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Old May 6, 2009 | 10:59 PM
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Old May 6, 2009 | 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by engle1147
357 magnum

Or 12ga shotgun with 00 buck...chambering a round in a pump shotgun just has its own kinda of sound....very disheartening.

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Old May 7, 2009 | 09:37 AM
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One of these inside... if you have a tan interior, it'll even be camouflaged
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Old May 7, 2009 | 12:43 PM
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Even if they don't take the car, they do damage getting into it. The trick is to keep them out. There was an alarm installer I knew that put in a proximity alarm, one of those that triggers when you get too close to the car even if you don't touch it. It would set off a recording of some kind of psycho dog barking that made people really jump back!
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Old May 7, 2009 | 01:17 PM
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Personally, my favourite
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Old May 15, 2009 | 01:43 PM
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How about this.........? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrzMGdYWZc
The downside is that you might get some paint blistering.
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Old May 15, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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I carry, in the car, a 750,000 volt stun gun.
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Old May 15, 2009 | 05:40 PM
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AK-47 works for me. Actually I don't worry about it too much. I don't think many young punks want to steal a 25 year old car.
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Old May 15, 2009 | 06:37 PM
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What about this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSbjgXbDUzo

OR THIS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFPKxJUjAy0

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Old May 15, 2009 | 07:03 PM
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Two nights ago, my wife gets a call on her cellphone at 1:30 am...a friend of hers was driving down the street and saw 2 guys breaking into my 98 Jimmy (Vette locked in the garage). Its pouring rain, I pull on my pants, grab my Taurus 945 and run out the back door. I throw down on them with the heater and they take off running down the street. I am chasing them in my socks and no shirt telling them all the way that they were going to die. Picture the first "Lethal Weapon", except I am a fat 47 Y.O. italian. I was closing the gap on them believe it or not, and I was telling them to get ready for some lead rain. About 2 blocks away, a cop car comes around the corner and I come to an abrupt halt, hands in the air. The cop takes me down, chewing me a new one, hooks the bracelets on me as these guys escape through someones yard. They wouldn't even send the dog after them, as it was "only a car prowling". After they got the story, they let me go....I would do it again as I am sick of being ripped off. It turns out that they dropped a soft air pistol in a real black nylon holster next to my rig. Lets say the were very lucky.
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Old May 15, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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Try this:

HOW TO INSTALL A SECURITY SYSTEM

1. Go to a secondhand store and buy a pair of men's used size 14-16 work boots (about $5.00) .
2. Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of
Guns & Ammo Magazine (another $5) ..
3. Put a few giant dog dishes ($5 at GoodWill) next to the boots and magazines.
4 Leave a note on your door that reads:

Babe,

Big'un, Duke, Slim, & I went for more ammo and beer. Back in an hour..
Don't mess with the pit bulls - they attacked the mailman again this
morning and messed him up bad. I don't think Killer took part, but it was
hard to tell from all the blood. Anyway, I locked all four of 'em in the
garage. Better wait outside.

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Old May 16, 2009 | 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by jrzvette
Try this:

HOW TO INSTALL A SECURITY SYSTEM

1. Go to a secondhand store and buy a pair of men's used size 14-16 work boots (about $5.00) .
2. Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of
Guns & Ammo Magazine (another $5) ..
3. Put a few giant dog dishes ($5 at GoodWill) next to the boots and magazines.
4 Leave a note on your door that reads:

Babe,

Big'un, Duke, Slim, & I went for more ammo and beer. Back in an hour..
Don't mess with the pit bulls - they attacked the mailman again this
morning and messed him up bad. I don't think Killer took part, but it was
hard to tell from all the blood. Anyway, I locked all four of 'em in the
garage. Better wait outside.

Cooter

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Old May 16, 2009 | 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Sorry Officer
Beat me to the punch. People at Tire Kingdom couldnt figure out why the car didn't want to pull forward. Long time ago and I will never go there again.
I assume you wouldn't go back for some other reason.

If I had a standard that had to have work done on it that I was incapable of (tire changes for example), 1st thing I would do is to explain EXACTLY how the parking brake works.

I assume that outside of the "corvette world"......normal people would have no clue as to how to operate one of those things.


I like the idea of the silent pager alarms. Thief has no idea that I am aware that he is breaking into my car until I pull the hammer back on my Ruger .44 mag. revolver (damn I love that big thing!!!).
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