Well, this isn't the first time its happened, but it is the first time it happened in broad daylight. I was on my way to the dentist and I passed a black rice civic pulling out of the shopping center. It was slammed about 1mm from the ground with goofy writing and poo poo all over it...altezzas, blue neons, chrome windshield washers, etc....you know the type. Anyway, he followed me about 2 miles, making multiple turns, etc all the way into my dentist's office complex. Fortunately, he caught a light behind me, so I was able to prepare myself before he actually got into the lot. I got out of my car and walked part way to the building. I stopped on the sidewalk, pulled out one of my business cards, and waited. Sure as anything, he rolled slowly into the lot. I made sure he saw that I saw him. I took down his license # in case anything bad happens to my R any time soon...I'll know where to start the interrogations. I'm not sure if he just wanted to talk, or whether he was looking to jack me (there was a passenger in the car, but it wasn't in a bad area or anything)...who knows. It just sucks that the million stories I've heard from other R owners have made me so cautious. When I first got the car, I was dying for people to ask me about it...I would have probably taken my time, so he saw me get out of the car and could have approached me. Now I just figure out ways to hide the car and stay anonymous. It's too bad really...the blessing and curse of owning such a rare car. After having someone try to follow me to my house one night, I'm a little more wary in these situations now. Oh well, just thought I'd share some thoughts from an old-R-timer.

 

I hate that. I always take extra turns to avoid stuff like that. Watch your back.

 

dang, that sux0rz

yshi - whose also paranoid when leaving his car at the storage unit every night

 

Get used to it..
Just hope they don't jack you along with your car.
<---ThePunk. Who's nearly been followed home 4-5 times.

 

Be careful, nothing worse than waking up in the morning, looking outside, and seeing your R gone....

 

How about waking up to find your fully restored mustang torn apart in the driveway?
That wasn't fun either!

 

That's why I got Q to install, smoke screan and oil slick.

 

wohaaa...

Hard for me to believe it`s real where you guys live.... I wonder why..

It`s just a Honda, not a Ferrari..

 

All the easier to steal it.

 

I have been followed as well...any time I see blue headlights following me for an unusual amount of time, I usually take em on a trip

I ran into a chick in a Black ITR one day, and got next to her, trying to give her the thumbsup. She wouldnt look over, so I honked...when she finally did, I gave her the , to which she responded with a frightened look, a blinker, and an immediate turn off the road. Thats just taking it a BIT far...

 

Well, yes.. But I can jack a Bugatti even..

Can somebody explain why R`s are so special in US ? They are not too expensive or noble... they`re rare, I know. But other cars like 600SL are rare too and cost triple+

Is the only reason in fact young guys steal and rip them to throw the parts in a b16 wreck ?

Where I live the local streetracers throw in a turbo kit and other stuff in their 2,0 Opel for less then a set of JUN`s and make 250whp.
They laugh at me because they pay less for their whole cars than I in parts and are WAY faster..

 

everything from the type R fits into the 10 millions civics and other integras rolling around the country

600SL's may be rare but there aren't ten million cars you can swap the stuff from the SL into. simply put no demand for stolen 600SL parts





[Modified by BlueR, 5:35 PM 1/31/2002]

 

Hmm,
must be much criminal energy in US... I wonder why people put that much stress on themself in stealing a b18c and swapping parts when they can get a faster car for low cost the legal way..

Sometimes I`m glad to live in EUR

 

if anybody can answer that then there would be no more autotheft
there are people that will not work for what they want

 

True.....`there`s one thing I remind.
I remember... half a year ago a friend told me that some guys from Poland asked around in the village where I live who`s the owner of that "black Honda with the wing on it´s rear" and where he lives ... My R was meant.

Fortunatly (for me) they asked the brother of my girlfriend named Ronny (a really big boy). He knew they`d try to steal her and slammed them on the mouth.
Ronny =>