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celica easy to break into?, yes...

May 22, 2004 - 11:17 AM
blkGT View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Jun 10, '03 From FL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)	So i leave my car at taco bellf or two hours last night and someone pried the window open, ripped it out and stole my amp. a 650 dollar rockford 2400 watts. i bought it yesterday and was on my way home from work. she was gonna push my 3 r types. nothing police can do because i guess when you fingerprint cars it messes up the electrical system with the graphite. i am so pissed i just wanna cry, they basically took 650 dollars out of my hand. it was 6 hours old. it had to be someone i know because they didnt touch my 400 dollar valentine one radar detector or my 400 dollar panasonic cd player. they went straight to the amp. i hate ppl who do this.

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May 29, 2004 - 12:11 AM

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QUOTE (celicarocker @ May 28, 2004 - 9:58 PM)

QUOTE (Uppitycracker @ May 29, 2004 - 12:50 AM)

QUOTE (CupCrazy38 @ May 28, 2004 - 9:27 PM)

"The pencil-thin beam of the laser gun expands with distance. The actual beam is only several feet wide at 500 feet, but "aiming wobble" introduced by the human holding the bulky gun make the detectable beam at least three times larger. Even without the wobble, it covers most of the roadway after a mile. This means it is actually much easier to find a fragment of the beam at greater distances from the laser trap. At short ranges, the beam may be so concentrated that a detector mounted away from the aim point on the vehicle may not be able to pick up enough stray energy to activate an alarm."

several feet wide? uh... that's definitely a sales pitch.

If you haven't gotten caught yet, that's cool. And if this product makes you feel safer about your chances, then it does what it was designed to do. But I still wouldn't count on it. That was a biased sales pitch, given in such a way that it points out the many ways in which it could "possibly" fail. Not worth the investment in my opinion.

I still think you're better off saving your money for something else... after all, the odds of a cop putting a laser on the car you are driving are extremely low, especially in high traffic areas. Just use your head... if it's an area where it's easy to speed, and you know the odds of cops being there are high... just don't speed.

Well, put simply, don't speed and you won't need it

I learned that the hard way...lol

I would think the beam over great distances would fragment and cascade do to atmospheric distortion, but thats just what I think, I dont know alot about lasers

Maybe you could buy a laser pointer and do some experiments

that actually sounds pretty accurate... a laser is just a beam of light... so do an exparament....

take a flashlight.. hold it 1" away from a wall.... notice its a small circle.... slowly start to pull it away, you'll notice the circle of light starts to get bigger.... now take that pencil thin laser beam, and shoot it out a mile... it would cover a pretty big area.... and as far as that wobble thing, also very true... if something concentrated at a distance far away, the slightest movement where its sent from will cause a big jump way out where its concentrated... you can see this best in cameras... look through a viewfinder and move your hand, the image moves a little... but now zoom in all the way on something, then move your hand the same amount.... it jumps all over the place....

if V1's didnt work, they woulnd't be renouned as one of the best radar detectors money can buy....

Now, I'd believe you with that statment... "...one of the best radar detectors..."

But I'm still doubtful of the laser detection.

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blkGT celica easy to break into? May 22, 2004 - 11:17 AM

JKceli Sorry to hear about your misfortune, but as you st... May 22, 2004 - 11:22 AM

Consynx if it was sitting out in the open...maybe they jus... May 22, 2004 - 11:52 AM

Supersprynt Tinted windows help, although illegal, may be wort... May 22, 2004 - 11:57 AM

Uppitycracker There should be a death penalty for theft, I ****i... May 22, 2004 - 12:01 PM

x_itchy_b_x yup i know that feeling all to well. sucks. why i ... May 22, 2004 - 12:01 PM

forkee QUOTE (x_itchy_b_x @ May 22, 2004 - 10:01 AM) yup ... May 22, 2004 - 12:16 PM

shid forkee- why the heck would that be an issue? All ... May 22, 2004 - 12:25 PM

Magic SHAME!!!I`m so sorry about you man,her... May 22, 2004 - 12:27 PM

sinner96ST don't load your car with $8,000 in stereo... May 22, 2004 - 12:42 PM

blkGT i know who did it. hes one of the only the only pe... May 22, 2004 - 12:55 PM

shid So, then he should still have it in his possession... May 22, 2004 - 1:01 PM

blkGT i did, me and 2 friends all filled out police repo... May 22, 2004 - 1:30 PM

shid and the police have done.. what? use your citizen... May 22, 2004 - 2:03 PM

Andason QUOTE (blkGT @ May 22, 2004 - 10:17 AM) nothing po... May 22, 2004 - 3:30 PM

Uppitycracker QUOTE (Andason @ May 22, 2004 - 1:30 PM) QUOTE (bl... May 22, 2004 - 3:38 PM

blkGT are you friggin serious? he told me that if u wann... May 22, 2004 - 3:59 PM

Andason QUOTE (blkGT @ May 22, 2004 - 2:59 PM) are you fri... May 22, 2004 - 4:07 PM

tim86 sad thread hope this doesnt happen to my system..... May 22, 2004 - 5:57 PM

