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Seat Safety Switch posted:I wonder what it's like to work at the fake spoiler company and what you tell people you do when you meet them at parties.
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The Blue L-Block posted:Ah, the Penny Farthing donk. Part of me wants to run up and give it a push to see if it rolls over. I always thought it was a bit ridiculous for mid-90's hondas to have clubs on them, but I guess I underestimate how lucrative they are to car thieves.  Even accord wagons and first-gen odysseys had clubs. In a nice part of Seattle(Ravenna).
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Sagebrush posted:Not all that uncommon around here, but usually they at least take off the original spoiler before mounting the bookshelf. If it works on biplanes...
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Oct 17, 2012 06:43
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Geoj posted:Am I missing something or is there no driveshaft on that car? That's next. 
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Oct 17, 2012 08:06
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nm posted:"I separate stupid people from their money."
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The Blue L-Block posted:I was going to take a picture of this ridiculous Beetle I saw last Friday. Big metal spoiler, flame decals, and dollar signs painted all over the windows. I shudder to think it was actually for sale. Unfortunately, I got distracted because I spent some time extricating this nice surprise someone left me in my driver's side door lock. Could it be that some dude thought your Accord was his Accord and snapped his key in your lock before realizing, "Wait, this isn't my car."
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Oct 17, 2012 13:30
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tobu posted:This lady has been driving around my town for the last week or so. The only damage seems to be the bonnet but how it doesn't fly open is anyone's guess. Jeez, we live in the same town. That shop front looked familiar as soon as I saw it. I'll keep a lookout for that car.
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Oct 17, 2012 14:56
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Safety Dance posted:Could it be that some dude thought your Accord was his Accord and snapped his key in your lock before realizing, "Wait, this isn't my car." Thieves know that. Some guy on a local car forum woke up to find thieves trying to steal his battery-less (for antitheft) Civic CX, and while he was on the phone with police, he watched the thieves break into another Honda further up the road and bring its battery back to try and start his car with it. There was also a small rash of people kicking in the doors of Mazda 3s when it was revealed that just giving the doors a good boot can twist something in the linkage and unlock them. I'd throw a hidden kill switch on that Accord and make sure you don't leave a garage door opener or any personal information/titles in it. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Oct 17, 2012 |
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Oct 17, 2012 15:15
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Oct 17, 2012 17:01
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nm posted:"I separate stupid people from their money." I wonder if there are any statistics on how many accidents have been caused by horrible fake spoilers actually increasing rear lift at speed, resulting in horrible oversteery crashes as the back wheels leave the ground in corners?
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Slim Pickens posted:I always thought it was a bit ridiculous for mid-90's hondas to have clubs on them, but I guess I underestimate how lucrative they are to car thieves. The 1994 Accord has been the most stolen car in America for something like 5 years running. If I owned one I'd probably have the Club, a kill switch and an alarm on it.
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Oct 17, 2012 18:06
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Why the hell are early-to-mid-'90s Hondas so tempting to steal?  What am I missing?
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Q_res posted:The 1994 Accord has been the most stolen car in America for something like 5 years running. If I owned one I'd probably have the Club, a kill switch and an alarm on it. I had someone steal two of the the center caps off my 1994 Accord's wheels in a parking garage between 11PM and 7AM on a weekday while I was at work. It was a POS though so if someone stole it I would have been happy.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Why the hell are early-to-mid-'90s Hondas so tempting to steal? Easy to steal. Tons of aftermarket demand.
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Oct 17, 2012 18:18
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veedubfreak posted:Easy to steal. Tons of aftermarket demand. One, they're super common. This means that people have figured out all the tricks to steal them. It also means that if you're driving around in a stolen Accord, you're one of several thousand cruising around. It's easy to spot the stolen Ferrari. Two, being super common means you find a bunch of them in the 'hood, where cars are typically stolen and where stolen cars are typically driven. The more you blend in, the less likely you are to be caught. It's kind of hard to explain your brand new Mercedes with a busted lock, but you might have bought your beater 95 Accord that way. Three, kids and other demographic groups who are prone to wrecking cars tend to drive these. That means there's a huge demand for parts to repair these cars. Also, see all the points above. Common cars and low budgets and poor maintenance and a need to keep the cars on the road all lead to an increased demand for used parts. Four, if you just need a car to roll around in, this is one that's most likely to draw the least attention. Five, they're actually easy to break into and steal. It's a perfect storm.
