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new car and its been broken into already...

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Only had a car for about 3 weeks....last night somone wrecked the front screen, buggered the door, just to open the glove compartment and take nothing....
what a lovely neighbourhood....just the other week had the wiper off the other car

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    that sucks :(

    and it was right outside your house?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    aww thats awful :( *hugs*
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    someone broke into my car the other week just to steal a CD...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    mystifymysoul wrote:
    that sucks :(

    and it was right outside your house?
    yep, with the dog out there too!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ahh... good old Nottingham! Glad I moved away! :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ballerina wrote:
    Only had a car for about 3 weeks....last night somone wrecked the front screen, buggered the door, just to open the glove compartment and take nothing....
    what a lovely neighbourhood....just the other week had the wiper off the other car


    A tip I learnt was to open the glove box when you leave and show any potential thieves that the car is empty. That way they don't have to break the windows to find out what's in the glove box.

    Put all your valuables in the boot including jackets on the back seat, etc

    I've actually caught someone in the act of going from car to car at 2am checking door locks to see if they're open.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DiamondGeezer wrote:
    I've actually caught someone in the act of going from car to car at 2am checking door locks to see if they're open.
    I've seen that in broad daylight. Cheeky buggers.

    ETA: my glovebox is full of CDs so there's not a lot of point leaving it wide open.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    make a honey pot .. leave something that they couldnt resist in the car passenger seat and hide with a crossbow ;)

    joy riders/car thieves are scum and they're a real problem here, good thing is that if you were to catch them in the act and beat them half to death, most people would agree with you
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    One of my mates stole my dads car, he didn't get too far though.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    turlough wrote:
    One of my mates stole my dads car, he didn't get too far though.
    Yeah he sound like a real mate :rolleyes:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Sounds like a nice neighbourhood!
    Do you have a garage or if you don't is there room for you to build one or a car port or something, because this normally deters the twats if it looks like too much effort to break into they won't bother.
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    turlough wrote:
    One of my mates stole my dads car, he didn't get too far though.

    One of my mates stole my van, he didn't get to far though. He wrote it off.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    beans wrote:
    Sounds like a nice neighbourhood!
    Do you have a garage or if you don't is there room for you to build one or a car port or something, because this normally deters the twats if it looks like too much effort to break into they won't bother.
    we have a garage, but our house was built in the 30s so its tiny, and not big enough to get a car in....its full of junk anyway. Well, my dad has a small bike fixing business so he works in here. We don't have a driveway either. So they park on this little pathway outside our house, not on a road.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i know it sounds stupid but i kinda want mine to get knicked and wrote off. probably worth more on insurance than i would get selling it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ballerina wrote:
    we have a garage, but our house was built in the 30s so its tiny, and not big enough to get a car in....its full of junk anyway. Well, my dad has a small bike fixing business so he works in here. We don't have a driveway either. So they park on this little pathway outside our house, not on a road.

    Thats the problem these days garages are just not big enough for today's cars, even at my boyfriends house which is only 3-4 years old the garage is just too small to fit a car into. I think they worked out if you took the wind mirors off and you had a sun roof to climb out off you might just be ok.
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