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Old 02-28-2011, 06:15 AM
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I still want to know why the hell someone would steal door mirrors off a vehicle?
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Old 02-28-2011, 10:07 AM
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Whatever happened to 'the luck of the Irish' eh Patrick?
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Old 02-28-2011, 10:14 AM
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I still want to know why the hell someone would steal door mirrors off a vehicle?
Amongst constant piss-poor weather, extremely high taxes on everything you could possibly think of, uncontrolled immigration, and rising unemployment, theft and mindless vandalism is just another 'benefit' of living in 'Great' Britain....
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I still want to know why the hell someone would steal door mirrors off a vehicle?
Don't know about California but over here this kind of irritating crap becomes more prominent in recessionary times. A door mirror can easily be wrenched off a car and the glass sold on eBay or something. The estimate to replace the two mirrors comes to €2,500 (or well over US$3,200) so given the fact they cost so much there is a lucrative market out there for anything cheaper. In step the thieves and oblige .... whatever can easily be removed is taken and sold for good money. I've also heard of things like parking sensors and even headlights being stolen.
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Old 02-28-2011, 03:37 PM
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Don't know about California but over here this kind of irritating crap becomes more prominent in recessionary times. A door mirror can easily be wrenched off a car and the glass sold on eBay or something. The estimate to replace the two mirrors comes to €2,500 (or well over US$3,200) so given the fact they cost so much there is a lucrative market out there for anything cheaper. In step the thieves and oblige .... whatever can easily be removed is taken and sold for good money. I've also heard of things like parking sensors and even headlights being stolen.
Here in London, catalytic converters are the main targets
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Here in London, catalytic converters are the main targets
How do they get them off quickly then ??
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How do they get them off quickly then ??
Electric saw. It's a problem in the USA too.
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Bloody hell. So the first you know about it is when you try to start it up and it sounds like a knackered 747.

Bloody thieving bastards.
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Electric saw. It's a problem in the USA too.

Bingo! Fecking asswipes.
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hmmm maybe you should check this post I put out... In thoery it would let you control your X from the telephone.. Even text the car to make it unlock connect2car.com
its so far come in 2 different models I learned about it on mp3car.com..
http://www.xoutpost.com/off-topic/lo...eas-about.html
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