Re: Crappy Story (Scirocco Security)

[" Carl Slayton" <c-man@email.msn.com>]

Sorry to here what happened but know where you have been. I had someone get
up under my hood and take my wires, dipstick, and timing plug (Go Figure).
Anyhow, glad thing weren't as bad as they could've been.

Carl

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> From: Mawster Chadwick <chadwick@mail.cadvision.com>
> To: scirocco list <scirocco-l@privateI.com>
> Subject: Crappy Story (Scirocco Security)
> Date: Tuesday, September 30, 1997 1:34 AM
> 
> I hate Thieves!
> 
> I got home on Thursday night at about 12:00 and while I was tottering
around in 
> the garage for a while, I noticed 3-4 people zooming down our hill on
'boards.  
> They went up and down about 3 times while I was there, but eventually I
had to 
> crash for work the next day.  
> 	The next morning, I woke up and went down to my Schwart Rakete, and
noticed 
> that the back window had kind of  been smashed to smithereens.  I looked 
> carefully at the CaRnAgE and noticed that the rear deck lid was popped
out of 
> it's hinge, and crooked.  Hmm.  Upon inspection of my entire car, my CD
deck, 
> SubWoofers, and Rockford Fosgate Amp were amazingly all still there.  I
was 
> more than a little miffed, but happy that nothing was stolen.
> 	The retards apparently thought the deck lid was the only way into the
back of 
> the car.  Perhaps they didn't notice the HUGE knob that lowers the
seat-half so 
> that a FAT person could get into the trunk.   If  they had, they would
have 
> needed tools to remove the amp, and the jaws of life to get the sub box
through 
> the window.  They even could have unlocked the door and ransacked me for
all my 
> CD's and happy face air freshener (the one that adds 0.003 hp) :)  
> 	I guess since the car was parked in the driveway on a fairly busy res.
street, 
> something spooked the goons, and they were off, empty handed -- having
mangled 
> my car in the process.  They must have been younger, because I would (if
all my 
> scruples suddenly vanished) break into a car that was down a dark alley,
or 
> side street, not a major residential thoroughfare.
> 
> To make a long story even longer, my dad surprised me with a new window
THAT 
> SAME DAY!  All I had to do was wash it, take out all of the knuddy bits
of 
> glass from the moulding and car (there's still the odd knud lying around)
and 
> wrestle the new glass in.  The new window was only 40$ CDN, from The
Parts 
> Ranch.
> 
> So if you ever have to replace a rear window, perhaps the easiest way to
do it 
> is to slide in the rear corner of the glass (with rubber stripping around
it)  
> and work around from one side all the way to the other, pulling in about
1" 
> at a time with your bare hands.  Once you get the inner lip in, you'll
have to 
> push the glass in from the outside to fit it properly.
> 
> Hmm, if it's that easy to put in, I wonder if it's that easy to take out!
 >:]
> Nyarharharhar.
> 
> 
> ps, no skaters were harmed in the development of this story,  nor do I
imply 
> that they were the actual goons.  I am just a little paranoid now, trying
to 
> remember faces I saw go by.
> 
> pps.  da goon(s) might have been attracted by the big happy Rockford
Fosgate 
> sticker under the rear wing of my car.  I'm thinking of removing this
"Steal 
> Me" logo so that no one has any idea what's inside anymore.  This would
be 
> cheaper than an alarm, but alas, not as effective.
> 
> 
> So that's my story, thank you.
> Chad Ptasinski
> 1985 8V Scirocco
> "http://www.cadvision.com/Home_Pages/accounts/chadwick/"
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