SOB

[f5fstop]

SOB, A**hole, pr**k, MF, those are the names for him or her. The person who decided last night that my H3 would look better with the front end lowered by about four-six inches, the POS who thought I needed to new front tires. http://hometown.aol.com/f5fstop01/images/smash.gif

So, here I sit waiting for Belle Tire to call to say they finally got the two new tires in and the H3 is ready to roll.

It was not an anti-hummer thing, since six of my neighbors also had their cars lowered. Some on the one side, some on the rear, some on the front; I guess it depended on the SOB that was doing the lowering.

Guess I can hold off on rotating them for a while.

Until next time....http://hometown.aol.com/f5fstop01/images/007forum_ak-47.gif

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[PARAGON]

So, how did they do it. Knife the sidewall?

I'm betting it's some kids. Most likely live in your neighborhood.

[dеiтайожни]

Those *******less ***s*** motha******* blue*** ****suckers**** *holes***cheese*** ***. :mad:

Hope they find them and let everyone who got their tires stabbed, stab those bishes.

[The Green Lantern]

Probably some 15 yo kids. :mad: I'm worrying about that too, since I park my truck outside. Especially for a $300 per tire.

[HummBebe]

Those *******less ***s*** motha******* blue*** ****suckers**** *holes***cheese*** ***. :mad:

Hope they find them and let everyone who got their tires stabbed, stab those bishes.

x10 bazillion.......I hope you get'em:mad:

[Sewie]

That sucks!! :mad: Hope they get the lil bastids! http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/violent090.gif

[Ipedog]

God damn, that does suck! :mad:

[f5fstop]

So, how did they do it. Knife the sidewall?

I'm betting it's some kids. Most likely live in your neighborhood.

Very thin knife right in the upper sidewalls. Yes, most likely kids, yes, if it were legal, I would shoot 'em.

[usetosellhummer]

call your Ins. agent get some new rubber. calims in that dollar amount usally don't dig your rateing.

[DWPC]

That really stinks.

[Wisha Haddan H3]

Happened to my old blazer once, parked out front. Some HS kids were out to get my neighbor's kid and thought it was his !!!

But that's not the worst of it ... I only replaced the two on the same axle. No problem till I went over Vail pass in the slush and snow. Went from 2hi to 4hi and the difference between front and rear tire diameter blew out the front diff!!! That sure cost a bit to fix :rolleyes:

Lesson learned ... rotate the tires and replace all 4 at once.

[PARAGON]

Happened to my old blazer once, parked out front. Some HS kids were out to get my neighbor's kid and thought it was his !!!

But that's not the worst of it ... I only replaced the two on the same axle. No problem till I went over Vail pass in the slush and snow. Went from 2hi to 4hi and the difference between front and rear tire diameter blew out the front diff!!! That sure cost a bit to fix :rolleyes:

Lesson learned ... rotate the tires and replace all 4 at once.BS:rolleyes:

[dеiтайожни]

Very thin knife right in the upper sidewalls. Yes, most likely kids, yes, if it were legal, I would shoot 'em.

It's not legal to slash peoples tires, so why worry about the legality of your recourse? ;)

[lance-n]

C'mon F5Fstop, look on the bright side....

What a perfectly justifiable excuse to get a new set of 35's!!! ;)

JUST DO IT!!!!!

[HummBebe]

x10....DO IT!!!!

[Agriv8r]

camers are cheap.....50 bucks or so at home depot...wireless....set up where ever you want...

[TomV]

That sucks big time :eek: :mad:

[The Green Lantern]

C'mon F5Fstop, look on the bright side....

What a perfectly justifiable excuse to get a new set of 35's!!! ;)

JUST DO IT!!!!!


LOL, yeah I was thinking about that too!! :D

[f5fstop]

Two new tires, total costs $375.00, insurance covers $275.00. But what a pain in the arse. Hang around for the flatbed and they were busy in the neighborhood this morning, so I did have to wait. Get the neighbor to drive me up, and when I'm gone, UPS attempts to delivery my Pioneer AVIC Z1. So, now I have to pick it up tomorrow at UPS.

dеiтайожни: Not legal to shoot someone in MI for vandalism a vehicle. That is, unless you disturb him in the act, and he points the knife at you, at which time he is threatening you, and you can protect your life with deadly force. So, I hope these kids out there doing this understand, that knife in the hand can be the death of someone.

