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nismoskyz · 07-01-2009, 01:58 AM

Who the hell steals a shiftknob?

I parked my car at school, go in, come back a few hours later in the afternoon and notice that my Greddy counterweighted ball shiftknob is missing.

Nothing else is missing, no signs of any damage whatsoever.

It was such a comfortable shiftknob. Thankfully I had a nismo shiftknob sitting in the glove which was apparently left untouched.

I'm 100% sure I had locked the doors before I left, is it really that easy to get inside a 240?

Any suggestions for keeping my stuff safe in the future?

I guess it could have been much worse.

CBS · 07-01-2009, 02:00 AM

I can jiggle my keys into your door, thats how easy it is.

nismoskyz · 07-01-2009, 02:06 AM

man

I love my car so much... but going over the other "stolen" threads is making me want to get rid of it... and pick up a tercel, lol.

yukon · 07-01-2009, 03:11 AM

put a blinking led light on your dash. that deters a few people.

XenoVibe · 07-01-2009, 04:06 AM

There was a blinking blue light on my sister civic, didnt stop them from cracking both passenger windows open (why wasnt one enough?) and stealing the CD player plus leaving cigarette butts and burn makes on the fucking backseat. :|

I hope those fuck faces who dont realize how hard it is for the working man to earn the money for mods get hit by a car for taking the lazy way out.

If we call car thiefs ricers you think that may reduce the theft rates, I mean because not all thiefs are Honda fanboys, right? :P

CBS · 07-01-2009, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yukon

put a blinking led light on your dash. that deters a few people.

all I have to do is shake the car to see if it has an alarm or look for little antennas on the rear windshield or in the front

blue lights fail

get a small blinking red one near the driverside stereo somewhere. helps more than a blue one.

XenoVibe · 07-01-2009, 04:29 AM

The blue light was down beside the steering wheel drivers side below gauges but all the took was a shitty 100 cd player which is retarded cause we had school in the morning and couldnt drive for awhile. Anyways im gonna go with a Viper1000 alarm for my 240sx cause of the starter kill switch. Lol and 5 different locking nuts on each wheel!! >:[

gotspins13 · 07-01-2009, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nismoskyz

man

I love my car so much... but going over the other "stolen" threads is making me want to get rid of it... and pick up a tercel, lol.

i dont see why you would want to give up your car just cus its easy to get stolen, why dont you smart up and put a good alarm in it so kill switches and catch them in the middle of it and hit him in the back of the head then make him bite the curb haha

what im saying is be smarter then the ppl who would want to take your car

lewisfk · 07-01-2009, 07:37 AM

buy a damn alarm, and if u realy put mods on it! Invest in lowjack! 600 bucks and when your car gets stolen they can track it! And all those little bastards who are stealing nice cars will get busted!

nismoskyz · 07-01-2009, 12:59 PM

agreed, lojack is definitely good to have, but it wont get me my shiftknob back...

i have an alarm, but the thing has a mind of its own, so i was forced to silence it.

some things you just gotta live with i guess.

*S13Boosts* · 07-01-2009, 01:09 PM

i can sell you a BETTTER alarm lol i have 2 2ways that i need to sell hit me up i can hook you up...

kornaz · 07-01-2009, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CBS

all I have to do is shake the car to see if it has an alarm or look for little antennas on the rear windshield or in the front

blue lights fail

get a small blinking red one near the driverside stereo somewhere. helps more than a blue one.

You sure know how to steal.

OP - never take your 240 to any parking structure. Specially school. Get an alarm. And several kill switches.

I LUV MY S13 · 07-01-2009, 10:44 PM

just get a bombass alarm system..i got the python 990

Ares240SX · 07-01-2009, 10:48 PM

Alarm, battery cutoff, starter cutoff, remote kill switches. You'll be sorta set. If they can't start it, they'll tow it if they want it bad enough.

*hOngsterr* · 07-01-2009, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nismoskyz

agreed, lojack is definitely good to have, but it wont get me my shiftknob back...

i have an alarm, but the thing has a mind of its own, so i was forced to silence it.

some things you just gotta live with i guess.

lo jack on a shift knob...................................
lol

plus,
most original old nissan keys can pretty much unlock
other 240's
some of my friends done it before.

turbo_dreams · 07-02-2009, 06:36 AM

My friends se-r keys open my doors and start my car as if it's the original key.

cali_love · 07-02-2009, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CBS

all I have to do is shake the car to see if it has an alarm or look for little antennas on the rear windshield or in the front

blue lights fail

get a small blinking red one near the driverside stereo somewhere. helps more than a blue one.

:

Mangudai · 07-02-2009, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ares240SX

Alarm, battery cutoff, starter cutoff, remote kill switches. You'll be sorta set. If they can't start it, they'll tow it if they want it bad enough.

And for that you should have a tilt sensor.

David48 · 07-02-2009, 03:00 PM

lol. My dad owns a used car dealer, so whenever he sells a car financed, he puts a GPS on it, so that if they stop paying, he can go on a website, and find where the car is. So I got him to give me one, and it's going on my 240 pretty soon.

