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Increase in the theft of sat-nav from cars, oddity
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Increase in the theft of sat-nav from cars, oddity -
02-03-2007
, 10:13 AM
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| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6325173.stm But this bit I don't get: "Detective Sergeant John Agar from the force's vehicle crime team explains: "Thieves at the moment are using the latest technology, which can track a sat nav system even when it isn't on display in a vehicle." huh? What possible technology exists that can tell whether there is a switched-off sat nav system in my glove box or boot? The article doesn't go on to say. Unless those x-ray specs from joke shops really do work... D. |
pick up the LO or IF with a conventional Rx.
Icky
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huh? What possible technology exists that can tell whether there is a switched-off sat nav system in my glove box or boot? |
Eyes, which are used to detect a circular sucker mark in the centre of the
windscreen.
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Regards, Vince.
www.TruckDrivingInRussia.co.uk
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| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6325173.stm But this bit I don't get: "Detective Sergeant John Agar from the force's vehicle crime team explains: "Thieves at the moment are using the latest technology, which can track a sat nav system even when it isn't on display in a vehicle." huh? What possible technology exists that can tell whether there is a switched-off sat nav system in my glove box or boot? The article doesn't go on to say. Unless those x-ray specs from joke shops really do work... D. he is getting confused for satnavs with built in Bluetooth. A mobile phone |
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"David Wright" <morenewsgroupspam (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote huh? What possible technology exists that can tell whether there is a switched-off sat nav system in my glove box or boot? Eyes, which are used to detect a circular sucker mark in the centre of the windscreen. |
was fitted int he factory and it won't come off.
Had the car two years and regularly clean the inside of the windscreen.
The mark is still there.
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I don't have satnav but I have one of those marks from when the windscreen was fitted int he factory and it won't come off. Had the car two years and regularly clean the inside of the windscreen. The mark is still there. |
Cant understand that- I occasionally deliver plate glass to glass merchants
and this is often "suckered" off. There should not be any potential
contaminant on the rubber pads, which work on the applied vacuum principle.
Toothpaste is good for getting stubborn marks (and traffic film) off of
windscreens.
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Regards, Vince.
www.TruckDrivingInRussia.co.uk
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"Gordon Hudson" <hostroute (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote I don't have satnav but I have one of those marks from when the windscreen was fitted int he factory and it won't come off. Had the car two years and regularly clean the inside of the windscreen. The mark is still there. Cant understand that- I occasionally deliver plate glass to glass merchants and this is often "suckered" off. There should not be any potential contaminant on the rubber pads, which work on the applied vacuum principle. Toothpaste is good for getting stubborn marks (and traffic film) off of windscreens. |
Windowlene hasn't done it and I am forever rubbing the inside to get rid of
moisture.
The other sucker mark came off but not the one stubborn one.
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I will give that a try. Windowlene hasn't done it and I am forever rubbing the inside to get rid of moisture. The other sucker mark came off but not the one stubborn one. |
The mark may be permanent in which case it is likely that the windscreen has
de-laminated where the suction pad was applied, probably because the
windscreen supplier did not allow sufficient time for the screen to "cure"
before supplying it to the car assembler.
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www.TruckDrivingInRussia.co.uk
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"Knight Of The Road" <russiatrucking (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news  dmdnSUxt7pweFnYRVnyjQA (AT) bt (DOT) com..."Gordon Hudson" <hostroute (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote I don't have satnav but I have one of those marks from when the windscreen was fitted int he factory and it won't come off. Had the car two years and regularly clean the inside of the windscreen. The mark is still there. Cant understand that- I occasionally deliver plate glass to glass merchants and this is often "suckered" off. There should not be any potential contaminant on the rubber pads, which work on the applied vacuum principle. Toothpaste is good for getting stubborn marks (and traffic film) off of windscreens. I will give that a try. Windowlene hasn't done it and I am forever rubbing the inside to get rid of moisture. The other sucker mark came off but not the one stubborn one. Try citrus wipes. |
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"Knight Of The Road" <russiatrucking (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:qKednY1b3e81WFnYnZ2dnUVZ8surnZ2d (AT) bt (DOT) com... "David Wright" <morenewsgroupspam (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote huh? What possible technology exists that can tell whether there is a switched-off sat nav system in my glove box or boot? Eyes, which are used to detect a circular sucker mark in the centre of the windscreen. I don't have satnav but I have one of those marks from when the windscreen was fitted int he factory and it won't come off. Had the car two years and regularly clean the inside of the windscreen. The mark is still there. Have you tried methylated spirits? |
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