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Old May 18, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by el b18
if someone wants to steal your car, they WILL get it. plain and simple
Originally Posted by Matt M.
that won't even work give me a jigsaw and that thing will be gone.if they want it bad enough they will take it.end of story
I'm glad to see that there are some people who have figured it out. Alarms are just like locks, and for those that don't know, locks keep honest people honest. The thing most of you need to realize is that if they pick your car, 7 out of 10 times, they already know what security you've got and how to disarm it before they even touch the door. I'm not talking about your punk kid, but hell, most of them know what they are doing too. Yeah, you can make a better lock, but they are just gonna make a better way to beat it. There is no 100% safe. If you have something someone else wants and they are willing to do what it takes, then they will end up with what they want. there is nothing you can do to stop them. I used to do this kind of stuff. If you want to know how good your set up is, hit me up and i'll let you know how long it takes for your car (or anything for that matter) to disappear. Look at it like this, the better your system is, the longer it takes to disable, but even the best only take a matter of minutes.


Originally Posted by JDMaccord2k
Tow trucks in Miami are more feared down there than anything else cause no matter what kinda anti theft device you have it wont matter! your shit is gone!
I've seen a tow truck pulling a car, with the alarm going off.... nobody even looked twice at it, let alone the cops he went by. I was curious, so I looked up the tag number, and sure enough, it was stolen.....
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Old May 24, 2007 | 04:22 PM
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im making this post to keep track of all the stolen cars in central fl.. please forward me any news articles u find.. someone just sent me this one..
Article 3/21/07
Teen Confesses To Stealing More Than 170 Hondas - News Story - WFTV Orlando
Teen Confesses To Stealing More Than 170 Hondas

POSTED: 6:02 pm EDT March 21, 2007
UPDATED: 6:19 pm EDT March 21, 2007

ORLANDO, Fla. -- He was all smiles walking out of juvenile court Wednesday, but half-an-hour later he was back in handcuffs. Detectives told Channel 9 that the 15-year-old confessed to stealing at least 170 cars.

Wednesday night the teen was back in the juvenile detention center because of a phone call from Eyewitness News. Channel 9 called detectives to ask about Ramon Vigoa while he was still sitting at the juvenile courthouse. That's when it was learned that they were already looking for him on another charge.

"There are several case numbers here; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 I think," a judge said.

And there were actually many more than that. Honda after Honda after Honda were stolen and he was responsible. And 15-year-old Vigoa isn't even old enough to drive.

"He's a very big auto thief. Right now we're up to about 170 auto thefts he's confessed to," said Det. Bill Bartlett of the Orange County Sheriff's Office Auto Theft Unit.

But the judge had to release the teen even though his mom said he violated his curfew. He was all smiles leaving the courthouse, until Channel 9 followed him and told detectives where he was. The auto theft unit wasted no time arresting him for the fourth time.

"He's been very difficult to catch as I said. Right now his name has popped up in a lot of auto theft investigations, so we definitely like to do what we can to make sure he doesn't get out to steal more vehicles," Bartlett said.

Orlando police said there have been more than 300 Hondas stolen in the last nine months. They're working with the sheriff's office to see how many Vigoa is linked to. Accords and Civics have a special window clip thieves can pop out and unlock the door.

"Typical auto thieves know how to capitalize on that one little defect they made and they steal cars very easily," added Bartlett.

Andres Tolosa knows that because his Honda was stolen a few months ago.

"I couldn't believe it. It's an old car and I didn't even know it's one of the top ten most stolen cars. I was surprised," Tolosa said.

Not as surprised as Vigoa, who thought he caught a lucky break in court.

Detectives said he'll be talking to the judge in the coming days and there could be even more charges as they try to link him to even more cases.
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