Japanese super-thief uses GPS to steal rental cars
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted May 23rd 2008 12:02PM
posted May 23rd 2008 12:02PM
[Via GPS Tracking Systems; Thanks, Rich]
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Note to self - when stealing cars, don't use ex-wives as accomplices.
Note to self - when doing anything, don't use ex-wives as accomplices.
All Intelligence.... No Street smarts
Kobayashi Maru for the no-win!
That was definitely the first thing I thought of. As Kirk was given an award for "original thinking," this guy should be given an award for moronic thinking.
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Nerds*
*I got it though. :-|
First thing I thought of was Mr. Kobayashi, Keyser Söze's criminal-lawyer, from the movie The Usual Suspects. I'll admit the Star Trek reference also came to mind.
Hahaha! That's smart... to get caught!
You'd think your ex-wife(s) would do their best to screw you over...
I recall a youtube video from "Jiggaboo Jones" which detailed this exact same thing. http://video.aol.com/video-detail/gangs-aint-stupid-gps-rental-car-theft-l361-week-2/3364362784 I think that's the video... not sure tho... Kinda wierd.
Is that suppose to be a Buick Grand National?
Hey, thats Niko Bellic, I know him!
That's the first thing I noticed.
No "turbo hood", just a 267 Regal.
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Jiggaboo Jones loves to do this too
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-RzCpxe6RK0
Get a life
Hey, they deleted the persons comment I was telling to get a life. Oh well, he deserved it.
I think that's a misuse of the word "mastermind."
Anyway, the headline reminded me of a story (urban myth?) about someone hacking the "unlock" signal (TeleAid and OnStar.)
Buick GN was only in black, no? If so, that would be a T-Type.
Wasn't he in the Usual Suspects
yeah! Thats what I was thinking.... Mr. Kobayashi.... He was in a barber shop quartet in Skokie Illinois.
*turns teacup over*
OMG
Soylent Green is people!!!
(oops. sorry, wrong spoiler)
I've never played GTA, but would your elbow really be your best option for busting out a window? Why not get one of those little emergency escape hammers from QVC? I know, maybe I'm just a whimp, and I'm sure it's more impressive with your elbow.
I know you were making a joke but the elbow actually is one of the hardest parts of your body, much harder than your fist.
Actually, there's more street cred busting out a window with your elbow.
$5 American to whoever sends me a link to a video of them busting out the window of a car with their elbow. Of course, you'll have to be wearing a ten-gallon hat or something so I know you didn't just dig something up on youtube. Not kidding. $5.
The trick to smashing car windows is to swing whatever part of your body you are using WAAAY harder than you think is necessary. If you hit it hard enough to break the glass you will barely feel it. If don't hit it hard enough... Well then you will be in a technicolor world of pain.
good to know. see, there are real-world benefits to playing GTA4!
lol
AAAHAHAHA!!!
I remember watching this news reporter try to smash a window with a crowbar and couldn't do it, just kept bouncing off... haha
Well, I was watching "The Fast and the Furious", and all you *really* need to do is take your shirt off to show your buff man-muscles, and then the window shatters in fright, or wrap the shirt around your fist.
And, the more stickers you have on your car and the bigger the NASA wing on the back, the faster it goes...
You could just use ninja rocks to shatter the glass silently.
They're the white part of spark plugs.
"Wracked with envy over his brothers Hotdog eating fame, Mitsuhisa turned to crime..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi
Exactly what I thought of. Hot dogs, FTW!
Keyser Söze does not approve of his lawyer moonlighting on the side as a car thief.
i did it in germany once, i was drunk out of my assinine and the cab driver tried to stiff me on my change (30 euro) because i threw up outside his car (some did spray on the backside of benz). He tried to leave and i busted his window with my elbow. One hour later the polizei came in my hotel room and arrested me.
Never underestimate the usefulness of Ex Wives.. lol