break ins

[zeke79]

It doesnt take a genius to break into a car and be fairly quiet.

[plot]

yea, i could break into any car and be queit about it...

it's gaining entry without actually 'breaking' anything that tends to throw me

[zeke79]

it doesnt always have to be teenagers either.

[Mr Ules]

Actually, in prior break ins, I found the screw driver they used. It was bent slightly.
Another piece of information regarding opening vehicles was quite interesting. As it seems, in my area, a police officer was trying to opening a car for some people. ( slim jim ) It seems that the vehicle had side-impact air bags. The officer, whom probably tried to open the vehicle from the front passenger side. Set off the air bags. As it seems, a sharp projectile struck the officer in the throat and he was killed.

[Geek142]

Zeke you are correct there because i am a teenager and not that stupid to go breaking into peoples cars

cya

[MrB]

The officer, whom probably tried to open the vehicle from the front passenger side. Set off the air bags. As it seems, a sharp projectile struck the officer in the throat and he was killed.

I believe this is an urban legend. There is apparently no evidence that it has ever happened, or can happen. Makes a good story to tell over a few beers though.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/hazards/slimjim.asp

[skold]

Zeke you are correct there because i am a teenager and not that stupid to go breaking into peoples cars

cya

doesn't mean other aren't.

[David_Parker]

I'm still not going anywhere near a linkage rod next to a side-airbag. Not willing to take the chance.

Even if they say its 'impossible.'

How many times have we done this with locks?

-Dave.

[Peaky]

Ive been involved extensively with airbag testing and it was me that made all the test equipment also, it is actually very hard to set the explosive off but not impossable, the only way i can think of it happening in this situation is if all the airbag wireing had come free of its outer sleave then you actually got hold of the trigger wire from the bunch then stripped the sheath on it with your slim jim then managed to short it out to the other trigger wire which also would have to have been stripped, most cars airbags are controlled from one sensor thats usally behind the dash board, even a hammering on the steering wheel would not set most off, the instance quoted here if happened would just blow the airbag into the car and no force or explosion goes into the door cavity, afterall car makers dont want people trapped in a burning car after an accident because a side airbag has destroyed the door lock mechanisim

[Geek142]

Zeke you are correct there because i am a teenager and not that stupid to go breaking into peoples cars

cya

doesn't mean other aren't.

Yeah you have a point there

[rayman452]

Really, me being a teenager, I wouldn't bother with the lock. If I were american, I'd probally just use a 9mil to shoot the window open. People in america seem to be used to bullets firing all the time, like in NYC. After seeing that movie Collateral, I'm afraid to go on an american train. But me being Canadian, and a teenager, I would probally aquire a glass cutter, and make a small hole near the window above the lock. Then a little wire to pull the lock up, and BAM, your in. Then you can drive off with the window slightly open to hide the hole, and no one would be wiser, unless they checked for fingerprints.

[zeke79]

i am sure that would not work on a piece of tempered glass.

[rayman452]

Tempered glass??? No problem, just attach a diamond at the end of the cutter, and your in. Of course, theres always the registration method, but thats not really lockpicking.

[quicklocks]

sorry to say but its impossible to cut temperd glass. it would just shatter in to a million pieces as if you had thown a stone (rock ) at it.
temperd glass is cut and shaped then tempered by heating the two sides rapidy and letting it cool
heres a experiment to try
get a metal bowl fill it with water, get a glass rod (stirring stick in science lab) heat it up till it melts and let the glass drip into the water try and get a big blob. you will need a blow torch to melt the glass.
pick the droplet out the water and put it on somthing hard (wear goggles)
you can now hit the fat end with a hammer and it should not break but if you bend the tail it will shatter
you just made temperd glass

[rayman452]

"We do the difficult. The impossible just takes a little longer"-United States Marines


Its not impossible to cut the tempered glass, its just no one has found a way to do it yet. Im thinking if I chemically treat the glass and then cut it. WAit, what car has tempered glass?