Someone tryed to steal my 240sx today

[Otis Performance]

today i went to home depot to get bolts for my crank pulley remover and i walk and the store and 10sec later i remember that i left the crank pulley in the car.. so i walk back out to get it and 3 guys were trying to steal my car.. omg only if they didnt have there car parked next to mine. i would have killed them.


they i fucked up my windowns from pulling them out to put there arm in on both sides.. its cool i already fixed both windows with all the exter parts i have ...but i am still looking for you fuckers over here in the 909.. so you better hide.

[94cc0rd]

damn... this is scary... pretty close to me... I'm in Riverside...

I'm glad to hear they didn't get anything though...

[1121S13]

today i went to home depot to get bolts for my crank pulley remover and i walk and the store and 10sec later i remember that i left the crank pulley in the car.. so i walk back out to get it and 3 guys were trying to steal my car.. omg only if they didnt have there car parked next to mine. i would have killed them.


they i fucked up my windowns from pulling them out to put there arm in on both sides.. its cool i already fixed both windows with all the exter parts i have ...but i am still looking for you fuckers over here in the 909.. so you better hide.

wow.... take it back to home depot and ambush..
take pictures too so we can make a sig outta ther faces.

[Ca_laurier]

damn, i hate people who steal shit, seriously. makes life horriable cause we work hard for what we have.

glad to ear you caught them in time

[kdashy]

Dammit I hate reading these threads. Its an adult version of a scary story.

[GSXRJJordan]

kdashy - seriously! It makes my stomach turn!

I've had my 240 stolen a similar way (not gonna describe it, it's not smart to tell people how to steal our cars), luckily it was before I had any mods to speak of so they just took the head unit. Ugh... 2 way paging remotes on your keychains, park as close as possible to where you're going, and hidden kill switches people!

On a lighter note, I'm truely glad this is a "almost got stolen" and not a "OMG my shit got jacked" thread... you're lucky, and especially lucky that you had extra parts to fix your windows. What'd you need to fix them, new tracks?

[zugoi]

What kind of people were they and how old did they look? Was it at night? I would of got into the car and chased them or atleast get one of them.

[Otis Performance]

there is no way to steal my car inless you have a tow trunk... so i am not worry at all.... the car looks super stock inside and out no cd player.. but its ok.. my track car has gps tracking.. i think iam going to install it in my daily driver for now. just in case they come back with a tow truck..

[zugoi]

Well what kind of people were they?

[S13SilviaGirl]

lets not turn this into an ethnicity thing. He caught ppl trying to jack his car. Lets be empathetic to that.


Did you get the plate # to the car they were driving?

[luckyslide16]

^^ I dont know if they are trying to turn it into an Ethnicity thing, but I agree lets NOT turn it into that. But I do think that as detailed of description as possible of the people and the car they were in would be helpful.

Sorry to hear man, but at least like someone else said, at least it is an almost got my car stolen thread, instead of My car was stolen thread.

[SochBAT]

Yea, there are alot of asswipes in Chino/Chino hills. Buncha asshats that try to steal cars and act hard.

The other day, i caught a few guys checking out my bro's car when i went to pick shit up from there too.

[EchoOfSilence]

not feeling the 909......

be careful guys

[DP_Michelle G]

Did you make a police report? If not you should have that way the cops can get the video tape from home depot.

[S13Disco]

that shit sucks... like everyone said atleats they didnt steal it... what kind of GPS system do you have in your car? I have wanted to put that in my car but I dont know how I would go about it, or what system. I also Live in the 909 and Honda theives are starting steal 240s It makes me sick!!! I LOVE MY 240SX!!!

[vw_nissan]

Good thing that you forgot something in your car, otherwise, more damage could have done to the car.

[C. Senor]

damn that sux, damn you dont be signed on aim and not be there..lol. thats some shit though, i get all paranoid when i'm walking somewhere after parking my car, just because of that stupid crap....go 2-way and removable sterring wheel..

[white97s14]

damn that sucks, at least they didnt get the car

[SDS13COUPE]

At least your story had a happy ending. You still got to drive your car home. Most people don't have that much luck when it comes to car thieves. Keep a lookout ladies and gents.

[nissanpwrds14]

Wtf is up with California? Thank god i don't live there. Seems like a constant battle with law enforcement and thieves!

[koukikat180sx]

GPS tracking... sounds like I need something like that too. What kind do you use? You can never be too careful.

