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I was thinking about three very quick camera flashes, with pictures of course, but the theives around here assured me that as they are ballaclava'd (sp?) up, they don't give a shit about floodlights or cameras. Apparently they run when a house-alarm goes off..

Good grief. Just a bit !

he he he well, I could take a chance on the law thing. I honestly think they wouldn't know what had happened! They'd be like "uhh.. there was a flash.. and I couldn't see". Probably think they got some of the glass in their eye or something!

I just found the following, referring to rape-alarms for women. Hmm. That'd be nice. Shouldn't be too difficult to setup for when the window breaks. I think if rape victims are allowed to then theft victims should be also. Only problem is, with all this stuff hooked up, I'll be wanting people to try and break in!!

If I can get the movement mechanism working fast enough (HDD arms are very fast.. hoping the weight won't be a problem), then it'd probably still get them as they broke the glass.

Excellent feedback. Thanks guys. I think the broken-glass sensor sounds good. My alarm went off perfectly when they smashed the drivers-door window on Saturday, so I wonder if that was just the regular PIR 'eyes' things that caused that to happen. It's never gone off by accident, except when the central locking hasn't worked so I open the unlocked door while the alarm is set. 20 seconds of blindness would be enough. I ran after the pair of shits on Saturday and was only 30yds or so behind them, so 10 - 20 seconds of blindness would have been enough to let me catch them and at the very least get my TomTom back.

Following on from my stolen TomTom on sat, I have been thinking about anti-theft and thief-catching devices such as motorised trip-wires at the end of the driveway which come up with the car alarm, taser guns, uv-laser intigated air-ionisation carrying 50,000 volts electricity (phasers on stun!)... anyway, I have come up with this idea, and I think it's workable. It's a temporary-blindness device. I plan to mount a 35mw 532nm (green) laser diode to the actuator arm of a broken harddisk-drive, and then have this assembly mounted on a servo-operated tilt mechanism. The result being that, this device shoots side-to-side and up-and-down very quickly, blinding anybody looking through the drivers door. I may have to research into powerlevels as I wouldn't want to cause more than 10-minutes blindness. What do you think?

I was wondering why no-one had mentioned that huge red flag!

how bizzare.. http://www.keelynet.com/zpe/egplasma.htm and just for fun.. when I buy a fishbowl.. http://jnaudin.free.fr/html/oa_plasmoid.htm http://jnaudin.free.fr/html/oa_plsm3.htm

mmm FAST is it rwd?

well it doesn't have a price on there.. wierd.

oops The lads fitted my new window - job well done too. I then discovered that my/our (my clients fleet policy) Insurance is with Royal & SunAlliance who National Windscreens don't deal with, and not Norwich Union which is what I thought. uh oh Hopefully Royal & Sun will agree to pay the invoice.

They're here now. Got the correct glass and seem to know what they're doing. I was about to take the door trim off when they arrives, would've preferred to have done that myself but hey ho Looking good, just expense I could've done without. Anyone wanna buy a Portable Sony Minidisc recorder and OEM sideskirts?

Hopefully having National Glass come and replace it shortly. They say the piece is in stock but I won't be too surprised if they call back saying they were wrong.

Still needed. Anyone got one?

I have this Sony Minidisc Recorder (portable) which is a bit different - it's actually meant as a transcriber/dictation device. It has speed control, an inbuilt speaker & mic, and probably other neat features. They're about £170 to buy I think. Hows about... £80 ? It looks like this: http://www2.css-networks.com/minidisc/1.jpg http://www2.css-networks.com/minidisc/2.jpg

looks like it's sold!! now what else do I have.. hmm... Ahhhh, a Sony Minidisc Recorder "Transcriber" with built-in speaker, mic, speed control etc.. it's a minidisc dictation machine! offers?

Thanks Jake I've just PM'd him. I hope he's around so I can pick it up tomorrow, else I'll be failing my MOT on Monday morning Now buy those f*kin' side-skirts off me will ya! I've just commited to buying a replacement TomTom GO from eBay! £170 to you mate!

Quick sale needed - just had my TomTom stolen and window smashed. Will take £190.

This camera is absolutely like new. Specification isn't stunning, in terms of pixels, but it takes very good pictures, and is very unusual in that it is extremely easy to use - there's a constant hint / information on the screen telling you what everything you just pressed does. They've had good reviews I beleive. It has some internal memory, as well as the SD card slot which has a 64mb card in it. Here's what ya get: Camera Cables post 'Kodak Gear' camera bag. looking for £50 or swap for drivers-door Glass (Window).

well I have to leave it unattended! It's on the driveway though, stereo facia & laptop taken out.. I've sealed the window hole enough that the alarm is set and not going off by itself. Thanks for the warning though.

Somebody just smashed mine. Please help!

Just had my drivers window put through and TomTom nicked. Are the windows expensive? Does anyone know if the "two replacements per year doesn't affect your NCB" only applies to windscreens?

mmm

What a shame :-( That's the second new owner to do this in the last month or so - the white tt being the other. I also did the same - one month after getting the car, but it wasn't terminal fortunately, just very expensive. I hope you come out okay in the end with regard to payout and possibility of insuring another. I personally love it when it's wet. Can slide out of corners easily without much power. I only practice from a standstill though, 90-degree RH turns.