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drgitlin posted:I wonder if there are any statistics on how many accidents have been caused by horrible fake spoilers actually increasing rear lift at speed, resulting in horrible oversteery crashes as the back wheels leave the ground in corners? I'd imagine not as many as happen on cars where people have removed the rear spoiler and the rear gets light at speed when you come off the throttle. IE. Mitsubishi Evo has been known to do this.
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drgitlin posted:I wonder if there are any statistics on how many accidents have been caused by horrible fake spoilers actually increasing rear lift at speed, resulting in horrible oversteery crashes as the back wheels leave the ground in corners? I doubt any of these cars are fast enough to have it be an issue.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Why the hell are early-to-mid-'90s Hondas so tempting to steal? The biggest thing to remember is that, outside of dumb kids stealing cars for joyrides, most cars are stolen to be broken down into parts and sold. A stolen car in its entirety is not worth very much, other than for a robbery getaway or something. Too easy to be identified later and pretty much impossible to register. But most parts aren't traceable at all, and even the vin-coded bits like the engine can be conveniently de-labeled and no one cares. When someone steals your ITR or Civic Si they are not planning on tracking it and enjoying the perfectly neutral handling, they are planning on ripping the B16 out and selling it to some kid with a clapped-out D15 civic with TEZZAS and a fartcan. lazer_chicken fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Oct 17, 2012 |
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lazer_chicken posted:When someone steals your ITR or Civic Si they are not planning on tracking it and enjoying the perfectly neutral handling, they are planning on ripping the B16 out and selling it to some kind with a clapped-out D15 civic with TEZZAS and a fartcan. That's exactly what happened to my '99 Si a few years back. There was an auto theft ring going for a while in NE Ohio, their MO being that they steal Civics from the mid-to-late '90s. Mine was stolen on Veteran's Day from a staff parking lot at Kent State. It was the third break-in on that car too. My car's So it goes.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:There was also a small rash of people kicking in the doors of Mazda 3s when it was revealed that just giving the doors a good boot can twist something in the linkage and unlock them. Someone dented the driver door on my 3 a couple of months before Mazda issued a recall to put a reinforcing plate over top of the linkage, I didn't figure out what the denter had tried to do until I read the letter.
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Are you in Canada? I never got a recall.
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They only recalled the actual models that were affected, I think it was only the first couple of years.
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Oct 17, 2012 23:32
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Mine was made before the metal plates were installed at the factory. I thought they would only put it in for free if you were in an affected area like Vancouver Island or something funny like that.
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No idea, sorry. Perhaps your criminals were dumber and less well-connected than ours, because it's one of the main reasons I dumped the Mazda3 as a potential choice at the time. And judging from how good my insurance company is at dealing with claims it's a good thing I did.
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CharlesM posted:Mine was made before the metal plates were installed at the factory. I thought they would only put it in for free if you were in an affected area like Vancouver Island or something funny like that. I grew up on the Island, am now in Vancouver, and always think it's kind of cool when references to either pop up in AI, of all places. Now I'm curious...why is the Island particularly affected by people trying to kick Mazda 3 doors?
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Safety Dance posted:Could it be that some dude thought your Accord was his Accord and snapped his key in your lock before realizing, "Wait, this isn't my car." Nope, that is most definitely a shaved key. Accords (and I think most other Hondas) from the early 90s were made with only a certain number of key combinations so it is entirely possible that you can open different cars with a legitimate key. Everyone else already touched on the points of why YOU should steal yourself a mid 90s Honda. I like to think they ultimately gave up because I have a bunch of action figures glued all over the dashboard. Like "Oh man, we CANNOT be seen driving this thing... it's covered in Posh Spices and Army Men." Bonus: Note the nice big scratch they put in my car. That wasn't there when I left for work you fucks!  
