New Jersey and New York have the two highest insurance rates with the NYC metro area being by far the highest in the country.

 

last year someone stole my ae86 twice. once two weeks before christmas, and again the day after.

it was not recovered the second time. Philadelphia towing companies are crooks.

(Towing Wars/Parking Wars: so bad they made a tv show about them)

 

OP, why cant you post pics of the car and all of the parts that were on it. It would benefit you for us to know what to look out for.





John

 

Damn i didnt know that.

And i thought 260 a month for 3 cars was too much lol.

 

hi guys i was busy at work and trying to find a car cuz the seven was actully my only car her sum pics it had a black hood an d a spots when it was stolen it had a aem black ecu the last model before they quit on sevens greedy fmic custom piping tail 50m blow off stock fd rims star tail lights and sum other things like aem digital boost gauge

 

ill keep an eye out in jersey

 

I wish there was a way to make a GPS that you could track, but lock anyone else from being able to use it as well....
I am always afraid of having my car stolen....

 

1) keep it in the garage
2) get a car alarm w/ transponder, more range the better
3) security cameras (less than 500bucks)
4) someone mentioned gps tracking... just leave your cell phone in your car, one way to do it.
5) machine gun turrets with heat/motion tracking

 

There is a way you can put your own GPS transponder in the car to track it. Onstar even has an aftermarket mirror that you can buy that does that. You just glue the mirror on, hook up the wires and if the car is stolen they can track it. But it's a little obvious when the mirror has an onstar button... so the best way is to just fit your own GPS transponder. There are tons of options out there, Viper even has a $500 module available but you have to pay a subscription. There is a way to do it without a subscription using google maps. But just remember this doesn't work if they park it inside of a building. If you want to know the location of your car I wouldn't rely on a cell phone or onstar. You would need to report the vehicle as stolen and then you rely on the carrier cooperating with the police to locate your vehicle. It's better if you know the location yourself and you can just notify the police yourself. Nobody cares about your stuff more than you.

The security cameras are an easy option too. The best bet here is to install a carputer. The alarm turns on the carputer and the cameras record to the carputer's hard drive AND transmit the video footage. You can set it up to just transmit via wifi to your computer in your house, or you can use wireless Internet to have it continue to transmit to a remote server even after it is out of wifi range. I built one of these for $300. We've been doing this for 8 years now, it's not hard. Especially with today's technology and solid state hard drives there is no boot time and the power consumption is next to nothing.

Today's technology just makes it too easy.

 

If a thief wants a car enough he WILL get it. You can use GPS but like someone said the signal can be lost, just like idk a GPS lol.

Also let's say you're sleeping then wake up and see the location of your car on your computer and its 20 miles away.

By the time you get there, its prob hacked up with all your expensive goodies gone. You just had a good nights sleep so they had time to get what they need.

Cell phone in the car wont really work. They can only track a phone when its on. I THINK they can track its last location (say if the battery died while in the car), but its not certain.

I would install cameras and do the GPS anyway. Or just get a private indoor garage.

 

If you install the alarm correctly, it's dam near next to impossible to not set it off. Even using creative methods like pulling a foglight and attempting to trip the main breaker by shorting it with a car battery won't work if you have a back-up battery UPS ($25!) installed.
We've all heard of creative methods of getting inside like prying open the sunroof or using porcelain to break a window, but with ultrasonic sensors that is extremely difficult. You can't move any faster than about an inch per second without setting them off. If you have the tilt sensor installed towing it will be impossible without setting off the alarm. There are even flashlight sensors that will detect when someone shines a flashlight in the car. These won't stop them from stealing it, but it is nearly impossible to not set off the alarm. And if you do it right, you won't get false alarms. So you just keep the pager next to your bed and look out the window if it ever goes off. Easy. Maybe you're at the mall, or it's parked at the airport or something when it's stolen and the remote never goes off. They have apps where it can just email your phone or something when the alarm goes off.

 

I've heard a lot of good feedback regarding GPS alarm systems, where cars were found hidden in garages and sheds. But the prices for these alarms are a little too step, anyways this item got my attention:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GSM-SMS-GPRS...item2a121878d8

It's not expensive and it really has some nice features to add to any alarm system.

 

My friend had his STI stolen right in front of his house.

He has an alarm and they took it without it going off. They found out how they did it when they noticed chunks of his front grill on the floor.

So they mananged without setting the alarm off.

The mom noticed the car not there when she walked the dog at 530am.

