Originally Posted by 2LEM1

So, thanks to this thread I've been reading up on whether a thief could actually use an EMP to steal a car... and the answer is - I'm never letting my car out of my sight again.



You can build an EMP for about 50 bux, and it'll put a quick stop to an alarm, a gps tracker, etc. That + a flatbed = stolen Hondas for days.

I'm afraid.

Originally Posted by Axatax

Nonsense.

Originally Posted by DumpedSi

any decent thief can get by all of that. Most car audio shops put the alarms in the same exact place. As for hood pin, you can pop the hood from the outside of the car, then hold the hood down and try and locate where the hood pin is and use a stick or something long to hold it in place. The only real thing to help you is if you had a battery back up siren but that can also easily be removed. For the fuel cut off, it would take one second to pry up your back seat and directly connect power to the fuel pump.

Originally Posted by elektronsi

Yea the alarm had a tilt sensor. Cops called me Friday morning saying they found the stripped shell in Glendale/rose park area of salt lake aka effing ghetto. Motor/trans, suspension, wheels/tires, interior, hood, trunk, bumpers, lights all gone. They found it sitting on donuts in some alley. Now just to wait and see how much insurance gives me. One of the worst parts is that the itr motor had less than 40k on it and it got new water pump t belt gaskets and seals 15k ago before it went into the car.

Originally Posted by gzes

What if you relocate the battery to the trunk? Can they still kill the power easy?

Originally Posted by grumblemarc

Sounds like someone with firsthand knowledge to me. A true professional.

Originally Posted by CFiannotti

No one has thought of an off vehicle (on the parking spot) alarm trigger. A simple pressure pad,which gets rolled over by the car as it is being moved.This sets off 2 loud alarms,1 near the parking spot, 1 in the house..If you sleep through the house alarm, it wasn't loud enough.

Originally Posted by elektronsi

Last night between 9pm and 8am my 2000 electron blue si was stolen from royal farms apartments in cottonwood heights Utah. It is lowered sitting on 15" bronze rota circuit 8's. It had dark tint and sitting vertically in the rear side windows had stickers thy say "accuracy automotive" written in white lettering. It has yellow fog lamps and the drivers side fog is broken and missing the gray housing. The tint on the drivers window was a little messed up and a v shape was missing from it. Also the rear divers side window did not have tint because it got broken out. It has 2.5 inch exhaust and no resonator so it is very loud and distinguishable. It does not have the si front lip either. The car is my baby!! A year ago I spent a lot of money dropping in a jdm integra type r motor and tranny. If anyone has heard or seen anything in and around the cottonwood heights and greater salt lake city area I would appreciate it if you would contact me on here. I will post some pictures when I get to my computer

Originally Posted by PURPLERANGER

IMO that is possibly the worst area to park a car that has such a high rate of theft, its almost as bad as parking on the street, I hope you get it back, but as the others said, it will be close to impossible

but another side of me says, that thieves are part of the, i dont know the word for it, but i will say "scene" so you either deal with it or get out, i know that sounds harsh, but it is how it is.

Originally Posted by fungus mungus

Sorry to hear your insurance company is jerking you around. I wrote a thread about this about 2 years ago. The moral of that story (which has been born out due to a recent theft attempt of my car) is that you should pay for an appraisal of the car. My insurance company (State Farm) told me that in order to keep getting a low-ball claim, I should have the car appraised, and they gave me the names of a few companies that appraise for them. I followed through, paid $300, and they came and appraised the car. I sent the 30-page appraisal to State Farm. When someone tried to (and failed) steal my car, I called them up, immediately pointed them to the appraisal document. They gave me absolutely no trouble with my claim. That was $300 well spent.

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Originally Posted by project91crxsi

bump, buddy of mines em1 just got stolen here in PA, found it a week later bare shell nothing left interior exterior or drivetrain wise, good luck i hope your more fortunate

Originally Posted by elektronsi

thanks everyone for your input. Moral to the story, if theives want it, they will get it no matter how careful you are and how much you put into anti theft devices. Prolly going to get a 2005 accord coupe 6 speed and supercharge it. atleast that wont stand out the way a blue EM1 does. As expected insurance is trying to low ball my settlement as much as possible, even after them saying as long as i had reciepts and proof of what i put into and even the over $11,000 of reciepts that i gave them they still are barely offering me what good condition stock si's are going for. I told them I will get the state insurrance comission involved if I had to, they didnt like when i said that. So hopefully they will start to play ball and offer me a settlement that isnt total bs this time.