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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 05:10 PM
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Car was broken into the other night

My 89 was broken into last night. My cd player was stolen along with my console being broken. My blackouts were also stolen. I found my door open a tad so I looked in and saw it was missing. I am waiting for the police right now, I doubt I will get reimbursed being as I only have liability. But anyways no major damage. My 72 is fine though!
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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 05:24 PM
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I did it!! j/k That sux man but atleast they didnt touch the Lemans. You sell the camaro to Vic yet?
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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 05:35 PM
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No, not yet. He's trying to come up with the money. I hope he does soon. I have to pay $2000 for bodywork on my LeMans!
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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 05:36 PM
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Yeah that really sucks! I know how you feel, the amateurs that broke into my Iroc 4 months ago popped both locks in, busted the passenger window, stole my amp, 2 subs, radar detector, and mangled the h*** out of my cd reciever. None covered by insurance either.
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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 06:01 PM
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Some people deserve to be shot.
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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 06:58 PM
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Originally posted by Mark A Shields
Some people deserve to be shot.
yes they do......
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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 08:00 PM
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Well they tried to take fingerprints but the rain didnt help any...
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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 08:10 PM
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At least you were able to get someone out to take finger prints. All I could do was make a formal complaint over the phone in Flint and that was it. We believe it was the same three kids that came three times over three months and broke into about 12 cars on our block.
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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 10:08 PM
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I did it!! j/k That sux man but atleast they didnt touch the Lemans. You sell the camaro to Vic yet?
HEY!!!!! thats me....I'm popular, LOL

good news mike I just had an interview at a chevy dealorship and things are looking on the up and up
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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 10:13 PM
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Well they tried to take fingerprints but the rain didnt help any...
Really, someone keyed my door a while back, got an officer to come out, and I saw a fingerprint and asked about it, but he said they couldn't do it. WTF?
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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 10:20 PM
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had my other car broken into about a year ago and they stole my cd player about 80 CDs some gym clothes, (about $100) and the change in the center console. total it was over $1200 of damage and stuff (in my eyes). thank *** i didn't have my gun in the center console, that would have been another $400 dollars. (I can carry legaly) insurance only paid out $500. that was enough for the window and a new CD player and pocket change. but heck that was 80 CDs that were stolen. because i had a $500 deductable i lost alot of money. that week i called my insurance and changed my policy. i didn't care what it was, and for me it is relativly cheep because i an 27.
it sucks i know how it feels.
one thing....if the car was parked infront of your garage or house maybe renters/homeowers insurance might cover it, who knows it doesn't hurt to ask.
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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 11:05 PM
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It was sitting on the street in front of my house so I'm not sure that public property
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 01:18 AM
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Did you leave the face plate of you cd player??? Always take the face plate with you.

And the comment about the 80 cds getting stolen, Here's my solution. Buy a MP3 player and burn all you reg cds to MP3S. You will get alot of good things out of MP3 cds.

-you go from 80's to about 8 cds. (i burned my entire collection of 200 cd's onto about 20 cd's) You can get about 10 reg cds onto 1 mp3 cd
-With more music on 1 cd you dont have to change cd's as much (less chance of accident)
-If they do get stolen, just burn another copy.

MP3 is were its at.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 06:17 AM
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Originally posted by jawzforlife1
Did you leave the face plate of you cd player??? Always take the face plate with you.

And the comment about the 80 cds getting stolen, Here's my solution. Buy a MP3 player and burn all you reg cds to MP3S. You will get alot of good things out of MP3 cds.

-you go from 80's to about 8 cds. (i burned my entire collection of 200 cd's onto about 20 cd's) You can get about 10 reg cds onto 1 mp3 cd
-With more music on 1 cd you dont have to change cd's as much (less chance of accident)
-If they do get stolen, just burn another copy.

MP3 is were its at.
whats a good MP3 player for the car go for?
that means i need to get one for the PC also right?
i don't know much about MP3s
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 07:56 AM
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Do what I did....u know those annoying pop-ups for video surveillance cameras? I bought one. It works excellent as long as theres a light around the car at night. Records on the VCR, and I bought the optional motion sensor so that it starts recording if it senses motion and stops 15 minutes later. There are a ton of options you can buy for these cordless camers such as rotating base, battery pack, etc.

I believe IIRC the website is www.X10.com
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 09:48 AM
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when my car got broken into, 20 cds got stolen. My insurance told me it was covered under home owners because it is something not bolted down or normally found just in a car. Check your deductible on home owners to see if you can get some cds back. Mine were valued right at 300 bucks and my deduct. was 300. Go figure.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 11:25 AM
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I got my rockford 9300 mp3 deck from an upscale electronic store for $350. It was orig $400 but he gave me a discount because I told him I could buy it on the internet for $300.

Then I bought thr ROXIO mp3 cd creater for $50 to make the mp3 cd's

Then blank cd's, about 100 cd's for $25

You do need a CD burner on your computer though.

Its nice only having 20 cd's in my car insted of 200. Flipping throught a book of 200 cd while driving is not my idea of fun, or safe.
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