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Old 06-10-2014, 05:55 PM   #1
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gotta make this stop happening to me every month

yup, second time in about a month....

do you guys think the A-pillar dents can be fixed with paintless dent repair? trim too, but it looks like the trims secondary.

also i need to figure out how to stop this. I dont take my car and park it next to seedy places often but sometimes with parking and where I am, I have to (its my DD). I try to check on it every often if I do park it somewhere shady but as you can see, it doesnt work.









any recommendations so as to stop them from even trying? (maybe motion sensors, blah)


not happy right now :(
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Old 06-10-2014, 06:01 PM   #2
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cheap beater car, that's your only way out
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Old 06-10-2014, 06:03 PM   #3
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What he said...........
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Old 06-10-2014, 06:30 PM   #4
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I can't even figure how something hits you in that location. Seems like its too high and at the wrong angle for another vehicle door. Unless it's a super jacked up truck--and then it should be hitting your mirror as well.
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Old 06-10-2014, 06:33 PM   #5
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Beater car - good option actually lol

No other car hit me, someone tried to jimmy the lock/break in.

thinking a viper proximity alarm (2-way) with the audible voice system.
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Old 06-10-2014, 06:51 PM   #6
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thinking a viper proximity alarm (2-way) with the audible voice system.
Proximity alarm would probably help. Either that or get out of the ghetto? Lol



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Old 06-10-2014, 07:00 PM   #7
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How is it even possible for any vehicle to hit that spot without hitting the mirror? I assume they did not or you probably would have noted that as well. You sure some mental midget with only 3 brain cells didn't try to break into the car by prying on the window using the A pillar as leverage?

To be honest it looks like someone just whacked it twice with a pry bar.
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Old 06-10-2014, 07:21 PM   #8
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Mount a shotgun on the back window and leave an NRA hat on the dash.
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Old 06-10-2014, 07:33 PM   #9
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yup, second time in about a month....

do you guys think the A-pillar dents can be fixed with paintless dent repair? trim too, but it looks like the trims secondary.

also i need to figure out how to stop this. I dont take my car and park it next to seedy places often but sometimes with parking and where I am, I have to (its my DD). I try to check on it every often if I do park it somewhere shady but as you can see, it doesnt work.









any recommendations so as to stop them from even trying? (maybe motion sensors, blah)


not happy right now :(
Have they tried breaking into that black Camaro in the reflection of your window? That sucks man. Just get a beater car like they said.
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Old 06-10-2014, 07:47 PM   #10
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Looks to me that someone is either trying to break into the car or is just being an a-hole. Most likely someone is hitting your car with something deliberately. Time to hide a camera inside the car.
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Old 06-10-2014, 07:53 PM   #11
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Mount a shotgun on the back window and leave an NRA hat on the dash.
I like this one.

I've always thought of adding metal contacts to the backside of the door handles that would be electrified once you lock the car (like at the same level as a taser). Everyone checks to see if its open first, then BAM! on the floor twitching.

Except for when your friend / wife / child tries to open the locked door
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Old 06-10-2014, 08:26 PM   #12
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I think a dash camera would be a good thing - maybe you could actually catch whoever's doing it. Me? I'd buy a $500 piece of sh*t to drive to work or find another job in a better area (I know that's easier said than done).
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Old 06-10-2014, 08:39 PM   #13
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thanks for the feedback guys

Anyone know if dent removal is easy on the a-pillar?

and good catch on the other camaro in the reflection lol, i took the pic in my work parking garage (the camaros usually park together/same area lol)

this was deffo some person trying to pry the seal and get into the car, although I dont know why they would pry near the mirror? the interior door latch is right under there so maybe they thought it was a lock by the door latch...

it wasnt at work, this was downtown area where some restaurants are at and the only parking is street parking.
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Old 06-10-2014, 08:52 PM   #14
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