Hanyo is there a way to keep people from popping our win... May 22, 2004 - 8:34 PM

KAMiX It's pretty simply... don't park your car ... May 22, 2004 - 8:44 PM

Crzybakerdog if you cant beat em join em and steal a nicer amp.... May 22, 2004 - 9:50 PM

playr158 yea but really who pays attention to alarms anymor... May 22, 2004 - 11:27 PM

turboinduction Alarm system is my only advice I put one on just ... May 23, 2004 - 2:26 AM

Hanyo problem is my car alarm siren is not loud enough..... May 23, 2004 - 9:47 AM

KAMiX My point is, don't park your car in a massive ... May 24, 2004 - 12:24 AM

FAQdaWorld QUOTE (blkGT @ May 22, 2004 - 11:17 AM) So i leave... May 24, 2004 - 5:51 AM

neoklis Next time you want to blow some money on electroni... May 24, 2004 - 6:25 AM

Digndoug that sucks man.. Thats why when i got my car.. I p... May 24, 2004 - 9:55 AM

Pali_playa ok this is why u need a 2-way pager alarm sytem. t... May 24, 2004 - 11:37 AM

turboinduction yea... what paliplaya said.. and what I meant. ge... May 24, 2004 - 11:42 AM

Negative I have that Toyota securikey alarm with a pin sens... May 24, 2004 - 4:37 PM

ParaNoiD i found it a wiser choice to buy a good car alarm ... May 26, 2004 - 11:50 AM

Hanyo how do you get the keyhole of the car to have a se... May 27, 2004 - 3:45 AM

ParaNoiD Go to the supplier and get them to to change the s... May 27, 2004 - 4:16 AM

shid Hanyo, what alarm do you have? Because I want it. May 27, 2004 - 4:36 AM

Hanyo QUOTE (ParaNoiD @ May 27, 2004 - 9:16 AM) Go to th... May 27, 2004 - 5:13 AM

celimanST QUOTE don't load your car with $8,000 in ... May 27, 2004 - 9:29 PM

CupCrazy38 QUOTE (Supersprynt @ May 22, 2004 - 9:57 AM) Tinte... May 28, 2004 - 4:02 PM

CupCrazy38 QUOTE (shid @ May 22, 2004 - 12:03 PM) and the pol... May 28, 2004 - 4:07 PM

CupCrazy38 QUOTE (Andason @ May 22, 2004 - 1:30 PM) QUOTE (bl... May 28, 2004 - 4:08 PM

blkGT UPDATE: I GOT IT BACK. long story short, the meth... May 28, 2004 - 4:50 PM

celicarocker awesome, glad to see the happy ending May 28, 2004 - 5:01 PM

CupCrazy38 QUOTE (blkGT @ May 28, 2004 - 2:50 PM) UPDATE... May 28, 2004 - 5:04 PM

Andason so the kid said he had it and hed sell it back to ... May 28, 2004 - 5:06 PM

blkGT QUOTE (Andason @ May 28, 2004 - 3:06 PM) so the ki... May 28, 2004 - 5:36 PM

blkGT Article on the valentine one website about laser a... May 28, 2004 - 5:52 PM

wind QUOTE (Hanyo @ May 23, 2004 - 1:34 AM) is there a ... May 28, 2004 - 6:01 PM

LoriAnn143 TRY A DUAL STAGE PROXIMITY SENSOR... I GOT THAT IN... May 28, 2004 - 6:36 PM

Andason QUOTE (LoriAnn143 @ May 28, 2004 - 5:36 PM) IT... May 28, 2004 - 8:38 PM

Uppitycracker QUOTE (Andason @ May 28, 2004 - 6:38 PM) QUOTE (Lo... May 28, 2004 - 9:41 PM

BLINKYxMUNKEY i remember when my car got broken into. Broken win... May 28, 2004 - 10:19 PM

blkGT im a cook at a sports pub. yea hes a good guy, gre... May 28, 2004 - 10:24 PM

Uppitycracker QUOTE (blkGT @ May 28, 2004 - 8:24 PM) im a c... May 28, 2004 - 10:30 PM

celicarocker yeah.... who wants to work when you can collect un... May 28, 2004 - 10:50 PM

Uppitycracker QUOTE (celicarocker @ May 28, 2004 - 8:50 PM) yeah... May 28, 2004 - 11:04 PM

CupCrazy38 "The pencil-thin beam of the laser gun expand... May 28, 2004 - 11:27 PM

Uppitycracker QUOTE (CupCrazy38 @ May 28, 2004 - 9:27 PM) ... May 28, 2004 - 11:50 PM

celicarocker QUOTE (Uppitycracker @ May 29, 2004 - 12:50 AM) QU... May 28, 2004 - 11:58 PM

CupCrazy38 QUOTE (celicarocker @ May 28, 2004 - 9:58 PM) QUOT... May 29, 2004 - 12:11 AM

LoriAnn143 QUOTE (Andason @ May 28, 2004 - 9:38 PM) QUOTE (Lo... May 29, 2004 - 12:39 PM

Andason QUOTE (LoriAnn143 @ May 29, 2004 - 11:39 AM) ... May 29, 2004 - 9:57 PM

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