Booby trapping a car

[ak_powder_monkey]

So some fucker broke into my car last night and rifled through my worthless shit, fishing rods are still there and thats all I really care about... This of course is my first night in my new apartment (of course in the worst part of town but hey its cheap), so if this break in shit is gonna be a common occurance I think I should booby trap my car on occasion. I'd like to incopacitate the fuckers enough that the cops can come arrest their asses but not so much I'm charged with assault. I was thinking pepper spray or a conibear 330 (trapping crimnals... sweet) what say you?

[road trip]

I just always make sure that I don't have anything in my vehicle worth taking. That said, I bet MD9 would have an idea or two...

[rideit]

Put dogshit on your OWN handles.
That'll show em!

[Tippster]

Just remember - a booby trap that can cause permanent injury and/or death is illegal.

[Todds]

I imagine you will get in trouble if you booby trap the car and it does them any harm.

If you deploy pepper spray inside your car how long will the residue stay there? Will your car become the B.O. car from Seinfeld?
If you piss them off and they get away will they start vandalizing the car that annoyed them?

Best to not leave anything in the car.

[Big Blue]

so if they break a window and steal your stereo, for example, wouldn't that cost enough money to cover the price difference of an apartment in a nicer part of town? Living in the ghetto really isn't a good deal if you or your shit get fucked up.

[concretejungle]

If you booby trap your car they'll probably just vandalize it later.

[wicked_sick]

Use an electric fence charger to electrify your car? Or come up with something that would generate a huge static charge on your car so it snaps and sparks and discharges into the air and nearby metal things.

that would be cool

[splat]

Put dogshit on your OWN handles.
That'll show em!

That would be good but, in order to detain them, I'd suggest contact cement.

[summit]

[Grizz]

come up with something that would generate a huge static charge on your car so it snaps and sparks and discharges into the air and nearby metal things.

Tesla coil for a hood ornament?

[Name Redacted]

Take the wires out of your dome light and route them to your gas tank. Make sure that the dome light is set to the "door" setting and leave the gas cap off. Make sure the wires aren't touching but close enough to produce a spark. Also make sure that they aren't submerged in gas but close enough to ignite the fumes.

After it blows and the thief is burnt to a crisp, make sure to remove the wire and erase the evidence (including this thread).

[Sublime]

phUnk to the white courtsey phone

I bet it will involve 50 feet of rope, a lead pipe, some fishing line, and a shovel.

[72Twenty]

Every time you park it for the night, just set it on fire.

It should cool off by morning.

[Singel]

I look forward to reading a thread in 2-3 weeks to hear about how this backfires and ends up injuring AKPM.

I suppose there is also a possibility that we won't hear about it until the next Darwin award winners are announced...

[unitofstuff]

Go South Africa on them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQbHnLSasfQ

[TNKen]

Very bad idea to trap the car in any way that will do harm.

google spring guns

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring-gun

[Mulletizer]

I once worked with a guy who was worried someone was going to steel his pride and joy - a pimped out Land Rover Defender with loads of extra off road bits. He rigged up a high voltage current through the door handles that switched on and off when the alarm was activated/deactivated.

After he electrocuted himself for the 3rd time on the first day he'd installed it he realised his own car wasn't such a good idea.

I live in London and car crime is a massive problem here. The only way to avoid anyone breaking in is to leave the car empty and make it clear from the outside that's the case (ie leave the parcel shelf out if you have one). Getting a radio with a removable fascia helps too.

[bmg97]

Thumb tacks with Aids on them !! Put them on the driver seat everytime you get out. They are going to be sorry in about 10 years !

[Tippster]

After he electrocuted himself for the 3rd time on the first day he'd installed it he realised his own car wasn't such a good idea.

You could see it coming from a mile away, but funny nevertheless!

[Ted Shred]

Was the door locked?

What part of town?

[bio-smear]

a lead pipe

Difficult to find these days, as the toxicity issues make them a poor choice for water.

[Stone-Free]

Leave your jelly donuts on the hood instead of on the dash. Problem solved.

[coloskier]

Down the road from where I grew up in IL a guy who owned a bar that had been broken into a bunch of times rigged a system inside each of the bar's windows that would deliver a substantial electrical shock (220 volts) to anyone crawling through one. The bar owner also posted warning signs outside of each window as to the consequences of making entry. Five days later, two time convicted burglar Larry Harris attempted to enter the bar through one of these windows. On the way through the window Larry got quite the shock and died.

The grand jury declined to indict the bar owner. I wish the story ended there. Larry's family went on to sue the bar owner, and the jury returned a verdict in the amount of $70,000.

[Helldawg]

I suggest an angry Wolverine. An angry, HUNGRY, wolverine.