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I was sure he would wake up next morning and find the car missing. I think he was really lucky that this wasn’t the case and the thieves waited(?) for the next

I was sure he would wake up next morning and find the car missing. I think he was really lucky that this wasn’t the case and the thieves waited(?) for the next night.

jimmy1 8y ago
Yeah, I don't understand this. After you went through all the work of disabling the SOS, you can just take the car then, unless breaking the window was the way they initially got inside, and maybe they were thinking that the person would blindly repair the broken window to increase the value of the car on the black market? I don't know.
- cptskippy 8y ago
  When they broke the window SOS was triggered. They knew this and that Police were en route. When they cut the wire in the pillar, they didn't disable SOS, they disabled the triggering mechanism. The idea being that they would return and break the window again only SOS wouldn't be triggered because that wire was cut.
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- rconti 8y ago
  Because the police arrived 5 minutes after they disabled the SOS button. The next night, there would be no SOS notification when they broke the window again. Or maybe they'd only have to tear away a plastic bag, if the owner hadn't gotten the window replaced. Or maybe they were hoping to find a valet key in the car, making their job even easier, either that night, or the next night.
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  - rosege 8y ago
    I don't know why he didn't talk to the police and tell them what he suspects and see if they would set up an ambush for the car thieves that night. Put the car back in place and wait for them to show up
    - justwalt 8y ago
      The thieves didn’t have to come back the first night. Could have done it weeks later.
      - Cthulhu_ 8y ago
        Yeah but would you drive around in your brand new car for weeks with a big SOS error light in the dashboard? Knowing it's covered by insurance and/or warranty, too.
        flak48 8y ago
        The theft relies on the few people who would actually ignore the error light, I mean theft shouldn't be so easy...
- N0RMAN 8y ago
  Wouldn't a jammer do the thing?

I was sure he would wake up next morning and find the car missing. I think he was really lucky that this wasn’t the case and the thieves waited(?) for the next night.

jimmy1 8y ago

Yeah, I don't understand this. After you went through all the work of disabling the SOS, you can just take the car then, unless breaking the window was the way they initially got inside, and maybe they were thinking that the person would blindly repair the broken window to increase the value of the car on the black market? I don't know.

cptskippy 8y ago
When they broke the window SOS was triggered. They knew this and that Police were en route. When they cut the wire in the pillar, they didn't disable SOS, they disabled the triggering mechanism. The idea being that they would return and break the window again only SOS wouldn't be triggered because that wire was cut.
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rconti 8y ago
Because the police arrived 5 minutes after they disabled the SOS button. The next night, there would be no SOS notification when they broke the window again. Or maybe they'd only have to tear away a plastic bag, if the owner hadn't gotten the window replaced. Or maybe they were hoping to find a valet key in the car, making their job even easier, either that night, or the next night.
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- rosege 8y ago
  I don't know why he didn't talk to the police and tell them what he suspects and see if they would set up an ambush for the car thieves that night. Put the car back in place and wait for them to show up
  - justwalt 8y ago
    The thieves didn’t have to come back the first night. Could have done it weeks later.
    - Cthulhu_ 8y ago
      Yeah but would you drive around in your brand new car for weeks with a big SOS error light in the dashboard? Knowing it's covered by insurance and/or warranty, too.
      - flak48 8y ago
        The theft relies on the few people who would actually ignore the error light, I mean theft shouldn't be so easy...
N0RMAN 8y ago
Wouldn't a jammer do the thing?