The thing to worry about with having your insurance in your car especially if you have a garage door opener is that they now have your address and away into your place. Especially worrisome if your car gets broken into when you are at work or what not.
We were playing hockey with a guy and his minivan got stolen some time during the game. He got a call in the dressing room from his daughter asking him where all their stuff was. Guy stole the van drove to the house and backed the van into the garage and emptied the place. Nobody was the wiser...
I've always maintained that liars, petty thiefs and vandals should be branded on their foreheads. You know, brand "Liar" on a liar's forehead, "Vandal" on a vandal's forehead, "Thief" on a petty thief's forehead. Just to warn society when they're dealing with such punks.
It still makes me mad! I mean, a sleeping bag! Come on!
Ahhh hahaha!
The way you told it in the last thread had me in stitches. It's just so harsh. Broken window, ganked sleeping bag, considering scouring the alleys to find the lousy bugger.
Man, I'd be so pissed. I'd dig something like a tomato out of my cooler and scour alleys until I found him and chuck the thing at him and yell "Here! You hungry, too?"....
The way you told it in the last thread had me in stitches. It's just so harsh. Broken window, ganked sleeping bag, considering scouring the alleys to find the lousy bugger.
Man, I'd be so pissed. I'd dig something like a tomato out of my cooler and scour alleys until I found him and chuck the thing at him and yell "Here! You hungry, too?"....
Hahaha. Best car break-in story ever.
I don't think I should tell how I consoled myself that it was better he took THAT particular sleeping bag. Ahhh my homeless friend, revenge is so sweet.
Look, even if his extension cord was not taken, it is just as bad. I feel your pain and I wish we as the community would take these things more serious. Even if the idiot is caught, he is going to get a $50 fine. Thats it.
Look, even if his extension cord was not taken, it is just as bad. I feel your pain and I wish we as the community would take these things more serious.
I just Google image searched "lynchings" and it totally buzzkilled my night.
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A few years back i caught some teenage punks in the process of breaking into my vehicle. It was about 2 am and i was watching a DVD. I heard some glass breaking so i grabbed my louisville slugger from the closet and out the door i went.
My neighbour was having insomnia at the time and couldn't sleep. He tells me this story the next morning about some crazed idiot in his house coat chasing after a bunch of kids with a baseball bat. I said it was me
Stupid fataing vandals. I guess I forgot to lock my doors last night, and when I came out to my truck this morning there were papers from my glove box and center console all over my seats. Everything was left open, including my ash trays and stuff.
Luckily, I don't keep anything of value in there, (ipod, cash etc). My remote locks failed me.
At least they didn't smash the window in or destroy anything.
They did, however, get away with about $0.85 in change from my cupholder.
I live in Braeside, SW. Lock your vehicles, people.
Same thing happened to me in E-town last year. Of course if you leave anything not tied down here it's gone by morning...... I was out a pair of Oakleys and a pair or Raybans. Few other little things, but what can you do. Cops never do anything, too petty for them. They can't generate revenue for the city by searching for two pairs of sunglasses.
Same thing happened to me in E-town last year. Of course if you leave anything not tied down here it's gone by morning...... I was out a pair of Oakleys and a pair or Raybans. Few other little things, but what can you do. Cops never do anything, too petty for them. They can't generate revenue for the city by searching for two pairs of sunglasses.
I know of many stories where these have been investigated and the offender has been charged.
I think the trick is to keep it super tidy in your vehicle. Both time my old truck got broken into, I had left things like sunglasses on the dash or my golf clubs in the back. I'm completely OCD now about my truck being clean. Luckily, my new one has lots of cubbys and a huge center console. But nothing is visible. The little holder under the dash is only for temporary storage (whatever's in there gets taken in at night).
At night, a thief can peer into my truck and think "gee, I don't see anything... This guy's freakishly anal about his ride... Bet there's nothing here. Heyyy! Look at that car over there! A CD case!".
I had my car broken into a couple years ago. No significant damage and all they got was some change.
