Blowing off some steam...

[Silent]

Some #!@$$%@# lowlife(s) found it necessary to break into my car. Which costs me time, frustration and money.

Just wanted to blow off some steam, hope it will help. Carry on.

[newtogolf]

Nothing worse than coming out and seeing that, sorry.  Hopefully they didn't get anything that can't be replaced by insurance.  

[pganapathy]

Sorry to hear.  Had that happen to me once when ex-wifey and me went for a movie.  She smartly left her purse in the car and somebody saw her keeping it and they bust the glass for that.  Luckily didn't take anything else, but it was a pain to get the glass fixed and had to drive only to where the car was safe for a few days.

What did they get anyway

[Silent]

They didn't get anything. My guess is they went for the build in navigation. In the previous model of the Mercedes C that's inside the glove compartment. I drive the 2015 model and in there it's somewhere far away they can' reach. So nothing stolen, but a busted window, mess, glass everywhere (all over the baby's chair) and little damage to bodywork and leather because of the glass. Nice start of the weekend.

[mchepp]

That sucks! When I lived in the Bay Area car break in's were starting to become an epidemic and a number of friends had their cars broken into. 

[Lihu]

2 hours ago, Silent said:

They didn't get anything. My guess is they went for the build in navigation. In the previous model of the Mercedes C that's inside the glove compartment. I drive the 2015 model and in there it's somewhere far away they can' reach. So nothing stolen, but a busted window, mess, glass everywhere (all over the baby's chair) and little damage to bodywork and leather because of the glass. Nice start of the weekend.

This is really bad. Some people have no concept of what they are doing to others.

[Silent]

And.................... screwed again :(

 

Third time in 10 months, getting tired of it.

 

 

[Gator Hazard]

8 minutes ago, Silent said:

And.................... screwed again :(

 

Third time in 10 months, getting tired of it.

 

 

Wow. That's awful. I had my Grand Jeep Cherokee busted into. They tried to steal it by using the trick where you jam one side of a pair of scissors into ignition to turn it over. Fortunately they used cheap metal scissors and the metal twisted and broke. 

What upset me most was police call:

me: someone broke into my car can you send someone out.  Police: are they currently there?  Me: no they must have tried in the middle of the night.  Police: we don't send anyone out unless the crime is being committed  you can come down and file a report  me: how? I just told you they jammed scissors in the ignition to try and turn it over and steal it!!

 

[Chilli Dipper]

Damn, you can't catch a break.

Seeing that akes me glad, for a brief second, that my crappy car still has a cassette player.

[Gunther]

Is there a ring of car thieves in Amsterdam?

[Silent]

12 minutes ago, Gunther said:

Is there a ring of car thieves in Amsterdam?

No idea, I live in Utrecht. Boxed in by 3 highways though, less than an hour to Belgium and Germany. Apparently there's a market for airbags, steering wheels etc. mostly in Eastern-Europe so that's where it's probably going to now. Quite frustrating.

[Gunther]

11 minutes ago, Silent said:

No idea, I live in Utrecht. Boxed in by 3 highways though, less than an hour to Belgium and Germany. Apparently there's a market for airbags, steering wheels etc. mostly in Eastern-Europe so that's where it's probably going to now. Quite frustrating.

I've been to Utrecht, nice place, at least it was 30 years ago.  Good luck.

[newtogolf]

1 hour ago, Silent said:

No idea, I live in Utrecht. Boxed in by 3 highways though, less than an hour to Belgium and Germany. Apparently there's a market for airbags, steering wheels etc. mostly in Eastern-Europe so that's where it's probably going to now. Quite frustrating.

Need a better alarm system, maybe one with proximity detection so that if they get close to your car, it goes off.  

[Abu3baid]

2 hours ago, newtogolf said:

Need a better alarm system, maybe one with proximity detection so that if they get close to your car, it goes off.  

That would suck wouldn't it?  Every time a passer by walked by your car it goes off?  

 

I wonder if there is an alarm system that will beep directly to smart phone to let you know something is going on?