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Confound Thieves With A Camouflaged Car Stereo For Under $20!
Detroit, 8:12 AM
Sun Dec 6
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I mean, it's a fucking Toyota Truck. That's like, GOLD in 3rd world countries.
On a related note, I had my 1989 Toyota Camry broken into three times, each time they'd steal my shit, but never bothered taking my crummy CD deck. They popped my trunk and stole my sub and amp, but left my CD deck.
weird.
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As for the cops staking out the parking lot: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Oakland ha ha ha ha ha! They got 'em working in shifts!
06/21/09
Old LS Lexus's (or is that Lexii?) are a great source for quality speakers. We got a set of four for $20AUD ($12USD) and they sound great with a $50AUD 4 x 25 Watt RMS amp.
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We used to break into each other's vehicles, hotwire them, and take them for little joyrides before parking them somewhere obvious (like blocking the front doors of our high school, etc.). My defense against these pranks? Driving a '72 Maverick that required you to turn the windshield wipers on low (and only low) while pumping the gas and turning the key to get it to start.
06/21/09
The only good part of that car is the power seat.
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Those things are the biggest pieces of crap.
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/denied!
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PCH is what drew me to Jalopnik; the nearly daily dose left me ROTFLMAO. It is so sad that PCH has become so uncommon as it was. Shedding a quiet tear.
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Will it work? Or is there theoretical problems (voltage/impedance level mach)?
And amps have this on/off control connection, is this just +12V one could connect to somewhere where's power on when engine is running or to permanent source through switch?
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Still, that is a devilishly clever solution, Ms. Martin.
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They can have your $0.72 in change and your head unit, but they can't have your car.
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And the Smash and Grab and actual auto thief crowds are totally different. People go to prison for stealing cars. People go to county jail for about six hours for smash and grabs.
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There was a cartoon--sorry, "drawing"--in the New Yorker with a replaced "no radio" sign -- that said "Filled with Asbestos" -- but I guess that last word's too long for your average crack head.
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WHy isnt this called WANG Chung?! I think its got a certain ... ring about it.
Id was starting to think that the transformers had started working with you as a plot to keep "urban entrepreneurs who gather intoxicant-obtainment resources by harvesting car audio equipment from vehicles."
Also..
Isnt this Marty McFlys truck?
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SO when do ya start trademarking this stuff.. complete with the small baggie of fake plastic glass and wires out of the dash... to deter "urban entrepreneurs who gather intoxicant-obtainment resources by harvesting car audio equipment from vehicles."
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