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walkoau

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hi guys

just thought a would share some bad news.

had my work ute(company car) parked nose down in my driveway on thursday night. only 10 meters from my bedroom window, and some junkie theif has smashed my drivers side window to steal my own gps..... the gps its self was in the console, just the bracket was on the window. just a warning to ppl that these guys are even breaking in to the car if only the bracket is on the window cause they know 90% of the time the gps unit is still hinden in the car.

they must have walked down my driveway (cause the front window was not visible from the path or road) then used a hammer to smash the window, pushed the window in cause it was tinted, then just reached in to grab the gps out of the consol and the bracket on the window. these ppl must only be targeting the gps's cause they didnt even open the door to steal anything else..... didnt take a big case of cds and didnt even attemp tp touch the sterio. andyway its all been reported to the police but i know i wont get it back

THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE THE GPS SYSTEMS SHOULD MAKE THEM SO YOU HAVE TO PUT A CODE IN WHEN YOU TURN THEM ON.... I THINK THIS WOULD STOP ALOT OF THEFT.

remember guys take ur whole system out of ur car and dont leave the bracket visible. learn from my mistake

thanks

Justin

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THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE THE GPS SYSTEMS SHOULD MAKE THEM SO YOU HAVE TO PUT A CODE IN WHEN YOU TURN THEM ON....

agree, my Navman doesnt have a security system either. its a bitch to have to put away the unit, bracket and charger all the time.

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damn, its probably some one who see's you drive home everynight, so even if its not visible from the street, they probably see you driving with it all the time..

maybe so but i think alot of theift would be stopped if the gps systems had a code to start up....its a simple easy idea that may even be able to upload on existing units when new maps are downloaded for example.

i know its a bitch to pack the whole system up and remove it from the car but i guess thats what ppl have to do if they want to keep theirs.

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even if they made a code for it, it wont be long until someone came up with a way to crack/downgrade software/hack into it to bypass it.

think of it like the gaming consoles, they said the ps2 games wont be pirated because of security crap and bang it was done. same as most things, theres always someone out there to get past any measure of security taken.

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well I know it's not applicable in this case.. but if somebody can afford $500 for a GPS, and not $500 for a decent alarm - then no wonder.. Prevent the crime in the first place, not the after-effects.

it was a work vehicle!!!!! not my fault they are cheap arses and dont want to pay for an alarm. just my fault i left my own possesions in the car over night hey! not the theifs fault at all, he just seen a great opotunity to rip some one off

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learn from your mistakes thats all, alot of this kind of stuff has been going on for a while now since all these gadjets came out.

i have learnt mate. ive learnt that you cant have anything decent without others wanting to rip you off. sorry about the negative attitude but when ppl say it wont happen if you have an alarm thats bs. ppl shouldnt have to worry about it happening at all.

ooohhh well $hit happens hey!

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I agree with you.. a code would be a great idea!

yeah it might get cracked, but it would still be a deterant. A lot of thieves just want stuff they can sell easily - not have to worry about codes and stuff..

I lost my GPS too and i reckon i might have gotten it back if it was considered pretty much useless to someone else :sick:

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Sorry for your loss, theiving pricks.

The new Garmin GPS's have exactly this feature, called 'Garmin lockout' (they also provide window stickers that warn would-be theives)... http://www.gme.net.au/garmin/c510.php

I sold these at my old work, they are good units. Hope this helps.

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I know... it's in the newspapers and on t.v shows too... GPS theft has climbed to a high... now that mobile phones are so affordable and stereos are becoming much cheaper... the 'thing' nowadays is the GPS... I share your grief...

My Skyline got smashed a fortnight ago... some fags smashed both windows to steal my GPS.. I was totally a dick for leaving the unit and the mounting thing in my car and parked it on the streets... it was a disaster wanting to happen... it hurt... like the author of this tread said... if you have a GPS... at night or when you leave your car parked somewhere... remember to take the whole thing, or else thieves will know the unit might just be in the car as let's face it, most of us can't be F (ed) taking it in due to it's size etc.... but yeah, it hurt.... badly... so watch out...

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Sorry for your loss, theiving pricks.

The new Garmin GPS's have exactly this feature, called 'Garmin lockout' (they also provide window stickers that warn would-be theives)... http://www.gme.net.au/garmin/c510.php

I sold these at my old work, they are good units. Hope this helps.

when or should i say if! i get another gps i wil definetly look into one with a lockout function such as the garmin. they really should use that in there marketing/addvertising cause im sure no other gps's have a feature like that....

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