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| 0396 |
 Nov 25 2015, 06:09 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,046 Joined: 13-October 03 From: L.A. Calif Member No.: 1,245 Region Association: Southern California  |
I thought I post this as a reminder.
This morning, my wife's car was broken it to via the passenger side front window while she was shopping / in the gym. The bad news is her purse that contains driver's license, various types of ID and credit cards were in the purse. Credit cards have been compromise already. Bottom line, its the holidays and those that want a " free ride " will break into your car - if they happen to see anything of interest, even if its a sweater covering her purse. Fyi. |
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| jeffdon |
Nov 26 2015, 10:04 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,094 Joined: 24-October 06 From: oakland, ca Member No.: 7,087 Region Association: None |
Here in Oakland, we have had a rash of window smashers. I think they are using an automatic center punch to quietly shatter windows. These guys are GOOD. I have been sitting in front of a restaurant in a quiet residential area, and cars just a few parking spots out of view have been hit, with no one hearing a thing.
My prescription is: A) Never leave a damned thing in the car. Nothing. Not a paper bag, not so much as an envelope. All that is in there is the reg and insurance card in the glove box. B) Never lock it. In fact, unless its raining, I leave the windows down a few inches. Come on in, look around. Go ahead, steal my reg and ins. card. With A, its much more likely that they will not target you. B does too, with the added benefit of no broken glass. Thats all with my Mercedes daily driver. With the 914, I tend to drive it with the top off only, and park it that way. All I have in that usually is cheapo "road tools" in the frunk, under the board in the center of the spare. |
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| RenoRoger |
Nov 26 2015, 02:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 95 Joined: 11-November 10 From: Reno, NV Member No.: 12,370 Region Association: Northern California 
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QUOTE(jeffdon @ Nov 26 2015, 08:04 AM)  Here in Oakland, we have had a rash of window smashers. I think they are using an automatic center punch to quietly shatter windows. These guys are GOOD. I have been sitting in front of a restaurant in a quiet residential area, and cars just a few parking spots out of view have been hit, with no one hearing a thing. My prescription is: A) Never leave a damned thing in the car. Nothing. Not a paper bag, not so much as an envelope. All that is in there is the reg and insurance card in the glove box. B) Never lock it. In fact, unless its raining, I leave the windows down a few inches. Come on in, look around. Go ahead, steal my reg and ins. card. With A, its much more likely that they will not target you. B does too, with the added benefit of no broken glass. Thats all with my Mercedes daily driver. With the 914, I tend to drive it with the top off only, and park it that way. All I have in that usually is cheapo "road tools" in the frunk, under the board in the center of the spare. Black out your home address on your registration and insurance card otherwise the vermin might burglarize your home while you are gone. |
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396 Off Topic -Holiday Thieves Nov 25 2015, 06:09 PM
SirAndy The bad news is her purse that contains driver... Nov 25 2015, 06:30 PM
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The bad news is her purse that contains driver... Nov 25 2015, 07:20 PM Cairo94507 True enough and sorry about your wife's experi... Nov 25 2015, 06:33 PM Mueller
True enough and sorry about your wife's exper... Nov 25 2015, 07:06 PM r_towle I like to store anything of value, like my compute... Nov 25 2015, 07:13 PM whitetwinturbo :chair: :chair: :chair: Nov 25 2015, 07:52 PM RobW That sucks....
My folks got ripped at a Safeway ... Nov 26 2015, 07:22 AM RickS Sorry to hear what happened. Really sucks.
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