Car Broken Into

[dmeyer07]

It finally happened, there was an attempt to break into my car, luckily something scared them off before they realized just how close they were to gettting in. I wiggled the door handle for about a minute and it came right on open. They messed up the door handle, by sticking a crobar inthere and prying it off, then trying to stick a screw driver into it. They also pried off the trim around the window... Not sure why they did that, i don't see how this would help you to gain access... i guess to get at the locking mec.


This had to have happened this weekend as the car was inspected friday by me, (cleaning,etc) and i noticed nothing. I would have for sure noticed it when opening my passenger door to clean in there because you can't open it right now, the handle doesn't work at all. God this really pisses me off, i'm just glade they didn't get anything.

Yeah i know thats what a security system is for, i don't have the money right now, but i'll find some now.

Here are some pics of the Amature job...

[zsimp]

damn man that sux, i cant believe it actually happened... did u go newhere this weekend? I recall u sittin home a lot.

[dmeyer07]

Nope i didn't ,you know simpson i sat at home this weekend, it most have happened late at night as i was up until about 12 everynight....

[nist7]

damn that's scary. good thing they were panzies and dumb. did this happen in your own driveway or do you park at an apartment/semi-public lot?

but anyways, try to save up for alarms or even get a fake red-led light to fool the thieves.

[dmeyer07]

In my own driveway...

Yea for now i just put a little blinking leb light in there ... better than nothing

[nist7]

no garage? if you plan on keeping the home you should prolly consider building a garage. it'll almost certainly prevent all the thievery. and not to mention it'll boost the value of the home/property all around.

the neighbor across the street from me has a two-car garage but she never uses it. i think it's because the doors are not automated/motorized and so she's prolly too lazy to open and shut the door each time she goes in and out. women...lol

[William from NOLA]

That sucks. I'd be much more angry than you are (at least the way you sound). I hope you catch them.

I have an alarm, but I'm still nervous. An alert is good to have.

[ridr4lif]

Hey man...i kno how you feel. I live in a pretty good neighborhood. But i guess not good enuf. 4 years ago, i came home and parked the BMW in the driveway. Came out the next morning...headunit, subs and amp...GONE. Right out of my own driveway.

TEDD

[GlassWolf]

what is that? a late 80s daytona?
the kids who tried to braek into the car didn't know at all what they were doing. I could have had that door open and unlocked without a scratch in about 15 seconds with a slimjim. 80s chryslers are easy as cake to pop open.
I'd strongly suggest ya hop on ebay and buy a car alarm that comes new with the wiring schematics and color codes for your car. the guy who sells compustar alarms on ebay offers this I know. you can get the alarm pretty cheap if ya don't go high end, and install it yourself if you take your time and ask for help as needed.
It's pretty simple unless ya tie in power locks, windows, etc.. that gets a little complex, but still not impossible to do at home.
the alarm will cost ya less than the deductible will to fix that door handle.
If ya get an alarm with a pager you'll know its going off even in a mall or at night when you're in bed.

[ridr4lif]

I could have had that door open and unlocked without a scratch in about 15 seconds with a slimjim

hehehe...my buddies g/f got locked out of her car (90's Saturn) and the campus police came down to try to slim jim it. The cop was having trouble with it so i asked him if i could give it a try. I got the car unlocked in less than 10 seconds...the cop kinda looked at me funny.

TEDD