My Putra was almost stolen at PALM SPRING...near Ikea.
some bastards tried to steal my car last night between 8pm - 10pm.
I went to my friend's condo (Palm Spring, near Ikea) for dinner. I parked my car by the road side about 30 - 40 meters to the entrance (guard house). And that stretch of road is quite busy at that time since residence would be going in and out of the condo.
When i went back to my car at around 10pm....upon approaching my car, i pressed the unlock button on my remote, but there wasn't any response (a beep on the remote). I'm using a 2-way alarm system. So i thought the battery must be weak. As i reach my car, i noticed that my engine is running. DIdn't suspect anything wrong as i thought i must have accidentally pressed the auto remote car start button. To my horror when i reached my car, i noticed that my right windscreen (driver windscreen) was shattered!!! Immediately i knew someone broke into my car and wanted to drive it off. But as a safety precaution, i looked around just to make sure these bastards are not around anymore. OK, clear. I checked my car.
Engine = running
right windsreen = gone
CD player = gone
amplifier = gone
subwoofer = gone
backpack in the boot = GONE!!!!
blardy hell, they took my backpack....which contains my new pair of Dockers, my favourite MU jersey and my clean pair of panty!!! together with some small items like my hair gel, my camera battery charger, my camera 2nd battery, etc. DAMN!!!!
They just sapu whatever they could find in the car, including my new air freshner (they took it!!!!).
But then, i'm glad that my car is still there....they managed to disable the alarm system, and managed to start the car. Later i discovered that the ignition system in a Proton is lousy!!! The mechanic told me that this was done by a professional car stealer. That bastard knew how to start the car without using hotwire.....just remove a socket from the ignition key hole and you can just easily start the car. Tomorrow i'll upload the DEMO video clip and let you guys see how easy to start a car.
So what saved me??
My SOLEX pedal lock!! So it's proven!! if i were to use a steering lock, i bet chances will be that my car would be stolen because it's very easy to remove a steering lock.
But then, i think it would be a deterrant if i use a steering lock because it is VISIBLE from outside. And since i was only using a pedal lock in which it is NOT VISIBLE from outside, i bet these bastards thought that they could steal my car easily since they thought i wasn't using any extra lock.
Tonite i'll go and get a steering lock. call me kiasu or what, from now onwards, i'll use a steering lock (as a deterrant) together with the pedal lock. So those of you who are still relying on steering locks, think twice.
Better get a good pedal lock.
yes, i have made a police report, JUST IN CASE some important documents were taken as well. The police officer also said that this area is quite HOT...a lot of car break-in and car stolen cases.
Really lucky also that my mountain bike wasn't in my car last night. Also, two nights ago, i had took all my cycling gears (helmet, gloves, cycling shoes) into the house.
Oh yeah, they took my toolbox as well!!!
some bastards tried to steal my car last night between 8pm - 10pm.
I went to my friend's condo (Palm Spring, near Ikea) for dinner. I parked my car by the road side about 30 - 40 meters to the entrance (guard house). And that stretch of road is quite busy at that time since residence would be going in and out of the condo.
When i went back to my car at around 10pm....upon approaching my car, i pressed the unlock button on my remote, but there wasn't any response (a beep on the remote). I'm using a 2-way alarm system. So i thought the battery must be weak. As i reach my car, i noticed that my engine is running. DIdn't suspect anything wrong as i thought i must have accidentally pressed the auto remote car start button. To my horror when i reached my car, i noticed that my right windscreen (driver windscreen) was shattered!!! Immediately i knew someone broke into my car and wanted to drive it off. But as a safety precaution, i looked around just to make sure these bastards are not around anymore. OK, clear. I checked my car.
Engine = running
right windsreen = gone
CD player = gone
amplifier = gone
subwoofer = gone
backpack in the boot = GONE!!!!
blardy hell, they took my backpack....which contains my new pair of Dockers, my favourite MU jersey and my clean pair of panty!!! together with some small items like my hair gel, my camera battery charger, my camera 2nd battery, etc. DAMN!!!!
They just sapu whatever they could find in the car, including my new air freshner (they took it!!!!).
But then, i'm glad that my car is still there....they managed to disable the alarm system, and managed to start the car. Later i discovered that the ignition system in a Proton is lousy!!! The mechanic told me that this was done by a professional car stealer. That bastard knew how to start the car without using hotwire.....just remove a socket from the ignition key hole and you can just easily start the car. Tomorrow i'll upload the DEMO video clip and let you guys see how easy to start a car.
So what saved me??
My SOLEX pedal lock!! So it's proven!! if i were to use a steering lock, i bet chances will be that my car would be stolen because it's very easy to remove a steering lock.
But then, i think it would be a deterrant if i use a steering lock because it is VISIBLE from outside. And since i was only using a pedal lock in which it is NOT VISIBLE from outside, i bet these bastards thought that they could steal my car easily since they thought i wasn't using any extra lock.
Tonite i'll go and get a steering lock. call me kiasu or what, from now onwards, i'll use a steering lock (as a deterrant) together with the pedal lock. So those of you who are still relying on steering locks, think twice.
Better get a good pedal lock.
yes, i have made a police report, JUST IN CASE some important documents were taken as well. The police officer also said that this area is quite HOT...a lot of car break-in and car stolen cases.
Really lucky also that my mountain bike wasn't in my car last night. Also, two nights ago, i had took all my cycling gears (helmet, gloves, cycling shoes) into the house.
Oh yeah, they took my toolbox as well!!!
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