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new car and its been broken into already...
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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
what a lovely neighbourhood....just the other week had the wiper off the other car
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and it was right outside your house?
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.
ETA: my glovebox is full of CDs so there's not a lot of point leaving it wide open.
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
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.
One of my mates stole my van, he didn't get to far though. He wrote it off.
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.