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Old Feb 24, 2003
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New auto theft item!

I saw an infomerical for this so I jumped on the internet to check it out. I find the site that the ad told be about, then I think what about eBay right? So I go to eBay and I found somthing very interesting and I thought I'd share.

See this first - Check Out AutoLock!!!!!

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Now Look at this!!!!!!!
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this is good but not better then a pager alarm, most theives nowadays just want your deck or parts, or whatever is in your car, and if they
really want your car, they won't just break into it, they'll simply tow it away, so that club like thing is actually useless, IMO.
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dear christ, anybody would be scared if they saw that steering wheel cover
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The superbar is nice. I'd get that since it'd fit perfectly on my 3 spoke steering. But the wheel covers
have got to go.
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if you got a 5 speed they can still drop your car into nutueral and tow your car. use less.. i got low jack, and soon an actual alarm, safe but probally still not safe enough..
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This item is still breakable. A friend of mine had an alarm and autolock, still got jacked.
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as a installer of alarms and anti theft devices that thing is friggin hysterical .. such a POS . ya wanna know what my anti theft device is ... .357 thats it ... touch my car ill shoot yer *** heh ehe he ( thats a joke)
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If you really dont want your car stolen.. go buy a Sparco wheel with quick release and when you park your car for the night.. just take off the wheel and put it in the house. Or just throw it in the spair tire spot in the trunk if your at the mall or something.. Your s**t woul never get touched. Pluss it would look sweet


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You know, i have friend who's brother is ex-con at stealing cars. Whenever he would come across these stupid pointless "only makes the consumer feel safe" products, he would find a way around it, disable it, and then leave the part in the parking spot where the car was so that the owner could feel like fool for buying something that doesnt work. Oh and just for the record, my friend's brother got busted for grand theft auto and went to jail for two years, now he is a rehabilated man, [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]. Just thought i would share that with you guys.
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If I saw one of those I would break some windows in the car just because the person is such an idiot for putting that idiotic steering wheel cover on.
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[hr]Originally posted by: Connie
If I saw one of those I would break some windows in the car just because the person is such an idiot for putting that idiotic steering wheel cover on.[hr]
um ok...
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Steering wheel colver looks like[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-puke.gif[/IMG]
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That thing is a piece of crap. [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]
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anybody here use a "car club"? when i park, i turn the wheel all the way to the right or left (then lock it with the club), shove the auto into park, pull up the handbrake, activate alarm then hope no-one puts it on a flat-bed [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG] i think these theft detterents sorta help since it'd be easier stealing the car right beside it with no alarm or anything...
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[hr]Originally posted by: SkipBarber
dear christ, anybody would be scared if they saw that steering wheel cover[hr]
[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG] good point, that wheel cover will scare anyone away.
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just buy some plastic novelty dog s**t and leave it on your drivers seat.
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good all around auto security should be based off of a good alarm system. everything else on top of the alarm, such as the club or this autolock thing, provides just a tad more ease of mind. but have those things w/o the alarm...and you're gonna regret. btw, anyone heard how effective the honda engine immobilizer is?
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Eh. . .I already have an alarm, and mirror tinted windows, so noone can see inside the car to find something to steal
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those things work. i saw an infomerical on it [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/IMG]
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[hr]Originally posted by: txtadik
anybody here use a "car club"? when i park, i turn the wheel all the way to the right or left (then lock it with the club), shove the auto into park, pull up the handbrake, activate alarm then hope no-one puts it on a flat-bed [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG] i think these theft detterents sorta help since it'd be easier stealing the car right beside it with no alarm or anything...[hr]
Back when I had my '99 DX I was stupid enough to get a Club for it. All those types of devices are freaking pointless. When they jacked my DX, they just cut through the wheel and pulled the Club off. Check out the link in my sig, you can see where they cut the wheel.
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[hr]Originally posted by: txtadik
anybody here use a "car club"? when i park, i turn the wheel all the way to the right or left (then lock it with the club), shove the auto into park, pull up the handbrake, activate alarm then hope no-one puts it on a flat-bed [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG] i think these theft detterents sorta help since it'd be easier stealing the car right beside it with no alarm or anything...[hr]
Back when I had my '99 DX I was stupid enough to get a Club for it. All those types of devices are freaking pointless. When they jacked my DX, they just cut through the wheel and pulled the Club off. Check out the link in my sig, you can see where they cut the wheel.[hr]
HOLY CRAP! now that's crazy! so i guess even an alarm wouldn't even have helped!
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WOW a friggin steering wheel condom.... what's next??? damn matching seat covers??? POS IMO, anyone that buys one of those deserves to have their car stolen... some things are retarted.... but this takes the damn cake....
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