Like i said, you can install a bulletproof bubble on your car, if a theif wants it, they WILL get it.

Think about it. If cops have the technology and equipment to take/find cars, you can be sure REPO people have it. And you can DEF BE SURE thieves have it.

 

This is horrible... I'll definitely keep an eye out. I remember back in the days when I used to live in Washington Heights upper west side the super in my building stopped a random tow truck trying to tow my FD away in front of my building... my super claims the tow truck guy said "oh, it was the wrong car sorry!" then puts it back down and drove off.

The only way to guarantee the car's safety is parking in an indoor garage where they have security. Car alarms and cameras don't do jack since they will literally be in your car and gone in a matter of minutes.

 

lojack and gps alarm ftw.

 

nobody liked my gun turret idea?

http://www.gizmag.com/korea-dodamm-s...-turret/17198/

oh yea, get a dog (that sleeps outside). their nose is better than a car alarm.

 

that sucks man. my friend had his older honda accord stolen in queens 2 weeks ago. 85th and jamaca...he has a ez pass in the car which showed the car going back and forth from ny to nj....but the cops would not even call and try to get the video/picture from the toll booth to try to find them. they really dont care or look. if it turns up abandoned or someone calls they take credit for finding it.....i cant believe ins is so much in nyc. i live 80 miles from there and have both cars 98 subaru and 93 rx7 for full coverage and 500 deductable for 165 a month.

 

Once I get my car, I taking out my ignition and installing a Clifford 2.2X with the DSM250 GPS SmartStart. The only way to start is is with my phone. I know the Police really do not care when it is stolen. Hell, when my home on Philly was broken into and everything gone, with an open beer, it took them 3 hours for the Police to show. What sucks is they could have dusted for prints on the beer or a taken a saliva sample, but they didn't; not even willing to file a Police report. That is why I am not investing in Lo-Jack and investing in taking care of it myself. BTW, I have a Remington 1911...

 

If you install that I could still start the car by finding the brain, twisting the starter relay wires back together, and breaking the lock cylinder with whatever method I want to start the car and drive away. If you don't hide the brain sufficiently, the car is more vulnerable. It's typical to just install it on the plastic tray below the steering column and all you have to do to find is is reach up until you feel a thick bundle of wires and pull down. The best way is if you install it behind the metal knee bar. The wires will all be protected from tampering and the only way to remove it is with tools and that takes time.
A more foolproof way is to install a anti-theft fuel pump relay. It has a rf receiver and you need to push a button on a little keychain fob for the fuel pump relay to work. If the thief was smart and knew you had this, they could just bring an OEM fuel pump relay and pop it in so it's still not foolproof.

Cops don't take fingerprints for anything less than a murder, those kinds of investigations are expensive. If they didn't file a police report that means a crime wasn't committed. I'm not trying to say anything here but that story doesn't make sense and is way off topic. I'm sorry your home got broken into though. The same thing happened to me, finger prints everywhere, lots of evidence. But the cop basically told me "Look this isn't CSI. We don't dust for fingerprints unless it's a murder." It makes sense. They really don't care because so many cars and homes are broken into every day. I'll agree with you on the second part, since then I realized it's my own responsibility to protect my stuff because the cops and insurance company sure won't help much.

 

thats to bad... someone could have stole my car if it didn't magicly have a flat tire that night :/ ... so they took the already broken half way took out stereo... didn't take my ecu, they even popped open my hatch and didn't take my stereo amp... o they also got a jacket and a long mag light...

 

Damn that does suck.

I live in Brooklyn so I'll keep my eye open...

 

Truth...

I moved to NJ from TX, my insurance doubled. It's not terrible, but much higher than before. NJ's policies have quite a bit of fine print that you have to work with. It's pretty annoying.

 

http://www.ravelco.com/

 

Once I get my car back, I plan on rewiring everything with a MoTeC PDM and an alarm. With that, I will be making all the wires white with a reference manual of where everything is. Also, I will be hiding the brains of the alarm and the siren in the most uncoventional spot ever. I also plan on getting a Woodward manual steering rack with detachable hub, then having that hub electrified in case they try and clamp something for steering. Again, with the GPS, I will know where the car is at all times with an alarm with every sensor imaginable.

I sort of miss just leaving my pitbull in my car wherever I went. That was the best alarm EVER!

 

My home was broken into, Miami pd dusted for prints and took a sample off the orange juice they opened and a black and mild they found outside. it sucks cleaning the finger print dust. The guy working my case even called to follow up with me.