I can’t believe I’m on amazon looking at clubs like it’s 1993.
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there are legitimate uses for those tools, actual locksmith, mobile key makers, specialty shop that may work on one or two brands of vehicle. its just like buying a lock picking set or slim jim set, right hands its a good tool and wrong hands and your cars gone
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Lexus Of Laval got me road-worthy and I'm home with the truck. It ran fine and I'm glad it's back. Currently looking at ways to safeguard the truck, including the club.
Are body/repair shops generally familiar with interior repairs? You'd think they would be due to airbags. I just want both aspects resolved well without jumping through too many hoops.
Thanks for the help from everyone.
Are body/repair shops generally familiar with interior repairs? You'd think they would be due to airbags. I just want both aspects resolved well without jumping through too many hoops.
Thanks for the help from everyone.
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I'm still not clear on whether the door handle damage is interior or exterior.
But, very glad they got it rolling.
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All exterior, the scratch in the paint, the little ding on the top the rear projection of the mechanism, the gasket is beat up, and the missing trim.
I'm no expert in stealing cars, but to me that damage suggests maybe they popped the lock cover off so they could pull the lock to get the key code. They would need the door open first to do that, but maybe having a door key was instrumental at some later stage of their diabolical plan. 
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I bet they popped the surround off, pried on the gasket so they could manipulate something in the door to unlock the car, then used the OBD to change the keys recognized by the computer. That's how I found it Saturday morning. I don't know why they stopped there that night.
The second night they came back with a key that the car would recognize, and took it.
I'm thinking that the technique to unlock the door without triggering the alarm is the weak point that led to the spike in Toyotas being stolen. That's my humble and widely ignored opinion.
If there is no physical damage inside (i.e. no broken bits) in the interior, then I'd enlist the help of an audio installer to put everything back together - and put your CarPlay device back in. I wonder how they knew you had that.
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That's part of the frustration, I really don't think they did, they just found it when they pulled panels off; and I think they only got half of it - there's two components. That's all they took (except for my rx sunglasses) If they wanted it, they didn't have to do anything like disable or steal my car.
I'd have probably just bought them one if I'd known what they were going to do.
That's a lot of work - and risk - for not netting anything much. These days with immobilizers and high value electronics (laptops, phones, tablets, etc) it's mostly content theft; either smash-and-grab or forgot to lock the door.
There's more to this story. For someone to be motivated enough to come back a second night but to not drive it far and leave it substantially intact... doesn't fit the mold. My guess is it was some nerds wanting a notch on their headboard. Or nerd glasses. Or whatever they do these days.
Or maybe they realized it was a 570 and not a TRUE 200, got frustrated, and gave up. Probably jumped off a bridge later for being so ignorant.
(Heavy sarcasm and completely not serious in case you didn't interpret the humor font correctly).
There's more to this story. For someone to be motivated enough to come back a second night but to not drive it far and leave it substantially intact... doesn't fit the mold. My guess is it was some nerds wanting a notch on their headboard. Or nerd glasses. Or whatever they do these days.
Or maybe they realized it was a 570 and not a TRUE 200, got frustrated, and gave up. Probably jumped off a bridge later for being so ignorant.
(Heavy sarcasm and completely not serious in case you didn't interpret the humor font correctly).
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Ha wouldn't be surprised if the order was for a LC200 to go out overseas, and when they found out it was a lx570, they ditched it.
Saw how much gas it used and had to ditch it quick.
The French (Canadian) Connection: Cops Put Kibosh on Toyota-loving Theft Ring
Sadly for owners, a great number of mostly Toyota-built vehicles have already found new homes on the other side of the Atlantic.
www.thetruthaboutcars.com
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That's kind of funny. I'd like to think I contributed to that bust in some small way. Truck goes to the shop tomorrow to get some minor damage repaired. My CarPlay thingy is on order - I'm real tired of looking at the pink screen.