I took my car to work one day, this was when I used to work in Azusa down the street from the canyons, and some person came to look at my car. I called the cops. :) Don't care if it was an admirer or a thief... Take no chances!

[EchoOfSilence]

Wtf is up with California? Thank god i don't live there. Seems like a constant battle with law enforcement and thieves!

It really depends on where you live.

[ronmcdon]

today i went to home depot to get bolts for my crank pulley remover and i walk and the store and 10sec later i remember that i left the crank pulley in the car.. so i walk back out to get it and 3 guys were trying to steal my car.. omg only if they didn't have there car parked next to mine. i would have killed them.


they i fucked up my windows from pulling them out to put there arm in on both sides.. its cool i already fixed both windows with all the exterior parts i have ...but i am still looking for you fuckers over here in the 909.. so you better hide.

wow, you were really lucky! seems like the 240's are just getting worse and worse with the thieves. i'm shocked this happened in broad daylight, right outside of home depot no less! I'm not so sure even itr owners would have to deal with that. it's all getting to be pretty out of control in CA.

[Kouki_2.4]

Try to see if Home depot has security cameras located around the garage or premise.

[Cloud9]

Damn this is getting more and more common!! I would be soo pissed if my car got jacked... did you see tha car or anything?? Makes me not want to leave my car anywhere. Maybe its time for me to but a alarm or

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g82/Cloud9VR4/Anti-theft20Device.jpg
well not that cuz it doesnt work with no steering wheel!!!

[dert420sx]

Wtf is up with California? Thank god i don't live there. Seems like a constant battle with law enforcement and thieves!

true...if the pigs don't impound your car, some assfuckers will jack it...lose/lose situation.

just glad that u got to them before they snaked your ride. been too many of these stolen lately it's ridiculous!

[buku_points]

damn i work in chino, hearing this makes me not want to park my car outside anymore!

[Kaizen.]

My boy here in the 916 got his car broken into today at work. Idiots stole his registration and insurance information.

What happened to the guys when you caught them Rb20det180sx?

[sTalnOut]

dymmmm n i thought Nyc is gettin worst but cali. make life even harder

[sideview_180sx]

My boy here in the 916 got his car broken into today at work. Idiots stole his registration and insurance information.

What happened to the guys when you caught them Rb20det180sx?

Contact DMV and his insurance. tell him to have his car garaged elsewhere. the thieves will prolly use it to stake out your homies house for his car and possibly friends that come by with nice cars. it happened to friend here in so cal. they stole her car at the grocery store. like 3 weeks later they stole her sisters car from her house.


I'm tired of this shit. I want to start baiting a 240 around the local areas and fucking go vigilante on them. have like 4 other cars (non 240s nearby with radios and cell-phones. Fucking get midevil. Shit i'll chop a mutha-fuckers hands off. GOtta make them an example so others will get the hint.

[SimpleSexy180]

Try to see if Home depot has security cameras located around the garage or premise.

most home depots have outside cams. I used to be a ISS rep that worked in home depots.

[PBucch]

yeah, I would like to know what you said to those guys, I dont know what I would have done, i would have been so heated i probably wouldnt be able to speak!

[jimmytango00]

damn this is getting pretty scary. My car isn't even done but everytime my neighbors stupid fucking friends come over i hear them talking about my car. I leave some of my parts inside the car since i have no where to store them...i keep all the good shit in my room and i park the G behind the 240, still worries me though.

[sil80takashi]

daing i live in Chino Hills...

i have RapfixII on my AE86, but
i also need to install RapfixII on my 240 as well ASAP...

we had a 91 camry stolen from our driveway before.
yes, you heard it right, 91 camry lol stolen parked on driveway in Chino Hills.

[Kouki_2.4]

daing i live in Chino Hills...

i have RapfixII on my AE86, but
i also need to install RapfixII on my 240 as well ASAP...

we had a 91 camry stolen from our driveway before.
yes, you heard it right, 91 camry lol stolen parked on driveway in Chino Hills.

Did you realize that you gave thieves another car to target when you said that you lived in Chino Hills and you have a AE86 but have NOT installed a RapfixII on your 240sx?

[EJ253]

good to hear everythign is ok!

could be alot worse.

FUCK THOSE GUYS UP! ahahah

good luck beatin some ass

[Psycho 240 Freak]

I'm Cali born and breed but because of the military I got stationed in Georgia. Stories like this makes me afraid to come back.

