Some Idiot Stole My Antenna

[gvbhunt]

And they had the balls to replace it with a bent one! And in the parking lot at work. WTF? They also tried to get my bumper shield but that bitch is locked on. I can tell because besides the drivers side door handle, that is the only clean spot on the truck...

 

Any suggestions on how to either upgrade (not read replace with something aftermarket) the "security system" to be able to pick up someone jacking with the truck or how to find the nice person that did it so I can bust their knees?

[Darkanion]

The first thing that comes to mind involves electrocution... But, suggesting that would probably be a bad idea.......

[gvbhunt]

I thought of that but then I started thinking about problems that it would cause. I figured that an electrical field big enough around the truck to shock the shit out of someone would probably cause it to want to attract lightning and that would be a whole nother set of issues....

[georgerosen06]

i'm not sure if you have the stock alarm but I know viper, autopage and all the other brands make this and it senses when someone is to close to your vehicle. It might be annoying for false alarms but at least it will set off your alarm so people will get the hell away from your truck

[Darkanion]

I thought of that but then I started thinking about problems that it would cause. I figured that an electrical field big enough around the truck to shock the shit out of someone would probably cause it to want to attract lightning and that would be a whole nother set of issues....

 

hahahaha! You really DID think about it... About as far as I thought was "yeeeeah... You better make damn sure to disarm the alarm every time BEFORE you get to the vehicle... And parking it at the mall would probably be a bad idea, too..."

[Darkanion]

i'm not sure if you have the stock alarm but I know viper, autopage and all the other brands make this and it senses when someone is to close to your vehicle. It might be annoying for false alarms but at least it will set off your alarm so people will get the hell away from your truck

 

Yeah, I've seen those... Ok... I've heard those... Walking through a parking lot, get too close to a vehicle (say, crossing from one row to another). "VIPER ARMED!! Please step away from the vehicle!!" If you don't step away, it tells you to back off again and THEN it starts a count-down. "Five... Four... Three... Two... One..." and the alarm goes off.

 

If someone was ballsy enough to steal it from you at work, having an alarm talk to them probably wouldn't do much good.

 

Speaking of work... Any chance they have any security cameras on the parking lot around where your truck is parked?

[gvbhunt]

i'm not sure if you have the stock alarm but I know viper, autopage and all the other brands make this and it senses when someone is to close to your vehicle. It might be annoying for false alarms but at least it will set off your alarm so people will get the hell away from your truck

Yea, it is stock. I wonder if that could be added to the stock alarm setup? Like maybe wiring it in series with the hood latch alarm so that it would set off the horn?

[gvbhunt]

i'm not sure if you have the stock alarm but I know viper, autopage and all the other brands make this and it senses when someone is to close to your vehicle. It might be annoying for false alarms but at least it will set off your alarm so people will get the hell away from your truck

 

Yeah, I've seen those... Ok... I've heard those... Walking through a parking lot, get too close to a vehicle (say, crossing from one row to another). "VIPER ARMED!! Please step away from the vehicle!!" If you don't step away, it tells you to back off again and THEN it starts a count-down. "Five... Four... Three... Two... One..." and the alarm goes off.

 

If someone was ballsy enough to steal it from you at work, having an alarm talk to them probably wouldn't do much good.

 

Speaking of work... Any chance they have any security cameras on the parking lot around where your truck is parked?

 

Na, no cameras. Owner of the company does not believe in fangled technical mumbo jumbo like that. I tried to get him to do that a few years back. Lucky for him he drives a Smart car. Nobody would want to take parts off of it and it is only 3x3 feet so it does not get dinged. But I could probably flip it over on its door by myself...

[georgerosen06]

i'm not sure if you have the stock alarm but I know viper, autopage and all the other brands make this and it senses when someone is to close to your vehicle. It might be annoying for false alarms but at least it will set off your alarm so people will get the hell away from your truck

 

Yeah, I've seen those... Ok... I've heard those... Walking through a parking lot, get too close to a vehicle (say, crossing from one row to another). "VIPER ARMED!! Please step away from the vehicle!!" If you don't step away, it tells you to back off again and THEN it starts a count-down. "Five... Four... Three... Two... One..." and the alarm goes off.

 

If someone was ballsy enough to steal it from you at work, having an alarm talk to them probably wouldn't do much good.

 

Speaking of work... Any chance they have any security cameras on the parking lot around where your truck is parked?

 

 

lol it dosent do that! it chirps if you get to close and if you dont move away the siren goes off...no count down, no back away just an alarm.

[Darkanion]

lol it dosent do that! it chirps if you get to close and if you dont move away the siren goes off...no count down, no back away just an alarm.

They've changed it then. I walked up to a car yeeeeeeeeeears ago (back when I worked retail in a shopping mall) and it started that "step away from the car" and count down b/s...

[georgerosen06]

was this on rodeo dr. when you were with your hockey buddies hahaha

[Darkanion]

Looks like they must've had this added :

http://www.viper.com/P-516L/Programmable+Voice+System

[georgerosen06]

was this on rodeo dr. when you were with your hockey buddies hahaha

 

that was from mighty ducks if youve never seen it not making fun or anything

[Darkanion]

was this on rodeo dr. when you were with your hockey buddies hahaha

that was from mighty ducks if youve never seen it not making fun or anything

Ok... I guess I missed that movie... (or forgot the quote)

 

After you said that about it only beeping, I did some searches to make sure I hadn't imagined it!

 

No biggie!

[carneyman]

was this on rodeo dr. when you were with your hockey buddies hahaha

 

that was from mighty ducks if youve never seen it not making fun or anything

 

 

Took me reading this several times to get it...dang its been a long day!