And now I want to try to start my 240 with a different Nissan key.

240fOotWorKz · 07-03-2009, 02:35 PM

Quote:

most original old nissan keys can pretty much unlock
other 240's
some of my friends done it before.

Quote:

My friends se-r keys open my doors and start my car as if it's the original key.

Wow. thats insane

drift_limo · 07-03-2009, 03:42 PM

but really a shift knob???
wow

Quote:

Originally Posted by David48

lol. My dad owns a used car dealer, so whenever he sells a car financed, he puts a GPS on it, so that if they stop paying, he can go on a website, and find where the car is. So I got him to give me one, and it's going on my 240 pretty soon.

And now I want to try to start my 240 with a different Nissan key.

wtf!? is that even legal?

CalPolyKing · 07-03-2009, 06:41 PM

lol.. the same thing happen to me when I was at school. I parked my car, and like 6 hours later my JDM shift knob was jacked. The whole car was still in on piece. Even my removable Sony stereo face was still there.
I ended up putting the pole for my small car jack in the shifter to be able to switch gears. It was pretty funny but it got me home which is 35miles from school...

Sl3KA · 07-03-2009, 08:15 PM

LOL. I don't pay for comprehensive insurance because... it's not worth it they won't pay for all my aftermarket crap therefore I'm investing in LO JACK soon... I hope it works in Hawaii...

David48 · 07-04-2009, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drift_limo

wtf!? is that even legal?

The GPS in the customer's car? Yeah. It's in the contract that they sign. Their loss if they don't read it, and then become enough of a douche bag to stop paying and then try to hide the car. Not paying and hiding a car is pretty much theft in itself. But once they finish paying, he closes the "account" that the car has, and the GPS becomes inactive.

jdm2191 · 07-04-2009, 01:31 PM

240's are to easy to get in too a couple of weeks ago i left my keys in the car like a dumbass & i dont have a spare key so i got a metal hanger & easly pop the lock like nothing it was good thing/bad thing because i realize how easy it is to get into it!!! & one of my friends keys unlock my car & my other friends car & even started it!! i hate 240 keys they suck!!

David48 · 07-04-2009, 04:45 PM

I tried starting mine with a key from a '90 stanza, but thankfully it didn't work.

kevmeistah21 · 07-05-2009, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sl3KA

LOL. I don't pay for comprehensive insurance because... it's not worth it they won't pay for all my aftermarket crap therefore I'm investing in LO JACK soon... I hope it works in Hawaii...

lol you can literally drive around hawaii and find your car, depends what island though..

nismoskyz · 07-05-2009, 04:26 AM

lojack on the shiftknob would be nice to catch all the little petty thieves..

lol, if you ordered a blank off of couresty parts for your 240, it seems like you probably wouldnt even need to have it cut!

Sl3KA · 07-05-2009, 04:38 AM

Kinda like Guam haha... I'm moving to Oahu... good thing about me is the majority of the time my car is on a military base

and yeah I locked my keys in the car... took me under 1 minute borrowing a close hanger from an oil change shop nearby lol... I was as the car wash with the car on and accidentally locked it. I locked my keys in the car over 3 times in that week haha Lo Jack anyways... I save $100 a month on auto insurance by not having comprehensive... mind as well invest it since I have put about 8k into it already...

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevmeistah21

lol you can literally drive around hawaii and find your car, depends what island though..

I just realized something I keep typing my messages on top of the quotes haha :ghey: won't happen again.

XenoVibe · 07-05-2009, 05:41 AM

Lo jack has portible units, its not like you have to have something installed in a hidden place on the car. Lo jack is a pretty awesome idea too. Oh and yah the flaw of having a sunroof or convertible. Its easy to remove to gain access. :|

07-01-2009, 01:58 AM	#1
nismoskyz Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: socal Posts: 312 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	My Shiftknob Was Stolen Today :( Who the hell steals a shiftknob? I parked my car at school, go in, come back a few hours later in the afternoon and notice that my Greddy counterweighted ball shiftknob is missing. Nothing else is missing, no signs of any damage whatsoever. It was such a comfortable shiftknob. Thankfully I had a nismo shiftknob sitting in the glove which was apparently left untouched. I'm 100% sure I had locked the doors before I left, is it really that easy to get inside a 240? Any suggestions for keeping my stuff safe in the future? I guess it could have been much worse. __________________ (function)(form)^(-1)

07-01-2009, 02:06 AM	#3
nismoskyz Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: socal Posts: 312 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	man I love my car so much... but going over the other "stolen" threads is making me want to get rid of it... and pick up a tercel, lol. __________________ (function)(form)^(-1)

07-01-2009, 12:59 PM	#10
nismoskyz Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: socal Posts: 312 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	agreed, lojack is definitely good to have, but it wont get me my shiftknob back... i have an alarm, but the thing has a mind of its own, so i was forced to silence it. some things you just gotta live with i guess. __________________ (function)(form)^(-1)

07-01-2009, 10:44 PM	#13
I LUV MY S13 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Norwalk, Los Angeles Age: 32 Posts: 3,349 Trader Rating: (35) Rides Gallery: I LUV MY S13 Feedback Score: 35 reviews	just get a bombass alarm system..i got the python 990 __________________ -Jorge

07-02-2009, 06:36 AM	#16
turbo_dreams Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: queens, n.y Age: 30 Posts: 1,333 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	My friends se-r keys open my doors and start my car as if it's the original key. __________________ www.tm-spl.com Kouki's & some apple juice.

