Well, I put in a compustar alarm with 2 way pager, i unplugged the little blue blinking light and the siren, and sleep with the remote and a baseball bat by my bedside. Also, my 300 lb 6'6" brother lives in my basement and is just a stomp on the floor away. I am almost hoping that the little buggers try it again.

Insurance did cover it, but I have a 300.00 deductible. So 600.00 in a 2 week period just about killed me. Got the new stereo and put it in myself and it sounds pretty good.

As for the police, they told me to just go back to the OEM stereo and I wouldn't have any problems. I think they are full of SH*T. They stole a whole bunch of weird stuff, so it's not just the stereo.

On a positive note, i ended up getting a brand new RIO remote for my empeg so I am happy about that, mine was getting pretty worn anyway