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The Blue L-Block posted:Nope, that is most definitely a shaved key. Accords (and I think most other Hondas) from the early 90s were made with only a certain number of key combinations so it is entirely possible that you can open different cars with a legitimate key. Everyone else already touched on the points of why YOU should steal yourself a mid 90s Honda. I heard one time that the Ford F-series and E-series all used the same one-hundred and some odd combinations, making things easy if you had a big enough key ring.
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Captain McAllister posted:I grew up on the Island, am now in Vancouver, and always think it's kind of cool when references to either pop up in AI, of all places. Now I'm curious...why is the Island particularly affected by people trying to kick Mazda 3 doors? I heard it happened a bunch there. I guess thieves like to gossip about how to break into Mazdas? Of course, I could be totally mis-remembering...
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Better hope you have plenty of time to gently caress around with a car to try an entire janitor's keyring full of keys on the car. Pretty sure I'd go with a wedge and coathanger to get into some old van or truck and be inside in about 30 seconds max.
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Some contributions.  Hard to tell, but it has those spike lug nuts.  ITSHOIZ 
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YF19pilot posted:I heard one time that the Ford F-series and E-series all used the same one-hundred and some odd combinations, making things easy if you had a big enough key ring. Dunno how you'd go on to start it without the right teeth on the key but I'm guessing it's not a big concern if you have enough time alone with the car.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Early Camaros with the resistor key immobilizer had only a few combinations, and you could buy the entire set of resistor keys from a GM dealership for $50. A slide hammer to pull the ignition lock followed by holding each key up near the ignition by the ring antenna while you turned the ignition switch with a flat head screwdriver. Or so I've heard.
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The resistor-key setup would've required you to actually make contact with the resistor circuit - but the tolerance was pretty wide and aside from those two wires, it's just a deeper version of ye olde GM tumbler. Hell, on the '94 Z28, when the resistor readers in the cylinder wore out, my dad hardwired a resistor in and replaced it with a standard GM non-PassKey cylinder.
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IOwnCalculus posted:The resistor-key setup would've required you to actually make contact with the resistor circuit - but the tolerance was pretty wide and aside from those two wires, it's just a deeper version of ye olde GM tumbler. Hell, on the '94 Z28, when the resistor readers in the cylinder wore out, my dad hardwired a resistor in and replaced it with a standard GM non-PassKey cylinder. Oh, right...I wasn't thinking VATS. Yes, the standard bypass on those for remote starts is to simply measure the resistor in the key and substitute with $0.04 worth of resistors to make a similar value. As you mentioned, the tolerance is pretty wide because you can't count on perfect contact from the key every time (dirt, whatever).
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I don't have a picture but yesterday I saw an Accord sedan with a vinyl top.  (That particular style isn't popular anywhere else right?)
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This thread makes me happy the only time I ever owned a Honda was in high school and was able to get rid of it after only 2 years. My god that car was a huge pile of poo poo. 85 Accord, the air conditioner blew up 3 days after I bought it. The brakes sucked rear end, it was made out of tin foil. Slow as poo poo too.
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veedubfreak posted:This thread makes me happy the only time I ever owned a Honda was in high school and was able to get rid of it after only 2 years. My god that car was a huge pile of poo poo. 85 Accord, the air conditioner blew up 3 days after I bought it. The brakes sucked rear end, it was made out of tin foil. Slow as poo poo too. Yeah man, all Honda cars should be judged on your experience with a crapbox you had in Highschool.
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Octopus Magic posted:Yeah man, all Honda cars should be judged on your experience with a crapbox you had in Highschool. And the high theft. They are still made out of tin foil even today. Look at a honda wrong and it dents.
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Thank god VW's don't have any reliability problems like that cheap rear end Honda poo poo.
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I loved my high school 89 civic 5 speed crapbox  I'd like to find one again in decent condition and fix it up even.
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