Re: [MBZ] Blocked out tags
Heck, key is in the 83 all of the time, doors unlocked. If someone can get it started and out of the driveway before a 7.62mm round slows them down I wish them luck. Mike Who thinks a hard starting MBZ makes a good alarm. On Dec 21, 2012 12:38 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: (it's not unheard of for a team to watch a family go into a theater or someplace where they're going to be for a while then break into a car to read the registration and know the address where nobody is going to be for a few hours,...) Oddly, this does not seem to happen with my (t)rusty 1972 200D! -- Jim __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Blocked out tags
perhaps, but that's not what he said, and why i asked for clarification. nonetheless, overly available access to personal information is one reason why i have the family cars registered to a Post Box; nobody needs to know where my wife lives, or where they *aren't*. (it's not unheard of for a team to watch a family go into a theater or someplace where they're going to be for a while then break into a car to read the registration and know the address where nobody is going to be for a few hours,...) cheers! e On 20/Dec/12 20:20, WILTON wrote: Or did he mean anyBODY? Wilton - Original Message - From: ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Blocked out tags how would they determine you're a citizen? cheers! e On 20/Dec/12 17:25, Max Dillon wrote: In South Carolina, given a license plate number, any citizen can go online to the state tax system, find out name address. Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300 '87 300TD '73 Balboa 20 Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com wrote: I see a lot of folks block out the license plates in the pics when selling a car. Why? Who cares if someone knows your tag #? What would someone do with it? Don't they realize they drive around showing it to strangers everywhere they go? Seems paranoid to me. Mike ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Blocked out tags
(it's not unheard of for a team to watch a family go into a theater or someplace where they're going to be for a while then break into a car to read the registration and know the address where nobody is going to be for a few hours,...) Oddly, this does not seem to happen with my (t)rusty 1972 200D! -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Blocked out tags
I see a lot of folks block out the license plates in the pics when selling a car. Why? Who cares if someone knows your tag #? What would someone do with it? Don't they realize they drive around showing it to strangers everywhere they go? Seems paranoid to me. Mike ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Blocked out tags
Used to be you could get the owner's personal information with a tag number, but most of the states I know of have locked down access to this sort of information. Dan On Dec 20, 2012, at 11:33 AM, Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com wrote: I see a lot of folks block out the license plates in the pics when selling a car. Why? Who cares if someone knows your tag #? What would someone do with it? Don't they realize they drive around showing it to strangers everywhere they go? Seems paranoid to me. Mike ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Blocked out tags
In South Carolina, given a license plate number, any citizen can go online to the state tax system, find out name address. Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300 '87 300TD '73 Balboa 20 Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com wrote: I see a lot of folks block out the license plates in the pics when selling a car. Why? Who cares if someone knows your tag #? What would someone do with it? Don't they realize they drive around showing it to strangers everywhere they go? Seems paranoid to me. Mike ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Blocked out tags
Not a very comforting thought... On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Max Dillon meadedil...@bellsouth.net wrote: In South Carolina, given a license plate number, any citizen can go online to the state tax system, find out name address. Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300 '87 300TD '73 Balboa 20 Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com wrote: I see a lot of folks block out the license plates in the pics when selling a car. Why? Who cares if someone knows your tag #? What would someone do with it? Don't they realize they drive around showing it to strangers everywhere they go? Seems paranoid to me. Mike ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Blocked out tags
how would they determine you're a citizen? cheers! e On 20/Dec/12 17:25, Max Dillon wrote: In South Carolina, given a license plate number, any citizen can go online to the state tax system, find out name address. Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300 '87 300TD '73 Balboa 20 Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com wrote: I see a lot of folks block out the license plates in the pics when selling a car. Why? Who cares if someone knows your tag #? What would someone do with it? Don't they realize they drive around showing it to strangers everywhere they go? Seems paranoid to me. Mike ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Blocked out tags
Or did he mean anyBODY? Wilton - Original Message - From: ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Blocked out tags how would they determine you're a citizen? cheers! e On 20/Dec/12 17:25, Max Dillon wrote: In South Carolina, given a license plate number, any citizen can go online to the state tax system, find out name address. Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300 '87 300TD '73 Balboa 20 Michael Canfield slozuk...@gmail.com wrote: I see a lot of folks block out the license plates in the pics when selling a car. Why? Who cares if someone knows your tag #? What would someone do with it? Don't they realize they drive around showing it to strangers everywhere they go? Seems paranoid to me. Mike ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