[SimpleSexy180]

^cali sucks at the moment. As most of known already when it comes to theives and laws.

like for instance, the DMV is trying to make me smog my car again for registration. I did it in 06 for registration, its suppose to be every other year.
Luckily i have all my paperwork from previous registration smogs and such. So im not about to waste 40 bucks when i dont have to do it.

quick little rant. sorry.

[Thorpedo]

seriously, Did the get a good look at the guys or perhaps a license plate number???? id be careful, they were probably following you or staking out your place and waited for you to go into the store.


i dont know about you guys, but id take out my fuel pump fuse everytime i got out. takes a second, unless they happen to have a fuse on em, they aint going no where

[s13gold]

damn wtf....

[illvialuver]

with al the people geting there cars fucked wiht , im going to make stickers that say this car is protected by me, fuck with it and ill kill you

[TravisSW]

^^ great sticker idea, but I think that would cause more people to f' with your ride.

[Kaizen.]

Contact DMV and his insurance. tell him to have his car garaged elsewhere. the thieves will prolly use it to stake out your homies house for his car and possibly friends that come by with nice cars. it happened to friend here in so cal. they stole her car at the grocery store. like 3 weeks later they stole her sisters car from her house.


I'm tired of this shit. I want to start baiting a 240 around the local areas and fucking go vigilante on them. have like 4 other cars (non 240s nearby with radios and cell-phones. Fucking get midevil. Shit i'll chop a mutha-fuckers hands off. GOtta make them an example so others will get the hint.

I've never thought about that, thanks for the info

[staygold24]

Do any of the stolen cars have quick releases? I know thats a good security measure but Im getting a battery disconnect thing with a key as well.

[DriftSpecS14]

yeah just 2 nights ago sum guys tried to steal my skyline on a trailer and its was at like 10pm.. kinda scary :(

[!Zar!]

A quickrelease alone is pointless. Being as how if you have a wheel with a quick release of the same type, such as a ball type. It will go straight on.

What you need is a quick release lock.

[xdumbxguyx]

damn i work in 909

[Unit-121]

Ur pretty lucky, but one of my homies wasn't they broke into his 240 and because he lived on a hill they just rolled it down he didn't even notice until the next morning and that suks if someone would ever steel my silvia Id shoot the mother fuckers in an instant I dont give a fuck who they are .

[WERDdabuilder]

i need to hurry up and turn 21...cop that heat and sleep in my car.

[98koukile]

I worked at the mall here in western mass over the christmas holiday and I came outside at like 11 one night and I hear an alarm chirp and 2 guys were looking at my car. "looking". I flipped out. They should've known they were on candid camera, right outside the security center

[ronmcdon]

Do any of the stolen cars have quick releases? I know thats a good security measure but Im getting a battery disconnect thing with a key as well.

as with the general rule of security, adding extra layers is always a good thing.

however, the only thing i worry about is the insurance companies. i've heard that if you remove the factory airbag (getting a quick release w./ an aftermarket steering wheel would do this), they will not cover you if you get into an accident. that's the main reason why i've refrained from doing this to my car. the other reason is that it's not a cheap security measure either.

also you figure for the price of getting a hub, quick release, quick release lock, and decent steering wheel will cost you around $500 or so. for that $$$, i'd rather spend a bit more and get a lojack instead.

personally i think the best security measure would be to keep your car looking as stock and sleeper as possible. having fancy and/or larger wheels and other visable mods are prob gives the most attention to theives. case in point, i've owned a beater crx si for the 5 past years. its looks like a pos, and never has been broken into. last year i had it lowered, thrown in a set of 15x6.5 rotas w/ nicer tires, had a sparco seat, and a rollbar thown in. my car got stolen within half a year. the car was left on the street 2 days later. the theives stole most of the nicer parts, and even some trivial junk like the stock cassete deck, and the 'Si' badge, but they didnt even bother taking my engine!

if my crx had remained stock looking, i really doubt it would have been worth stealing. i think the same principle could apply to our cars. its prob a lot more desirable to theives than a crx (or maybe not, its a honda), but by throwing on nicer parts that you can see that makes it even more prone to theft imo. for the same reason i'm a bit reluctant to throw on the 17" volks i got recently. i think i may mount on some used, cheap looking 300zx wheels with flaking chrome instead. :P

[staygold24]

im glad for once to live in bumfuck ga. Ive never seen anybody else besides me with a quick release.

...and one person with a swapped 240. down here having a 240sx is being original.