The change was no big deal but the fact that my personal space had been invaded like that made me furious. I still dream about catching the guy in action.
I had my car broken into a couple years ago. No significant damage and all they got was some change.
The change was no big deal but the fact that my personal space had been invaded like that made me furious. I still dream about catching the guy in action.
I wonder what I would have done…
I hear ya. I still fantasize about snapping the neck of the punk that broke into my truck and stole my golf clubs, my beer, and a whack of Crappy Tire money.
I always leave my doors unlocked and about 5 bucks in change hidden in my armrest console, but nothing else of value. That way if someone gets in, they at least get 5 bucks and aren't as likely to trash my car for getting nothing. (The 5 bucks is also my stash for emergency slurpees and shopping cart loonies)
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I have been mugged on several occasions, only once in Canada. I actually fought back in all three occasions, and once seriously injured the mugger. The guy was a cab driver with his wife/girlfriend or something riding shotgun. This took place in a country where they don't have that thing that tracks the cost for the ride. Anyway, the amount should have been five bucks American, pretty much standard for someone not local. The wife initially wanted me to take the two of them out drinking and they would bring a friend for me. I did not want any part of that. So when I got home the driver wanted a lot more than five bucks (I forget how much). I threw five bucks in the front and got out (after some major arguing), the driver followed me out and got between myself and my destination. The driver kept reaching in the back of his pants as if he had something to fight me with, and demanded my wallet. I was over confident because my building has an armed guard and I always gave the guards food and stuff. Unfortunately, the guard was somewhere else and I had to go into fight mode. At that time in my life, I just ended about three hardcore years of Kung Fu training, and can kick someone in the nuts REALLY HARD. I booted this guy's nuts so hard, he certainly will not have offspring, and gave a front thrust kick which sent him on his back and he rolled over to his chest where I broke his arm with a heel kick. His arm made a right angle from my kick...The heel kick was aimed at his watch which came off and was laying on the ground. At that moment, the security guard showed up. I picked up the watch and handed it to the guard and said it was his, and that if this guy came back, to shoot him.
I was quite happy with the situation since that guy tried to steal from me and then tried to mug me. The place where I lived happened to be the building where US air force pilots live, the ones that fly the hercules and other major planes. I am not pilot or anything, but he should have known where I was being driven to, and to think not to mug someone there.
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I hear ya. I still fantasize about snapping the neck of the punk that broke into my truck and stole my golf clubs, my beer, and a whack of Crappy Tire money.
. At that time in my life, I just ended about three hardcore years of Kung Fu training, and can kick someone in the nuts REALLY HARD. I booted this guy's nuts so hard, he certainly will not have offspring, .
This is a great story and everything, but isnt this one of those things that you would wither a)leave out of the story, or b) alter it a bit?
I was having a discussion with a friend yesterday who used to work with the police addressing security and break in issued for condo/apartment parkades etc.
He was telling me that they would encourage people to leave nothing of value in their cars and actually leave the doors unlocked. I'm now considering doing this. I couldn't care less if thieves look in my car, find nothing and leave. A broken window on the other hand is both angering and expensive.
Does anyone know if having your insurance/registration in there is a security threat. That's the only thing important that I keep in my car that I need to lock up for.
I use to do this exact thing when I lived in Calgary. The underground parking in my condo downtown had frequent break-ins so I would just leave my car unlocked while parked down there. It wasn't worth the burnt CD's and few dollars in change to have my window smashed.
With your insurance I would just hide it under a floor mat as someone else suggested most people committing these crimes with just check areas like arm rest, glove box and trunk. They just want to be in and out of there so looking under floor mats and usually not high priority.
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I know of many stories where these have been investigated and the offender has been charged.
Are you mikey_the_redneck's cousin by any chance?
Really? They more or less gave me the Seinfeld "we'll do what we can" routine and I never heard anything again. And no, I am not mickey's cousin, although I am jaded from having nothing but bad dealings with the police.
