kegtapr Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 How so? The car runs like a champ, is paid off, and gets good gas mileage You're lucky, I would have paid a thief to steal mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Worth more in parts than it is as a whole. My brother has his '95 Honda (Civic, I think) stolen a couple months ago for just that reason. It was found in Ft. Erie, stripped bare. You can find a lot of things in Fort Erie stripped bare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 You're lucky, I would have paid a thief to steal mine. We had a Volvo when I was a kid and it was a real lemon. It caught on fire once when by brother was driving it and he put out the fire before it caused any damage. My dad's response? "You put it out!!??!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NyQuil Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 My first car (a 1993 Dodge Spirit) was stolen off of State Street in downtown Rochester one Saturday evening. I wish someone would steal my current vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Spent the last 6 hours waiting for the insurance people to call. Can't get to me until Monday between 8-12 What a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kegtapr Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Spent the last 6 hours waiting for the insurance people to call. Can't get to me until Monday between 8-12 What a day You're insured by Time Warner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Dan's Revenge Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 You're insured by Time Warner? +1 Ain't that the damn truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Several years ago, in the winter, I woke up at ~ 3 a.m. for some reason, looked out the window next to my bed and saw several shadows moving among the cars in the driveway. I'm not sure whether they intended to steal the car (at the time, a 10-year-old Escort sedan wagon) or were just rummaging through it. (And I do generally keep a small change purse in the jockey box with ~ $10-15 for unexpected gas emergencies and tolls when we go on trips.) Whoever it was, they were evidently either not local or they had big balls, because everyone around here (in a fairly rural area, too) knows that our house has the area's constable, and our neighbor across the street is a state trooper. Anyway, in a daze, I opened the window and shouted "Hey!" and they ran toward their waiting getaway car behind some bushes and peeled out. On balance, it might've been fun to see the liquid spilling down their pants when they heard a S&W .357 hammer rooster behind them, accompanied by a friendly, "Hey, whatcha doin'??" You feel a little shaken/nervy and violated, but life goes on. Where the hell you from? Jockey box Constable ?? Medicine Hat, Alberta? Then again, you said state tropper and spelled neighbor without a "u." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Worth more in parts than it is as a whole. My brother has his '95 Honda (Civic, I think) stolen a couple months ago for just that reason. It was found in Ft. Erie, stripped bare. You ain't saying... Even more than the 4500 bucks! I guess this is one reason why we should crush them and have everybody buy a new car every 3 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 yeah that def. sucks. I had a roommate in college that drove a Jeep Wrangler with a soft top. He always left the doors unlocked on it, but managed to get the top slashed twice before we moved out of the apartment complex we lived in. If somebody knew what they were doing... They would just lift off the doors and take the top too? You know what a nice set of full steel doors and top bring? My full steel doors I use a anti-left nut on the pin that goes into the door hinge... Summertime it is "SuperDoors", so not much theft protection there! 99% of the time it is parked in the gargage or secured in the compound at work though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Where I used to work, we were averaging about 3-4 car thefts from our parking lot each month. We asked the Police to come in and give our company tips on how to keep your car from being stolen. Their #1 recommendation: Steering Wheel Club. Reason: Given a choice between stealing a car with a club vs stealing a car without one, thieves will usually go for the one without....unless there is some really compelling reason to steal THAT car. Yes, clubs can be defeated, but car theft is usually based on timing. Anyhoo....sorry to hear about your car. My old steering wheel club wouldn't fit on my new cars steering wheel due to the airbag bump. Maybe they've changed them recently. Ever own a Pinto? No, but a friend of mine in high school did. I also worked in a gas station pumping gas (yes I know how much that dates me.) and a guy pulled in with a monster truck frame and a pinto body on top. Covered garage? Had two vehicles broken into underground. Have to give it up to the criminals on the second time. They were very professional. They were after the rims and tires and damaged only as much as they had to. Came down one morning and the car was sitting on a couple of large tires. No dash damage. Can't remember if the window was smashed or not. My rims need a special sized socket to get them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Renko Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Where I used to work, we were averaging about 3-4 car thefts from our parking lot each month. We asked the Police to come in and give our company tips on how to keep your car from being stolen. Their #1 recommendation: Steering Wheel Club. Reason: Given a choice between stealing a car with a club vs stealing a car without one, thieves will usually go for the one without....unless there is some really compelling reason to steal THAT car. Yes, clubs can be defeated, but car theft is usually based on timing. Anyhoo....sorry to hear about your car. Another annoying thing to do and all you do is just encourage a criminal to go after the next car. Lojack actually helps police capture the bastards and doesn't just push your problem on someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Another annoying thing to do and all you do is just encourage a criminal to go after the next car. Lojack actually helps police capture the bastards and doesn't just push your problem on someone else. Funny some cops are actually ggod at advocating that! Really. Reminds me of the time years back I was at Navy Pier durinig the holidays... They had a "Winter Wonderland" set up in the Grand Ballroom... had a skating rink, slides and rides and all kinds of bounce house thingys for the children... Well to make a long story short, some child must of made off with my son's shoes when he was in a bounce house... You know what the Chicago police officer said?: "Just take somebody elses that are a nicer pair." Man, my son had a nice new pair of New Balances and they left him with a gangy pair of Nikes! I don't blame the other child... My son was traumatized and didn't want to wear the gangy Nikes... So I carried him back to the car, through the snow, when it was time to leave... Thank God I am able to get a free primo parking spot right next to Navy Pier at the downtown harbor lock facility! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Sorry to hear that /Dev/Null. Had my car stolen once. Another time I had the battery stolen - from the same car. I was more pissed when the battery was stolen than when the whole car was taken. It's a huge hassle, and the cops are no help. The insurance companies go strictly by the book - Kelly Blue Book that is - regarding reimbursements. They figure that value is based on a mint show car, and it goes down very quickly from there for every scratch, ding, wear mark, etc., etc. etc. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assquatch Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 My rims need a special sized socket to get them off. Does that sound dirty to anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Anyway, in a daze, I opened the window and shouted "Hey!" and they ran toward their waiting getaway car behind some bushes and peeled out. On balance, it might've been fun to see the liquid spilling down their pants when they heard a S&W .357 hammer rooster behind them, accompanied by a friendly, "Hey, whatcha doin'??" Or you coulda gone Ed Norton/American History X on them. Strangest thing ever stolen from my car? The screws that hold the license plate on. Car was open with windows down and the dude left the plate on my front seat. Very odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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