can you stfu and stop preaching your bs advice without first reading the post?

Here's an update...

All the damage is covered but they are only giving me $1000 for the audio. I am thoroughly depressed. :'(

Please, all your audio enthusiasts out there, think about investing in some 2-way alarm systems or investing in insurance for your audio.

You just never know. The small fee you pay will prevent all this depression I'm going through right now!

Yep they only cover $1000 including installation + taxes

$5,000 for any exterior stuff including mods/body kits/rims.


So if you have expensive equipment PLEASE INSURE IT. It's roughly $150/year to insure $1000 extra. So to insure $2000 worth of stuff = $150/year on top. First $1000 is already covered. Keep in mind they depreciated your stuff 15% per year or look for the latest selling price.

I.E. If you paid $1000 for a deck 9 months ago and say Futureshop sells the same model for $600....you get $600. All this depends on your adjuster.


Problem with people that spend alot of money on their cars is that they ALWAYS think their car is safe, or they are close enough to hear their car. I had a good friend on RS spend $8000+ on his audio to have his car get stolen months later. He even put a paging alarm thinking it was enough even when I told him he'll need to beef it up way more.

If you TRULY value your car and spend alot of blood sweat and tears on it, spend some money on a GOOD and properly installed alarm.....PLUSSSSSSSSS get insurance. It might cost you an extra $30-50/month to have a complete system covered by ICBC. But at least if it is gone.....you get the FULL coverage. Especially if you have a HONDA.....you're a target. One of the easiest cars to break into.

Yeah. There are too many possibilities. The previous owner was a very nice 23 year old girl who did the system. She doesn't have any idea who did it.

I did go to two body repair shops to get some minor dings and scratches taken out already. One of which its employees were apparently oogling over my system. That raises a lot of questions.

probably the girls boyfriend/brother more likely than the autobody workers

yeah um i read the post and gave my experience. if you have expensive car audio, turn that shit down when you're close to your destination, so you dont get that shit jacked, because how else are car thieves going to know that theres $4000 worth of crap in your trunk? there, can you understand it now? or does my advice not make sense?

yeah um i read the post and gave my experience. if you have expensive car audio, turn that shit down when you're close to your destination, so you dont get that shit jacked, because how else are car thieves going to know that theres $4000 worth of crap in your trunk? there, can you understand it now? or does my advice not make sense?


your advice is not relevant.

sad to hear... most likely seen the car before..? with the trunk open..?


to prevent loss... no audio in the car whatsoever is a good counter LOOOL gutted ftw..?

I'm getting another system, but something really toned down. I'm going to invest in a 2-way alarm. I'm also going to take my screen faceplate every single time I leave my car.

I suggest for those of you with screens to do the same.

I read your other post.....I realized you have an E46 BMW. Those are one of the easiest cars to get into. Let's say you're not a professional theif and someone briefly told you how to break in you could do it in under 1 min. It'll defeat the factory alarm. ALOT of pre 2006 factory alarms can be defeated this way.

Get something like this. You can order them from BMW directly. Just get the cover from the sedan's rear driver side door.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbZBOopZEqo

Would this actually help though? With the way they broke in, I don't think this would help. They used a flat-head screwed driver, I THINK, to hack behind the locking mechanism. They just sort of hacked off the lock cylinder... I don't think that was an integral part of the break-in. I could be wrong, though...

But what happens if your fob fails and you now no longer have a key hole to manually open the door?? =/

I feel your pain. Similar situation happened many years ago when a had a BA + Denon system installed first and then went to look for an alarm. To this day I still swear that the A/V store that I got the quote for the alarm was behind the theft. It happened 2 days after I got the quote.

Yes it helps. Because they don't have access to the lock anymore. It's not a flimsy piece of plastic, it's metal. They would have to spend alot of extra time to hack the metal off before they could attempt to pick the lock.