radio code

[Huw Powell]

>> Around here nobody steals car radios anymore, they're pretty much
>> worthless unless they're the ubber-newest DVD with all the bells and
>> whistles.  You're more likely to find your change missing from the
>> ashtray than your radio after a break in, they were more likely looking
>> for the GPS that left that round mark on your windshield.
>> Car stereos are about as popular with thieves as VCRS and tube
>> televisions.
>> Is it still a problem on your side of the pond?
>
> Not that I've heard of, to be honest, no...

It was worst when radios were "almost" standardized - DIN and the "nose 
and two knobs" USA equivalent size.  Any radio could fit any car, so 
stolen radios were a worthwhile commodity.

Nowadays the car makers have drifted back to radios that only fit and 
work in the car they were made for, so a stolen radio (head unit, 
sorry), is virtually useless to anyone except... the person it was 
stolen from.  Who now has to buy it back on eBay - and is glad the one 
they are buying has the code written on it?  OK, this is getting weird 
so I'll stop typing.

PS, I hate the coded radios.  Because I am the proud owner of a dead one.

-- 
Huw Powell

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