JIPJOBXX Posted January 8, 2012 Report Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) One of my sons had a Honda Acura stolen a few weeks ago and this week he bought a new Toyota hybrid Prius. No sooner than buying this car his old one was found and it was just taken out for a joy ride and left on the street in Tacoma. He went over and picked up the car today and so now he has a new car and a 1999 Acura with only 60,000 miles on it. Well he not to upset as he going to keep his old Acura because it's such a nice car and drive the Honda for work. I told him welcome to life and having two cars at a time or more. Anyway glad everything has turned out for him because we thought that his stolen car was on its way to South America! It's real neat little car and the thought that it was going to be chopped up or something and that kind of bugged me. Jon:cool: Edited January 8, 2012 by JIPJOBXX Quote
JIPJOBXX Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Posted January 8, 2012 Kind of interesting is that the policeman who took the report of his car being stolen told him that Honda's of this era do not have a wide variety of keys to start up these cars. So all they did was have a group of keys and just tried them out till one fit and oft they went. He is going to keep the car at my house and have one of those hidden devices installed that will let you know where the car is at if it is stolen again. He was one lucky guy because he got his car back and none of his personal stuff was taken either. Quote
Dodgeb4ya Posted January 8, 2012 Report Posted January 8, 2012 Lucky it was in one piece... Especially if it ended up in Tacoma. Quote
JerseyHarold Posted January 8, 2012 Report Posted January 8, 2012 Kind of interesting is that the policeman who took the report of his car being stolen told him that Honda's of this era do not have a wide variety of keys to start up these cars. So all they did was have a group of keys and just tried them out till one fit and oft they went. He is going to keep the car at my house and have one of those hidden devices installed that will let you know where the car is at if it is stolen again. He was one lucky guy because he got his car back and none of his personal stuff was taken either. I have a theory that do-it-yourself anti-theft systems are better than manufactured ones because you can get creative and hopefully fool the thief. Years ago I made up a little gizmo for my cousin with a basic Bosch relay that made it impossible to crank the car without pressing in the cigarette lighter. When she left the car at her mechanic's to sell for her, she forgot to tell him about the lighter, and he couldn't start the car! Quote
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