[tailspin]

they i fucked up my windowns from pulling them out to put there arm in on both sides.. its cool i already fixed both windows with all the exter parts i have ...

beautifuR EngRrish!!! :bow:

So 1 arm went in both sides? & Did they break your windows or just pull them out?

IMO I think they just wanted to steal your windows if thats what your getting at??

BTW i wish someone would try and steal my 240... & realize they cant start the car without blowing through the breathalizer.
*whats this stupid hose for??? LOL

[FaLKoN240]

beautifuR EngRrish!!! :bow:

So 1 arm went in both sides? & Did they break your windows or just pull them out?

IMO I think they just wanted to steal your windows if thats what your getting at??

BTW i wish someone would try and steal my 240... & realize they cant start the car without blowing through the breathalizer.
*whats this stupid hose for??? LOL

Way to revive an old ass thread for poor english.

[ranger240]

A quickrelease alone is pointless. Being as how if you have a wheel with a quick release of the same type, such as a ball type. It will go straight on.

plus it'll take 2 seconds for someone to steal your wheel when you didnt take it off

[Okinawa Drift]

damnnn! your lucky man! imagine if you were in there longer... i hope it doesnt happen again!

[swift_style]

Dammit I hate reading these threads. Its an adult version of a scary story.
lol.. true that. It makes me not want to look away from my car for a second even though I have an alarm and clutch club. Hopefully criminals will not bypass those securities anytime soon.

[sijia10358]

u should of throw a rock at the car or something lol

[innovation]

Was it the home depot off central? Cuz I live like right near that. (well in chino hills)

[Raysurc]

i wish we can legalize flame throwing security alarms on our cars like they have em at africa.... that would be nuts!

[Ian]

You can steer a car that has no steering wheel with a vice grip...


If you take your quick release with you, they could just remove the other half and pop a vice grip on there and drive it like that.

I've done it on my car when I had no steering wheel on it...drove it 4 blocks like that like nothing was wrong with it

[raysurz]

I keep reading about peoples' cars getting jacked all the time here. Anyone here use an autolock or anything?

I use Quick Release w/ lock, Auto Lock on the clutch pedal, and Viper 2 way page system. I also disconnected the cable to the trunk, now you have to open the trunk by key. This way I don't need to carry my Steering Wheel with me, I just place it in the trunk (S14 BTW).

Glad you caught them in the act before they actually had taken your car! If that were to happen to me, I would of ran back in Home Depot got a nice pipe and beat the shit out of them. :mad:

[street240]

You can steer a car that has no steering wheel with a vice grip...


If you take your quick release with you, they could just remove the other half and pop a vice grip on there and drive it like that.

I've done it on my car when I had no steering wheel on it...drove it 4 blocks like that like nothing was wrong with it

Dammit. I just ordered one!

[DDSR240]

yea i know a dude who might be stealing but he lives up north

[NotoriouS14]

f*** those fools straight up.
its a shame people go to those lengths.
they need a job and a LIFE.word

[Ghostdrifter]

Man, I used to want to live in Cali alot, but now between the cops and theives f**k that. Shoulda caught one of those guys and uppercuted him in the testicles:)

[UNDFTD]

Contact DMV and his insurance. tell him to have his car garaged elsewhere. the thieves will prolly use it to stake out your homies house for his car and possibly friends that come by with nice cars. it happened to friend here in so cal. they stole her car at the grocery store. like 3 weeks later they stole her sisters car from her house.


I'm tired of this shit. I want to start baiting a 240 around the local areas and fucking go vigilante on them. have like 4 other cars (non 240s nearby with radios and cell-phones. Fucking get midevil. Shit i'll chop a mutha-fuckers hands off. GOtta make them an example so others will get the hint.


im down, the cops wont care to a certain extent. If we have them to the point there dieing then yea, but we can still get in a couple swings or cracks of bats then handcuff them bitches. say it was self defense they were stealing the car, I just happen to walk by and your my friend and I decided to help you. no biggie

[Anto]

I also disconnected the cable to the trunk, now you have to open the trunk by key. This way I don't need to carry my Steering Wheel with me, I just place it in the trunk (S14 BTW).


can't you just fold down the backseats

[!Zar!]

Hah. Just carry it with you and buy a lock.

[used240sxparts]

way to bring back a thread that is a year old... fail

[Bobafreak]

This will not be the end of thefts. Its summer folks people will be out on the loose! i recommend kill switches and works hub locks to those who dont have them and leave those energy good for nothing locks in the garbage!

