From victora@mda.vnd.TEK.COM Thu Oct 17 23:28:09 1996 Return-Path: Received: from inet1.tek.com (inet1.tek.com [134.62.48.21]) by ursula.ee.pdx.edu (8.7.5/CATastrophe-2/10/96-P) with SMTP id XAA02993; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:28:07 -0700 (PDT) for Received: by inet1.tek.com id ; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:27:55 -0700 Received: from tektronix.tek.com(134.62.48.24) by inet1 via smap (V1.3) id sma048280; Thu Oct 17 23:27:30 1996 Received: from tekgen.bv.tek.com (tekgen.bv.tek.com [128.181.44.33]) by tektronix.tek.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA19094 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:29:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Ariel 3 (ariel3.vnd.tek.com) by tekgen.bv.tek.com (4.1/8.0) id AA08774; Thu, 17 Oct 96 23:27:20 PDT Message-Id: <9610180627.AA08774@tekgen.bv.tek.com> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 96 23:27:42 -0700 From: "Victor J. Albert" Organization: Tektronix X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Windows; U; 16bit) Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.audio.car To: thunder5@ee.pdx.edu Subject: Re: Theives - Just shoot'em References: <53p8pf$a4r@bvadm.tek.com> <01bbba44$46b48a00$2175a3ce@thoots.teleport.com> <544472$li$1@code.ripco.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: RO X-Status: First of all I would like to thank everyone who participated (e-mail & post) in this tread. It was my intention to gather some informatoin about the topic to add to my ever-under-construction web site. Ironically, four (4) days after I posted the original article, my car was broken into and they stole my head. Kenwoods top-o-the line dual shaft model. Why I chose this deck is another story, which other Tempo owner might relate to. Yes, I live in Portland. From what I've been told by the police after the first two break-ins is that this city has the highest rate in the country. As Mr. Hoots pointed out, there are just to many incedences(sp) of this for them to even try to "investigate". For those keeping score, my car has now been broken into 3 times since February of 1993. Let me tell you my situation and I would appreciate comments on what I could do to stop these unwanted intrusion. I own a 1984 Ford Tempo. The usual, very breakable locks in both the doors and the drunk. I live in Kansas for two years (military station, not by choice) so the windows are tinted, except for the one that was broken. In order to gain some handling in this pathetic excuse for a driving machine, I replaced the tires and also the rims. The rims are now nice shiny chrome jobbies. The car's exterior is as clean as I can keep it in Portland and the interior is free from theft attracting stuff and vaccumed every once in a while. This gives you an example of what the car looks like. Now where do I live. I live in a 16 story apartment building in downtown Portland. Of course, I live on the 16th floor. Due to the scarcity of parking and the hours I work, I often park one block away from the building. The streets are lighted on every corner, however, there are many trees in the neighborhood providing a dazzeling array of shadows yon and hither. The police do partol, but to be honest the last time I saw a cop in the neighborhood was the time my brother was visiting and we were cleaning up the mess the thieves left when, about 8:30am, we discovered his car had been broken into. (Imagine that) Not to mention, I got a flyer from a nearby apartment manager stating that 35% of the tenants in his building have had they car broken into in the past 6 months. If I were to put an alarm on my car, it would never wake me up. I never play the system loud in my neighborhood for obvious reasons, so this isn't a problem. Obviously my car is a PRIME candidate for breaking and entering. I cannot move because I'm a poor student living in student housing, (EE for those who must know). I have had a passion for car stereo ever since my friend Mike first hooked up those Technique 6x9's to his Pyramid EQ booster and Sanyo tape deck , way back in '85. Add to that a certified IASCA judge and you can see that I will never, never, never give up car stereo. (As an aside, I my girlfriend is fond of hearing me tell her that I love her more than car stereo, which I guess is mostly true. ;) Currently the car is mostly devoid of stereo. It used to consist of the aforementioned deck, Vifa twts, Kicker 3.5 MR, Orion 6.5" MB, Kenwood tri-axs for rear fill (no I havn't bandpass'd 'em yet), Sony XM-4045 for the fronts and a PG MPS-2240 for the two Orion XTR DVC 10's all paralell in a ported enclosure. Everything except the deck, the MR and the rear fill currently reside in my apt. This WILL go back into the car someday and when it does... how the hell am I going to keep it there? Input, suggestions, comments, insults (only a few please, this is an emotional time) and good'ole cash are welcome. Thanks for taking the time to read all this, Victor Albert