I went out and got myself a new truck on Friday. It has a security system and I bought the club as well. So far, I’m 4 days auto theft free. The insurance company is going to fix my Jeep, it’s in the dealership right now. I am not accepting anything less than what it was before it was stolen. It was in excellent condition, and had very low mileage. When I get it back, I will sell it. There is no way I can drive it again. Just too creepy, and I know it will never be the same. I loved that car too, so it’s a real piss off, but my new truck is pretty cool too. :-)
My bad day.... Well not my bad day but a funny weekend story.
On Sunday we went to a small intimate wedding for two friends at a house near by. Easy wedding, nothing fancy, the bride and groom asked that everyone bring their own booze and a plate of food as they were having a garden wedding, and just the friends that are there for small gathering after. no problem.
The day starts off with a wedding arch that was being put together a hour or so before the wedding. Well of course there are 3 pieces from the thing missing, so the person who bought it had to rush the thing back down the store to replace it and rush back so we could get it togther before the ceremony.
The groom arrives at the house 15 minutes before the wedding, the Justice of the Peace asks for the marriage liscence. Well he forgot it in his apartment, which with normal driving is about 45-50 minutes away. Of course the wedding cannot take place with out this. So of couse I volunteer my services as I know quick routes back into the city. In record time, 1 hour there and back, i retreived the liscence. As I started back to the house, I phoned ahead that I had the liscence and they can proceed with the wedding.
So of couse I missed the whole ceremony, which of course didn’t go off without a hitch. The groom had made a cd of music to be played as they walked down the garden. He handed his cd case to the guy playing the music, you guessed it, the case was empty as he had left it at home in his player. Thankfully the kid that lived atthe house quickly burned a new copy.
The groom messed up his brides name (switched the middle names), and said “wing” instead of “ring”.
They did all the ceremony and sign a fake liscence (as I was not back yet), however the Justice of the Peace, could not pronounce them husband and wife as they had not signed an official marriage liscence yet. So I arrive shortly after and run in they grab the paper and sign it on the guys brief case as he is walking out the door. Finally, married!
The invites said bring your own booze or something to drink and a food item. I get back and I go to grab the ‘82 Billecart-Salmon champagne that I brought for myself and my girlfriend, and some jack ass who didn’t bring anything had already popped my champagne and was drinking it!! This was an ‘82 Billecart-Salmon, that bastard had to die!
What a day!
My bad day.... Well not my bad day but a funny weekend story.
On Sunday we went to a small intimate wedding for two friends at a house near by. Easy wedding, nothing fancy, the bride and groom asked that everyone bring their own booze and a plate of food as they were having a garden wedding, and just the friends that are there for small gathering after. no problem.
The day starts off with a wedding arch that was being put together a hour or so before the wedding. Well of course there are 3 pieces from the thing missing, so the person who bought it had to rush the thing back down the store to replace it and rush back so we could get it togther before the ceremony.
The groom arrives at the house 15 minutes before the wedding, the Justice of the Peace asks for the marriage liscence. Well he forgot it in his apartment, which with normal driving is about 45-50 minutes away. Of course the wedding cannot take place with out this. So of couse I volunteer my services as I know quick routes back into the city. In record time, 1 hour there and back, i retreived the liscence. As I started back to the house, I phoned ahead that I had the liscence and they can proceed with the wedding.
So of couse I missed the whole ceremony, which of course didn’t go off without a hitch. The groom had made a cd of music to be played as they walked down the garden. He handed his cd case to the guy playing the music, you guessed it, the case was empty as he had left it at home in his player. Thankfully the kid that lived atthe house quickly burned a new copy.
The groom messed up his brides name (switched the middle names), and said “wing” instead of “ring”.
They did all the ceremony and sign a fake liscence (as I was not back yet), however the Justice of the Peace, could not pronounce them husband and wife as they had not signed an official marriage liscence yet. So I arrive shortly after and run in they grab the paper and sign it on the guys brief case as he is walking out the door. Finally, married!
The invites said bring your own booze or something to drink and a food item. I get back and I go to grab the ‘82 Billecart-Salmon champagne that I brought for myself and my girlfriend, and some jack ass who didn’t bring anything had already popped my champagne and was drinking it!! This was an ‘82 Billecart-Salmon, that bastard had to die!
What a day!