[an_orange_s2k]

get theives!!...hunt em down, mess em up, and throw em in jail for their cockmeat sandwhiches

yea summer is coming, so everyone should get ready. high school kids are out and ready to mess things up

[JRas]

old thread

but I was hoping for a "I caught them trying to steal my car, I beat their asses, and snapped ones neck"

[LeftNutOfGowd]

Wtf is up with California? Thank god i don't live there. Seems like a constant battle with law enforcement and thieves!

yep thats how it is down here in cali, and now that the band wagon for 240 is growing theres alot more getting robbed.

[DohcKA]

ehhhh if you're in la you get dicked by cops not soooo much up north but it does happen... for thefts i'd say socal vs norcal right now... we're trynah see who gets more thefts well that's how it seems anyway

[mistamacadamian]

your a girl for letting them get away.

[seiran]

a few months back.. someone tried stealing my 180sx twice in one week (right outside my apartment).. then a few weeks later, they tried AGAIN... here's the short list of events

attempt one: dead battery (thank god)
attempt two: i had taken out the ignition fuse

- bought Sparco hub and steering wheel with NRG quick release

attempt three: no ignition fuse and the steering wheel was safely inside my apartment - soooooooooooooo they took the stereo.. bastards

...i live in a somewhat nice area (so i thought) outside of the city.. there is nothing worse then someone "f"ing you in the "a" by messing with your car.

[a_ahmed]

damn bro.. sorry to hear that. I hope they get shot or something like that. What a losers, trying to take away someone's hard and well earned honest work for cheap undeserved thrills. They deserve worse than jail. What's up with these losers, can't they get a real job? I mean cmon... they could buy a stock 240 for dirt cheap, work some more and make it look and perform better, voila. What a lazy assholes. I remember in high school this one kid worked so hard in frickin mcdonalds lol... and he was able to afford and build a nice lil turbo honda civic, repaint it, you name it... It was a nice car... well built by only working at mcdonalds haha.. these kid should learn to work

[stinky_180]

omg only if they didnt have there car parked next to mine. i would have killed them.

did you think about getting the license plate? should've killed them anyways. if you have a cell phone with a camera, a simple picture will fuck them over.... good thing you didn't get jacked.

[hassanbakar123]

damn i work in 909

work i live in 909

its ghetto but its home at least for another 6 months

[steve shadows]

lets not turn this into an ethnicity thing. He caught ppl trying to jack his car. Lets be empathetic to that.


Did you get the plate # to the car they were driving?

Why do police ask ethnicity then?

It's important for a APB or a description of the suspects.

that's totally legitmate.

You should call the cops and give them the full description, clothing, hieght, race, eye color even.

whatever you can do to help give an ID.

If someone robs a bank and drives off in a orange do the police not want to know the car was orange?

[piranhamatt]

If someone robs a bank and drives off in a orange do the police not want to know the car was orange?

I'd be more interested in the fact that the robber was driving an orange.

:keke:

[skylindrftr]

like a previous poster said, someone should setup a sting operation or talk to the police and tell try to persuade them to set up a sting so maybe they could take down a theft ring or something. Also, everyone needs to get lojack, fo reals.

[Mikey213]

If.anyone.here.gets.enough.info.on.any.theif.we.sh ould.all.meet.up.and.house.invade.the.shit.out.of. em.while.they're.home!You.also.never.know...it.cou ld.be.someone.on.this.forum!

[2plus4plus0eq6]

ask home depot security if they have any outside surveillance tapes. might help, but you have to do it quickly I think because the DVR might loop back and record over old stuff.

[LimeLite Racing]

I'm glad you're ride didn't get jacked. It would be truly bad ass to own one of those locks that mount on you're wheels when you get too many parking tickets. Let's see someone try and jack that shit now!!!!!!

[da1ndonly]

i am still looking for you fuckers over here in the 909.. so you better hide.

Blast those mutha fukers nah haha just try to see if the cops can get the tape from hd

[ROIDMONKEY]

You can steer a car that has no steering wheel with a vice grip...


If you take your quick release with you, they could just remove the other half and pop a vice grip on there and drive it like that.

I've done it on my car when I had no steering wheel on it...drove it 4 blocks like that like nothing was wrong with it
little more work for them if u have this too. and a cliffors G5 and ur phone rings telling u that ur car alarm went off and a backu up battery siren just in case they disconnect your battery andddd always park close to entrance where people always walk by.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f248/Ajfina/photo7.jpg

[NSR250]

what city did this incident occured at?