Yikes! Sometime between yesterday evening (Sunday) and this evening (Monday), someone got into my little blue car and took the fire extinguisher and the radio face-plate! It looks like they were trying for the whole radio but abandoned the effort--perhaps someone interrupted them? The basketweave vinyl is half torn off of the surround, but the main part of the radio is still in place.

I don't know if I forgot to lock the car door Sunday night, or if they got in somehow despite that. I'm guessing it's the former... With the door handles being fairly sticky in operation, I do sometimes forget to lock them. Not anymore though.

Crap! Now I have to figure out how to get a new face plate (for a ~6 year old Clarion!), or replace the damn radio. I also have to find another extinguisher if I want to keep carrying one with me...

The irony: This happened in the "good" neighborhood in Palo Alto where my attorney lives, not in the shitty neighborhood where my condo is. (Where there have been numerous break-ins to peoples' cars in the last few months.)

--DD

D@mn, Dave! Don't even think of buying a lotto ticket for a while. You might try evilbay for the radio faceplate. I was amazed to find one for an old Sony I had. It sounds like it's time to tear down & lube up the door mechanism.

If'n it weren't for bad luck....

Try here Clarion Parts

If they don't have a replacement PM me.

My best,
Mike D.

The door ding and now this!....bummer Dave If you google for it, you'll find some online businesses that specialize in faceplates.

Bummer, Dave.

But I don't think was some random incident. Better take a good hard look at those names on the "I Hate Dave Darling" thread....

QUOTE (jsteele22 @ Oct 18 2005, 09:38 AM)

Bummer, Dave. But I don't think was some random incident. Better take a good hard look at those names on the "I Hate Dave Darling" thread....

It was not me... I wouldn't steal Dave's POS stereo.. I would steal the Fuchs alloys or the 2.0L Fuel injection... the MPC is worth more than the stereo......

How's the attorney?

QUOTE (olav @ Oct 18 2005, 07:50 AM)

How's the attorney?

Yeah, I was wondering about that. Seems like the two of them spend an awful lot of time together.

-Ben M.

QUOTE (ClayPerrine @ Oct 18 2005, 08:41 AM)

QUOTE (jsteele22 @ Oct 18 2005, 09:38 AM) Bummer, Dave. But I don't think was some random incident.  Better take a good hard look at those names on the "I Hate Dave Darling" thread.... It was not me... I wouldn't steal Dave's POS stereo.. I would steal the Fuchs alloys or the 2.0L Fuel injection... the MPC is worth more than the stereo......

If the seats are nice, could you pick them up for me ? How much for shipping ?