Ah but people will remember it, and that’s what you really want. Sounds like a fun day (in a stressful kind of way).
Isn’t there some saying about how it’s good if bad things happen on your wedding day because it’s essentially getting it all out the way before you can start your life together ?
(If there isn’t there should be)
The Club can be made completely ineffective in under 10 seconds.
How so? I put it on backwards, so the lock faces towards the windshield. In order to drill or punch the lock out, you would need some sort of curved tool, I doubt most car theives would have that handy, if it even exists at all.
The point really is that it is a deterrent. A person that wants to be in and drive away in 10 seconds sees the club, and moves on since it’s going to take that much longer.
It’s not much of a deterrent to most thieves though. A person can cut through a steering wheel in under 10 seconds then just pop the Club off. Steering wheels are made to be weak in case of an accident, very thin metal.
This is true. The club is not a deterant for any car thief. A hack saw gets through the steering wheel like it is butter. If anything it is nothing more than a visual deterant where the thief will just look for one without as he didn’t bring his hack saw to work that day, or is lazy and doesn’t want to risk the few extra seconds it may take. :-S
But, better than nothing I say. I personally go with the very bright flashing security alarm led, with the engine immobilizer.
Off topic, a report out says that June was one of the largest sales months ever for the auto industry, and the largest selling sector was SUV and trucks. the Ford F150 set the record for the largest amount of trucks sold in a month ever. This kind of surprised me with the price of gas steadily increasing almost weekly. And the SUV and Truck market aren’t the best for gas mileage.
Off topic, a report out says that June was one of the largest sales months ever for the auto industry, and the largest selling sector was SUV and trucks. the Ford F150 set the record for the largest amount of trucks sold in a month ever. This kind of surprised me with the price of gas steadily increasing almost weekly. And the SUV and Truck market aren’t the best for gas mileage.
Yeah, especially since GM took a beating not long ago because people stopped buying their SUVs due to fuel costs. I don’t want to flush my money away on gas, so I’ll stick with my 38-MPG car, thank you.
Off topic, a report out says that June was one of the largest sales months ever for the auto industry, and the largest selling sector was SUV and trucks. the Ford F150 set the record for the largest amount of trucks sold in a month ever. This kind of surprised me with the price of gas steadily increasing almost weekly. And the SUV and Truck market aren’t the best for gas mileage.
Yeah, especially since GM took a beating not long ago because people stopped buying their SUVs due to fuel costs. I don’t want to flush my money away on gas, so I’ll stick with my 38-MPG car, thank you.
You Liberal-Tree-Hugging-Save-the-environment freak. What’s up with you? You’re American, it’s part of the constitution you’ve got to drive a Humvee or Escelade.
Off topic, a report out says that June was one of the largest sales months ever for the auto industry, and the largest selling sector was SUV and trucks. the Ford F150 set the record for the largest amount of trucks sold in a month ever. This kind of surprised me with the price of gas steadily increasing almost weekly. And the SUV and Truck market aren’t the best for gas mileage.
Yeah, especially since GM took a beating not long ago because people stopped buying their SUVs due to fuel costs. I don’t want to flush my money away on gas, so I’ll stick with my 38-MPG car, thank you.
You Liberal-Tree-Hugging-Save-the-environment freak. What’s up with you? You’re American, it’s part of the constitution you’ve got to drive a Humvee or Escelade.
You forgot hippie & granola munching, or are those reserved for when I reveal that I don’t own any guns either?
You forgot hippie & granola munching, or are those reserved for when I reveal that I don’t own any guns either?
You only come on here to lend you some credibility, so you don’t get lynched when your fellow Americans realise you’re actually a European in disguise.
There’s another theft prevention tool that beats The Club. I can’t remember what it’s called but it locks your brake or clutch pedals. I got that for my truck after seeing the hacksaw demonstration. I think most auto stores carry it now.
There’s another theft prevention tool that beats The Club. I can’t remember what it’s called but it locks your brake or clutch pedals. I got that for my truck after seeing the hacksaw demonstration. I think most auto stores carry it now.
There’s one over here that links onto the drive shaft, and then clamps onto the gear stick, it isn’t removeable, it just moves to the side when you drive, it’s something like 95% effective, and it takes pros about 1/2 an hour to dismantle it.
