Door handle solution to break-in's??

[Mr. I - Man]

BTW ??Did ya report the incident to the parking lot security at Womens Workout World??

[wilfred]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Steve R:
Once again my H2 got messed with while I'm at the gym. The bastards gained entry through the passenger-side door handle. They found my wallet and took nothing else. I'd like to thank GM for saving themselves $10 in metal and giving so charitably to the poor in making such an easy vehicle to break into.

Can someone, aside from the jokes, direct me to any real solutions to this? In particular, some powder-coated black metal plates that attach over the plastic? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sorry to hear that Happened to me few months ago too

http://elcova.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/5106011751/m/8...151069141#8151069141

While I don't have a solution to the door handle problem. I did install an aftermarket alarm so at least it will go off, unlike the factory alarm And since nobody pays attention to alarms going off nowadays, I installed the siren inside the cabin. I figure no thief in the right mind would want to stay in there and risk his hearing + not aware what's going on outside.. And for outside, instead of the common pulsing horn, mine is steady on - it's loud and annoying so it get's attention

[Steve R]

Wait a minute...that's not the real Hummer Man...and more alarmingly: the fake "me" has over 256 post to his alias? Wtf????

[ShaggyZR2]

They've been doing it to me too, Bro.

[DRTYFN]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Steve R:
...it only seems to happen at the gym. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

How about you buy me a plane ticket down there and we stake out the gym parking lot and beat the f*ck out of the sh*tbag with an aluminum ball bat, urinate on him/her and then call the cops from a pay phone? It would be prefect for an internet pictorial.

[Hum2]

Hey Steve R:

Best solution is to get the alarm system...saved a gal in our group one day from a hit and run...caught the idiot before he got away. She had a pretty nice 2-way "Viper" unit...signaled her from a couple of blocks away.

It's a shame there is so much garbage on most of the threads on this forum...certainly didn't start out that way. Now to discuss anything, it turns into a "gay" toilet discussion. Perhaps we can start a properly moderated section that will stay clean, and have any losers banned/censored/deleted.

I guess maybe that might be the Tech section....then perhaps this section title can be changed to Potty Mouth Discussion for losers and poseurs.

Sorry for the break-in Steve...the gym still doesn't have a parking lot camera after all the issues there?

Ric

[Steve R]

There's a chance I won't do a darn thing and just leave the damage the way it is...it's not very noticable & I'm pretty lazy. Actually very lazy.

BUT if I do something, those replacements Michael spoke about sound great, thanks Michael!!!! Hope I can get them in black.

As for the gym, they ran out of space in their main parking lot and I had to park far away where they don't patrol or have cameras. I didn't realize they didn't patrol that area. This is a problem that occurs each year when membership blossoms as result of New Year Resolutions. There is another area I could park in where it's darker, BUT they do patrol & have cameras. Regardless, I will never leave anything valuable in my H2 again...when at the gym.

Honestly, I really don't care that much...in the course of life we all fall victims to crime at some point or another. It's not so much the money but the hassle of getting a new wallet & especially the DMV line to get a new license.

If only I had an english accent and the ability to create phantom accounts on this forum......that would solve everything!

BUT I COULD ALWAYS THROW ANOTHER SHRIMP ON THE BARBY!!!

[ShaggyZR2]

I am always correct, Hummerman.

I've been known to win at speed chess while completely under the influence of mustard gas and agent orange. Trust me, I set people straight and they LISTEN.

[PARAGON]

You're the Moderator, can't you figure it out.

[DRTYFN]

I think your dopprlganger has been keeping the masses warmed up for you.

How's that mid-life going?

[Steve R]

How about that, I still "got it"

What threw me off was your 5 replies in a row, smacks of pretencious kid. My bad, I suppose you're the real deal. Perhaps I'm a tad irritable after those bastards made off with about $500 and my drivers license...there's nothing funny about having your car broken into. And posting the pic is so others can see what is being done and how to perhaps prevent it. I sincerely doubt these low-life thieves use the internet or learn stuff from it.

As for muscle loss....depends who you talk to. After riding for a couple hours and pushing hard, your creatine-phosphate and glycogen storage is fairly depleted....many say the proteins in your muscle tissue begin to breakdown and you essentially start "burning muscle". I ride a mountain bike 3x per week, ascneding some 2,400 feet over the course of nearly 2.5 hours....there ain't a woman in a spinning class who could keep up with me.