[HIHUMMER]

Those *******less ***s*** motha******* blue*** ****suckers**** *holes***cheese*** ***. :mad:

Hope they find them and let everyone who got their tires stabbed, stab those bishes.

Yeah! What he said!!!

[SteveRH]

Sorry to hear that mate...
Should be legal to strap them to the hood on a spin up and down Lion's Back...

[wannabeH3]

bummer. i got people walking thru my yard all the time to get to the other street. i just wanna shoot them with the water hose, but they they will prolly come back at night

[Wisha Haddan H3]

BS:rolleyes:
Nope, absolutely true. I bought a new tire to match my unused spare (BFG Long Trail, 31x10.5R15) and put them on the rear till I could afford all 4 tires. The front tires had the same size rating but were a different brand (some no-name crap the dealer installed).

They didn't look much different to the eye (about what you'd expect for new versus used), but it was enough to put pressure on the locked 4x4 system. The diffs heated up and the weaker diff failed. I'm just lucky they didn't both fail.

[f5fstop]

Sorry to hear that mate...
Should be legal to strap them to the hood on a spin up and down Lion's Back...

Strap to the hood? Nope! strap 'em face down to the underbody cross members and take them down the Rubicon:D

[HummBebe]

Strap to the hood? Nope! strap 'em face down to the underbody cross members and take them down the Rubicon:D

YEE HAWW!!!

A little granite for Breakfast????

[SteveRH]

Strap to the hood? Nope! strap 'em face down to the underbody cross members and take them down the Rubicon:D
I tend to like your idea better!!!

[Steve - SanJose]

F5 - Bummer, but glad your insurance pitched in. Shouldn't impact your insurance rates (not a collision claim).

S.

[deserth3]

Some people's kids.... Sucks.

[NEOCON1]

Originally Posted by dеiтайожни
Those *******less ***s*** motha******* blue*** ****suckers**** *holes***cheese*** ***. :mad:

Hope they find them and let everyone who got their tires stabbed, stab those bishes.

X a whole $hit load :mad:

kill the fhukrs and get the 35's ;)

[westhillsat]

Sorry to hear about the tires :mad:

Some little sheeet down the street from the parents house did the same thing around the neighborhood years ago, fortunately someone caught him later. Believe his parents put a big can of whoop ass all over him.

[Lucifer]

Man that sucks!! But wish someone would slash my tires so I could have a excuse for 35's:mad: :D For me it would probably be karma coming back from when I was younger.

Got home late one night and was heading to bed when I saw a pickup and heard the old familiar sound of a bat vs mail boxes down the road. Went in the house and grabbed a bat and hid in the bushes next to the mailbox. Right when they slowed to a stop and were getting ready to swing I jumped out and started beating the **** out of their truck. Smashed the front grill, hood, windshield, and a couple dents in the side. Next day I get a visit from kids dad, ends up it was his truck they were driving. He was telling me he was going to call the cops, and sue me for damages and so on, but decided to make his kid pay for it when I told him I would then turn in his kid to the feds for tampering with mail.

[f5fstop]

Per my neighbor, he thinks they were back last night (two of them), standing in the street eying the H3 at 2:10 AM, but they never crossed my property. Gave the neighbor my phone number, and told him if he sees them tonight, call me, I have a BIG surprise for them.
I can't do anything if they are in the street, but I can have a quiet conversation about how having a knife in the hand can be considered a deadly threat, and how a SIG .40 will win the debate; hands down. So, if I catch 'em slicing my tires again, and the knife is in the hand, I sure HOPE they don't make any movement toward me.:D

Thursday, I'm having a VIPER Responder installed. That's the one that if someone touches the vehicle, the remote (which will be on the night stand next to the SIG), chirps to let me know someone just touched the H3. Not sure what will scare them more, the SIG or me standing their in my briefs with the SIG in my hand.:D (Then again, I do have a 12-gauge semi-auto in the bedroom too.....:eek: )

[h2co-pilot]

You should sleep in your truck tewnite and wait. Then scare the living sh1t out of them.


