just don't get it!!
05-30-2010, 06:15 PM
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Also, some modifications many be illegal in certain states; such as a cai, an exhaust, tint or lowering springs. Even nitrous oxide isn't technically street legal. With background investigation units using internet areas like myspace and facebook, it would be likely that someone could try to use a forum area as well.
05-30-2010, 11:19 PM
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06-01-2010, 12:27 AM
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if I've learned anything from getting ripped off it's that you can't worry about it, that's what insurance is for. not that it doesn't suck, but if you're going to be paranoid then don't mod your car. it's no fun if you're just going to be worried about it all the time.
my S2000 was stolen and I know people who still have them and they're so paranoid they barely drive them, they only park where they can see the car at all times, it's stupid. that's what insurance is for, just enjoy the car or don't get it in the first place.
kinda cool, progressive lets you add value to your car for a relatively small fee. you'll still have to prove where the value comes from but say you added a supercharger, you could get I'd say 80% of it covered if the car was stolen and stripped or totaled. the catch is they only pay you for parts that weren't there stock, like the supercharger, or the difference in price between what you took off and what you replaced it with. so if the stock wheels and tires are $1,500 from the dealer and you have $2,000 worth of wheels and tires on it now, they'll give you that $500 difference. with a supercharger kit since you take off and replace some factory parts like the intake manifold or in my case the throttle body, those are some of the parts that get offset like the example with the wheels/tires.
my S2000 was stolen and I know people who still have them and they're so paranoid they barely drive them, they only park where they can see the car at all times, it's stupid. that's what insurance is for, just enjoy the car or don't get it in the first place.
kinda cool, progressive lets you add value to your car for a relatively small fee. you'll still have to prove where the value comes from but say you added a supercharger, you could get I'd say 80% of it covered if the car was stolen and stripped or totaled. the catch is they only pay you for parts that weren't there stock, like the supercharger, or the difference in price between what you took off and what you replaced it with. so if the stock wheels and tires are $1,500 from the dealer and you have $2,000 worth of wheels and tires on it now, they'll give you that $500 difference. with a supercharger kit since you take off and replace some factory parts like the intake manifold or in my case the throttle body, those are some of the parts that get offset like the example with the wheels/tires.
06-01-2010, 02:58 PM
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06-01-2010, 05:31 PM
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i've asked this question in the past; though i'm aware that info can be purchased from the dmv/rmv, as i used to do it for a living, the reason that most people censor their tags is really just due to a sense of paranoia about loosing some aspect of anonymity they enjoy while on the internet.
the fact is, thieves don't go out of their way to steal cars. they're not surfing the net looking for plates to run at the dmv, and then hunting people down to go their houses and steal their cars. that's the stuff of fiction. they're simply stealing what's available in their areas. even the professionals wouldn't bother taking that route, as they have much more efficient ways of finding the cars that they're looking for.
then there are those concerned about identity theft; you're about a million times more likely to have your identity stolen by using your cc to make a purchase (whether in a store, or online), than by someone running your tag. the fact is, dmv/rmv doesn't provide enough info for someone to steal identities (name, address and other registered vehicles, that's about it).
i've shown all my vehicle's tags online since about the time that folks started posting pics online, and some of those were very sweet rides, and i've had no negative repercussions, not even when i lived in ny and nj.
bottom line, until i hear about a "rash of thieves who are getting their intelligence from people's tags posted online", i'll always feel that the act of censoring tags from online photos is completely irrational, mostly due to folks being misinformed.
the fact is, thieves don't go out of their way to steal cars. they're not surfing the net looking for plates to run at the dmv, and then hunting people down to go their houses and steal their cars. that's the stuff of fiction. they're simply stealing what's available in their areas. even the professionals wouldn't bother taking that route, as they have much more efficient ways of finding the cars that they're looking for.
then there are those concerned about identity theft; you're about a million times more likely to have your identity stolen by using your cc to make a purchase (whether in a store, or online), than by someone running your tag. the fact is, dmv/rmv doesn't provide enough info for someone to steal identities (name, address and other registered vehicles, that's about it).
i've shown all my vehicle's tags online since about the time that folks started posting pics online, and some of those were very sweet rides, and i've had no negative repercussions, not even when i lived in ny and nj.
bottom line, until i hear about a "rash of thieves who are getting their intelligence from people's tags posted online", i'll always feel that the act of censoring tags from online photos is completely irrational, mostly due to folks being misinformed.
Last edited by nite; 06-01-2010 at 05:35 PM.