I weight-train 3x per week as well. I only wish I could have caught those slimeballs breaking into my H2...now there's a fantasy!

[Mr. I - Man]

Wow I feel sooo E- Tough now like Steve

[Mr. I - Man]

Ooh you are soo E- Tough. Grow a little thicker skin dude, nobody was bagging on you. I think you need to spend a little more time at the gym before you start bringing that Sh*t talking stuff to the table, and you spend the good part of tomorrow sh*tting out broken tooth enamel you swallowed after I kick your fronts in kid.

[Mr. I - Man]

As for muscle loss....depends who you talk to. After riding for a couple hours and pushing hard, your creatine-phosphate and glycogen storage is fairly depleted....many say the proteins in your muscle tissue begin to breakdown and you essentially start "burning muscle".

You might be using the nutrient storage but not breaking down muscle tissue unless you are suffering from some kind of necrosis.

Sorry about your truck!!!

[DRTYFN]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mr. I - Man:
As for muscle loss....depends who you talk to. After riding for a couple hours and pushing hard, your creatine-phosphate and glycogen storage is fairly depleted....many say the proteins in your muscle tissue begin to breakdown and you essentially start "burning muscle".

You might be using the nutrient storage but not breaking down muscle tissue unless you are suffering from some kind of necrosis.

Sorry about your truck!!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

No... he's just tubby.

[Steve R]

So tempting......

I asked the manager at the gym if he's contacted the police about the seemingly regular burglar harvesting of the parking lot...he said he did and the police essentially told him they have bigger fish to fry...like the time they pulled me over on Sunset and cited me for having no front license plate.

Oddly enough, now that they hit my H2, they probably will figure (correctly) that I will never make that mistake again.

The gym actually has a patrol going through the parking lot, but they sold too many memberships to the typical new-years-resolution crowd and I had to park way over in another section...a section they apparently don't own nor patrol: that's where I went wrong....figuring they patrolled it.

Ya know, if I was so lazy I would go out there and stake-out the lot for a wee bit of payback!

You may recall a year or so ago I got keyed in this same lot. If only I weren't addicted to racquetball....

[The Ledge]

Steve,

I did not see this "diagram" that is mentioned, but based on what you described, mine was similarliy broken into on the driver's side. The key entry was forcably pried which also cracked the black plastic backing. Upon getting it replaced at the dealer it was advised by Service to have the plastic backing replaced in chrome. The estimate for that was $500 plus for each front door. I did not have this done. However, I can't imagine having the metal backing will prevent it from happening again in so much what the Service guy was recommending was more of a visual deterrent than anything else?

[Steve R]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mr. I - Man:
At least my conception didn't involve a clobbering hole in the wall in a truckstop bathroom stall. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

No, it involved a gay fraternity, a retarded crack-whore, several single dollar bills and a wild boar named "Mr. Happy"

And what do you care if people should learn how to break into Hummers: you don't even own one!

And the references to the gym? I-bitch, I've lost more muscle tissue on one of my bike rides then you'll ever have. I used you for entertainment traction, get over it. And try to be more interesting, your replies aren't even close to funny.

[Steve R]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mr. I - Man:
Thanks SteveR for showing the rest of the criminal element that might not have thought of this route yet, a perfect diagram on where to access to pop the lock. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well okay then. It's been a while and you'll have to remember I ain't no "D"....but let me take a shot at it:

I-Bitch, you ignorant delusional (and here comes my favorite) scrotum-sucking rectal wart, you take the cake for being the biggest Fu(ktard to read the pages of this forum. Were you delivered through someones anus into this world? Cause your head is obviously stuck up into the very same well-used cavity. Now here are some nasty faces for you:

I don't have the time, so just imagine some disgusting picture and verbal insert pasted here.

Real criminals already knew, and in the end it just saves some broken glass. They've been breaking into GM cars like this for decades...you really think that picture is gonna spawn a wave of Hummer-related crime? Shut your pie-hole and go back to fingering your prostrate.

Thanks Klaus & Phil....in a sea of Hummer uncertainty you guys are always there!

[Steve R]

Got it, cute trick...I'd have to say someone has to be Super Bright to pull off such a stunt. You gays had me going for a minute there