to prevent car-jacking. The mechanic installs a set of pipes around the underside of the car and a pedal next to the brakes(or something like that) When the driver is being car-jacked he just steps on the pedal and a spark goes off in the petrol filled pipes, creating an "explosion" around the car and serverly burning the would-be jacker. Now imagine if the trigger for that were smashing a window...
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those are external flame throwers using the cars petrol...mounted on the side skirts to look like exhaust but with louvers facing upwards. Stand on the side of the windows? get a burn dewd...
There we go! A proper version of itThough.. Hello Kitty isn't exactly your thing bro..
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Why? i think its cute...
Anyway, back to topic.. maybe can go sungei road try your luck on the computer.
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Yeah. Might be there but still one thing good about a Mac is that without the root password, updates, etc cannot be done and.... without that password there's no way to reset it to factory default
Anyways I already bought the new Macbook Pro already. But still am looking out for my stolen iBook.
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That's a cool feature...
But your data will still be accessible anyway right? Only updates to the OS cannot be done?
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Yeah data will be accessible but most of the more important items are password protected with a 256-bit encrypted lock password so unless you're really good at hacking there's little possibility of bypassing that.
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Well, I normally keep anything I intend to leave behind locked away in the boot. And I do that before driving off to my destination, so nobody can see me transferring a bunch of bags to the boot and get ideas for the night.
The car was "armed" with motion alarms that will even activate when a loud Harley pass by. But that is just a gimmick -- it didn't deter the thieves from stealing hubcaps and headlamps first time, and neither did it deter the second break in.
On hindsight, it is not the lack of protection that makes a cabrio not secure, but rather, the allure of what is so easily available inside. I say this because of my earlier experiences.
I used to drive a LWB Land Rover 109 called Kerbau in the early days. Sliding windows have no locks, so I bever bothered to lock the truck anyway. I had lots of ammo boxes inside in plain view (these contain tools, maps, GPS antenna, outboard motor, jerrycans, Malaysian ringgit, parking coupon, etc). I NEVER lost anything.
When I changed to the Capri, I didn't close the cabrio because it was broken. There are times I'd forget to take a bag down, and get a warning letter from the Police to go claim it from the Police post and to lock the car more securely.
Eventually, I did get the cabrio fixed because I got tired of chasing the stray cats out of my car every morning. Not long after that, the theft began.
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When I was 17, I worked at Chartered Industries at the end of Rifle Range Road. I used to cycle racing bikes then, and I figured it'd be the safest place to lock my bike because less than 5 feet away are 2 Gurkha guards armed with the then state-of-the-art Sterling 9mm parabellum sub-machineguns.
On my 2nd day of cycling to work, I locked the back of the bike to the fence in the same place I did the day before. After work, I found the front wheel gone. In broad daylight with armed guards! Must be a Toyol that did it
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brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.
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At the end of the day, it's best to keep valuables out of sight or even better, out of the car. No point setting yourself up for heartache over a bit of convenience.
Frankly speaking, car alarms are over rated these days. In Singapore, you don't really need it. In Johor Bahru, even the most expensive/best types are not a deterrent. If you want your car, they WILL get your car.
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Parking near armed guards are pointless. Their job is to protect whatever property they are supposed to. They will not and are not supposed to be distracted by anything as "minor" as petty theft within their sight that does not involve their charge. Mainly because such things can simply be a ruse to distract them from their duties. At most they will take note and call the police on your behalf.When I was 17, I worked at Chartered Industries at the end of Rifle Range Road. I used to cycle racing bikes then, and I figured it'd be the safest place to lock my bike because less than 5 feet away are 2 Gurkha guards armed with the then state-of-the-art Sterling 9mm parabellum sub-machineguns.
On my 2nd day of cycling to work, I locked the back of the bike to the fence in the same place I did the day before. After work, I found the front wheel gone. In broad daylight with armed guards! Must be a Toyol that did it
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Toyol only goes after money. Bicycle rim maybe too heavy for 'it' to carry around. Imagine the owner surprise to find 'it's' pet bring back something useless.
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