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Unread 29-09-2008, 19:24
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Re: van stolen -metro detroit

I was driving a rental car this weekend with a GPS unit bolted in. When I wanted to leave the car and go into the hotel for the night, I couldn't figure out how to remove it. I made sure I parked in front under a great big light. The next morning there was a nice warning attached to my driver's window by the police reminding me to take all my valuables with me when I left the car. I called the # on the GPS system and asked - how - I could remove the system and the guy said, "you can't - it's bolted in." Yup.

So - I covered it with a well-used wrinkled fast food bag that had golden arches on it for the next couple of days. Other than setting off the alarm system, it worked like a charm. I didn't get any more warnings from the police and no one took the system.

Please note that I don't encourage anyone to stick a paper bag on top of a GPS system and call it safe because it isn't. The word, removable, would play a helpful role here, methinks.
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Last edited by JaneYoung : 29-09-2008 at 20:07.
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