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Originally Posted by AP-DUECE,Feb 25 2008, 12:53 PM
I have this love hate feeling about my car! I love driving it, washing it, and modding it! But i hate leaving it places. I can't go to the mall and have a good time cause all i think about is my seats. No way in this earth can i leave it parked outside in the beach while i'm at the club till 4am. It's kinda like i want to have a beater to drive around but then why would i have my s???
P.s. I have never had this much love for a car!!! NO HOMO
P.s. I have never had this much love for a car!!! NO HOMO
Or being in love with the stripper.
To the victim: Make sure this time you get the right tools to avoid the pain.
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Originally Posted by X4DLuvOfSpeedX,Feb 24 2008, 10:02 PM
S2000 seats get stolen often because they look cool, are easy to access, and bolt right into Civics and Integras. If you install aftermarket seats in your S those three things would still apply, so I'm guessing they have just as good a chance of getting stolen as the stockers. Unless they're crappy APC Pep Boys seats or something...
I apologize if I was harsh, but this seat theft drives me crazy. My S was a victim of a failed attempt (slashed top only) and it pissed the hell out of me, so I can imagine how the OP feels.
I don't like the suggestion of leaving your seats unprotected to make it easier for the thief for fear of vandalism. That's like teaching your kids to automatically walk up to the school bully every morning to hand him their lunch money. There are lots of reasons why we all should make our seats (or anything else for that matter) as hard as possible to steal:
1) Most of the times seats don't get slashed anyway. Usually they either take other things (which they probably would've taken anyway) or just leave.
2) If they do get slashed, I'd still rather have slashed seats than no seats at all. Much cheaper to fix.
3) You're not helping a thief. This is by far the main reason for me. Stop making it easy for the scumbags. I'd rather slash the seats myself to pieces than let some scumbag make $500 of my car.
4) You're discouraging further theft. You can bet that whoever stole the OP's seats is now a happy thief and will strike again. If that thief has 2 or 3 failed thefts in a row, he might just reconsider messing with our cars. Which will eventually lead to...
5) ...lower insurance premiums for all or us.
And the old alarm excuse "if a thief wants your car, he'll get it" is just a cope out. It may be true, but it only goes for professional thieves. These are stupid kids stealing our seats. You can bet that they will look for every possible S without an alarm before going near an armed one. My S has been sleeping outside for 4 years since the previous owner bought it and the seats are still there. I only got a slashed top far (and I have reasons to believe that it was vandalism, not a theft attempt). Of all the stolen seat cases I've heard of (and I've heard of A LOT), not one has been on an S with alarm and seat locks. Not a single one. And as far as no one reacting to your alarm because of all the false alarms, that's OK. Only one person needs to react if my alarm goes off... me.
BTW, I know this is not the So. FL forum. I don't see why my post was "strong". I didn't insult or ridicule anyone. Yeah, it was touchy since it placed fault on the unfortunate victim, but I think I made a valid point about an issue that needs to be addressed if we all want to enjoy S2k ownership. My apologies if anyone was offended
I apologize if I was harsh, but this seat theft drives me crazy. My S was a victim of a failed attempt (slashed top only) and it pissed the hell out of me, so I can imagine how the OP feels.
I don't like the suggestion of leaving your seats unprotected to make it easier for the thief for fear of vandalism. That's like teaching your kids to automatically walk up to the school bully every morning to hand him their lunch money. There are lots of reasons why we all should make our seats (or anything else for that matter) as hard as possible to steal:
1) Most of the times seats don't get slashed anyway. Usually they either take other things (which they probably would've taken anyway) or just leave.
2) If they do get slashed, I'd still rather have slashed seats than no seats at all. Much cheaper to fix.
3) You're not helping a thief. This is by far the main reason for me. Stop making it easy for the scumbags. I'd rather slash the seats myself to pieces than let some scumbag make $500 of my car.
4) You're discouraging further theft. You can bet that whoever stole the OP's seats is now a happy thief and will strike again. If that thief has 2 or 3 failed thefts in a row, he might just reconsider messing with our cars. Which will eventually lead to...
5) ...lower insurance premiums for all or us.
And the old alarm excuse "if a thief wants your car, he'll get it" is just a cope out. It may be true, but it only goes for professional thieves. These are stupid kids stealing our seats. You can bet that they will look for every possible S without an alarm before going near an armed one. My S has been sleeping outside for 4 years since the previous owner bought it and the seats are still there. I only got a slashed top far (and I have reasons to believe that it was vandalism, not a theft attempt). Of all the stolen seat cases I've heard of (and I've heard of A LOT), not one has been on an S with alarm and seat locks. Not a single one. And as far as no one reacting to your alarm because of all the false alarms, that's OK. Only one person needs to react if my alarm goes off... me.
BTW, I know this is not the So. FL forum. I don't see why my post was "strong". I didn't insult or ridicule anyone. Yeah, it was touchy since it placed fault on the unfortunate victim, but I think I made a valid point about an issue that needs to be addressed if we all want to enjoy S2k ownership. My apologies if anyone was offended
I have an alarm and seat locks with a car parked outside too and no attempt to get into the S . I did catch someone trying to get into my Accord and let him know exactly how I felt about it with a beating , and without the cops .
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