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[dcporsche99]

Sorry to hear 550spyder. I have to agree with the other folks out there who suggested that you remove as much goodies from plain sight as possible. Although if they have already set their mind (or should it be a lack thereof) on getting into your car, they will...difficult to stop these little "sh%ts" :troll: (although I have many other words I'd like to use). Unfortunately, I have had many things stolen.... inlcuding my actual soft top (right off my Isuzu Amigo- that was on my driveway many, many, many years back when I was in college). What a feeling!!

Also, as Couper1 mentioned, looking into renting a garage / space wouldn't be such a bad idea.

[bigb]

Sorry to hear 550. Getting one's car broken into is probably one of the worst feelings ever... and the folks that do such things are just plain idiots. One night I was visiting a friend in SFO, and my acura was parked on the street. The only visible thing of value was a dvd, yes, 1 dvd on the passenger's seat. That was it. The bum broke the window, took the dvd, my eyeglasses (stored in a compartment) and other stupid ****************... but what a hassle it was!

Sometimes a garage is not an option, but I agree with everyone else -- don't leave anything in plain sight... those who think they have nothing will take anything.

[LoveBunny]

Yep, people will steal anything even if there is nothing worth stealing. I recently left my Lexus parked outside of my parents' house and forgot to lock it. I went out the next day and someone had gone into the glove box, dumped everything on the front seat, and taken nothing! I didn't have much in there, but I did have a few items of clothing that were worth something, a dog cage, and a whole unopened pack of Charmin. You'd think they'd at least take the toilet paper. I mean, everybody uses that! Even though they broke no windows and took nothing I still felt creeped out that someone was in my car.

My ex had a POS Honda and when it broke down and he had to leave it somewhere he thinks a crackhead was actually living in it. They stole a few CDs and basically busted up the whole car. Looked like they were trying to steal it but didn't know how because they tore up the whole steering column.

Good idea about renting a storage space, but where do you put it? I park my car in my driveway and it's right outside my bedroom window. Hopefully I'd hear anything that happens to it, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it.

[Dr. Kill]

Originally Posted by LoveBunny

Yep, people will steal anything even if there is nothing worth stealing. I recently left my Lexus parked outside of my parents' house and forgot to lock it. I went out the next day and someone had gone into the glove box, dumped everything on the front seat, and taken nothing! I didn't have much in there, but I did have a few items of clothing that were worth something, a dog cage, and a whole unopened pack of Charmin. You'd think they'd at least take the toilet paper. I mean, everybody uses that! Even though they broke no windows and took nothing I still felt creeped out that someone was in my car.

You keep toilet paper in your car?

[Brucelee]

To answer your question, it is very easy for these thugs to get into your car.

I had a nice Lexus coupe broken into and the stereo ripped out, along with half the dash. These turds have a tool where they hook into the top of the side window and simply collapse the window down into the door.

Takes them seconds. So, if your alarm goes off, they are gone by the time you get out to your driveway. This to steal a stereo that had a street value of maybe $30 bucks?

Sad but true. The police found the guy (since he was dumb enough to try and cash some checks he found in my glove box) and he pleaded out on about ten counts they had him on.

BTW-The local cops were afraid to arrest this turd. Seems he was an illegal and they were afraid of his gang. They sent the county gang unit to pick him up.

God Bless America.

He is likely reading this right now from somewhere in LA.

PS- If you want to read some interesting comments on crime in the US, pick up the book, Freakonomics.

Fascinating stuff.

[Tool Pants]

100 years ago when I was in college one fo the guys had his car broken into in the school parking lot. He was into country western music and had a bunch of country western cassettes in his car. The thief did not steal anything. Just threw the tapes all over the car.

I migh keep toilet paper and country western DVDs in my Boxster as a deterrent.

[FTD]

Originally Posted by Tool Pants

100 years ago when I was in college one fo the guys had his car broken into in the school parking lot. He was into country western music and had a bunch of country western cassettes in his car. The thief did not steal anything. Just threw the tapes all over the car.

I might keep toilet paper and country western DVDs in my Boxster as a deterrent.

Hahahaha. Very good!

[LoveBunny]

Originally Posted by Dr. Kill

You keep toilet paper in your car?

Well, I don't normally keep toilet paper in my car, but I happened to have just bought some. Maybe it is a theft deterrent and I should always keep it there.


Is Freakonomics the one written by the guy who studied the business of the crack trade, or am I confusing that with something else?

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by LoveBunny

Well, I don't normally keep toilet paper in my car, but I happened to have just bought some. Maybe it is a theft deterrent and I should always keep it there.


Is Freakonomics the one written by the guy who studied the business of the crack trade, or am I confusing that with something else?

Yes, that is the same author.

[Topless]

Sorry man. Car thieves suck. Nearly every car I have owned and left parked out has been broken into or damaged in some way. In college I had a van. Inside there were 4 cheapo bookshelf speakers, Alpine stereo, and a $2000 set of motorcycle tools. Thieves broke in, took the speakers and left the rest. No rocket science in their future I guess.

As of about 12 years ago... Garage space first, then nice car.

[Tool Pants]

The next story. I made it out of college and graduate school. Worked in my profession for a few years.

Then in 1989 I bought a 1988 Toyota pick up truck. Where the radio would go was a hole. The radio had been removed before I bought the truck. I used a battery powered boom box on the passenger floor that you could not see from the outside, until I had the time to buy a radio for the dash.

I worked very late one night with the truck parked in the office parking lot. Total darkness. I got in the truck to go home and noticed broken glass on the drivers seat. Took me a while to figure out the broken glass was because the vent had been broken.

The truck radio was not missing, because it did not have one. I think it was broken into for the radio I did not have. But the boom box was missing. Worth maybe a few dollars, or a roll of Charmin. I would have given that boom box away for the asking.

Should have learned a lesson.

Put a country western tape in the boom box next time.

Thank god I have a Boxster now. No one in their right mind would break into it to steal a Becker radio....