You must film it.:D

[f5fstop]

I was surprised today! Received a check from Farm Bureau of MI for the tires. Check was naturally minus my $100.00 deductible, but they did NOT pro-rate the wear on the tires (which was only 3/32, but it did surprise me).
This is exactly one-week from when the vandalism took place. I feel that was a very fast claim payment.:D

[Viet Nam Vette]

Well let me add my anger to this thread.. Up here in New Joisey...if we catch em..we bust there knee caps...then call the cops.:D
Sorry to hear about that F5.

Think I'll install a VIPER Responder system.

Would you consider Viper to be one of the leaders in this feild. Or is there another Security system mfg you would recommend..??

[f5fstop]

I installed the 791 XV responder. However, the sidewinder, phthon, hornet, etc. are all made by DEI, and offer the same type of systems.

[Agriv8r]

does it provide the toucher with any notice? or do you get to surprise them??

[GothenburgFan]

This would be my suprise. That pisses me off. :mad:

[f5fstop]

The toucher (aka scumbag) will still set off the alarm, what the remote does is signal you that someone is attempting to break in, or someone just hit your car in the parking lot; as long as you are within approximate 1/4 to 1/2 mile to the vehicle.

[f5fstop]

This would be my suprise. That pisses me off. :mad:

I carry a SIG .40, but unless they have a weapon in their hand, I cannot just open fire (as much as I would like to). Only state I know of that allows this is Texas, and not sure if that is still allowed or not.

[h2co-pilot]

http://www.elcovaforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26694&stc=1&d=1154995555

What is that little pee pee thing in the trigger area?


Glad the claim was fast F.:)

[GothenburgFan]

Just kidding. H & K USP Expert .40 here. The Ingram is great for occasional stress relief, but costs an arm and a leg for an afternoon of plinkin.

[FishnMan]

ahhhhh, you guys and your pee-shooters kill me! ;) I use a 454 Casull, cuz ya wants them ta stay down!! LOL When i lived in Hawaii, I had a remote with my alarm. I lived in Waikiki, 1 block away from the beach, and my alarm would go off in the middle of the night. I lived on the 25th floor penthouse and had to take the elevator down to the parking garage. Of course the azzwipes were gone by then. Had ragtop ripped open, key locks popped out, visors ripped off, etc.. etc.. I moved away from there into a more secure location 4 months later. So, back to my point...if you are going to shoot anything, up here in Alaska, you make sure it wont get back up. If you use anything less than a .44 magnum, you have to shave the front sight off the barrel, so it doesnt hurt as much coming out after a grizzly bear shoves it up your piehole! lol. Again...sorry about your tires. Someday, they will be vandalized, and the circle of life will be complete. May the dongs of a thousand inmates greet them at the pearly gates of incarceration!!:D

[dеiтайожни]

Just kidding. H & K USP Expert .40 here. The Ingram is great for occasional stress relief, but costs an arm and a leg for an afternoon of plinkin.

Maybe you should sell it to me then. ;) This is all the gun shop would sell me for another 8 months. :( It's pretty ackward to carry around in places other than the ghetto.

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[hmrlvr]

Maybe you should sell it to me then. ;) This is all the gun shop would sell me for another 8 months. :( It's pretty ackward to carry around in places other than the ghetto.

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/3792/akue9.gif

So you carry it around home:D . Sorry, couldn't resist:D

[dеiтайожни]

So you carry it around home:D . Sorry, couldn't resist:D

Yes. :D

[dеiтайожни]

Oh btw - F5, did you get a proximty sensor? I was able to remove my tires while my car was armed w/o the shock sensor going off...it takes a pretty good whack to do it. If you are worried about future slashings a digital tow/tilt sensor might also be a good idea, but the proximty sensor for night would be best IMO to give you some extra time and maybe scare them off before they do anything.

[f5fstop]

No proximity sensor, they go off to easily; pi**ing off the neighbors and me with false alerts. If someone slowly jacks the vehicle up, they could steal the tires, if someone comes by and slashes the tires with a small knife like last week, it won't go off.
However, the video cameras I installed that are connected to a computer via a DVR board will get their mugshot.

