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Old Dec 26, 2007 | 11:14 PM
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anyone loose their FD?

hahah ok, so im getting off the off ramp at portal way and grandview in ferndale and i see a few cars blocking the intersection, one with their hazzards on, and guess what it was... a green FD, then as we come to the stop sign we ask this lady whats wrong, the lady"i dont know what happend, this truck was towing this car (FD) on a trailer and the car fell off and started rolling at me."

the people towing the car were gone! they didnt even know that the car fell off and the people who were behind them had no clue what to do about the car but turn the hazzards on. i came back later to see if it was still there but it was gone and all that was left was a giant oil slick, im guessing the oil pan got crushed during the fall or something.

so my question is who lost their fd? how did you not feel the car fall off your trailer? have you ever heard of tiedown and ratchet straps?
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Old Dec 26, 2007 | 11:37 PM
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could be someone stealing the car or reposessing it n had to get the f#$& outta there b4 the owner got there
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Old Dec 26, 2007 | 11:53 PM
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haha thats a funny thought, i was in my buddy big tow rig and this was one of the only times that night we didnt have a trailer hooked up lol, other wise we would have towed it up and moved it to the gas station to watch the fool come looking for it lol.... finders keepers haha
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 06:43 AM
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if i had a fd i would get low jack on that thing plus a gps tracking device
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 01:05 PM
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I wouldn't even bother with lojack. It don't do jack. I'd just get the GPS.
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 01:22 PM
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Exactly, Jeff. Wirth how Cops treat stolen property it's not worth your time to ask them for help. Get a GPS unit and hide it well. Take matters into your own hands. Or tell the police you have a GPS system and know exactly where your car is and you would like them to go get it back for you. Don't rely on them to do anything tho. Hopefully it was a repo or something. Anyone who would allow their FD to roll right off their trailer is undeserving of such a car. FAIL! When I once had to trailer mine I was turned around the entire time worried something would happen ot my car. Watched the tie downs religiously lol May be pathetic... But I lov emy car to death
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 02:17 PM
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Yes, I too watch tow straps and keep an eye on the car over bumps and stuff. I think any normal person would. Whomever was towing that FD obviously wasn't with it.

The problem with lojack is you have to file a police report every time you use it. What a bunch of crap.

There is a cool GPS setup that has a lot of great features. My friend installed a couple after having a car stolen. You can set up a "geo-fence" and other cool stuff. I think it's called milleneum plus GPS.
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 02:30 PM
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Clifford has an option on some of their alarms to have a GPS unit added to the brain and you can activate your kill switch from your online log in if your car is stolen. Or if you have remote start start it from where you are to get it warming up. Pretty expensive monthly membership fee tho. Too steep for me. There are better units out there. My old company that I worked for had GPS in their trucks that auto updated every 15 minutes. Helped em find a van that was stolen.
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 06:28 PM
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haha i know mine isnt an FD but if some one trys stealin my fc i dont think they will have much luck getting it anywhere because i can barley get it to start , HA
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 10:04 PM
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Exactly, Jeff. Wirth how Cops treat stolen property it's not worth your time to ask them for help. Get a GPS unit and hide it well. Take matters into your own hands. Or tell the police you have a GPS system and know exactly where your car is and you would like them to go get it back for you. Don't rely on them to do anything tho. Hopefully it was a repo or something. Anyone who would allow their FD to roll right off their trailer is undeserving of such a car. FAIL! When I once had to trailer mine I was turned around the entire time worried something would happen ot my car. Watched the tie downs religiously lol May be pathetic... But I lov emy car to death
yes completely undeserving of a fd for sure
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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not trying to start a fight but why dont you think lowjack works??? they have a 80% change of getting your car back. that is just 80% better then just hoping nobody steals my car. that is why i would go with both
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 02:33 AM
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i had a gps put in my mustang that i paid a flat 180 doller fee for. and the company garunteed they would recover the car if stolen, if not recoverd in like 48 hours or somthing like that they pay to replace the car it was kinda nice having that asurance that if it got stolen i would get it back. dont remember what company makes it tho,
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Red_Rabbit86
not trying to start a fight but why dont you think lowjack works??? they have a 80% change of getting your car back. that is just 80% better then just hoping nobody steals my car. that is why i would go with both
lowjack installs in all vehicles, so by that definition it does indeed "work". However a police report is required to locate your vehicle.
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 01:45 PM
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Many cars were never advertised as having lojack as well so the owners had no idea... It's really not that great of a system for quick recovery, however it does provide a sort of false security
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 02:29 PM
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eff it.
hire a team of men with assult rifles to guard you fd 24 hours a day


sorry guys i had to
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 02:46 PM
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Damnit, Ben.... why didn't I think of that first?! And here I was saving for a Trunk Monkey... What a foolish man...
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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see tim swat team first.
trunk monkey 2nd.
seat scorpians 3rd
and an engine boa last
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 04:11 PM
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What about a swat team of trunk monkeys?
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 05:01 PM
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oh......but that would also have to occupy the area around your car too
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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A swat team of drive-way monkeys with a ninja-spec-ops-trunk-money inside.

Now THAT is security.
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 12:15 AM
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so is no one fessing up to loosing their fd off the back of their trailer?lol
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 01:12 AM
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Would you?

Would you admit to something like that on this forum? If so, you got some great big hairy nads.

Originally Posted by rotary-guy
so is no one fessing up to loosing their fd off the back of their trailer?lol
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 01:25 AM
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i just want to know lol, i mean how can you not feel the car falling off because even with ramps the trailer moves a **** ton when you roll off, so with no ramps just the drop off it would have been jumping like crazy.
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 02:52 AM
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BlueShift has yet to post here... He has a MB, not in BHAM but still we can say it's him if you want... lol
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 01:30 PM
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haha
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