07-01-2009, 02:00 AM	#2
CBS BANNED Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pasadena, California Age: 36 Posts: 311 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	I can jiggle my keys into your door, thats how easy it is.

07-01-2009, 03:11 AM	#4
yukon Zilvia Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: boston Age: 32 Posts: 157 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	put a blinking led light on your dash. that deters a few people.

07-01-2009, 04:06 AM	#5
XenoVibe BANNED Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Canuckistan Posts: 41 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	There was a blinking blue light on my sister civic, didnt stop them from cracking both passenger windows open (why wasnt one enough?) and stealing the CD player plus leaving cigarette butts and burn makes on the fucking backseat. :\| I hope those fuck faces who dont realize how hard it is for the working man to earn the money for mods get hit by a car for taking the lazy way out. If we call car thiefs ricers you think that may reduce the theft rates, I mean because not all thiefs are Honda fanboys, right? :P

07-01-2009, 04:29 AM	#7
XenoVibe BANNED Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Canuckistan Posts: 41 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	The blue light was down beside the steering wheel drivers side below gauges but all the took was a shitty 100 cd player which is retarded cause we had school in the morning and couldnt drive for awhile. Anyways im gonna go with a Viper1000 alarm for my 240sx cause of the starter kill switch. Lol and 5 different locking nuts on each wheel!! >:[

07-01-2009, 07:37 AM	#9
lewisfk Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2009 Location: North Austin, Texas Age: 40 Posts: 1,162 Trader Rating: (13) Feedback Score: 13 reviews	buy a damn alarm, and if u realy put mods on it! Invest in lowjack! 600 bucks and when your car gets stolen they can track it! And all those little bastards who are stealing nice cars will get busted!

07-01-2009, 01:09 PM	#11
S13Boosts Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: VEGAS Posts: 5,292 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	i can sell you a BETTTER alarm lol i have 2 2ways that i need to sell hit me up i can hook you up...

07-01-2009, 10:48 PM	#14
Ares240SX Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nor Cal Age: 37 Posts: 141 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Alarm, battery cutoff, starter cutoff, remote kill switches. You'll be sorta set. If they can't start it, they'll tow it if they want it bad enough.

07-02-2009, 03:00 PM	#19
David48 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tampa, Fl Age: 27 Posts: 991 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	lol. My dad owns a used car dealer, so whenever he sells a car financed, he puts a GPS on it, so that if they stop paying, he can go on a website, and find where the car is. So I got him to give me one, and it's going on my 240 pretty soon. And now I want to try to start my 240 with a different Nissan key.

07-03-2009, 06:41 PM	#22
CalPolyKing Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Riverside, So Cal Age: 33 Posts: 1,052 Trader Rating: (45) Feedback Score: 45 reviews	lol.. the same thing happen to me when I was at school. I parked my car, and like 6 hours later my JDM shift knob was jacked. The whole car was still in on piece. Even my removable Sony stereo face was still there. I ended up putting the pole for my small car jack in the shifter to be able to switch gears. It was pretty funny but it got me home which is 35miles from school... __________________ SuMMeR TiME!! GeTTIN' A TaN!!

07-03-2009, 08:15 PM	#23
Sl3KA Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SOCAL Age: 33 Posts: 215 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	LOL. I don't pay for comprehensive insurance because... it's not worth it they won't pay for all my aftermarket crap therefore I'm investing in LO JACK soon... I hope it works in Hawaii... __________________ If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid.

07-04-2009, 01:31 PM	#25
jdm2191 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Whittier Age: 30 Posts: 3,717 Trader Rating: (79) Feedback Score: 79 reviews	240's are to easy to get in too a couple of weeks ago i left my keys in the car like a dumbass & i dont have a spare key so i got a metal hanger & easly pop the lock like nothing it was good thing/bad thing because i realize how easy it is to get into it!!! & one of my friends keys unlock my car & my other friends car & even started it!! i hate 240 keys they suck!!

07-04-2009, 04:45 PM	#26
David48 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tampa, Fl Age: 27 Posts: 991 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	I tried starting mine with a key from a '90 stanza, but thankfully it didn't work.

07-05-2009, 04:26 AM	#28
nismoskyz Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: socal Posts: 312 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	lojack on the shiftknob would be nice to catch all the little petty thieves.. lol, if you ordered a blank off of couresty parts for your 240, it seems like you probably wouldnt even need to have it cut! __________________ (function)(form)^(-1)

07-05-2009, 05:41 AM	#30
XenoVibe BANNED Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Canuckistan Posts: 41 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Lo jack has portible units, its not like you have to have something installed in a hidden place on the car. Lo jack is a pretty awesome idea too. Oh and yah the flaw of having a sunroof or convertible. Its easy to remove to gain access. :\|

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