Fishman, if a person can take eight hydroshoks and still keep coming, I can still run....:D A Casul is an overkill for self-defense, unless you have a grizzly coming at you.:D

[h2co-pilot]

NONE OF YOU ARE EVER GOING TO ENCOUNTER A BEAR AIGHT!!:mad:

[dеiтайожни]

NONE OF YOU ARE EVER GOING TO ENCOUNTER A BEAR AIGHT!!:mad:

Not true, I encountered a bear at the zoo just last week. Just goes to show anything can happen...be prepared.

[HummerHippy]

I encountered a grizzly a few hundred yards away in Glacier Nat Park. I didn't want to get close enough to shoot it, and I didn't have a gun. I got in my friends truck. ;)

[GothenburgFan]

Yeah, around my neck of the woods old Yogi toons and the big stuffed one at Cabelas is all the closer I get.

[f5fstop]

NONE OF YOU ARE EVER GOING TO ENCOUNTER A BEAR AIGHT!!:mad:

Wrong...
I encountered a grizzly in Yellowstone Park back in 1986. Not sure why he (or she) didn't turn on me. But I was able to get back to the car, which was not that far away, but far enough that if the grizzly wanted me for a play toy, I would probably not be writing this message at this time. (I was ready t lay down, and keep my head down just in case. That's what they say to do:D )
I have also encountered bears in the Smoky Mountain State Park; however, they are more afraid of you (normally) than you are of them. (Although this year there has been a few maulings in that area.)

This year on Cache road (access is via Arches National Park), my son and I came face-to-face with a Mountain Lion. We were in the Hummer, but what if we had been outside walking around?

Some of us do go to areas where there are some critters that are dangerous (not counting Detroit). I would prefer never having to shoot one, but if it was me (or my family) versus it, I sure hope I have a big handgun.

[h2co-pilot]

Okay, well you guys are the only ones.;)

I'm just saying there are entirely too many threads around here about guns and in every single one you guys mention bears.:D

No one mentions Panthers or Tookies- just bears. Just weird.:p

[f5fstop]

Okay, well you guys are the only ones.;)

I'm just saying there are entirely too many threads around here about guns and in every single one you guys mention bears.:D

No one mentions Panthers or Tookies- just bears. Just weird.:p

I did mention a mountain lion. But Tookie is no longer with us, he is with the big crips gang in the sky (or down below).:D

[westhillsat]

NONE OF YOU ARE EVER GOING TO ENCOUNTER A BEAR AIGHT!!:mad:

Please refer to this page and my post about 3/4 down the page

http://www.elcovaforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18694&page=4

bear on neighbors deck - while she was on deck reading :( Our cabin is about three miles from Glacier Park. Also large cats have been mauling kids off and on over the last 20 years every so many years :eek:

Five bears roaming the area two years ago, one was treed at the resort 3 lots away. Several neighbors around the lake had bears in their yard or on their decks. Everyone needs to be armed now :cool:

[westhillsat]

Watch out for those nasty, noisy owls out in the woods too :(

[GothenburgFan]

What, no large hooters jokes yet? This place is slippin. :rolleyes:

[PackerFever]

Bears in my area? Well yes there are. and we see several each year. Do I think they want to come after me? No. Actually Black Bears are just Big Dogs. They will run when Startled and they want nothing to do with people...only their trash.

However, Grizzlies are a different story. They will only kill you if you smear bacon grease on the tent but other than that they don't want anythig to do with people either.

In general there is no reason to fear them. When you are in their / Grizzly areas, like the northern areas of the US, Canada and Alaska, you may encounter them. It does not mean that they look at you as prey. In the west I would be more concerned with Cougars, Coyotes and snakes than with Bears.

Now as far as Tookies go, Well nothing less than a .44/.45. Colorado has the "Make My Day" Law. I did remind a client of that law when he showed up last week and just walked into the house at 7:30 am. I was in the shower and the wife was still in bed and let out a little scream when the door opened. There I was soaking wet letting him know that he is lucky I was in the shower and that he didn't try that manuever in the middle of the night. Stay the fock out of peoples homes unless they invite you in....it could be your last mistake.