Peter O Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 This morning when I was about to leave for work and I was greeted with a nice suprise when I got to my car: The damage: Bye bye driver's door panel, wire harness to window/lock/mirror controls cut. Kenwood MP3/CD player gone: The point of entry: Passenger window pried away, they probably then stuck something through and hit the latch on the inside. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I'm very thankful they didn't damage any of the car's exeterior or the center console. They also did not cut off the factory stereo wire harness! I'll be dropping in the stock old tape player this weekend. The thieves also ignored my iPod mount and Monster charger, but they cut off the RCA ends of the Mini-jack to RCA cable that went to the head unit To add insult to injury, they stole all of my stock floormats. Other good news: insurance deductable is only $100 for theft/vandalism. [/rant] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeldeal Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 people like that our the scum of our world good thing your deductible is so low. It drives me mad when a thief does hundreds of dollars of damage for a stereo they can sell for maybe a third of the damage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 This thread is absolutely useless to me, unless you describe in detail, what you would do to the people who did this, if you ran into them on the street, and you had three or four buddies to help you rehabilitate them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoolieMan Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 I would sit them down and explain to them that what they did was wrong and they could have made more money dealing in Xbox 360's on ebay. ...and then beat the crap out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James T Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 It could have been worse. You could have had this guy break in your car. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/carthieframpage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Yikes, so sorry to hear about that. Glad to hear about the $100 deductable though, that is outstanding...I think mine is like $500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daisy Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Sorry to hear about that. Hopefully you'll be able to acquire whatever deck now at least. Gotta polish that turd somehow. Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 It could have been worse. You could have had this guy break in your car.http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/carthieframpage.html Good to see such tight security at the Rio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Yeah that guy was smart. Recording himself and then posting it on the web. So whens his episode of dumbest criminals on? capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Posted November 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Actually, I'm thinking of taking the insurance money for the stereo and just saving it. Since I got my iPod all wired up, I never played any MP3CDs on my aftermarket head unit. I think the stock tape deck will suffice. That is provided get some sort of adapter that lets me wire in stereo RCA jacks into the CD changer port. I think such a thing exists, anyone used something like that before for a direct wired iPod solution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Actually' date=' I'm thinking of taking the insurance money for the stereo and just saving it. Since I got my iPod all wired up, I never played any MP3CDs on my aftermarket head unit. I think the stock tape deck will suffice. That is provided get some sort of adapter that lets me wire in stereo RCA jacks into the CD changer port. I think such a thing exists, anyone used something like that before for a direct wired iPod solution?[/quote'] I use one in my Jeep that I got from Crutchfield. It goes in the CD bus input on the back of the head unit. Works great. Those bus adapters are specific to your factory head unit, so make sure you get the right one. I also used a casette adapter with my old truck and it was also great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertA Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 I use one in my Jeep that I got from Crutchfield. It goes in the CD bus input on the back of the head unit. Works great. Those bus adapters are specific to your factory head unit, so make sure you get the right one. I also used a casette adapter with my old truck and it was also great. Really, I didn't know those existed. What do I search for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 You want to look for stuff in the " iPod & Portable to Factory Radio" category. For example, this is what I use. I ran the cable through my center console into the storage bin under the center armrest (dremeled a slot for it). Now my mp3 player can live in the bin or in the center console cupholder without wires and crap all over the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Posted November 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Thanks Jay. I found one that is compatible with my Accord for $60. I'll pick that up after I get all the repairs and insurance stuff all worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertA Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 no prob. installation is super-easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Why would they take a door panel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyVolpe Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 I would sit them down and explain to them that what they did was wrong and they could have made more money dealing in Xbox 360's on ebay. ...and then beat the crap out of them. Shotgun to the nuts is more direct (most of my family comes from Sicily - we don't fuck around) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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