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Pencil Light Camry: Preventing Mechanic Theft And Other Stories by Denn(m): 3:11pm On Jan 25, 2016 |
http://dennautoworld.com/2016/01/25/pencil-preventing-theft/ The Pencil Light Camry is a thief’s collector item in Nigeria. A trip to any Police Station in Nigeria would reveal this. Many reasons for this. First, the Toyota Camry is a highly desired car and will always command a relatively higher resale value compared to its Honda Accord and Nissan Maxima competition. The high demand for the cars translate to a high demand for spare parts. The spare parts must come, either from imports or from local sources… Yes…used or stolen. A large percentage of these stolen vehicles end up as spare parts just hours after being stolen. Secondly, the relative ease of stealing the Toyota Camry and the ready market for a used copy encourages its theft the more. You see, the Pencil Light Camry, like its other ‘cheap’ Japanese counterparts of the late 90s era came only with Steel Keys and no transponder. This was the same technology used in the Datsun 120Y, when dinosaurs still roamed the earth. Well, they slapped on some toy alarm and remote locking which mostly no longer works by the time the car is released from USA and Canada for Nigerian use….after going through salvage and all that. This makes it easy for anybody with just 2 minutes access to your key have a chance to duplicate it…and drive of with the whole car when they want. Your mechanic is a prime suspect. He has links to the spare parts market and knows the price of each individual component. He knows the deterrents you have installed and the ones you have deactivated. He knows your drive schedules and so on. To stay totally safe and assured, secure your car even against your mechanic. Once your car is totally secure against possible theft by your mechanic, then you have covered a lot of the possible other suspects. Please visit the link below for the full write up. http://dennautoworld.com/2016/01/25/pencil-preventing-theft/ 1 Like |
Re: Pencil Light Camry: Preventing Mechanic Theft And Other Stories by Denn(m): 6:07pm On Jan 25, 2016 |
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Re: Pencil Light Camry: Preventing Mechanic Theft And Other Stories by Denn(m): 9:41am On Jan 26, 2016 |
more updates to follow thanks |
Re: Pencil Light Camry: Preventing Mechanic Theft And Other Stories by DGD1(m): 12:37pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
nice job Mr denn, I would suggest you broaden your case study, don't limit your research or solution to pencil alone. For example theft of this 2003-2006 corrola is on the rise. more people will benefit doing so. eku ise |
Re: Pencil Light Camry: Preventing Mechanic Theft And Other Stories by Denn(m): 6:02pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
DGD1: Thanks boss. |
Re: Pencil Light Camry: Preventing Mechanic Theft And Other Stories by Denn(m): 10:27pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
Good evening |
Re: Pencil Light Camry: Preventing Mechanic Theft And Other Stories by Nobody: 10:28pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
@OP - I do not mean any offense but there is only 1 way to preventing Toyota Camry theft - Don't Buy It! |
Re: Pencil Light Camry: Preventing Mechanic Theft And Other Stories by Denn(m): 10:38pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
Zoharariel: Lol... That's a good option... However, the one million naira worth of paracetamol in lieu should cover the pains from walking through and fro on third mainland bridge for one year. Pun intended |
Re: Pencil Light Camry: Preventing Mechanic Theft And Other Stories by kingreign(m): 11:23pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
Denn: Tokunbo pencil light is now 1.1m |
Re: Pencil Light Camry: Preventing Mechanic Theft And Other Stories by Denn(m): 1:38pm On Jan 27, 2016 |
kingreign: Hnmmmm That means an extra N100,000 worth of paracetamol. Not bad if someone has already swallowed N1m worth... |
Re: Pencil Light Camry: Preventing Mechanic Theft And Other Stories by DGD1(m): 5:27pm On Jan 27, 2016 |
Denn: if toyota were a nigerian company or if they had a nigerian in there board of directors, they won't ever think of stopping production of this pencil light. imagine the most recent of that car is about 15yrs old and such car still rocking over 1M with ever increasing demand 2 Likes |
Re: Pencil Light Camry: Preventing Mechanic Theft And Other Stories by Denn(m): 5:07am On Jan 29, 2016 |
DGD1: Nice observation. Instead of just throwing away or retooling when a new model comes, it should be possible for car manufacturers to send in the moulds to the countries that still has the great demand for such models to continue production. www.dennautoworld.com |
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