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Old Jan 21, 2003 | 10:04 PM
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yea like i said these are not new methods to the thieves but i know for a fact (due to the number of stolen highend cars in general) that alot of people do not know how to prevent or atleast make it harder or time consuming to the thiefs..and those are the most important factor in car thefts..they need time to steal the cars... and the more alarm options, and more hidden kill switches will help drastically in not getting your car stolen,, just remember if you have a anti-highjack (anti-carjack) option, what you want to do is play dumb...dont say a word, and run and get as much distance from you and the car jacker/s as possible.. the basic senario is you come to a stop light or you are driving slowly through a street and you get held up.. you hear "get the f out of the car" (remember dont say anything...yet ) just open the door and say "heres my wallet (throw the wallet inside the passenger side rear seat area,reason so he gets in the car quicker and he wont have a chance to talk to you , "take the car i dont care" and just turn around and run as fast as you can without stumbling or falling.(if your in a busy street, go in a business and tell them what happen. and yell at them to lock the doors..this is your life if they dont listen then run inside the kitchen area..(they will realize the seriousness when the police come so they will forgive your rudeness and yelling) if your on a quiet street, go into someone back yard and hide, and stay there for a while, and calm down. i would stay there for about 30 minutes, to make sure that the thiefs have left.

the reason why you want to let them know about your wallet is to fool them into thinking that you are cooperating with them.. because they usually will ask for money during the car jacking anyway,(remember you only have about 30-40 secs before the car turn off) so you beat them to the punch and say heres my wallet and you want to throw it in the rear seat passenger area,, why,, because it will be harder and more time consuming to get to the wallet and search for money. (they will be thinking ok we got the wallet now lets get out of here,, not bothering to look through the wallet right then and there<< remember they really want the car>> wallet is a free gift to enjoy later.(buying you some time to get the hell out of there) and why do you want to run? well statistically it is a deadlier end result if you stay there and/or get into the car with them...so never just stand there,, you have to think to yourself i am not going to die, but if i stand here like an idiot he may shoot me for the hell of it.. your only option is to never mind what he says and turn and run as fast as you can.. and if he decides to shoot at you,, well , you were probably going to get shot at a closer range anyway so atleast you've put another 5-10 feet of distance between you and the gun...you cant stop everything but you can be smart and think on your toes and that is what will get you out of potential danger...

and as far as where to place kill switches.. donot place them right in front of you on the plastic dash, or any blank option plugs, because that is the first place they will look,,, and dont place them behind the lower panel under the steering wheel, because that whole lower cover is going to be ripped off anyway, and you dont want them to see the switch.. not in the glove compartment , or the middle arm rest area, or the drivers door panel.

a good place is
1.using a push button on/off metal switch hidden under the carpet...
2.a switch you pull out from the rear seat lower backrest area (where the seat belt come together)

but realize there are tons of places to put a hidden switch at,,, just seat in your car and look at everything in the car and see if a switch can be hidden there..... yea it will take time to click the kill switch and stuff like that but i would rather spend the time doing that then having to worry about the car getting stolen when i you can do something more about it...just my opinion,, and i hope i was able to help......just remember those power door locks are a nice option,,, for you and the thiefs.. so put a kill switch on it....your alarm will still go off once the doors are opened. the switch is just so they (thiefs) think they can easily open the door using the inner switch.
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