Almost lost the Tahoe today...

Tonyrodz said:

I paid around $600 for my Viper, has Auto Start and motion. Not sure if it has the glass breakage sensor. Funny thing tho--the remotes keep getting unpaired with the alarm. I have to keep pairing them.

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Sam Harris said:

That’s a drag. Wonder why.. batteries fresh? Are you able to select a frequency on the brain..?

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Tonyrodz said:

Fresh batteries. I'm not sure about the frequency tho. It def is a pita dealing with it. I think when I eventually get it back I'm gonna bring it back to the alarm place.

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S33k3r said:

Get it back from where?

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S33k3r said:

Get it back from where?

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Tonyrodz said:

I used to see it every day when I worked in prison.

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gat0r said:

suck to hear. at least they didnt get your tahoe

good luck ID'ing them.



had same happen at prior job (multiple times).... there was a section8 apt complex 2 blocks away from our bldg.
the yoots would come by all the time & help themselves to employees things. bldg mgmt sucked, cameras were ancient & super grainy. the waiting game for police always sucked. they were stretched thin & didnt have much avail time to deal w/ small time stuff

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S33k3r said:

FWIW, I was checking general because my trucks were broken into, and an attempt to steal them was made -- FROM MY OWN DRIVEWAY. They were about 50 feet from street lights, too. But my trucks aren't Tahoes/Yukons/Escalades/etc. One was a Sierra Denali, and the other is a Silverado. And they effing punched out BOTH door locks -- in addition to destroying the ignition cylinders and the columns. The Sierra had to be towed because the key wouldn't turn and you couldn't get the shifter out of park. The Silverado is driveable, but unsecurable. And you'll love this one: Sometime between when the Sierra was picked up and when it was dropped off at the repair shop, the rod that controls door latching/unlatching came loose in the driver's door. So now they can't get the door open at the repair shop.

I was hoping for advice here on what to do to do to better secure my vehicles, since they are so similar to the other GMT800 trucks. I've had advice to add alarms (Clifford/Viper), GPS trackers, kill switches (Ravelco), etc. And I am going to add cameras and lights to my home. But it never hurts to see if anyone else is smarter/more experienced than me...

I did decide NOT to add the security plates to the lock cylinders, though. When they knocked in my locks, they did not damage the doors. If I plate the locks and someone wants to break in anyway, they will just damage the doors. I figure lock cylinders are a lower price to pay then body work.

Please excuse my wall of text.

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S33k3r said:

FWIW, I was checking general because my trucks were broken into, and an attempt to steal them was made -- FROM MY OWN DRIVEWAY. They were about 50 feet from street lights, too. But my trucks aren't Tahoes/Yukons/Escalades/etc. One was a Sierra Denali, and the other is a Silverado. And they effing punched out BOTH door locks -- in addition to destroying the ignition cylinders and the columns. The Sierra had to be towed because the key wouldn't turn and you couldn't get the shifter out of park. The Silverado is driveable, but unsecurable. And you'll love this one: Sometime between when the Sierra was picked up and when it was dropped off at the repair shop, the rod that controls door latching/unlatching came loose in the driver's door. So now they can't get the door open at the repair shop.

I was hoping for advice here on what to do to do to better secure my vehicles, since they are so similar to the other GMT800 trucks. I've had advice to add alarms (Clifford/Viper), GPS trackers, kill switches (Ravelco), etc. And I am going to add cameras and lights to my home. But it never hurts to see if anyone else is smarter/more experienced than me...

I did decide NOT to add the security plates to the lock cylinders, though. When they knocked in my locks, they did not damage the doors. If I plate the locks and someone wants to break in anyway, they will just damage the doors. I figure lock cylinders are a lower price to pay then body work.

Please excuse my wall of text.

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