I SO badly want to move out of this godforsaken state.

Now for the story. Last night I drive the "race kaa" home from my parents. I get back home ~7pm, leave the car unattended until 11am this morning. When I get in the car to go to class, I realize the steering wheel is crooked (turned clockwise 180 degrees) and my hood is popped. Nothing looks damaged, but this is really friggin' weird. I need to go to class, so I decide to worry about it later. On the way back home from school, the steering wheel is now cocked at 90 degrees, odder still. I get back without any problem, parallel park on the street, and go inside to eat, take care of the dog, etc. Having little faith in the police system, and with no visible signs of damage, I don't bother calling the popo, instead thinking I'll just take it elsewhere and not ever bring it back here.

Well, when I try to leave, I find that the steering wheel turns completely free, and without turning the drive wheels. WTF? The cocking of the wheel makes sense now, but I can't get out of the damn parking space. Great. So now AAA is on their way, and I have no vehicle. And I'm completely paranoid, because whoever did this bothered to try covering up their tracks (why they didn't just drive it away last night, I have no idea), meaning to me that they're going to try coming back for it.

******* lowlife scumbags. My girlfriend is encouraging a stakeout, which I'm game for. Anyone local want to join in?

 

when and where.

 

Well, tonight and maybe tomorrow night, here at the townhouse.

 

i wish i was local so i could join in.

i gotta bb gun!

 

Sorry to hear Adam. John's yellow ITR with cage was almost stolen right near you about 2 weeks ago. Let me know if I can do anything.

 

Son of a bitch. So I guess there's a new ring going around or something, huh? I'll have to warn Sander.

 

scum bags. every last one of them.sounds like life owning a honda in NY.

 

This problem is pretty widespread. Honda & Acura theft is out of control here in Colorado too, and the thieves have even been known to tow cars that they can't get to start. A couple of people have had cars stolen out of their closed garages too.

A decent solution is MobileIQ: http://www.mobileiq.us

It's cheaper than LoJack and it works a lot better. It cost me around $450 installed.

 

Thats horrible man, I cant believe how bad theft is getting. And here I am thinking of selling the Evo and picking up another R . Let me know if you need help dealing with any problems . to theives

 

2 weaks ago a k20 hatch from down here in southern maryland was stolen and found 3 days later in pg county

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NAPIER &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">2 weaks ago a k20 hatch from down here in southern maryland was stolen and found 3 days later in pg county </TD></TR></TABLE>

****, where was it stolen from?

There are thieves in CC, I have a pretty good idea on who they might be as well.

Makes me glad to live in the woods.

So Adam, what is the car needing, any dead bodies turn up around your house

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bad-monkey &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i wish i was local so i could join in.

i gotta bb gun!</TD></TR></TABLE> Stakeout sounds fun....Just wait till someone is inside the car, and rush the doors. give them the choice of staying inside and waiting for the cops or coming out now.

 

Sad part about that, if they choose to come out, the law will somehow put you in the wrong when these guys flip out and get hurt!

 

That sucks. We were thinking about doing the same thing when theives kept taking wheels off cars in our back lot at the dealership.

 

They are taking anything Honda/Acura. Good friend of mine in Gilbert, AZ had someone break into his 91 4 door, completely stock 4 dr, luckliy he heard and and ran out and as the guy took off my buddies bro came around the back of the house and got a couple good hits on him while dragging him off the wall. Three people went to jail and my buddy took pics of them in the back of the police car.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by My95SlvrBlt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Makes me glad to live in the woods.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ditto, and I have a sherriff next door and on a private gravel road.


Weston what does that cost a month to have?


Modified by CRX Toad at 9:34 AM 10/25/2006

 

Maybe having full covg on racecars, for the true value of them(not for incidents on track obviously, but for theft really)

 

I have mine covered for theft, fire, someone hitting my trailer and knocking it off while in rout to race, ect.... It's only like $250 per year. However, If I'm in the car then nothing is covered.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRX Toad &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Weston what does that cost a month to have?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I paid $50 for my first year, which gave me 12 "actions", but I think they have since changed it to $100 per year with 100 actions. That works out to just a hair over $8 per month. It's pretty affordable.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Weston &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I paid $50 for my first year, which gave me 12 "actions", but I think they have since changed it to $100 per year with 100 actions. That works out to just a hair over $8 per month. It's pretty affordable.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Each time you look for your car to see where it is located is considered 1 action? I looked over the website that is a neat little device. Wonder what the installation is like.

 

I don't get it. What did they do to the car to make it act that way, and how was that going to help them steal it? Maybe it's just early, but if they were going to steal the car wouldn't it be gone?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Stinkycheezmonky &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well, tonight and maybe tomorrow night, here at the townhouse.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm game, I'll bring my car! They can have a choice of which car they want.

 

You know, it would probably be pretty easy to set up a trap. a car on a trailer, not connected to anything. That would be the way to catch them, although, it could turn pretty ugly confronting, or following....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by My95SlvrBlt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You know, it would probably be pretty easy to set up a trap. a car on a trailer, not connected to anything. That would be the way to catch them, although, it could turn pretty ugly confronting, or following....</TD></TR></TABLE>

Assuming the cops found the bodies, I guess I could see how it would get ugly.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRX Toad &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Each time you look for your car to see where it is located is considered 1 action? I looked over the website that is a neat little device. Wonder what the installation is like. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, it's one action every time the unit communicates with the service (ie you locating the vehicle, or optional automatic notifcations such as battery cut and unauthorized movement).

The installation is pretty simple... just connect it to a constant source of 12 volts and find somewhere to hide the unit. There is a wire loop that you can cut and hook up to the ignition so that it will activate the "unauthorized movement" notification when the car moves with the ignition off, but of course that's not really any good... a thief hotwiring the car would likely defeat that, and then you'd also have it calling you every time you trailer it somewhere. So, what most people do is put a hidden switch on that wire... If the car moves without that switch being on, regardless of if it's towed or driven, it calls me up and tells me where it is. I also have it set to send me a text message via e-mail too.

 

Update:
I got the car towed to another location, so it's safe for the time being. It took over an hour to get the bastard loaded onto the truck because we couldn't steer it though, so I've only had a little time to examine the damage. The first big thing I found out is that the steering column lock is NOT broken as originally expected. BUT the steering wheel splines that hold it on the column are completely destroyed, so essentially the steering wheel was turning without having any effect on the column. How I made it to school and back, I have no idea.

Meanwhile, the cops had nothing to go on, as there was no physical evidence of damage. They wrote up an "Article of Suspicion (Suspetise!11!)" or whatever, but that doesn't really mean jack. Were it not for the popped hood, I'd think my steering wheel randomly failed. I'm going now to look the car over more thoroughly, and I'll update if a stakeout will or will not be taking place.