05-24-2012, 01:01 PM | #45 |
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We are talking about a guy who is willing to shoot someone dead with a concealed handgun for taking his car...not a bunch of hooligans fuelled by booze and the crowd to burn cars, break windows, etc.
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05-24-2012, 01:05 PM | #46 |
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05-24-2012, 01:11 PM | #47 | |
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And look guys, before everyone starts talking about liberal this and socialist that, I am one of those rare Canadians who does own guns...shotguns, rifles, and a few pistols including a Glock 22. I just don't feel the need to cary them around with me when I go to the grocery store. ;-) |
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05-24-2012, 01:33 PM | #48 | |
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I have several good friends who are gun enthusiasts. One of them is also in law enforcement so he has a very impressive firearms collection that he keeps carefully locked up in a custom safe and only takes out when he goes to the range or is on active duty. I have never heard him even jokingly talk about shooting people. I think the situation is similar to street racers who constantly mouth off about their achievements on the road and the pros and semi-pros who keep quiet unless they have something useful to contribute.
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05-24-2012, 01:46 PM | #49 | |
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(and this is coming from someone who does not have a permit to carry, but has thought about it). take the senario that happened in norway, give everyone of those people a permit and a gun (which btw, most states require training of some sort), and there's no way that 80+ people would have died. save just one life from that a-hole of a moster (whom also plead NOT GUILTY and claimed that god told him to do it)...and it would have served it's purpose. that's why the constitutional amendment is there for the US. you don't have to get it; our systems are different (neither being perfect). yes, people are idiots, and use that right incorrectly, but there are a greater majority that use it properly. hope that solves this discussion? moving on... |
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05-24-2012, 02:32 PM | #50 | |
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I wonder how many people would be massacred if the guy only had a knife?
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05-24-2012, 02:45 PM | #51 | |
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the house where they broke in this morning and stole the M5 and the Panamera was also protected by some home alarm system and a 7ft high wall around the property - they managed to get into the house, get the car keys and drive away... so you might be right
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05-24-2012, 02:55 PM | #52 |
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Man...that really suck's . That One big uncomfy Situation :/
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wow ... yes,.. that really stinks... they could load home valuables into the vehicle in the garage and pull out of the garage with the vehicle like they live there. ouch. |
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05-28-2012, 02:51 AM | #55 |
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has anyone experience with aftermarket pager alarm systems? clifford, viper etc. are they any good?
the only thing i find when looking for infos or videos about this systems is how cool the remote start feature is
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05-28-2012, 03:06 PM | #56 |
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Woke this morning to my car alarm going off. My fears were confirmed, bloody neighbours cat jumped on bonnet. Looks like it's created more work for my detailer too. The little bastard will get a swift boot next time I see it.
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05-28-2012, 03:25 PM | #57 |
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So, basically BMW factory alarm remains silent when thieves break a window but goes off if a cat jumps on the car. If it is not a record breaking obese cat (I doubt it because they can't jump nowhere when they are obese) I take it as a sign of the quality of the alarm's calibration
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Could have been a missed jump of a fat cat over the 1M.
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The following was posted over on Pistonheads recently about the theft of BMW's via OBD port key cloning that is going on in the UK at the moment. my sister and her husband bought a 335d M sport and set about reading up on it after purchase. She was alarmed to find how prevalent this is. Anyway with this in mind I fitted 2 micro switches into the wiring up to the obd port and hidden about the cabin,one on the power supply to the port and one more for good measure on a(remaining secret)terminal that all scantools/interfaces need. This kills any attempt to communicate with the vehicle by any means and can be left in the off position until needed,cost about a fiver from Maplins and twenty mins work. 3 nights ago the inevitable happened,returning from work she finds the o/s glass smashed and the obd port cover removed. Importantly the car was still there. It may not stop your car getting stolen by other methods but its a damn site more than bmw are doing apparently.
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i think i will buy a benelli m4 and some rubber buckshot and slugs...
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http://www.tt.com/Tirol/4864601-42/g...usgebrannt.csp
apparently they found the panamera and the m5 (the article says cayenne and m6) which were stolen in my neighbourhood last week in short: the burglars searched the entire house - even the bedroom (!) while the homeowners were asleep... found the car keys - owner woke up but could only watch them drive away with the two cars... a 30yo from eastern-europe hit a tree with the panamera - the m5 has been found in switzerland in some parking area... no further details... i bet it were the same guys who tried to break into my home and steal our cars...
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