Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

Welp looks like im moving into my dads place in Brentwood.
Anyone wanna trade a gas saver car for a new Giant brand hybrid?
Less than 70 miles on it and can prob throw cash on top.

 

Gear Oil Smell is the exact opposite of "New Car Smell" - it's "Junkyard Smell"

 

Like moldy leather man. Excellent smell to go to work with haha, I just like the way my shower looks every time after I finish all these projects haha. Between lift, cvs, rear axle seal and some wiring this month I've had my fair share of grease and oil.

 

What's up guys. If you guy can keep an eye out for me plz. My truck was stolen last night and found out about it this morning. It sucks and this has for sure ruined my day.if you guys spot it plz call police.ill try to and post new info if any hope it's good news.

 

Sorry to hear, will be on the lookout.

 

Ill be watching... how did it happen?

 

Whereabout was it stolen??

 

Went to bed at 10pm and when leaving for work this morning noticed that the truck wasn't in front of the house. For a sec there I thought I was dreaming but no dream. They took my shit and didn't hear a thing. No broken windows or anything just a clean parking spot and a big surprise. These guys are good and must have been eye balling me for to be that clean of a job.

 

In front of my house in San Francisco Excelsior district.

 

FUUUUUUUUU!!!!! Damn that sucks T!

I work out here so I'll be keeping my eye out. Wow sorry to hear that bro

 

What did your truck have on it? Ill check craigslist for parts.

 

Yeah man it really sucks. Never expected that to happen specially for them to take it right in front of my house.hope this gets sorted out so I can make the trips this summer.

 

yeah that sucks man. tbh, it's probably not that hard to get into the truck, just pop the window, use basic recovery tools to unlock. that's a 2-3 minute procedure.

to get it to start, it's pretty much impossible to get past the transponder security, but if you swap the ecu, 1 minute (it's just one or two connectors) and use a key paired with the new ecu, they could drive off.

 

^Damn! Always wondered how our trucks can be stolen when our keys are programmed. Damn. At least it weeds out all the dumb thieves

 

I didnt no it was that easy to just swap the ecu makes me want to secure it to make it take longer to swap.

 

Damn man, sorry to hear this.

I was thinking about upgrading my alarm the other day. I just have the factory toyota system. Anybody else upgrade? I have a viper on my civic with remote start. Thinking of doing the same for the truck. I never thought that anybody would want to steal a Tacoma

 

I have a Viper. The damn 2-way remote died after 2 years, so now I just have the back up remote. I would replace it, but it's like $70, when the whole alarm system only cost me $100.

But even with an alarm, people can bypass them and still do what they want. If someone is smart enough to change out the ecu and do all that that Stan mentioned, then I'm sure they're smart enough to get past an alarm

 

Sucks to realize your shit is gone.

Hopefully, it's found soon and not damaged.

 

Yeah, a simple machined metal plate bolted to where the ECU mounts could do it. The only other solution to steal a truck would be to roll in a wrecker and drag it away in under a minute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrMWT2bYPjk

 

If they really want it, I guess they will get it...I had 1 civic and 1 integra stolen. Not a good feeling