I am not sure whether they’d market it in the US, as it only works on cars with gearsticks, you’re more into autos over there, aren’t you?
You forgot hippie & granola munching, or are those reserved for when I reveal that I don’t own any guns either?
You only come on here to lend you some credibility, so you don’t get lynched when your fellow Americans realise you’re actually a European in disguise.
You know, it was only yesterday I was asking a MassRides representative at work if people are allowed to bring bicycles onto the Green Line, so I can get to work without even having to use my car to get to the train station.. :smirk:
But the answer was ‘no’. Bikes are on every rail line EXCEPT the green. Damn pinko-communist mass-transit bastards :reallyangry:
There’s one over here that links onto the drive shaft, and then clamps onto the gear stick, it isn’t removeable, it just moves to the side when you drive, it’s something like 95% effective, and it takes pros about 1/2 an hour to dismantle it.
I am not sure whether they’d market it in the US, as it only works on cars with gearsticks, you’re more into autos over there, aren’t you?
Not me! But probably the population in general, yes. Many have forgotten the thrill of having that much control. Bwahahaha!!!
My dad used to use both chains and cables to lock his clutch/brake pedals and gear/4WD shifters to the seat mount. Somebody could still hotwire it, but they’d have to get away in 4WD-Low, Reverse, and with only the emergency brake.
You forgot hippie & granola munching, or are those reserved for when I reveal that I don’t own any guns either?
You only come on here to lend you some credibility, so you don’t get lynched when your fellow Americans realise you’re actually a European in disguise.
You know, it was only yesterday I was asking a MassRides representative at work if people are allowed to bring bicycles onto the Green Line, so I can get to work without even having to use my car to get to the train station.. :smirk:
But the answer was ‘no’. Bikes are on every rail line EXCEPT the green. Damn pinko-communist mass-transit bastards :reallyangry:
You should move to Holland. Go with LD. ;-)
Bikes on all lines EXCEPT the green line. That doesn’t really make sense. It’s nice to know beaurocracy is rife and messed up in the US as well as the UK.
There’s one over here that links onto the drive shaft, and then clamps onto the gear stick, it isn’t removeable, it just moves to the side when you drive, it’s something like 95% effective, and it takes pros about 1/2 an hour to dismantle it.
I am not sure whether they’d market it in the US, as it only works on cars with gearsticks, you’re more into autos over there, aren’t you?
Not me! But probably the population in general, yes. Many have forgotten the thrill of having that much control. Bwahahaha!!!
My dad used to use both chains and cables to lock his clutch/brake pedals and gear/4WD shifters to the seat mount. Somebody could still hotwire it, but they’d have to get away in 4WD-Low, Reverse, and with only the emergency brake.
Similar principle on the drive shaft lock, it locks the car into reverse, it makes it easier for the police, people driving backwards on main roads are car thieves.
Similar principle on the drive shaft lock, it locks the car into reverse, it makes it easier for the police, people driving backwards on main roads are car thieves.
It seems a decent principle. If you can’t stop someone from stealing your car, at least make them look like a dork in doing so.
You forgot hippie & granola munching, or are those reserved for when I reveal that I don’t own any guns either?
You only come on here to lend you some credibility, so you don’t get lynched when your fellow Americans realise you’re actually a European in disguise.
You know, it was only yesterday I was asking a MassRides representative at work if people are allowed to bring bicycles onto the Green Line, so I can get to work without even having to use my car to get to the train station.. :smirk:
But the answer was ‘no’. Bikes are on every rail line EXCEPT the green. Damn pinko-communist mass-transit bastards :reallyangry:
You should move to Holland. Go with LD. ;-)
Bikes on all lines EXCEPT the green line. That doesn’t really make sense. It’s nice to know beaurocracy is rife and messed up in the US as well as the UK.
Well their excuse is the green line is light rail (I think what you call a tram over there), and there’s not enough room. All the other lines are subway and commuter rail
Off topic, a report out says that June was one of the largest sales months ever for the auto industry, and the largest selling sector was SUV and trucks. the Ford F150 set the record for the largest amount of trucks sold in a month ever. This kind of surprised me with the price of gas steadily increasing almost weekly. And the SUV and Truck market aren’t the best for gas mileage.
My new truck is a Dodge Dakota with a magnum V8 engine. Turns out the V8 gets better mileage than the V6.
